Who regulates liquid petroleum pipelines in New York State?
(See below for 5/24 update) Â
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration - The New York State Public Service Commission.
According to their New York Pipeline Safety “Fact Sheet” - it’s the P.S.C.
But the P.S.C. may not know that. Or not think it important for anyone else to know it. One wants to be careful - when observing facts - to not carelessly draw inferences about intentions.
However, if you go to the Public Service Commission website - and look hard - you’ll not find any obvious link - I couldn’t find any, obvious or other - to that body’s regulatory responsibility for pipelines. Must not be looking hard enough. It’s clear from the headings 0n the front page - Electric/Steam, Natural Gas, Telecommunications, and Water - that the PSC has some responsibility for underground infrastructure.
Popular Logistics - please pardon the pun - has been of late digging into local pipeline issues - and, to quote Consolidated Edison - “we’re on it.”
5/24 update after the foldÂ
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