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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1323

To reduce risk to public safety and the environment associated with pipeline

transportation of natural gas and hazardous liquids, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 24, 1995

Mr. SHUSTER (for himself, Mr. PETRI, Mr. LAUGHLIN, and Mr. BREWSTER)

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on

Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on

Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,

in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To reduce risk to public safety and the environment associated with pipeline transportation of natural gas and hazardous liquids, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pipeline Safety Act

5 of 1995’’.

6 SEC. 2. REFERENCES.

7 (a) REFERENCES TO TITLE 49.—Except as otherwise

8 expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment
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1 or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or

2 repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall

3 be considered to be made to a section or other provision

4 of title 49, United States Code.

5 (b) REFERENCES TO THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPOR6 TATION.—Except as otherwise expressly provided, any ref7 erence in this Act to the ‘‘Secretary’’ is a reference to the

8 Secretary of Transportation.

9 SEC. 3. ANALYSIS OF RISK REDUCTION BENEFITS AND

10 COSTS.

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 601 is amended by add12 ing at the end the following new section:

13 ‘‘§ 60126. Analysis of risk reduction benefits and costs

14 ‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—No final significant standard

15 or regulatory requirement issued under section 60101(b),

16 60102, 60103, 60108, 60109, 60110, or 60113 shall be

17 promulgated unless the Secretary of Transportation—

18 ‘‘(1) certifies that the Secretary has conducted

19 an analysis of risk reduction benefits and costs that

20 is based on objective and unbiased scientific and eco21 nomic evaluations of all significant and relevant in22 formation and risk assessments provided to the De23 partment of Transportation by interested parties or

24 generated by the Department itself relating to the
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1 costs, risks, and risk reduction and other benefits

2 addressed by the standard or requirement;

3 ‘‘(2) certifies that the incremental risk reduc4 tion or other benefits of any option chosen will be

5 likely to justify, and be reasonably related to, the in6 cremental costs incurred by State, local, and tribal

7 governments and the Federal Government and other

8 public and private citizens; and

9 ‘‘(3) explains why any other options identified

10 or considered by the Secretary were found either—

11 ‘‘(A) to be less cost-effective at achieving a

12 substantially equivalent reduction in risk; or

13 ‘‘(B) to provide less flexibility to State,

14 local, or tribal governments or regulated entities

15 in achieving the otherwise applicable objectives

16 of the standard or requirement, along with a

17 brief explanation of why other options that were

18 identified or considered by the Secretary were

19 found to be less cost-effective or less flexible.

20 ‘‘(b) ELEMENTS OF ANALYSIS.—An analysis of risk

21 reduction benefits or costs prepared by the Secretary for

22 a significant standard or regulatory requirement, at a

23 minimum, shall—

24 ‘‘(1) identify the various regulatory and non25 regulatory options that were considered;
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1 ‘‘(2) analyze the incremental costs and benefits

2 to public safety and protection of the environment

3 associated with the proposed standard or require4 ment;

5 ‘‘(3) provide any technical data or other infor6 mation, including the underlying assumptions, upon

7 which the standard or requirement is based; and

8 ‘‘(4) include a statement that places in context

9 the nature and magnitude of the risks to be ad10 dressed and the residual risks likely to remain for

11 each option identified or considered.

12 ‘‘(c) RISK ASSESSMENT DOCUMENTS.—A risk assess13 ment document prepared by the Secretary for a significant

14 standard or regulatory requirement, at a minimum,

15 shall—

16 ‘‘(1) provide the best estimate for the impacts

17 addressed and, to the extent feasible, a statement of

18 the reasonable range of scientific uncertainties;

19 ‘‘(2) include a statement of any significant sub20 stitution risks to public safety or the environment;

21 and

22 ‘‘(3) contain a statement that places in context

23 the nature and magnitude of risks to public safety

24 or the environment.
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1 ‘‘(d) STATEMENTS.—The statements referred to in

2 subsections (b)(4) and (c)(3) of this section shall each pro3 vide, to the extent feasible, comparisons with estimates of

4 greater, lesser, and substantially equivalent risks that are

5 familiar to and routinely encountered by the general pub6 lic, as well as other risks, and, where appropriate and

7 meaningful, comparisons of those risks with other similar

8 risks regulated by the Department resulting from com9 parable activities. In making such comparisons, the Sec10 retary should consider relevant distinctions among risks,

11 such as the voluntary or involuntary nature of risks, and

12 the preventability or nonpreventability of risks.

