US Pipe Safety Regulator Increases Warnings, Pursues Fewer Corrective Orders
Troutman Sanders’ pipeline team — Bob Hogfoss, Catherine Little, Annie Cook and Buck Dixon — is mentioned in a November 29 Daily Gas Report story titled, “US pipe safety regulator increases warnings, pursues fewer corrective orders.”The lead story cites a recent alert from the practice group’s website pipelaws.com, specifically quoting a November 13 post, “While PHMSA enforcement has continued under the Trump administration, it has included more warning letters and notices of amendment, which do not carry proposed civil penalties or compliance orders.” Partner Catherine Little also is quoted, “We cannot yet conclude whether the increase in issuance of warning letters and notices of amendments in 2017 signals a lighter touch by the agency for enforcement under the Trump administration (including whether new enforcement has slowed), or if it is a function of other factors.”