Hearings, Meetings, Proceedings, etc.: Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee

Eversource Energy, a gas utility company, supports the proposed regulations aimed at enhancing pipeline safety but requests specific modifications to ensure practical implementation. The company argues for longer, phased compliance timelines, clearer definitions for "significant" changes, and a performance-based approach to emergency response and recordkeeping to balance safety goals with operational feasibility and cost-effectiveness.

The Pipeline Safety Trust (PST), a non-profit organization, supports the proposed rule but argues that PHMSA must not "walk back" the scope of the requirements. They specifically advocate for maintaining strict compliance with the Leonel Rondon Pipeline Safety Act, including requirements for overpressure protection, specific threat identification (like extreme weather), and comprehensive record-keeping.