United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-09-28 monographic deposited born digital 21 p. GA 1.13:GAO-01-1075 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-1075 P0b002ee180371d6d f:d011075 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-1075 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-1075 GAO-01-1075 Hazardous substances Natural gas Pipeline operations Safety regulation Evaluation OPS Risk Management Demonstration Program Other Written Product A02039

In a May 2000 report on the performance of the Department of Transportation's Office of Pipepline Safety (OPS), GAO found that the number of pipepline accidents rose four percent annually from 1989 to 1998--from 190 in 1989 to 280 in 1998. GAO also found that OPS did not implement 22 statutory requirements and 39 recommendations made by the National Transportation Safety Board. Since GAO's May report, OPS has fully implemented six of the 22 statutory requirements. However, 11 other requirements--including some that are significant and long-standing--have not been fully implemented. The agency does not plan to report on abandoned underwater pipeline facilities--a remaining open requirements--because it believes that insufficient data exists to conduct the study. The Safety Board is encouraged by OPS' recent efforts to improve its responsiveness, but the Board remains concerned about the amount of time OPS has taken to implement recommendations. OPS has the lowest rate of any transportation agency in implementing the Board's recommendations. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-1075/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-1075.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-1075/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-1075.pdf GAO-01-1075 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-1075 Other Written Product GAO-01-1075; Pipeline Safety: Progress Made, but Significant Requirements and Recommendations Not Yet Complete; Hazardous substances Natural gas Pipeline operations Safety regulation Evaluation OPS Risk Management Demonstration Program Title 49 Section 60101 Title 49 Section 60102 Title 49 Section 60109 49 U.S.C. 60101 49 U.S.C. 60102 49 U.S.C. 60109 Public Law 100-561 Public Law 101-599 Public Law 102-508 Public Law 104-304