established by the Secretary under this section shall manage 
the controllers of the pipeline in accordance with those 
standards. 
SEC. 5. LOW-STRESS PIPELINES. 
Section 60102(k) is amended by striking the subsection 
designation and heading and inserting the following: 
‘‘(k) LOW-STRESS HAZARDOUS LIQUID PIPELINES.— 
‘‘(1) MINIMUM STANDARDS.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this paragraph, 
the Secretary shall issue minimum standards for the 
transportation of hazardous liquids by low-stress 
pipelines located in proximity to areas unusually sen-
sitive to environmental damage as defined by the Sec-
retary under section 60109(b) and by regulation. 
‘‘(2) LOW-STRESS PIPELINE DEFINED.—For pur-
poses of this subsection (other than paragraph (5)), a 
‘low-stress pipeline’ means a hazardous liquid pipe-
line that is operated in its entirety at a stress level 
of 20 percent or less of the specified minimum yield 
strength of the line pipe of the pipeline and has a di-
ameter of greater than 85⁄8 inches. 
‘‘(3) APPLICABILITY.—The Secretary shall deter-
mine which low-stress pipelines are subject to the 
minimum standards issued under this subsection. 
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‘‘(4) REQUIREMENT.—Each operator of a low- 
stress pipeline that the Secretary determines is subject 
to the minimum standards issued by the Secretary 
under this subsection shall operate the pipeline in ac-
cordance with those standards. 
‘‘(5) PROHIBITION AGAINST EXCEPTION.—’’. 
SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) GAS AND HAZARDOUS LIQUID.—Section 60125(a) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) GAS AND HAZARDOUS LIQUID.—To carry out 
this chapter (except for section 60107) related to gas and 
hazardous liquid, the following amounts are authorized to 
be appropriated to the Department of Transportation: 
‘‘(1) For fiscal year 2007, $55,497,000, of which 
$39,872,000 is to be derived from user fees collected 
under section 60301 and $15,625,000 is to be derived 
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund established 
by section 9509 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
‘‘(2) For fiscal year 2008, $57,997,000, of which 
$42,651,000 is to be derived from such fees and 
$15,346,000 is to be derived from the Fund. 
‘‘(3) For fiscal year 2009, $60,482,000, of which 
$44,839,000 is to be derived from such fees and 
$16,003,000 is to be derived from the Fund. 
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‘‘(4) For fiscal year 2010, $62,375,000, of which 
$46,444,000 is to be derived from such fees and 
$15,931,000 is to be derived from the Fund.’’. 
(b) STATE GRANTS.—Section 60125(b)(1) is amended 
to read as follows: ‘‘(1) To carry out section 60107, the fol-
lowing amounts are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Department of Transportation: 
‘‘(A) For fiscal year 2007, $20,238,000, of which 
$17,053,000 is to be derived from user fees collected 
under section 60301 and $3,185,000 is to be derived 
from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund. 
‘‘(B) For fiscal year 2008, $23,221,000, of which 
$19,567,000 is to be derived from such fees and 
$3,654,000 is to be derived from the Fund. Of the 
amounts so appropriated, $1,500,000 shall be avail-
able for grants to States under section 60134. 
‘‘(C) For fiscal year 2009, $24,513,000, of which 
$20,656,000 is to be derived from such fees and 
$3,857,000 is to be derived from the Fund. Of the 
amount so appropriated, $1,750,000 shall be available 
for grants to States under section 60134. 
‘‘(D) For fiscal year 2010, $25,855,000, of which 
$21,786,000 is to be derived from such fees and 
$4,069,000 is to be derived from the Fund. Of the 
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amount so appropriated, $2,000,000 shall be available 
for grants to States under section 60134.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 60125 is 
amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (c); and 
(2) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 
subsections (c) and (d), respectively. 
(d) 
EMERGENCY
RESPONSE
GRANTS.—Section 
60125(c)(2) (as redesignated by subsection (c)(2) of this sec-
tion) is amended by striking ‘‘2003 through 2006’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2007 through 2010’’. 
(e) ONE-CALL
NOTIFICATION
PROGRAMS.—Section 
6107 is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 
2003 through 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2007 
through 2010’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘for fiscal years 
2003 through 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘for fiscal years 
2007 through 2010’’. 
SEC. 7. STANDARDS TO IMPLEMENT NTSB RECOMMENDA-
TIONS. 
Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall issue 
standards that implement the following recommendations 
contained in the National Transportation Safety Board’s 
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report entitled ‘‘Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition 
(SCADA) in Liquid Pipelines’’ and adopted November 29, 
2005: 
(1) Implementation of the American Petroleum 
Institute’s Recommended Practice 165 for the use of 
graphics on the supervisory control and data acquisi-
tion screens. 
(2) Implementation of a standard for pipeline 
companies to review and audit alarms on monitoring 
equipment. 
(3) Implementation of standards for pipeline 
controller training that include simulator or non-
computerized simulations for controller recognition of 
abnormal pipeline operating conditions, in par-
ticular, leak events. 
SEC. 8. ACCIDENT REPORTING FORM. 
Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall amend 
accident reporting forms to require operators gas and haz-
ardous liquid pipelines to provide data related to controller 
fatigue. 
SEC. 9. LEAK DETECTION TECHNOLOGY STUDY. 
Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall submit 
to Congress a report on leak detection systems utilized by 
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operators of hazardous liquid pipelines. The report shall in-
clude a discussion of the inadequacies of current leak detec-
tion systems, including their ability to detect ruptures and 
small leaks that are onging or intermittent, and what can 
be done to foster development of better technologies as well 
as address existing technological inadequacies. 