13 ‘‘(e) REVIEW BY STANDARDS COMMITTEE.—

14 ‘‘(1) PEER REVIEW.—For any significant

15 standard or regulatory requirement, the Secretary

16 shall submit any risk assessment documents and

17 cost-benefit analyses (prepared or received by the

18 Secretary) for review by the Technical Pipeline Safe19 ty Standards Committee, the Hazardous Liquid

20 Pipeline Safety Standards Committee, or both, as

21 appropriate, and make them available to the public.

22 The Technical Pipeline Standards Committee and

23 the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards

24 Committee shall function as peer review panels and

25 shall prepare reports, including any recommended
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1 options for any significant standard or regulatory re2 quirement and an evaluation of the technical sci3 entific merit of the data and scientific method used

4 for a risk assessment document or cost-benefit anal5 ysis. The Committee or Committees shall submit

6 such reports to the Secretary within 90 days after

7 the date of receipt of the documents and analyses

8 from the Secretary.

9 ‘‘(2) RESPONSE OF SECRETARY.—The Sec10 retary shall review the report and recommendations

11 of the Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Commit12 tee, the Hazardous Liquids Pipeline Safety Stand13 ards Committee, or both, as the case may be. Within

14 90 days after receipt of such report, the Secretary—

15 ‘‘(A) shall submit to the Committee or

16 Committees a written response to all peer re17 view comments and recommended options; and

18 ‘‘(B) may revise the risk assessment docu19 ment or cost-benefit analysis prior to determin20 ing whether the proposed significant standard

21 or regulatory requirement should be promul22 gated.’’.

23 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The analysis for

24 chapter 601 is amended by adding at the end the follow25 ing:

‘‘60126. Analysis of risk reduction benefits and costs.
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‘‘60127. Risk management.’’.

1 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 60101(a) is amended—

3 (1) by striking subparagraph (B) of paragraph

4 (21) and inserting the following:

5 ‘‘(B) does not include the gathering of gas,

6 other than gathering through regulated gather7 ing lines, in those rural locations that are out8 side the limits of any incorporated or unincor9 porated city, town, or village, or any other des10 ignated residential or commercial area (such as

11 a subdivision, business, shopping center, or

12 community development) or any similar popu13 lated area which the Secretary of Transpor14 tation may define as a nonrural area; but

15 ‘‘(C) includes the movement of gas through

16 regulated gathering lines.’’; and

17 (2) by adding at the end the following:

18 ‘‘(23) ‘best estimate’ means a scientifically ap19 propriate estimate which is based, to the extent fea20 sible, on one of the following:

21 ‘‘(A) Central estimates of risk using the

22 most plausible assumptions.

23 ‘‘(B) An approach which combines multiple

24 estimates based on different scenarios and

25 weighs the probability of each scenario.
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1 ‘‘(C) Any other methodology designed to

2 provide the most unbiased representation of the

3 most plausible level of risk, given the current

4 scientific information available to the Secretary.

5 ‘‘(24) ‘benefit’ means the reasonably identifi6 able significant health, safety, environmental, social,

7 and economic benefits that are expected to result di8 rectly or indirectly from implementation of a stand9 ard, regulatory requirement, or option.

10 ‘‘(25) ‘costs’ means the direct and indirect costs

11 to the United States Government, to State, local,

12 and tribal governments, and to the private sector,

13 wage earners, consumers, and the economy of imple14 menting and complying with a standard, regulatory

15 requirement, or option.

