This report provides assessments of eight legal and regulatory concerns that may affect energy material transportation in the US during the rest of the century: state authority to regulate nuclear materials transport, divestiture of petroleum pipelines from major integrated oil companies, problems affecting the natural gas transportation system, capabilities of energy transportation systems during emergencies, Federal coal pipeline legislation, ability of Federal agencies to anticipate railroad difficulties, abandonment of uneconomic railroad lines, and impact of the Panama Canal treaty upon US energy transportation. (ERA citation 05:004567)
Selected Legal and Regulatory Concerns Affecting Domestic Energy Transportation Systems
1979
86 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Fuels , Transportation , Natural gas , Petroleum , Spent fuels , Transportation systems , Allocations , Emergency plans , Energy shortages , Forecasting , Legal aspects , Nuclear materials management , Panama canal , Pipelines , Rail transport , Regulations , Transport , Treaties , USA , Energy transport , ERDA/290700 , ERDA/050900 , ERDA/022000 , ERDA/032000