Indictments: US Grand Jury Probe - PG&E April

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• VIOLATIONS: Failure to Gather and Integrate Relevant Data to Identify All Potential Threats To a Gas Transmission Pipeline (49 U.S.C. § 60123 and 49 C.F.R. § 192.917(b)); 
• Failure to Maintain Certain Repair Records for a Gas Transmission Pipeline ( 49 U.S.C. § 60123 and 49 C.F.R. § 192.709(a)); 
• Failure to Identify and Evaluate Potential Threats to a Gas Transmission Pipeline (49 U.S.C. § 60123 and 49 C.F.R. § 192.917(a)); Failure to Include All Potential Threats and to Select a Suitable Threat Assessment Method for a Gas Transmission Pipeline (49 U.S.C. § 60123 and 49 C.F.R. § 192. 919); 
• Failure to Prioritize a Gas Transmission Pipeline With an Unstable Manufacturing Threat (49 U.S.C. § 60123 and 49 C.F.R. § 192.917(e)(3)); 
• and Failure to Prioritize and Assess a Gas Transmission Pipeline With an Unstable Manufacturing Threat (49 U.S.C. § 60123 and 49 C.F.R. § 192.917(e)(4))  PG&E was a pipeline operator that provided natural gas to customers through the use of over 6,000 miles of natural gas transmission pipelines and over 40,000 miles of distribution pipelines.  Gas transmission pipelines are highly-pressurized, large-diameter lines that carry natural gas to smaller,  less pressurized distribution pipelines that bring natural gas into homes, commercial buildings, and other facilities. 

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