Top Leaders Flee Pipeline Safety Agency as Trump Pushes to Build
More than half the senior leadership of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials and Safety Administration is departing.
Funding cuts could hamper the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials and Safety Administration’s ability to carry out cumbersome inspections of interstate pipelines, which can take two to three years.
Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/BloombergAn exodus of senior officials is adding pressure to the already strained agency that oversees millions of miles of US oil and gas pipelines.
Five senior leaders at the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials and Safety Administration (PHMSA), including the head of the Office of Pipeline Safety, accepted a buyout offer from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, and two other staff members decided to retire, Bloomberg previously reported.