Pipeline R&D Forum Invites Safety Innovators
Published Date: 3/12/2026
Notice
Summary
The Pipeline Safety Research and Development Forum is happening March 31–April 1, 2026, in Washington, DC. It’s a big meeting where experts, pipeline companies, and the public team up to find new ways to make pipelines safer. Anyone interested can join, share ideas, and help shape future safety research—no cost to attend, but you need to register by March 26!
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Free public forum — register by Mar 26
PHMSA is holding the Pipeline Safety R&D Forum in Washington, DC on March 31–April 1, 2026 (8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.). The meeting is open to the public at no cost, but online pre-registration opens March 9, 2026 and closes Thursday, March 26, 2026; on-site registration begins at 7:00 a.m. both days.
Disability accommodations — request by Mar 20
If you need disability accommodations (for example, sign language interpretation) for the R&D Forum, you must notify Andrea Ceartin by phone or email no later than March 20, 2026 so PHMSA can provide the requested aids.
Meeting presentations posted within 30 days
PHMSA will make meeting presentations available on the meeting website and on regulations.gov (Docket PHMSA-2025-0017) no later than 30 days after the March 31–April 1, 2026 meeting, so people who do not attend can view the materials.
Year‑round public input via R&D gap portal
PHMSA accepts public input on pipeline safety research gaps year-round through the R&D gap portal (https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/rd/gap-suggestions/), allowing the public to suggest research needs outside the March 31–April 1, 2026 Forum dates.
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