The United States Department of Transportation is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It is headed by the secretary of transportation,who reports directly to the president of the United States and is a member of the president's Cabinet.
The Calnev Pipeline is a 550-mile (890 km) long buried refined oil products pipeline in the United States,owned by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners. The pipeline consists of two parallel lines,the larger,has a diameter of 14 inches (360 mm) and the smaller one has a diameter of 8 inches (200 mm). The lines carry gasoline,jet fuel,and diesel fuel from Los Angeles,California refineries as far as Nellis Air Force Base south of North Las Vegas,Nevada. It carries approximately 128,000 barrels per day (20,400 m3/d). Jet fuel from the pipeline is also delivered to the Harry Reid International Airport tank farm in Paradise. Additional terminal facilities are located in Barstow,California.
Kinder Morgan,Inc. is one of the largest energy infrastructure companies in North America. The company specializes in owning and controlling oil and gas pipelines and terminals.
Brigham A. McCown is a former member of the U.S. Senior Executive Service at the United States Department of Transportation. He served as chief executive of (2020-2022) the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company which designed,built,operates,and maintains the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System. Following retirement from federal service,he worked as an attorney,consultant,and was a Clinical Professor at Miami University.
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 that are essential to the daily lives of the American people. It is in charge of overseeing the nation's approximately 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. 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.
Thomas J. Barrett is a former United States Coast Guard officer and former Deputy Secretary of Transportation from 2007 until 2009.
Elizabeth M. Harman is employed by the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) in Washington,D.C. She was appointed by IAFF General President Harold A. Schaitberger as the assistant to the general president for grants administration and HazMat/WMD Training Division February 25,2013.
Cynthia L. Quarterman is an American lawyer and engineer,former Director of the Minerals Management Service and Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration from 2009 until her resignation on October 4,2014.
The Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (HMTA),enacted in 1975,is the principal federal law in the United States regulating the transportation of hazardous materials. Its purpose is to "protect against the risks to life,property,and the environment that are inherent in the transportation of hazardous material in intrastate,interstate,and foreign commerce" under the authority of the United States Secretary of Transportation.
