Aug 17, 12:27 AM

D.C. Circuit Vacates New Pipeline Safety Standards

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has vacated several new safety standards for natural gas transmission pipelines. These standards were set by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. The court ruled that the administration failed to adequately justify the benefits of the revised standards in comparison to their costs. The decision affects four revised federal pipeline safety standards.

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Bloomberg Law: Environment@environment
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The D.C. Circuit made public its opinion that vacated the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision rejecting small refineries’ exemption requests from renewable fuel obligations under the Clean Air Act. https://t.co/cJJMXhjGxz
Reuters Legal@ReutersLegal
2 years ago
The D.C. Circuit scraped several natural gas pipeline safety standards, saying the Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration failed to adequately explain why the revised standards' benefits outweigh their costs https://t.co/5ijJHs92L3 https://t.co/9oTQti5t6k
Bloomberg Law: Environment@environment
2 years ago
Four revised federal pipeline safety standards are on the chopping block after a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., vacated them. https://t.co/sYcG1Ec4uQ

D.C. Circuit Vacates New Pipeline Safety Standards

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