In January 2016 two California senators asked the heads of the US Department of Justice and US Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency for a "legal analysis of any federal authorities that could apply to this incident and storage fields in general" and a "technical analysis of whether Southern California Gas Company could more quickly reduce the gas stored in the facility."
2016年1月，加州两名参议院要求美国司法部、美国运输部和美国国家环境保护局“合法分析任何可能牵涉到事件的联邦部门和一般的储存田地”，“技术上分析南加州天然气公司是否能更加迅速地减少在设施中储存的气体。