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Later in the twentieth century, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), a U.S. Department of Transportation agency, would be established to develop and enforce regulations for the safe and environmentally sound operation of the United States' pipelines, and to collect data on pipeline leaks, accidents, and explosions ...
March 9 – A pipeline construction crew of four were killed while trying to move a pipeline for the building of a toll road in Chesterton, Indiana. Two other pipeline workers were injured, and a school a quarter mile away was evacuated. [40] A burst pipeline at a refinery in Sunburst, Montana contaminated groundwater and soil in the area ...
February 16 – A gas pipeline exploded and burned near Monument, New Mexico.There were no injuries. [18]March 5 – CenterPoint Energy employees were excavating a gas pipeline in Harris County, Texas when the line ruptured, causing a gas explosion and fire. 7 employees were injured.
This list of pipeline accidents in the United States provides access to links for various timeframes, which are sometimes quite extensive. Before 1970 List of ...
Energy Transfer is the operator of the pipeline involved in the La Porte fire, which is a 20-inch natural gas liquids pipeline. The company reports the pipeline has been isolated to allow the ...
It was the largest oil spill in United States waters at the time, and now ranks third after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon and 1989 Exxon Valdez spills. It remains the largest oil spill to have occurred in the waters off California. February 21, 1978 - An explosion & fire at a Rialto pipeline tank farm injured a passerby. [13]
The Pipeline fire burning north of Flagstaff, Arizona, grew to over 22,000 acres, authorities reported on June 15.The fire, which was first reported on Sunday morning, led to evacuations in the ...
June 7 – A 36-inch Enterprise natural gas pipeline leaked, exploded and started a fire in Johnson County, Texas when it was disturbed by workers installing poles for electrical lines. The mapping of subsurface utilities was inadequate, leading to inaccurate maps.