WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Rand Paul today met with members of the National Transportation Safety Board responsible for the investigation of the 2010 San Bruno, Calif., pipeline explosion to discuss their report and findings, as well as the recommendations that came as a result of their investigation.
“The pipeline legislation at hand was written months before the NTSB report was released – yet the bill authors went ahead without the NTSB’s recommendations, creating regulations that do not address a major issue in pipeline safety. Had this bill been brought before the Senate for sufficient debate, I would like to think this particular issue would have been addressed,” Sen. Paul said. “I met with NTSB members today, and I agree with their assessment that to fully address the problems that happened at San Bruno, their recommendations should be adopted, including removing the grandfather clause for older pipelines. However in the current pipeline legislation before the Senate, this clause is not lifted, perpetuating potential danger in older pipelines and neglecting to fix the problem that caused the San Bruno explosion.”
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