Commerce Seeking Comments on Domestic Materials Directive for Pipelines

The Commerce Department is accepting comments until April 7 on construction and maintenance of U.S. pipelines to help develop a plan to domestically source materials for the construction, retrofitting, repair and expansion of pipelines in the U.S. in line with President Donald Trump’s Jan. 24 memorandum (see 1701270004), Commerce said (here). Commerce is collecting information in order to better understand current pipeline construction technology and requirements, potential advances in technology, the domestic and foreign supply chain for pipeline materials, and any other information that commenters think is relevant to development of the domestic sourcing plan, Commerce said. Responses will inform a plan Commerce is developing for the domestic sourcing of materials for U.S. pipelines.