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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6008 

To amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure telephonic notice of certain 

incidents, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 30, 2010 

Mr. SCHAUER (for himself, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. EHLERS, 

Mr. WALZ, Mr. UPTON, Mr. PETERS, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. 

SMITH of Washington, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. KAPTUR, Mrs. 

HALVORSON, and Mr. LIPINSKI) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in 

addition to the Committee on Energy and 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 amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure telephonic 

notice of certain incidents, 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 ‘‘Corporate Liability 

5 and Emergency Accident Notification Act’’ or ‘‘CLEAN 

6 Act’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION OF INCIDENTS. 

2 (a) TELEPHONIC NOTICE OF CERTAIN INCIDENTS.— 

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 601 of title 49, 

4 United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

5 end the following: 

6 ‘‘§ 60138. Telephonic notice of certain incidents 

7 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An owner or operator of a pipe8 line facility shall provide immediate telephonic notice of— 

9 ‘‘(1) a release of hazardous liquid or another 

10 substance regulated under part 195 of title 49, Code 

11 of Federal Regulations, resulting in an event for 

12 which notice is required under section 195.50 of 

13 such title; or 

14 ‘‘(2) a release of gas resulting in an incident, 

15 as defined in section 191.3 of such title. 

16 ‘‘(b) IMMEDIATE TELEPHONIC NOTICE DEFINED.— 

17 In subsection (a), the term ‘immediate telephonic notice’ 

18 means telephonic notice, as described in section 191.5 of 

19 such title, to the Secretary and the National Response 

20 Center at the earliest practicable moment following dis21 covery of a release of gas or hazardous liquid and not later 

22 than one hour following the time of such discovery. 

23 ‘‘(c) REFERENCES.—Any reference to a regulation in 

24 this section means the regulation as in effect on the date 

25 of enactment of this section.’’. 

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1 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 

2 such chapter is amended by adding at the end the 

3 following: 

‘‘60138. Telephonic notice of certain incidents.’’. 

4 (b) CIVIL PENALTIES.—Section 60122(a)(1) of such 

5 title is amended— 

6 (1) in the first sentence— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘, or 60118(a)’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘60118(a), or 60138’’; 

9 (B) by inserting ‘‘, or has obstructed or 

10 prevented the Secretary from carrying out an 

11 inspection or investigation under this chapter,’’ 

12 after ‘‘under this chapter’’; and 

13 (C) by striking ‘‘$100,000’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘$250,000’’; and 

15 (2) in the last sentence by striking 

16 ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,500,000’’. 

17 (c) TRANSPARENCY OF ACCIDENTS AND INCI18 DENTS.—Not later than October 1, 2010, the Secretary 

19 of Transportation shall maintain on the Department of 

20 Transportation’s Internet Web site a database of all re21 portable incidents involving gas or hazardous liquid pipe22 lines and allow the public to search the database for inci23 dents by owner or operator of a pipeline facility. 

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