Close to 2.7 million miles of pipelines crisscross our nation. Whether we live close to a pipeline or just benefit from the energy products they deliver, each of us is a pipeline safety stakeholder. Our actions can impact pipeline safety.
We may be near pipelines everyday but not be aware of their existence. However, pipeline operators must advise affected stakeholders on how to live and work safely near pipelines, including a pipeline?s location, the use of a one-call notification system prior to excavation, and how to recognize, respond to, and report pipeline emergencies.
Learn more about what the public can do to impact pipeline safety.
Become More Involved
- Common Ground Alliance
- Local emergency planning committees
- Public meetings about pipeline safety
- Submit comments about PHMSA rulemakings
Damage Prevention
Pipeline Awareness
- Alternative fuels
- Briefing: Pipeline Markers
- Community Liaison Services (formerly Community Assistance and Technical Services)
- External links
- For Kids, Parents, Students and Teachers
- Gas Distribution: Cast/Wrought Iron Pipe
- Land use planning near pipelines
- Landowner’s Guide to Pipelines - Pipeline Safety Trust
- LNG Plant Requirements: Frequently Asked Questions | PHMSA
- National Pipeline Mapping System
- Pipeline basics?
- Pipeline information fact sheets
- Pipeline operator public awareness programs
- Pipeline Safety Trust Online Discussion
Pipeline Emergencies
Pipeline Regulation, Inspection And Enforcement
- Federal pipeline safety regulations
- Integrity management: hazardous liquid transmission pipelines
- Integrity management: gas transmission pipelines
- Integrity management: gas distribution pipelines
- PHMSA pipeline enforcement activity
- Pipeline safety inspections
- Pipeline incident and mileage information
- State damage prevention information
- State pipeline enforcement information
- State program performance information
- State specific pipeline safety information
- Who regulates pipeline safety in your state?
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