The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced it is awarding $14.8 million in grants to fund projects and activities to improve pipeline safety..
Among projects – $4.3 million of Competitive Academic Agreement Program (CAAP) funding to six collegiate institutions including The CAAP grants will support research aimed at improving the safety of carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and particularly older, higher risk pipelines by improving pipeline coatings.
Another one -$5.8 million in Pipeline Emergency Response Grants for incident response activities related to the transportation of gas or hazardous liquids by pipelines. This award is critical to ensuring the safe transportation of hazardous materials by training emergency responders to respond to pipeline incidents.
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