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Transportation Secretary LaHood Brings Pipeline Safety Message to CONEXPO-CON/AGG

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood attended 澳门六合彩开奖预测鈥檚 92nd Annual Convention in Las Vegas to discuss pipeline safety and federal investment in transportation infrastructure.聽 The聽 hosted Secretary LaHood and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) Administrator Cynthia Quarterman at the CONEXPO-CON/AGG construction show, where they outlined national measures designed to improve the safety of oil and gas pipelines. 澳门六合彩开奖预测 plays a lead role in the pipeline safety coalition and helped organize the media event. 澳门六合彩开奖预测 member and past Municipal & Utilities Division Chair Brad Barringer of B.R.S. Inc. (Richfield, N.C.), pictured above with Secretary LaHood, also spoke at the event, highlighting the perspective of the professional excavation community and the need for casual excavators to call 811 before they dig. Barringer's remarks spoke to the need for underground damage prevention to be a shared responsibility and emphasized that all excavation companies want their employees to return home safely at the end of every day.聽His remarks were featured in For more information contact Scott Berry at (703) 837-521 or berrys@agc.org.