"Many of those lines, laid since the fracking boom began 15 years ago, are bigger than earlier pipes, and since new reporting requirements have gone into effect, thousands of miles of line haven’t been accounted for."
"After decades of industry resistance, federal safety officials are finally starting to regulate a huge part of the nation’s pipeline system.
With little attention from the mainstream media, the Biden administration has begun imposing new rules on some 400,000 miles of gas pipes. Many are bigger and more dangerous lines laid since the boom in fracking.
Bill Caram, executive director of the Pipeline Safety Trust, said the move is way overdue. Explosions on the lines, he said, “have killed people and injured people and it’s high time these lines were regulated.”
Erin Murphy, a senior attorney with the Environmental Defense Fund, called it “a significant step forward.”
At issue are what the gas industry refers to as “gathering lines.” These are pipelines that carry gas directly from drilling sites. They run mostly through rural areas and tie into processing plants, which, in turn, pump the gas in big interstate lines to population areas."
Craig R. McCoy reports for Inside Climate News October 17, 2023.
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