U.S. District Court Declines Jurisdiction in Pipe Company’s Challenge to OSHA Search Warrant

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A federal judge has dismissed a pipe company’s request for a temporary restraining order to prevent federal regulators from inspecting its chemical storage facilities, saying the court has no jurisdiction.

U.S. District Judge Malachy E. Mannion ruled Dec. 2 that the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. § 1651 et seq.), under which the search warrant was sought, prevents the federal district courts from ruling on the request by Insituform Technologies LLC.

Insituform sought the TRO after receiving notice that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration had filed an action for a search warrant in the …