GAO Report: Gathering Pipelines Face “Data Collection Challenges”

In early November MDN told you about a massive new power grab being attempted by the Biden Dept. of Transportation’s PHMSA, implementing new regulations to take control of local gathering pipelines, in contravention to the U.S. Constitution (see Massive Power Grab Proposed by Biden DOT: Regulate Gathering Lines). In December the oil and gas industry finally woke up and began to push back (see O&G Industry Wakes Up, Opposes Fed Control Over Gathering Pipelines). The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report card yesterday to update Congress on the status of PHMSA in collecting information about gathering pipelines--the first step in a federal takeover of regulating gathering lines.

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