LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A Michigan senator’s invoice to extend funding for U.S. pipeline security and safety has handed the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee.
U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) was one in every of 4 bipartisan senators who launched the PIPELINE Security Act, which might reauthorize and “significantly increase funding” for the Pipeline and Hazardous Supplies Security Administration’s (PHMSA) security packages for the following 5 years.
Peters says these packages assist the state of Michigan examine and keep greater than 100,000 miles of pipeline within the state and would require operators to guard in opposition to the specter of cyberattacks.
“This bill takes necessary steps to strengthen our pipeline infrastructure and help prevent potential accidents before they occur, keeping both pipeline operators and our environment safe,” Peters mentioned. “Michiganders additionally perceive the significance of defending our Nice Lakes in opposition to an oil spill.
The invoice would additionally create a analysis heart within the Nice Lakes area that may look into pipeline leak detection know-how that the senator says would assist determine and reply to potential leaks.
Now, the invoice advances to the complete Senate for consideration. The invoice will be learn in its entirety under:
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