Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
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Logo of the PHMSA

Headquarters of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Department overview
FormedJuly 1, 2004; 20 years ago (2004-07-01)
JurisdictionFederal government of the United States
Headquarters1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, D.C. 20590
38°52′32.92″N 77°0′10.26″W / 38.8758111°N 77.0028500°W / 38.8758111; -77.0028500
Employees500 (approx.) (Nov. 2017)
Annual budget$244.5 million USD (FY2015, enacted)[1]
Department executives
  • Tristan Brown[2] (acting), Administrator
  • Tristan Brown, Deputy Administrator
  • Howard "Mac" McMillan, Executive Director
Parent departmentUnited States Department of Transportation
Child agencies
  • Office of Pipeline Safety
  • Office of Hazardous Materials Safety
Websitephmsa.dot.gov

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is a United States Department of Transportation agency created in 2004, responsible for developing and enforcing regulations for the safe, reliable, and environmentally sound transportation of energy and other hazardous materials. It is in charge of overseeing about 3.4 million miles of pipelines - accounting for 65% of the energy consumed in the U.S. - and regulating the nearly 1 million daily shipments of hazardous materials by land, sea, and air. This includes pipelines carrying carbon dioxide Carbon capture and utilization). PHMSA's safety programs are housed in the Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) and the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety (OHMS). PHMSA is headquartered in Washington, D.C.

PHMSA was created within the U.S. Department of Transportation under the Norman Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Improvement Act of 2004,[3] which then-United States President George W. Bush signed into law on November 30, 2004. Its mission is to protect people and the environment by advancing the safe transportation of energy and other hazardous materials that are essential to the people's daily lives.[4]

  1. ^ FY 2017 Department of Transportation Budget Request Archived 2017-04-29 at the Wayback Machine, pg 7, United States Department of Transportation, Accessed 2019-9-8
  2. ^ "Government Officials at the US Department of Transportation | US Department of Transportation". www.transportation.gov.
  3. ^ "United States Statutes at Large, Volume 118, 108th Congress, 2nd Session". Gpo.gov. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  4. ^ "PHMSA's Mission | PHMSA". www.phmsa.dot.gov. Retrieved 2023-02-28.