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PHMSA Issues Nearly $2.5 Million in Grants for Pipeline Safety

By Erin Kurilla posted 11-02-2017 09:19 AM

  
The Department of Transportation (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued $2,488,497 in grants to state entities, local communities, and non-profit organizations to address pipeline safety challenges related to damage prevention and to promote more involvement in local pipeline safety initiatives and awareness efforts.
PHMSA’s Technical Assistance Grant (TAG) program encourages local communities and non-profit organizations to help communities develop pipeline safety and technical education programs specific to their needs through technical assistance. The TAG awards provide funding for a broad range of activities, including improving or developing local pipeline emergency response capabilities, safe digging or damage prevention programs, pipeline safety information resources, community and pipeline awareness campaigns, and public participation in official proceedings that pertain to pipelines.

PHMSA’s State Damage Prevention (SDP) program provides grants that are used to strengthen efforts in addressing excavation damage. The grants are also used to assist in establishing damage prevention programs where they do not currently exist.

More information about PHMSA Grants can be found at https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/comm/DamagePreventionGrantsToStates.htm?nocache=5413.

For questions on this article, please contact Erin Kurilla of APGA staff by phone at 202-905-2904 or by email at ekurilla@apga.org.

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