The American Pipeline Contractors Association (APCA) issued the following statement on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s markup of the Pipeline Efficiency and Safety (PIPES) Act of 2023 (H.R. 6494), which reauthorizes the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) pipeline safety programs for the next four years and provides a framework to advance the safety of energy infrastructure across the United States.
“Safety has been a core principle of APCA since our founding, and we commend the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for this bipartisan legislation to strengthen the safety of existing pipelines, help prevent damage to critical infrastructure, and improve excavation safety,” APCA President Roy Weaver, Weaver, LLC, Birmingham, Ala., said. “And we certainly agree with Chairman Sam Graves (R-Mo.) that pipelines remain the safest and most economically efficient means of delivering energy resources.”
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