Pipeline Safety: The Office of Pipeline Safety Is Changing How It Oversees the Pipeline Industry

United States. General Accounting Office.

United States. General Accounting Office.

关键词: Government accountability -- United States.;    transportation;    pipeline safety;    letter report;   

RP-ID  :  RCED-00-128
RP-ID  :  230305

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Transportation Office of Pipeline Safety's (OPS) performance in regulating pipeline safety, focusing on: (1) the extent of major pipeline accidents from 1989 through 1998; (2) OPS' implementation of the 1996 Accountable Pipeline Safety and Partnership Act's risk management demonstration program; (3) OPS' inspection and enforcement efforts since the act's implementation; and (4) OPS' responsiveness to recommendations from the National Transportation Safety Board and to statutory requirements designed to improve pipeline safety."