PHMSA Pipeline Enforcement Cases

Export official PHMSA pipeline-safety enforcement case rows into a structured, source-linked Apify dataset for regulatory monitoring, compliance research, infrastructure risk review, insurance research, and legal/regulatory triage.

This Actor reads PHMSA public enforcement-data page JSON and defaults to Notices of Probable Violation (NOPV). It can also include Warning Letters (WL), Notices of Amendment (NOA), Corrective Action Orders (CAO), and Safety Orders (PSO).

Unofficial / not affiliated: this Actor is not operated by, endorsed by, or affiliated with PHMSA, the U.S. Department of Transportation, or any government agency.

Common use cases

Use case	Why it helps
Pipeline-safety monitoring	Track new or open enforcement cases from the public PHMSA source.
Compliance triage	Filter by case type, status, year, region, operator, or proposed penalty.
Infrastructure risk research	Export normalized rows for repeatable review and downstream analysis.
Insurance / legal research	Create source-linked datasets before manual document review.
Regulatory watchlists	Run bounded scheduled checks for specific operators or regions.

Example input

{
  "maxItems": 25,
  "caseTypes": ["NOPV"],
  "statuses": ["OPEN"],
  "openedYearFrom": 2025,
  "minProposedPenaltyUsd": 1
}

Input fields

Field	Notes
maxItems	Maximum rows to save, 1–1000.
caseTypes	One or more of NOPV, WL, NOA, CAO, PSO; defaults to NOPV.
statuses	Optional OPEN / CLOSED filter.
openedFrom, openedTo	Optional YYYY-MM-DD opened-date bounds.
openedYearFrom, openedYearTo	Optional opened-year bounds.
region	Optional case-insensitive PHMSA region filter.
operatorSearch	Optional case-insensitive filter on operator name or CPF number.
minProposedPenaltyUsd	Optional minimum proposed civil penalty.
includeRawFields	Optional sanitized source-field debugging output when enabled.

Output

Each dataset row includes:

• PHMSA CPF number / record key
• case type and status
• opened and closed dates
• operator name and operator ID
• PHMSA region
• proposed, assessed, and collected penalty amounts
• final-order / consent-order dates when present
• source URL and collection timestamp

Source

Official source: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/enforcement-data

PHMSA notes that enforcement data is intended to enhance public understanding, is updated as cases are initiated or resolved, and historical totals may change over time. The source search may not retrieve every document associated with every enforcement action. Use this Actor for monitoring and triage, then verify important decisions against official PHMSA records.

Pricing

from $3.00 / 1,000 PHMSA pipeline enforcement case rows

This Actor uses Apify Pay per Event pricing with platform usage included. The row event is charged only for useful rows written to the default dataset.

Event	Price	Unit
Actor start (apify-actor-start)	$0.00005	Once when the run starts.
PHMSA Enforcement Case Row (apify-default-dataset-item)	$0.003	Per PHMSA pipeline enforcement case row.

A row is one PHMSA pipeline enforcement case row. Apify plan discounts, user-configured max-charge limits, and any future Apify pricing UI changes may affect final charges.

Limitations and responsible use

• This output is not legal, regulatory, investment, safety, or compliance advice.
• Do not rely on the dataset as the sole basis for legal/regulatory decisions, public accusations, unsolicited mass outreach, or automated adverse actions.
• PHMSA records can change as cases progress; verify high-stakes findings against the official source.
• No browser, proxy, login, private API, external paid API, or LLM is used. The Actor performs bounded HTTPS requests to official public PHMSA data and writes normalized rows.

Related Actors in this portfolio

This Actor is part of the Public risk and enforcement monitors group. These are narrow, source-specific Apify Actors intended for scheduled checks and repeatable dataset exports — not broad scraped-content feeds.

• Texas Data Breach Reports Scraper — Official Texas data-breach notice rows for cybersecurity/compliance monitoring.
• OSHA Severe Injury Reports Scraper — Official OSHA severe-injury report rows for workplace-safety research.
• CFPB Enforcement Actions Monitor — Official CFPB enforcement-action rows for financial regulatory monitoring.
• PHMSA Pipeline Enforcement Cases — Official PHMSA pipeline enforcement case rows for safety/compliance monitoring.

Each listing includes its own source notes, limits, pricing, and responsible-use caveats. Use the official source links in each Actor when decisions require verification.