| Public Transparency by State Pipeline Safety Agencies & PHMSA - website review updated 2/1/12 | ||||||||||
| Contact Info for Agency Staff | Incident Data | Enforcement Records | Inspection Records | Transmission Pipeline Maps | Excavation Damage Data | Pipeline Company Contact Info | Easy to Access Regulations | Totals (avg) | ||
| Washington | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Arkansas | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2.875 | |
| PHMSA | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2.625 | |
| Minnesota | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2.375 | |
| South Dakota | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| West Virginia | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1.875 | |
| Kentucky | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1.75 | |
| Texas | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1.75 | |
| Michigan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1.625 | |
| New York | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.5 | |
| Utah | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | |
| Idaho | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.375 | |
| Massachusetts | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.25 | |
| Vermont | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1.25 | |
| Arizona | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.125 | |
| California Liquid* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.125 | |
| Colorado | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1.125 | |
| North Carolina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.125 | |
| Rhode Island | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.125 | |
| South Carolina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1.125 | |
| Alabama | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Georgia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Indiana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| New Hampshire | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
| Virginia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| DC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.875 | |
| California Gas* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.75 | |
| Illinois | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.75 | |
| Kansas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.75 | |
| Maine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.75 | |
| Mississippi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.75 | |
| Montana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.75 | |
| Nebraska | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.75 | |
| New Mexico | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.75 | |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.75 | |
| Oregon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.75 | |
| Pennsylvania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.75 | |
| Tennessee | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.75 | |
| Wisconsin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.75 | |
| Connecticut | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.625 | |
| Delaware | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0.625 | |
| Louisiana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.625 | |
| Maryland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.625 | |
| Nevada | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.625 | |
| North Dakota | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.625 | |
| Alaska** | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | |
| Florida | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.5 | |
| Iowa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | |
| Missouri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.375 | |
| Ohio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.375 | |
| Wyoming | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.375 | |
| Hawaii** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New Jersey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 = can't find | 1 = difficult | 2 = moderate | 3 = easy to find | |||||||
| * California is the only state that has different agencies for natural gas and liquid pipelines | ||||||||||
| ** Alaska and Hawaii are the only two states that do not have agencies designated for pipeline safety | ||||||||||
| State web pages scored during a review in July 2011. This survey will be redone and updated completely each July. | ||||||||||
| We also will update it throughout the year if we are alerted to changes by citizens or state regulatory agencies. | ||||||||||