![]() More than $64 million in grants coming out of Washington is being made available for pipeline and underground natural gas storage facilities upkeep work. The funding is coming through the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, which is a part of the Department of Transportation, and is designed to give state governments support in keeping pipelines and gas storage facilities up to date. “These grants will be another important tool for ensuring America’s pipelines are the safest and most reliable in the world,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said in a statement announcing the grant funding. Altogether, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration will distribute what are called Pipeline Safety State Base Grants worth a total dollar amount of $60.5 million. An additional nearly $4 million is being made available through underground natural gas storage grants specifically designed to help fund equipment maintenance and updates, among other things. State inspection efforts currently oversee more than 80% of the nation’s vast 3.4-million-mile pipeline system. The grant opportunities come five months after the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration announced that it was offering more than $25 million in grants to go for first responder training and improved safety programs for transporting and handling hazardous materials. In the last two years, the agency has awarded more than $206 million in grants for state-based gas pipeline safety efforts. By Garry Boulard
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