16 ‘‘(26) ‘risk assessment document’ means a doc17 ument containing—

18 ‘‘(A) an explanation of how hazards associ19 ated with a substance, activity, or condition

20 have been identified, quantified, and assessed;

21 and

22 ‘‘(B) a statement by the preparer of the

23 document accepting the findings of the docu24 ment.
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1 ‘‘(27) ‘risk management’ means the systematic

2 application, by the owner or operator of a pipeline

3 facility, of management policies, procedures, finite

4 resources, and practices to the tasks of analyzing,

5 assessing, and controlling risk in order to protect

6 employees, the general public, the environment, and

7 pipeline facilities.

8 ‘‘(28) ‘risk management plan’ means a manage9 ment plan utilized by a natural gas or hazardous liq10 uid pipeline owner or operator that encompasses risk

11 management.

12 ‘‘(29) ‘significant standard or regulatory re13 quirement’ means any safety or environmental

14 standard or regulatory requirement, or closely relat15 ed group of safety or environmental standards or

16 regulatory requirements, that is likely to result in

17 annualized compliance costs in excess of

18 $10,000,000.

19 ‘‘(30) ‘substitution risk’ means a potential risk

20 to public safety or the environment from a signifi21 cant standard, regulatory requirement, or option de22 signed to decrease other risks.’’.

23 (b) GATHERING LINES.—Section 60101(b)(2) is

24 amended by inserting ‘‘, if appropriate,’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’

25 the first place it appears.
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1 SEC. 5. GENERAL AUTHORITY.

2 (a) MINIMUM SAFETY STANDARDS.—Section

3 60102(a) is amended—

4 (1) in paragraph (1)(A) by striking ‘‘transport5 ers of gas and hazardous liquid and to’’; and

6 (2) by striking subparagraph (C) of paragraph

7 (1) and inserting the following:

8 ‘‘(C) shall include a requirement that all indi9 viduals who operate and maintain pipeline facilities

10 must be qualified.

11 Such qualifications shall address the ability to recognize

12 and react appropriately to abnormal operating conditions

13 that may indicate a dangerous situation or a condition ex14 ceeding design limits. The operator of the pipeline facility

15 shall ensure that employees who operate and maintain the

16 facility are qualified.’’.

17 (b) PRACTICABILITY AND SAFETY NEEDS STAND18 ARDS.—Section 60102(b) is amended—

19 (1) by striking ‘‘section 60103’’ and inserting

20 ‘‘sections 60103 and 60112’’;

21 (2) in paragraph (1)(B) by inserting ‘‘safety’’

22 after ‘‘pipeline’’;

23 (3) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

24 (3);

25 (4) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘contribute to’’

26 and inserting ‘‘benefit’’; and
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1 (5) by adding at the end the following new

2 paragraph:

3 ‘‘(5) the comments and recommendations of the

4 Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee, the

5 Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards Com6 mittee, or both, as appropriate.’’.

7 (c) FACILITY OPERATION INFORMATION STAND8 ARDS.—Section 60102(d) is amended in the first sen9 tence—

10 (1) by inserting after ‘‘operating the facility’’

11 the following: ‘‘as required by the standards pre12 scribed under this chapter’’;

13 (2) by striking ‘‘to provide the information’’

14 and inserting ‘‘to make the information available’’;

15 and

16 (3) by inserting after ‘‘to the Secretary and an

17 appropriate State official’’ the following: ‘‘as deter18 mined by the Secretary’’.

19 (d) PIPE INVENTORY STANDARDS.—Section

20 60102(e) is amended in the first sentence—

21 (1) by striking ‘‘and, to the extent the Sec22 retary considers necessary, an operator of a gather23 ing line that is not a regulated gathering line (as de24 fined under section 60101(b)(2) of this title),’’; and
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘transmission’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘transportation’’.

