Comment from American Petroleum Institute (API) and Liquid Energy Pipeline Association (LEPA)
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Summary: The American Petroleum Institute (API) and the Liquid Energy Pipeline Association (LEPA) submitted a cost-benefit analysis supporting their proposed revisions to pipeline repair criteria. They argue that modernizing the regulations to allow for risk-based assessments and longer remediation timelines for certain dents and corrosion anomalies will result in over $1 billion in industry cost savings while maintaining safety.
API-LEPA Cost Benefit Analysis for PHMSA Repair Criteria ANPRM. The Cost Benefit Analysis supplements the prior July 21, 2025, comment letter submitted to PHMSA on the ANPRM.