SEC. 10. PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION CAPACITY STUDY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 601 (as amended by sec-
tion 2(b)(2) of this Act) is further amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘§ 60135. Petroleum product transportation capacity 
study. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 
may conduct analyses of the domestic transport of petro-
leum products by pipeline. Such analyses should identify 
areas of the United States where shortages of pipeline ca-
pacity and reliability concerns exist, where such shortages 
have or are anticipated to contribute to significant in-
creases in the price of petroleum products, or where un-
planned loss of individual pipelines may cause shortages 
of petroleum products or price disruptions. 
‘‘(b) CONSULTATION.—In preparing any analysis 
under this section, the Secretary may consult with other 
government agencies and public- and private-sector experts 
in pipeline and other forms of petroleum product transpor-
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tation, energy consumption, capacity, population and eco-
nomic development. 
‘‘(c) PETROLEUM PRODUCT DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘petroleum product’ means oil of any kind 
or in any form, gasoline, diesel fuel, aviation fuel, fuel oil, 
kerosene, any product obtained from refining or processing 
of crude oil, liquefied petroleum gases, natural gas liquids, 
petrochemical feedstocks, condensate, waste or refuse mix-
tures containing any of such oil products, and any other 
liquid hydrocarbon compounds.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chapter 
601 (as amended by section 2(b)(3) of this Act) is amended 
by adding after the item relating to section 60134 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘60135. Petroleum product transportation capacity study.’’. 
SEC. 11. EMERGENCY WAIVERS. 
Section 60118(c) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) WAIVERS BY SECRETARY.— 
‘‘(1) NONEMERGENCY WAIVERS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—On application of a 
person owning or operating a pipeline facility, 
the Secretary by order may waive compliance 
with any part of an applicable standard pre-
scribed under this chapter on terms the Secretary 
considers appropriate if the waiver is not incon-
sistent with pipeline safety. 
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‘‘(B) HEARING.—The Secretary may act on 
a nonemergency waiver under this paragraph 
only after notice and an opportunity for a hear-
ing. 
‘‘(2) EMERGENCY WAIVERS.—The Secretary by 
order may waive compliance with any part of an ap-
plicable standard prescribed under this chapter on 
terms the Secretary considers appropriate without 
prior notice and comment if the Secretary determines 
that the waiver is necessary to address an actual or 
impending emergency involving pipeline transpor-
tation, including emergencies caused by natural or 
manmade disasters. 
‘‘(3) STATEMENT OF REASONS.—The Secretary 
shall state in an order issued under this subsection 
the reasons for granting the waiver.’’. 
SEC. 12. PIPELINE SAFETY INFORMATION GRANTS TO COM-
MUNITIES. 
Section 60130(d) is amended by striking ‘‘2006’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2010’’. 
SEC. 13. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. 
Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall develop and 
execute an annex to the memorandum of understanding be-
tween the Secretary and the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
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rity, dated September 28, 2004, to define and clarify the 
role and responsibility of the Department of Transportation 
regarding pipeline security, including the processes that the 
Department will follow to promote communications, effi-
ciency, and nonduplication of effort. 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF TITLE 49, 
UNITED STATES CODE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as 
the ‘‘Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 
2006’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT OF TITLE 49, UNITED STATES 
CODE.—Except as otherwise expressly pro-
vided, 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) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— 
Sec. 1. Short title; amendment of title 49, United States Code; 
table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Pipeline safety and damage prevention. 
Sec. 3. Distribution 
integrity 
management 
program 
rule-
making deadline. 
Sec. 4. Authorization of appropriations. 
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SEC. 2. PIPELINE SAFETY AND DAMAGE PREVENTION. 
(a) ONE
CALL
CIVIL
ENFORCEMENT.—(1) 
Section 60114 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsections: 
‘‘(d) PROHIBITION.—A person who engages 
in demolition, excavation, tunneling, or con-
struction— 
‘‘(1) may not engage in such demoli-
tion, excavation, tunneling, or construc-
tion activity in a State that has adopted 
a one-call notification system without 
first using that system to establish the lo-
cation of underground facilities in the 
demolition, excavation, tunneling, or con-
struction area; 
‘‘(2) may not engage in such demoli-
tion, excavation, tunneling, or construc-
tion activity in disregard of location in-
formation or markings established by a 
pipeline facility operator pursuant to 
subsection (b); 
‘‘(3) may not fail to take reasonable 
steps to ensure safe demolition, exca-
vation, tunneling, or construction to pre-
vent damage to a pipeline; and 
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‘‘(4) if the person damages, or be-
comes aware of damage to, a pipeline fa-
cility and such damage may endanger life 
or cause serious bodily harm or damage 
to property, may not fail to promptly re-
port the damage to the owner or operator 
of the facility and, if the damage results 
in the escape of any flammable, toxic, or 
corrosive gas or liquid, may not fail to 
promptly report to other appropriate au-
thorities by calling the 911 emergency 
telephone number. 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not 
conduct an enforcement proceeding under 
subsection (d) within the boundaries of a 
State that has the authority to impose pen-
alties described in section 60134(b)(7) against 
persons who violate that State’s damage pre-
vention laws, unless the Secretary has deter-
mined that the State’s enforcement is inad-
equate to protect safety, consistent with this 
chapter.’’. 
(2) Section 60122(a)(1) is amended by 
striking ‘‘60114(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘60114(b) or 
(d)’’. 
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