3 (e) SMART PIGS.—

4 (1) MINIMUM SAFETY STANDARDS.—Section

5 60102(f) is amended by striking ‘‘(1)’’ and all that

6 follows through ‘‘device.’’ and inserting the follow7 ing:

8 ‘‘(1) MINIMUM SAFETY STANDARDS.—The Sec9 retary shall prescribe minimum safety standards re10 quiring that the design and construction of a new

11 gas pipeline transmission facility or hazardous liquid

12 pipeline facility be carried out, to the extent prac13 ticable, in a way that accommodates the passage

14 through the facility of an instrumented internal in15 spection device (commonly referred to as a ‘smart

16 pig’). The Secretary shall also prescribe minimum

17 safety standards requiring replacement of an exist18 ing gas pipeline transmission facility, hazardous liq19 uid pipeline facility, or equipment, to be carried out,

20 to the extent practicable, in a way that replacement

21 of the existing gas pipeline transmission facility,

22 hazardous liquid pipeline facility, or equipment being

23 replaced accommodates the passage through the fa24 cility of an instrumented internal inspection device.

25 The Secretary may apply the standard to an existing
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1 gas or hazardous liquid transmission facility and re2 quire the facility to be changed to allow the facility

3 to be inspected with an instrumented internal in4 spection device if the basic construction of the facil5 ity will accommodate the device.’’.

6 (2) PERIODIC INSPECTIONS.—Section 60102(f)

7 is further amended—

8 (A) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘PERI9 ODIC INSPECTIONS.—’’ after ‘‘(2)’’;

10 (B) in paragraph (2) by inserting after

11 ‘‘the Secretary shall prescribe’’ the following: ‘‘,

12 if necessary, additional’’; and

13 (C) by moving paragraph (2) 2 ems to the

14 right.

15 (f) UPDATING STANDARDS.—Section 60102 is

16 amended by adding at the end the following:

17 ‘‘(l) UPDATING STANDARDS.—The Secretary shall, to

18 the extent appropriate and practicable, update incor19 porated industry standards that have been adopted as part

20 of the Federal pipeline safety regulatory program.’’.

21 SEC. 6. RISK MANAGEMENT.

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 601 is further amended

23 by adding at the end the following new section:
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1 ‘‘§ 60127. Risk management

2 ‘‘(a) RISK MANAGEMENT DEMONSTRATION

3 PROJECT.—The Secretary shall carry out a project with

4 voluntary participation by owners and operators of pipe5 line facilities to demonstrate applications of risk manage6 ment. The purpose of the project shall be to evaluate the

7 safety and cost effectiveness of such applications.

8 ‘‘(b) EXEMPTION.—During the period of the dem9 onstration project carried out under this section, the Sec10 retary may exempt owners and operators participating in

11 the project from compliance with some or all of the stand12 ards and regulatory requirements that would otherwise

13 apply to such owners and operators under this chapter.

14 In addition, the Secretary shall exempt such owners and

15 operators from complying with standards and regulatory

16 requirements promulgated under this chapter during the

17 period of such participation with respect to facilities in18 cluded in the project.

19 ‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the dem20 onstration project under this section, the Secretary shall—

21 ‘‘(1) invite owners and operators of pipeline fa22 cilities to submit risk management plans for timely

23 approval by the Secretary;

24 ‘‘(2) ensure that owners and operators imple25 menting approved risk management plans under the

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1 level of safety than such owners and operators would

2 otherwise achieve by complying with the standards

3 and regulatory requirements of this chapter; and

4 ‘‘(3) ensure that the project incorporates the

5 following elements:

6 ‘‘(A) collaborative training;

7 ‘‘(B) methods to measure the performance

8 of risk management plans;

9 ‘‘(C) development and application of new

10 technologies;

11 ‘‘(D) promotion of community awareness;

12 ‘‘(E) development of a model to categorize

13 the risks inherent to a selected pipeline facility,

14 considering the location, volume, pressure, and

15 material transported or stored by the facility;

16 ‘‘(F) application of risk assessment and

17 risk management methodologies suitable to the

18 inherent risks determined to exist by the model

19 developed under subparagraph (E);

20 ‘‘(G) development of project elements need21 ed to ensure that owners and operators partici22 pating in the project demonstrate that risks are

23 being effectively managed and that risk man24 agement plans carried out under the project can

25 be audited;
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1 ‘‘(H) a process for making amendments,

2 modifications, and adjustments to approved risk

3 management plans under the project as agreed

4 to by owners and operators carrying out such

5 plans and the Secretary; and

6 ‘‘(I) such other elements as the Secretary

7 and owners and operators participating in the

8 project may agree would further the purposes of

9 this section.

