The Research & Special Programs Administration

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The Research & Special Programs Administration (RSPA), a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation, is responsible for a variety of safety and regulatory programs. The Office of Pipeline Safety is responsible for regulating the safe transportation of 1.5 million miles of interstate & intrastate natural gas pipelines. The Office of Hazardous Material Transportation issues standards for almost all types of hazardous materials transportation. Also, the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center is an organization within RSPA dedicated to enhancing the effectiveness, efficiency and responsiveness of other Federal organizations with critical transportation-related functions and missions.^[1]

References

1. http://www.dot.gov/affairs/rspaind.htm