State and congressional lawmakers moved Tuesday to impose new requirements for automatic or remote-controlled shutoff valves on pipelines after last week’s San Bruno natural gas conflagration raged ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Gas feeding the flames devouring a San Bruno neighborhood could have been shut off an hour sooner if PG&E had automatic or remotely controlled shutoff valves on the pipeline that ...

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Federal investigators and state legislators are zeroing in on whether inferior shut-off valves on the natural gas pipeline that exploded last week in San Bruno led to a deadlier, costlier disaster.

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The U.S. Dept. of Transportation has proposed a regulation to require automatic shutoff valves or similar technology on new and rebuilt pipelines that carry natural gas and hazardous liquids. Under ...

“Part Fill” Valve? Yes, Part Fill valves are widely used in Rainwater tanks. The valve will open once the water level in the tank has fallen to a low position, this allows the town mains water to ...

The activist said that while installing automatic water valves is a good move, PMC should not hurry for single purchase of 306 units A Right to Information (RTI) activist has raised concern over Pune ...