10 ‘‘(d) EMERGENCIES.—In the case of an emergency,

11 the Secretary may suspend or revoke the participation of

12 an owner or operator in the demonstration project carried

13 out under this section.

14 ‘‘(e) REPORT.—Not later than March 31, 1999, the

15 Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report on the re16 sults of the demonstration project carried out under this

17 section together with an evaluation of the project and rec18 ommendations on whether or not the applications dem19 onstrated under the project should be made a permanent

20 part of the Federal pipeline safety program.’’.

21 SEC. 7. INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE.

22 Section 60108 is amended—

23 (1) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ‘‘transport24 ing gas or hazardous liquid or’’;
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1 (2) in subsection (b)(2) by striking the second

2 sentence;

3 (3) in the heading to subsection (c) by striking

4 ‘‘NAVIGABLE WATERS’’ and inserting ‘‘OTHER WA5 TERS’’; and

6 (4) by striking clause (ii) of subsection

7 (c)(2)(A) and inserting the following:

8 ‘‘(ii) any other pipeline facility crossing under,

9 over, or through waters where a substantial likeli10 hood of commercial navigation exists if the Secretary

11 decides that the location of the facility in those wa12 ters could pose a hazard to navigation or public

13 safety.’’.

14 SEC. 8. HIGH-DENSITY POPULATION AREAS AND ENVIRON15 MENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS.

16 (a) IDENTIFICATION.—Section 60109(a)(1)(B)(i) is

17 amended by striking ‘‘a navigable waterway (as the Sec18 retary defines by regulation)’’ and inserting ‘‘waters where

19 a substantial likelihood of commercial navigation exists’’.

20 (b) UNUSUALLY SENSITIVE AREAS.—Section

21 60109(b) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and in22 serting the following:

23 ‘‘(1) intake locations for community water sys24 tems;’’.
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1 SEC. 9. EXCESS FLOW VALUES.

2 Section 60110 is amended—

3 (1) in subsection (b) by inserting ‘‘, if any,’’

4 after ‘‘circumstances’’;

5 (2) in subsection (b)(4) by inserting ‘‘, operat6 ing, and maintaining’’ after ‘‘cost of installing’’;

7 (3) in subsection (c)(1)(C) by inserting ‘‘, main8 tenance, and replacement’’ after ‘‘installation’’; and

9 (4) in subsection (e) by inserting after the first

10 sentence the following: ‘‘The Secretary may adopt

11 industry accepted performance standards in order to

12 comply with this requirement.’’.

13 SEC. 10. CUSTOMER-OWNED NATURAL GAS SERVICE LINES.

14 Section 60113 is amended—

15 (1) by striking ‘‘(a) MAINTENANCE INFORMA16 TION.—’’; and

17 (2) by striking subsection (b).

18 SEC. 11. ONE-CALL NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS.

19 (a) APPLICATION.—Section 60114(a) is amended—

20 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘the system

21 apply to’’;

22 (2) in paragraph (1) by inserting before the pe23 riod ‘‘be covered by a system’’; and

24 (3) in each of paragraphs (1) through (9) by

25 striking ‘‘a’’ the first place it appears and inserting

26 ‘‘A’’.
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1 (b) SANCTIONS.—Section 60114(a)(9) is further

2 amended by striking ‘‘60120, 60122, and 60123’’ and in3 serting ‘‘60120 and 60122’’.

