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| https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/markey-amendments-to-strengthen-natural-gas-pipelines-pass-key-senate-committee | Markey Amendments to Strengthen Natural Gas Pipelines Pass Key Senate Committee | 2015-12-09 | 2015 | 2015-12 | Democrat | House | MA | Edward Markey | M000133 | www.markey.senate.gov | legacy | Markey Amendments to Strengthen Natural Gas Pipelines Pass Key Senate Committee Wednesday, December 9, 2015 Amendments to pipeline reauthorization legislation would help increase safety of natural gas pipelines and transparency related to oil spills Washington (December 9, 2015) Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released the following statement after the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee today included three Markey amendments when it passed pipeline reauthorization legislation (S. 2276). Two of Senator Markeys amendments would help address lost and unaccounted for natural gas from aging, leaky pipelines. The Obama Administrations recently released Quadrennial Energy Review highlighted the fact that most safety incidents on natural gas pipelines occur on distribution pipelines. A recent Massachusetts analysis found approximately 20,000 potentially dangerous and damaging natural gas pipeline leaks. Senator Markeys April 2013reportfound that Massachusetts ratepayers paid up to $1.5 billion from 2000-2011for gas that never reached their homes and businesses. A third Markey amendment would improve oversight by ensuring companies submit complete, unredacted oil spill response plans to Congress. The need to update our old, leaking, dangerous, and polluting natural gas pipelines is long overdue,said Senator Markey.Aging infrastructure is costing Massachusetts consumers money and putting our first responders and our climate at risk. Repairing these aging and leaking natural gas pipelines is a win for safety, a win for job creation, a win for consumers, and a win for the climate. I will continue to work with my Senate colleagues to ensure passage of this important legislation. Markey amendment 1 improves the safety of natural gas distribution pipelines by directing Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to study reporting of lost and unaccounted for natural gas from these pipelines, make recommendations as appropriate, and implement recommendations that would significantly improve safety. Markey amendment 2 improves the safety of natural gas distribution pipelines by directing the Government Accountability Office to review state policies that encourage the repair and replacement of leaking pipelines or that may create barriers, make recommendations to PHMSA on policies that may improve safety, and require PHMSA to implement recommendations that would significantly improve safety. Markey amendment 3 requires PHMSA to provide full and un-redacted copies of pipeline oil spill response plans to appropriate Congressional Committees upon request from the Chairman or Ranking Member of such Committee. For the past two Congresses, Senator Markey has introducedlegislationto accelerate the repair and replacement of natural gas pipelines to save consumers money, prevent dangerous explosions and other accidents, and reduce the leaking methane pollution that exacerbates climate change. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |