112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 93 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That, in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 2845, 
the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall make the 
following correction: Strike all after the enacting clause 
and insert the following: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF TITLE 49, 
UNITED STATES CODE; DEFINITIONS; TABLE 
OF CONTENTS.
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(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation 
Act of 2011’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT
OF TITLE 49, UNITED STATES 
CODE.—Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever 
in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms 
of an amendment to, or a repeal of, a section or other 
provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to 
a section or other provision of title 49, United States 
Code. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER 601 DEFINI-
TIONS.—In this Act, any term defined in chapter 
601 of title 49, United States Code, has the mean-
ing given that term in that chapter. 
(2) HIGH-CONSEQUENCE
AREA.—In this Act, 
the term ‘‘high-consequence area’’ means an area 
described in section 60109(a) of title 49, United 
States Code. 
(d) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; amendment of title 49, United States Code; definitions; 
table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Civil penalties. 
Sec. 3. Pipeline damage prevention. 
Sec. 4. Automatic and remote-controlled shut-off valves. 
Sec. 5. Integrity management. 
Sec. 6. Public education and awareness. 
Sec. 7. Cast iron gas pipelines. 
Sec. 8. Leak detection.
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Sec. 9. Accident and incident notification. 
Sec. 10. Transportation-related onshore facility response plan compliance. 
Sec. 11. Pipeline infrastructure data collection. 
Sec. 12. Transportation-related oil flow lines. 
Sec. 13. Cost recovery for design reviews. 
Sec. 14. Biofuel pipelines. 
Sec. 15. Carbon dioxide pipelines. 
Sec. 16. Study of transportation of diluted bitumen. 
Sec. 17. Study of nonpetroleum hazardous liquids transported by pipeline. 
Sec. 18. Clarifications. 
Sec. 19. Maintenance of effort. 
Sec. 20. Administrative enforcement process. 
Sec. 21. Gas and hazardous liquid gathering lines. 
Sec. 22. Excess flow valves. 
Sec. 23. Maximum allowable operating pressure. 
Sec. 24. Limitation on incorporation of documents by reference. 
Sec. 25. Pipeline safety training for State and local government personnel. 
Sec. 26. Report on minority-owned, woman-owned, and disadvantaged busi-
nesses. 
Sec. 27. Report on pipeline projects. 
Sec. 28. Cover over buried pipelines. 
Sec. 29. Seismicity. 
Sec. 30. Tribal consultation for pipeline projects. 
Sec. 31. Pipeline inspection and enforcement needs. 
Sec. 32. Authorization of appropriations. 
SEC. 2. CIVIL PENALTIES. 
(a) GENERAL
PENALTIES; PENALTY
CONSIDER-
ATIONS.—Section 60122 is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(A) in the first sentence by striking 
‘‘$100,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$200,000’’; and 
(B) in the last sentence by striking 
‘‘$1,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,000,000’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)(B) by striking ‘‘the 
ability to pay,’’. 
(b) OPERATOR ASSISTANCE IN INVESTIGATIONS.— 
Section 60118(e) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) OPERATOR ASSISTANCE IN INVESTIGATIONS.—
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‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE
AND
ACCESS.—If the Sec-
retary or the National Transportation Safety Board 
investigates an accident or incident involving a pipe-
line facility, the operator of the facility shall— 
‘‘(A) make available to the Secretary or 
the Board all records and information that in 
any way pertain to the accident or incident, in-
cluding integrity management plans and test re-
sults; and 
‘‘(B) afford all reasonable assistance in the 
investigation of the accident or incident. 
‘‘(2) OPERATOR
ASSISTANCE
IN
INVESTIGA-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may 
impose a civil penalty under section 60122 on 
a person who obstructs or prevents the Sec-
retary from carrying out inspections or inves-
tigations under this chapter. 
‘‘(B) OBSTRUCTS DEFINED.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In this paragraph, 
the term ‘obstructs’ includes actions that 
were known, or reasonably should have 
been known, to prevent, hinder, or impede 
an investigation without good cause.