4 SEC. 12. TECHNICAL SAFETY STANDARDS COMMITTEES.

5 (a) PEER REVIEW.—Section 60115(a) is amended by

6 adding at the end the following: ‘‘The Committees shall

7 serve as peer review committees for carrying out this chap8 ter. Peer reviews conducted by the Committees shall be

9 treated for purposes of all Federal laws relating to risk

10 assessment and peer review (including laws approved after

11 the date of the enactment of the Pipeline Safety Act of

12 1995) as meeting any peer review requirements of such

13 laws.’’.

14 (b) COMPOSITION AND APPOINTMENT.—Section

15 60115(b) is amended—

16 (1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘or risk man17 agement’’ before the period at the end of the last

18 sentence;

19 (2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ‘‘or risk man20 agement’’ before the period at the end of the last

21 sentence;

22 (3) in paragraph (3)(B) by striking ‘‘4’’ and in23 serting ‘‘5’’;

24 (4) in paragraph (3)(C) by striking ‘‘6’’ and in25 serting ‘‘5’’;
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1 (5) in paragraph (4)(B) by adding at the end

2 the following: ‘‘At least 1 of the individuals selected

3 for each committee under paragraph (3)(B) must

4 have education, background, or experience in risk as5 sessment and cost-benefit analysis. The Secretary

6 shall consult with the national organizations rep7 resenting the owners and operators of pipeline facili8 ties before selecting individuals under paragraph

9 (3)(B).’’; and

10 (6) in paragraph (4)(C) by inserting after the

11 first sentence the following: ‘‘At least 1 of the indi12 viduals selected for each committee under paragraph

13 (3)(C) must have education, background, or experi14 ence in risk assessment and cost-benefit analysis.’’.

15 (c) COMMITTEE REPORTS.—Section 60115(c) is

16 amended—

17 (1) by inserting ‘‘or regulatory requirement’’

18 after ‘‘standard’’ each place it appears in para19 graphs (1), (2), and (3);

20 (2) in paragraph (1)(A) by inserting after ‘‘gas

21 pipeline facilities’’ the following: ‘‘, including the risk

22 assessment document, cost-benefit, and other analy23 ses supporting each proposed standard or regulatory

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1 (3) in paragraph (1)(B) by inserting after ‘‘haz2 ardous liquid pipeline facilities’’ the following: ‘‘, in3 cluding the risk assessment document, cost-benefit,

4 and other analyses supporting each proposed stand5 ard or regulatory requirement’’; and

6 (4) in paragraph (2)—

7 (A) by inserting ‘‘and supporting analyses’’

8 before the first comma in the first sentence;

9 (B) by inserting ‘‘and submit to the Sec10 retary’’ after ‘‘prepare’’ in the first sentence;

11 (C) by inserting ‘‘cost effectiveness,’’ after

12 ‘‘reasonableness,’’ in the first sentence;

13 (D) by inserting ‘‘together with rec14 ommended actions’’ after ‘‘practicability of the

15 proposed standard’’ in the first sentence; and

16 (E) by inserting ‘‘any recommended ac17 tions and’’ after ‘‘including’’ in the second sen18 tence.

19 (d) PROPOSED COMMITTEE STANDARDS AND REGU20 LATORY REQUIREMENTS.—Paragraphs (1) and (2) of sec21 tion 60115(d) are amended by inserting ‘‘or regulatory re22 quirement’’ after ‘‘standard’’ each place it appears;

23 (e) MEETINGS.—Section 60115(e) is amended by

24 striking ‘‘twice’’ and inserting ‘‘4 times’’.

25 (f) EXPENSES.—Section 60115(f) is amended—
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1 (1) in the subsection heading by striking ‘‘PAY

2 AND’’;

3 (2) by striking the first two sentences; and

4 (3) by inserting ‘‘of a committee under this sec5 tion’’ after ‘‘A member’’.

