PADEP Releases Final Pipeline Infrastructure Task Force Report
On February 18, 2016, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) Secretary John Quigley held a press conference to announce the release of the final Governor’s Pipeline Infrastructure Task Force (PITF) Report. Secretary Quigley stated that the final report contains only minor modifications to the draft report, but adds an executive summary and appendices. The final report includes all draft recommendations, including 11 that do not appear to have garnered majority support from the task force members in weighted voting. Appendix C to the final report assigns various government entities and/or industry with responsibility for following up on each individual recommendation.
Keith Coyle, a shareholder in Babst Calland’s new Washington, D.C. office and member of its Pipeline and HazMat Safety Practice Group, served on the Task Force.