Deadline to comment on – Mandatory Regulatory Reviews to Unleash American Energy and Improve Government Efficiency -Rulemaking

8/4/25 is Deadline for Mandatory Regulatory Reviews to Unleash American Energy and Improve Government Efficiency

-Link to rulemaking docket:

https://www.regulations.gov/document/PHMSA-2025-0050-0001

This is an opportunity for advocates of less regulation of pipelines in America to submit suggestions for less regulation of pipelines.  We suggest advocates more regulation write in and ask for more regulations.

Quote from public notice:

“PHMSA is publishing this advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) to solicit stakeholder feedback on whether to repeal or amend any requirements in the Pipeline Safety Regulations (PSR; 49 CFR parts 190 through 199)—as well as any letters of interpretation, guidance documents, or other materials implementing those regulations—to eliminate undue burdens on the identification, development, and use of domestic energy resources and to improve government efficiency. (1) PHMSA also solicits stakeholder feedback on whether to amend the PSR to require PHMSA conduct periodic, mandatory regulatory reviews.

Background

PHMSA’s pipeline safety program plays an essential role in the energy supply chain, ensuring the safe, reliable, and affordable transportation of energy products to millions of ordinary Americans. The PSR apply to more than 3.3 million miles of pipelines that are used to transport natural gas, crude oil, refined petroleum products, carbon dioxide, and other gases and hazardous liquids to end users. The PSR also ensure the safety of nearly 400 underground natural gas storage (UNGS) facilities and 177 liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities—from peak shaving facilities operated by local distribution companies to large-scale export terminals supplying natural gas to U.S. allies and trading partners around the world. (2)

More than 3,000 operators of transportation-related pipelines, UNGS facilities, and LNG facilities are responsible for complying with the PSR, each of whom must invest scarce resources to satisfy PHMSA’s design, construction, testing, operation, maintenance, and reporting requirements. The costs of these investments are passed along to other entities in the energy supply chain (including downstream shippers and pipeline systems, oil and gas companies, and electric and gas utilities), to the industrial manufacturing and commercial goods sectors, and, ultimately, to the American consumer. PHMSA has an obligation to ensure that the burdens imposed by its regulations on all potential stakeholders are necessary for the PSR to serve the public interest.”