US Gas Pipelines to Get New Rules After 2018 Deadly Blasts
- Proposal focuses on minimizing risks from over-pressurization
- Move follows a deadly Massachusetts blast in September 2018
A destroyed home in the aftermath of a series of fires and gas explosions in Lawrence, Massachusetts on Sep. 14, 2018.
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The Biden administration is moving forward with new regulations for natural gas pipelines in response to a deadly series of explosions that tore through suburban Massachusetts in 2018.
The Department of Transportation’s proposal would apply to millions of miles of aging distribution networks that are used to bring natural gas to customers.