6 SEC. 13. PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

7 Section 60116 is amended—

8 (1) by striking ‘‘person transporting gas’’ and

9 inserting ‘‘owner or operator of a natural gas pipe10 line facility’’;

11 (2) by inserting ‘‘the use of damage prevention

12 (‘one-call’) systems prior to excavation,’’ after ‘‘edu13 cate the public on’’; and

14 (3) by inserting a comma after ‘‘gas leaks’’.

15 SEC. 14. ADMINISTRATIVE.

16 Section 60117 is amended by adding at the end the

17 following:

18 ‘‘(k) AUTHORITY FOR COOPERATIVE AGREE19 MENTS.—To carry out this chapter, the Secretary may

20 enter into grants, cooperative agreements, and other

21 transactions with any person, agency, or instrumentality

22 of the United States, any unit of State or local govern23 ment, any educational institution, and any other entity to

24 further the objectives of this chapter. Such objectives in25 clude, but are not limited to, the development, improve-
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1 ment, and promotion of one-call damage prevention pro2 grams, research, risk assessment, and mapping.’’.

3 SEC. 15. COMPLIANCE AND WAIVERS.

4 Section 60118 is amended by adding at the end the

5 following:

6 ‘‘(e) COMPLIANCE WITH RISK MANAGEMENT

7 PLANS.—Owners and operators that are participating in

8 the demonstration project under section 60127 shall be

9 considered to be in compliance with any prescribed safety

10 standard or regulatory requirement that is covered by an

11 approved plan under section 60127.’’.

12 SEC. 16. DAMAGE REPORTING.

13 Section 60123(d)(2) is amended—

14 (1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph

15 (A);

16 (2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub17 paragraph (C); and

18 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol19 lowing:

20 ‘‘(B) a pipeline facility that does not report

21 the damage promptly to the operator of the

22 pipeline facility and other appropriate authori23 ties; or’’.
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1 SEC. 17. ANNUAL REPORTS.

2 Section 60124 and the item relating to such section

3 in the analysis for chapter 601 are repealed.

4 SEC. 18. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

5 (a) SECTION 60105.—The heading to section 60105

6 is amended by inserting ‘‘pipeline safety program’’

7 after ‘‘State’’.

8 (b) SECTION 60106.—The heading to section 60106

9 is amended by inserting ‘‘pipeline safety’’ after

10 ‘‘State’’.

11 (c) SECTION 60107.—The heading to section 60107

12 is amended by inserting ‘‘pipeline safety’’ after

13 ‘‘State’’.

14 (d) CHAPTER ANALYSIS.—The analysis for chapter

15 601 is amended—

16 (1) in the item relating to section 60105 by in17 serting ‘‘pipeline safety program’’ after ‘‘State’’;

18 (2) in the item relating to section 60106 by in19 serting ‘‘pipeline safety’’ after ‘‘State’’; and

20 (3) in the item relating to section 60107 by in21 serting ‘‘pipeline safety’’ after ‘‘State’’.

22 SEC. 19. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATION.

23 (a) GAS.—Section 60125(a) is amended by adding at

24 the end the following:

25 ‘‘(4) $7,866,000 for fiscal year 1996.

26 ‘‘(5) $8,322,000 for fiscal year 1997.
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1 ‘‘(6) $8,778,000 for fiscal year 1998.

2 ‘‘(7) $9,234,000 for fiscal year 1999.’’.

3 (b) HAZARDOUS LIQUID.—Section 60125(b) is

4 amended by adding at the end the following:

5 ‘‘(4) $2,070,000 for fiscal year 1996.

6 ‘‘(5) $2,190,000 for fiscal year 1997.

7 ‘‘(6) $2,310,000 for fiscal year 1998.

8 ‘‘(7) $2,430,000 for fiscal year 1999.’’.

9 (c) STATE GRANTS.—Section 60125(c)(1) by adding

10 at the end the following:

11 ‘‘(D) $10,764,000 for fiscal year 1996.

12 ‘‘(E) $11,388,000 for fiscal year 1997.

13 ‘‘(F) $12,012,000 for fiscal year 1998.

14 ‘‘(G) $12,636,000 for fiscal year 1999.’’.

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