SELECTED LEGAL AND REGULATORY CONCERNS AFFECTING DOMESTIC ENERGY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

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. 317448EBJGBA00000100

• Corporate Authors:

  Batelle Memorial Institute/Pacific Northwest Labs

  Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999
  Richland, WA  United States  99352
• Authors:
  • Schuller, C R
• Publication Date: 1979-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 86 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Abandonment; Bankruptcy; Coal; Coal industry; Energy; Freight traffic; Legal factors; Policy; Regulations; Transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Energy transportation; Government policies; Government regulations
• Subject Areas: Energy; Law; Policy; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00317447
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Energy Research Abstracts
• Contract Numbers: EY-76-C-06-1830
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 16 1980 12:00AM