No offense here but uHanzoJinn is ignorant of industry practises . I don ' t blame him or her . It is really up to the pipeline industry to educate and get the information out there in some meaningful way . I know the industry tries to get that info out there CEPA but it is often met with distrust by the public . There are people out there with an agenda who do a shotgun approach of misinformation . The industry is left on the defensive trying to correct the record but it is an uphill battle as the damage to the public trust is already done . The US and Canada have vastly different approaches to pipeline regulations . I think the Canadian approach is superior overall to the US approach . For the record , I work for a Canadian pipeline company in Pipeline Integrity . I ' m not a PR person so I don ' t know the answer to how the industry can fix this misconception . I get frustrated and saddened that the public really has no clue the work that goes into maintaining these pipelines in our country .