Understanding PHMSA’s New Mega-Reg Governing Gathering Pipes

Last year the Bidenistas initiated a massive power grab to transfer the right of individual states to regulate local natural gas gathering pipelines to the federal government (see Massive Power Grab Proposed by Biden DOT: Regulate Gathering Lines). The oil and gas industry asked Biden to pause the power grab by 3-5 years. In April, the Bidenistas rejected that request (see Biden Admin Attacks NatGas – Refuses to Pause Gathering Pipe Regs). In May, the GPA Midstream Association (later joined by the American Petroleum Institute) sued the Dept. of Transportation and its PHMSA division to block the new regulations. In July, PHMSA settled the lawsuit by agreeing to delay implementing the new regs for most gathering lines until May 2024 (see PHMSA Backs Down, Pauses New Gathering Pipe Reg After Getting Sued). The PHMSA's proposed regulation is broken into three parts and has been dubbed the "Mega-Rule."

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