National Pipeline Regulations, Regulators & Info:
Liquified Natural Gas (LNG):
Citizen Groups Concerned with Pipeline Safety and Siting Issues:
Other Valuable Resources:
More Information on the Olympic Pipeline Tragedy in Bellingham:

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National Pipeline Regulations, Regulators & Info:

• Office of Pipeline Safety
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
• National Transportation Safety Board - Pipeline Accident Pages
• Speech by Jim Hall, Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, to the Association of Oil Pipelines
• GAO Report on Pipeline Safety: The Office of Pipeline Safety Is Changing How It Oversees the Pipeline Industry ( 2066Kb), GAO/RCED-00-128, May 15, 2000
• Pipeline Safety and Security: Improved Workforce Planning and Communication Needed Report to the Ranking Minority Member, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, Government Accounting Office, August 2002. GAO-02-785.
• Federal Pipeline Safety Act (49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq.) Subtitle VIII Pipelines, Cornell Legal Information Institute
• U.S. Chemical Safety & Hazard Investigation Board - Incident Report Center

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Liquified Natural Gas (LNG):

• California Energy Commission LNG pages
• Fall River, Massachusetts - Coalition for Responsible Siting of LNG Facilities
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission- Liquefied Natural Gas
• Harpswell Information
• LNG: Analyzing risk A special report series by the Mobile Register (Alabama)
• Long Beach, California - Long Beach LNG terminal
• Maine - Save Casco Bay, Inc.
• Mobile, Alabama - Mobile Bay Watch
• National Public Radio- Liquefied Natural Gas Coverage
• Ratepayers for Affordable, Clean Energy (or RACE)
• River Vision - a coalition of citizens on the Columbia River and coastal communities in Oregon and Washington concerned about proposed liquified natural gas plants in the region is dedicated to sharing accurate information about LNG and alternative energy sources.
• Rod N' Reel LNG Facility Information
• Sandia Natiuonal Labs - Liquefied Natural Gas Safety Study
• Save Passamaquoddy Bay
• The Center for LNG An industry funded group that provides much information regarding LNG
• The Gulf Restoration Network (GRN)
• Tim Riley Law Lots of LNG safety Information from a California Lawyer

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Citizen Groups Concerned with Pipeline Safety and Siting Issues:

• Canadian Alliance of Pipeline Landowners’ Association (CAPLA)
• Northwest Property Rights Coalition (NWPRC)
• Sqwalk - Concerned with the Georgia Strait Crossing (GSX) pipeline proposal and energy policy in British Columbia.
• Pipeline Action - Info regarding the Longhorn Pipeline in Texas
• Citizens for Safe Pipelines Concerned with multiple pipelines in New Mexico
• Danielle Dawn Smalley Foundation
• Home of the Alyeska Group of Six The Anonymous Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Whistle-Blowers
• The Alaska Forum for Environmental Responsibility
• Floyd County Chapter of the Blue Ridge Coalition Opposes the Greenbrier Pipeline in Virginia

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Other Valuable Resources:

• Pipelines: The Invisible Danger
  A Special report - The Austin American-Statesman
• "Pipelines - America's Hidden Hazards" - Seattle PI 1999
• Out of Sight, Out of Mind - What Every Local Government Should Know About Pipeline Safety, by Jim Pates, City Attorney, Fredericksburg, Virginia
• Municipal Research & Services Center of Washington Pipeline Safety Information for Local Governments
• Washington Utilities & Transportation Commission
• National Association of Pipeline Safety Representatives
• National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
• The Association of Oil Pipe Lines
• Interstate Natural Gas Association
• American Petroleum Institute
• Common Ground Alliance

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More Information on the Olympic Pipeline Tragedy in Bellingham:

• City of Bellingham - Olympic Pipeline Incident Pages
• NOAA - Whatcom Creek Restoration Plans
• NTSB Findings on Bellingham Pipeline Explosion - Released on 10/8/02
• Whatcom County - Olympic Pipeline Explosion Pages
• Olympic Pipe Line Company
• Testimony of Jim Hall, Chairman National Transportation Safety Board, 7/27/99

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