VNF Partner Joseph Hainline will speak at the CO₂ Pipelines Summit on February 16, 2026. His presentation, "Ensuring Safety and Compliance: Regulatory Frameworks for CO₂ Pipelines," will address key regulatory and safety elements for ensuring compliance in carbon dioxide transport infrastructure. His panel will discuss: 

• Implications of forthcoming PHMSA CO₂ rulemaking on pipeline safety standards and state regulatory roles and responsibilities
• Operational limits of CO₂ leak detection and unique control room and response challenges versus traditional pipeline fluids
• State eminent domain debates for CO₂ pipelines and PHMSA priorities on accidents, violations, and regulatory noncompliance
• Evolving CO₂ pipeline safety, emergency response, and design lessons to protect communities as networks expand globally
• Regulatory adequacy for CO₂ pipeline rupture behavior and safe conversion of existing pipelines to CO₂ service

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