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SAN FRANCISCO, March 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today issued the following statement in advance of the third day of National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) hearings: This week's NTSB hearings are important for PG&E and the industry as we seek to apply the most effective and advanced technologies to better serve our customers and enhance the safety of communities we serve. PG&E is committed to learning everything it can from the San Bruno...
SAN FRANCISCO, March 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today issued the following statement at the conclusion of the second day of National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) hearings: PG&E appreciates the NTSB's vital contribution, through these hearings and its reports, to helping our company and the entire industry enhance pipeline safety. Since the San Bruno disaster PG&E has launched a number of initiatives to reevaluate, restructure and...
SAN FRANCISCO, March 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today issued the following statement in advance of the second day of National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) hearings: In the months since the San Bruno accident, PG&E has taken steps to significantly enhance our public safety partnerships in support of natural gas pipeline safety. PG&E is continuously working to further empower its customers, public officials and first responders with the...
SAN FRANCISCO, March 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today issued the following statement on this week's National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) hearings: PG&E fully supports the NTSB's investigation into the root cause of the San Bruno accident. Our highest responsibility is ensuring the safety of our pipelines. We will be actively participating in the hearings in Washington D.C. this week and expect the NTSB's thorough investigation to provide...
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- This afternoon, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) issued the following statement from President Chris Johns on the National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) most recent report in its investigation into the September 9, 2010, natural gas pipeline accident in San Bruno, California: "While additional work still lies ahead to reach a final conclusion on what caused the September 9, 2010, tragedy in San Bruno, today's metallurgical...
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which is investigating the pipeline accident in San Bruno on September 9, 2010, today issued seven safety recommendations calling on the gas pipeline industry and regulators "to ensure that the records, surveys, and documents for all pipeline systems accurately reflect the pipeline infrastructure as built throughout the United States so that maximum safe operating pressures are accurately...
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today responded to the release by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) of its second interim report on the tragic San Bruno pipeline rupture on September 9, 2010. The report documents NTSB's progress on its meticulous investigation but draws no definitive conclusions as to the cause of the accident. The NTSB report finds no evidence of external corrosion on the ruptured pipe pieces, no...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) today participated in the National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) forum on child passenger safety. As a participant on the Aviation Child Passenger Safety panel, AFA-CWA International President Pat Friend reiterated the union's longstanding call for separate seats and restraints for passengers less than two years of age. "As flight attendants, we are required to secure all items in...
State Laws Governing Seat Belt Enforcement, Teen Licensing, Drunk Driving And Motorcycle Helmet Use on National Priority Safety Agenda WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following today's announcement by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) adding all rider motorcycle helmet laws to its 2010 Most Wanted List of Safety Improvements directed at states, Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety calls on Congress to enact federal legislation that will result in all...
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) issued the following statement today from President Chris Johns in response to the National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) release of its preliminary report on the pipeline accident in San Bruno, California, on September 9, 2010: "We thank the National Transportation Safety Board for today's release of its preliminary report on the tragedy in San Bruno. Although a final report and a conclusive set of...
