Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

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Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Seal of the United States Department of Transportation
Logo of the PHMSA
Headquarters of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Department overview
Formed	July 1, 2004; 20 years ago (2004-07-01)
Jurisdiction	Federal government of the United States
Headquarters	1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, D.C. 20590 38°52′32.92″N 77°0′10.26″W / 38.8758111°N 77.0028500°W / 38.8758111; -77.0028500
Employees	500 (approx.) (Nov. 2017)
Annual budget	$244.5 million USD (FY2015, enacted)[1]
Department executives	Ben Kochman, Acting Administrator Ben Kochman, Deputy Administrator Howard "Mac" McMillan, Executive Director
Parent department	United States Department of Transportation
Child agencies	Office of Pipeline Safety Office of Hazardous Materials Safety
Website	phmsa.dot.gov

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. It is in charge of overseeing about 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. This includes pipelines carrying carbon dioxide Carbon capture and utilization). 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.

PHMSA was created within the U.S. Department of Transportation under the Norman Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Improvement Act of 2004,^[2] which then-United States President George W. Bush signed into law on November 30, 2004. Its mission is to protect people and the environment by advancing the safe transportation of energy and other hazardous materials that are essential to the people's daily lives.^[3]