‘‘(C) Any other methodology designed to
provide the most unbiased representation of the
most plausible level of risk, given the current
scientific information available to the Secretary.
‘‘(24) ‘benefit’ means the reasonably identifi-
able significant health, safety, environmental, social,
and economic benefits that are expected to result di-
rectly or indirectly from implementation of a stand-
ard, regulatory requirement, or option.
‘‘(25) ‘costs’ means the direct and indirect costs
to the United States Government, to State, local,
and tribal governments, and to the private sector,
wage earners, consumers, and the economy of imple-
menting and complying with a standard, regulatory
requirement, or option.
‘‘(26) ‘risk assessment document’ means a doc-
ument containing—
‘‘(A) an explanation of how hazards associ-
ated with a substance, activity, or condition
have been identified, quantified, and assessed;
and
‘‘(B) a statement by the preparer of the
document accepting the findings of the docu-
ment.
‘‘(27) ‘risk management’ means the systematic
application, by the owner or operator of a pipeline
facility, of management policies, procedures, finite
resources, and practices to the tasks of analyzing,
assessing, and controlling risk in order to protect
employees, the general public, the environment, and
pipeline facilities.
‘‘(28) ‘risk management plan’ means a manage-
ment plan utilized by a natural gas or hazardous liq-
uid pipeline owner or operator that encompasses risk
management.
‘‘(29) ‘significant standard or regulatory re-
quirement’ means any safety or environmental
standard or regulatory requirement, or closely relat-
ed group of safety or environmental standards or
regulatory requirements, that is likely to result in
annualized 
compliance 
costs 
in 
excess 
of
$10,000,000.
‘‘(30) ‘substitution risk’ means a potential risk
to public safety or the environment from a signifi-
cant standard, regulatory requirement, or option de-
signed to decrease other risks.’’.
(b) GATHERING
LINES.—Section 60101(b)(2) is
amended by inserting ‘‘, if appropriate,’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’
the first place it appears.
SEC. 5. GENERAL AUTHORITY.
(a) 
MINIMUM
SAFETY
STANDARDS.—Section
60102(a) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(A) by striking ‘‘transport-
ers of gas and hazardous liquid and to’’; and
(2) by striking subparagraph (C) of paragraph
(1) and inserting the following:
‘‘(C) shall include a requirement that all indi-
viduals who operate and maintain pipeline facilities
must be qualified.
Such qualifications shall address the ability to recognize
and react appropriately to abnormal operating conditions
that may indicate a dangerous situation or a condition ex-
ceeding design limits. The operator of the pipeline facility
shall ensure that employees who operate and maintain the
facility are qualified.’’.
(b) PRACTICABILITY AND SAFETY NEEDS STAND-
ARDS.—Section 60102(b) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘section 60103’’ and inserting
‘‘sections 60103 and 60112’’;
(2) in paragraph (1)(B) by inserting ‘‘safety’’
after ‘‘pipeline’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(3);
(4) in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘contribute to’’
and inserting ‘‘benefit’’; and
(5) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(5) the comments and recommendations of the
Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee, the
Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards Com-
mittee, or both, as appropriate.’’.
(c) FACILITY OPERATION INFORMATION STAND-
ARDS.—Section 60102(d) is amended in the first sen-
tence—
(1) by inserting after ‘‘operating the facility’’
the following: ‘‘as required by the standards pre-
scribed under this chapter’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘to provide the information’’
and inserting ‘‘to make the information available’’;
and
(3) by inserting after ‘‘to the Secretary and an
appropriate State official’’ the following: ‘‘as deter-
mined by the Secretary’’.
(d) 
PIPE
INVENTORY
STANDARDS.—Section
60102(e) is amended in the first sentence—
(1) by striking ‘‘and, to the extent the Sec-
retary considers necessary, an operator of a gather-
ing line that is not a regulated gathering line (as de-
fined under section 60101(b)(2) of this title),’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘transmission’’ and inserting
‘‘transportation’’.
(e) SMART PIGS.—
(1) MINIMUM
SAFETY
STANDARDS.—Section
60102(f) is amended by striking ‘‘(1)’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘device.’’ and inserting the follow-
ing:
‘‘(1) MINIMUM SAFETY STANDARDS.—The Sec-
retary shall prescribe minimum safety standards re-
quiring that the design and construction of a new
gas pipeline transmission facility or hazardous liquid
pipeline facility be carried out, to the extent prac-
ticable, in a way that accommodates the passage
through the facility of an instrumented internal in-
spection device (commonly referred to as a ‘smart
pig’). The Secretary shall also prescribe minimum
safety standards requiring replacement of an exist-
ing gas pipeline transmission facility, hazardous liq-
uid pipeline facility, or equipment, to be carried out,
to the extent practicable, in a way that replacement
of the existing gas pipeline transmission facility,
hazardous liquid pipeline facility, or equipment being
replaced accommodates the passage through the fa-
cility of an instrumented internal inspection device.
The Secretary may apply the standard to an existing