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Ray LaHood Outlines Pipeline Safety Measures

To help recognize April as digging safety month, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood stopped by at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2011 to discuss national measures designed to improve the safety of the nation’s oil and gas pipeline network.

Mar 31, 2011
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