Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Congresswoman Hahn Reintroduces Legislation to Prevent Oil Pipeline Spills

Congresswoman Janice Hahn (CA-44) recently announced the reintroduction of her pipeline safety legislation that would help to prevent oil spills like the 2014 spill in her district in Wilmington. In March 2014, 1,200 gallons of oil bubbled into a Wilmington neighborhood from a pipeline that was mistakenly assumed to be empty and never inspected by its owner, Phillips 66. Congresswoman Hahn took action to prevent spills like this in the future by introducing legislation that would require companies to inspect pipelines they purchase and mandate third party verification of these inspections by the Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA)