08-08-2017 02:50 via alaskapublic.org

Drue Pearce appointed to US pipeline safety agency

PHMSA Deputy Director Drue Pearce. (2016 photo by Lawrence Ostrovsky for Alaska Public Media)Former Alaska legislator Drue Pearce has a new job in the Trump administration. She is now the deputy administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, part of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
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PHMSA, created in 2004, oversees the nation’s network of pipelines, some 2.3 million miles, and the transportation of hazardous materials in general, by road,
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