[All] Fw: US Dept. of Transportation report shows shocking information re: Pipeline Leaks

[Louisette Lanteigne]

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Subject: US Dept. of Transportation report shows shocking information re: Pipeline Leaks
 

Hello everyone

A newly published report by the US department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration reveals that it is up to the public to find oil and gas leaks. Here is a published news article regarding this: 
http://oilandgas-investments.com/2012/energy-services/leak-detection-pipeline-industry/

Here is the link to the full report: 
https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/FilGet.mtg?fil=397

Report says that pipeline leaks, ruptures, and spills are “systematically causing more and more property damage…in a bad year you can have up to $5 billion in property damages due to pipeline related accidents.”


Given the volume of public property damage, the report comments that pipeline companies would be “probably justified” in spending $490,000 a year for every 400 miles of pipeline. He adds that the reality is that “right now companies might spend a tenth of that figure."
In conclusion, leak detection technology around pipelines is not modern, scientific or technical. In today’s age, that will just not fly politically.
Please publish this information. The public must know this to help prevent spills.

Louisette Lanteigne
700 Star Flower Ave.
Waterloo ON
N2V 2L2
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