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May 12, 2021 USDOT Responding to Colonial Pipeline Disruption Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) assisted in Colonial Pipeline’s efforts to get Line 4 up and running May 10 “on a manual basis and is continuing to support efforts to ensure safe movement of fuels manually, while concurrent efforts to restore the system’s operation continues.” The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has outlined its efforts to help mitigate impacts of the May 7 ransomware cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline system. As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s continuing assessment of the incident on fuel supplies for the East Coast and reported shortages in parts of the Southeast, the USDOT has been evaluating how the Department and its agencies can help, and released a statement on May 11 highlighting the response so far:

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