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‘‘(3) does not provide any exemptions to mu-
nicipalities, State agencies, or their contractors from 
the one-call notification system requirements of the 
program.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect 2 years after the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
(d) EXCAVATION DAMAGE.— 
(1) STUDY.—The Secretary of Transportation 
shall conduct a study on the impact of excavation 
damage on pipeline safety. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The study shall include— 
(A) an analysis of the frequency and sever-
ity of different types of excavation damage inci-
dents; 
(B) an analysis of exemptions to the one- 
call notification system requirements in each 
State; 
(C) a comparison of exemptions to the one- 
call notification system requirements in each 
State to the types of excavation damage inci-
dents in that State; and 
(D) an analysis of the potential safety ben-
efits and adverse consequences of eliminating
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all exemptions for mechanized excavation from 
State one-call notification systems. 
(3) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
submit to the Committee on Transportation and In-
frastructure and the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate a report on the results of the 
study. 
SEC. 4. AUTOMATIC AND REMOTE-CONTROLLED SHUT-OFF 
VALVES. 
Section 60102 is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (j)(3); and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(n) AUTOMATIC AND REMOTE-CONTROLLED SHUT- 
OFF VALVES FOR NEW TRANSMISSION PIPELINES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this subsection, and 
after considering the factors specified in subsection 
(b)(2), the Secretary, if appropriate, shall require by 
regulation the use of automatic or remote-controlled 
shut-off valves, or equivalent technology, where eco-
nomically, technically, and operationally feasible on 
transmission pipeline facilities constructed or en-
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tirely replaced after the date on which the Secretary 
issues the final rule containing such requirement. 
‘‘(2) HIGH-CONSEQUENCE AREA STUDY.— 
‘‘(A) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States shall conduct a study on the 
ability of transmission pipeline facility operators 
to respond to a hazardous liquid or gas release 
from a pipeline segment located in a high-con-
sequence area. 
‘‘(B) 
CONSIDERATIONS.—In 
conducting 
the study, the Comptroller General shall con-
sider the swiftness of leak detection and pipe-
line shutdown capabilities, the location of the 
nearest response personnel, and the costs, risks, 
and benefits of installing automatic and remote- 
controlled shut-off valves. 
‘‘(C) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this subsection, 
the Comptroller General shall submit to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture and the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation of the Senate a report on the results 
of the study.’’.
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SEC. 5. INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT. 
(a) EVALUATION.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall evaluate— 
(1) whether integrity management system re-
quirements, or elements thereof, should be expanded 
beyond high-consequence areas; and 
(2) with respect to gas transmission pipeline fa-
cilities, whether applying integrity management pro-
gram requirements, or elements thereof, to addi-
tional areas would mitigate the need for class loca-
tion requirements. 
(b) FACTORS.—In conducting the evaluation under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider, at a min-
imum, the following: 
(1) The continuing priority to enhance protec-
tions for public safety. 
(2) The continuing importance of reducing risk 
in high-consequence areas. 
(3) The incremental costs of applying integrity 
management standards to pipelines outside of high- 
consequence areas where operators are already con-
ducting assessments beyond what is required under 
chapter 601 of title 49, United States Code. 
(4) The need to undertake integrity manage-
ment assessments and repairs in a manner that is
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achievable and sustainable, and that does not dis-
rupt pipeline service. 
(5) The options for phasing in the extension of 
integrity management requirements beyond high- 
consequence areas, including the most effective and 
efficient options for decreasing risks to an increasing 
number of people living or working in proximity to 
pipeline facilities. 
(6) The appropriateness of applying repair cri-
teria, such as pressure reductions and special re-
quirements for scheduling remediation, to areas that 
are not high-consequence areas. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report, based 
on the evaluation conducted under subsection (a), con-
taining the Secretary’s analysis and findings regarding— 
(1) expansion of integrity management require-
ments, or elements thereof, beyond high-consequence 
areas; and 
(2) with respect to gas transmission pipeline fa-
cilities, whether applying the integrity management