Identify

The Department of Transportation (DOT) has issued a proposed rule that seeks to identify and define the areas where people and property would be at greatest risk to “considerable” injury and damage if a natural gas pipeline should rupture and explode.

FERC has issued a final rule requiring interstate pipelines toidentify the names and addresses of their marketing affiliates ontheir web sites on the Internet. The new rule is aimed at assistingthe Commission in its oversight efforts and at helping shippers tobetter monitor transportation transactions between pipelines andtheir affiliated marketers.