SEC. 8. PUBLIC EDUCATION AND AWARENESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 601 is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 60138. Public education and awareness 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of the Pipeline Infrastructure and Com-
munity Protection Act of 2011, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) maintain a monthly updated summary of 
all completed and final natural gas and hazardous 
liquid pipeline facility inspections conducted by or 
reported to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 
Safety Administration that includes— 
‘‘(A) identification of the operator in-
spected; 
‘‘(B) the type of inspection; 
‘‘(C) the results of the inspection, includ-
ing any deficiencies identified; and 
‘‘(D) any corrective actions required to be 
taken by the operator to remediate such defi-
ciencies; 
‘‘(2) maintain a detailed summary of each ap-
proved emergency response plan written by the oper-
ator that includes the key elements of the plan, but 
which may exclude— 
‘‘(A) proprietary information; 
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‘‘(B) sensitive security information, includ-
ing as referenced in section 1520.5(a) of title 
49, Code of Federal Regulations; 
‘‘(C) specific response resources and tac-
tical resource deployment plans; and 
‘‘(D) the specific amount and location of 
worst-case discharges, including the process by 
which an operator determines the worst-case 
discharge; and 
‘‘(3) maintain, as part of the National Pipeline 
Mapping System, a map of all currently designated 
high consequence areas (as described in section 
60109(a)) in which pipelines are required to meet 
integrity management safety regulations, excluding 
any proprietary or sensitive security information, 
and update the map annually. 
‘‘(b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The requirements of 
subsection (a) shall be satisfied if the information required 
to be made public is made available on the Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s public Web 
site. 
‘‘(c) RELATIONSHIP TO FOIA.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to require disclosure of information 
or records that are exempt from disclosure under section 
552 of title 5.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 601 is amended by inserting after the item 
relating to section 60137 the following: 
‘‘60138. Public education and awareness.’’. 
SEC. 9. CAST IRON GAS PIPELINES. 
(a) SURVEY UPDATE.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Trans-
portation shall conduct a follow-on survey to the survey 
conducted under section 60108(d) of title 49, United 
States Code, to determine— 
(1) the extent to which each operator has 
adopted a plan for the safe management and re-
placement of cast iron pipelines; 
(2) the elements of the plan, including the an-
ticipated rate of replacement; and 
(3) the progress that has been made. 
(b) SURVEY
FREQUENCY.—Section 60108(d) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4) The Secretary shall conduct a follow-up survey 
to measure progress of plan implementation biennially.’’. 
SEC. 10. LEAK DETECTION. 
(a) LEAK DETECTION REPORT.—Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Transportation shall submit to the Senate Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the House 
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of Representatives Committee on Transportation and In-
frastructure and Committee on Energy and Commerce a 
report on leak detection systems utilized by operators of 
hazardous liquid pipeline facilities and transportation-re-
lated flow lines. The report shall include an analysis of 
the technical limitations of current leak detection systems, 
including the systems’ ability to detect ruptures and small 
leaks that are ongoing or intermittent, and what can be 
done to foster development of better technologies. 
(b) STANDARDS.—Not later than 2 years after sub-
mission of the report under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall, as appropriate, based on the findings of such report, 
prescribe regulations, after notice and an opportunity for 
a hearing— 
(1) requiring an operator of a hazardous liquid 
pipeline facility to use leak detection systems; and 
(2) establishing technically, operationally, and 
economically feasible standards for the capability of 
such systems to detect leaks. 
SEC. 11. INCIDENT NOTIFICATION. 
(a) REVIEW OF PROCEDURES.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Transportation shall review procedures for the 
National Response Center to provide thorough and coordi-
nated notification to all relevant State and local emer-
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gency response officials and revise such procedures as ap-
propriate. 
(b) TELEPHONIC NOTICE OF CERTAIN INCIDENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 601, as amended by 
this Act, is further amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘§ 60139. Telephonic notice of certain incidents 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An owner or operator of a pipe-
line facility shall provide immediate telephonic notice of— 
‘‘(1) a failure of a hazardous liquid pipeline fa-
cility described in section 195.50 of title 49, Code of 
Federal Regulations; and 
‘‘(2) an incident, as defined in section 191.3 of 
title 49, Code of Federal Regulations. 
‘‘(b) IMMEDIATE TELEPHONIC NOTICE DEFINED.— 
In subsection (a), the term ‘immediate telephonic notice’ 
means telephonic notice, as described in section 191.5 of 
such title, to the National Response Center at the earliest 
practicable moment following confirmed discovery and not 
later than one hour following the time of such discovery. 
‘‘(c) ESTIMATES
OF RELEASE VOLUMES.—When 
providing immediate telephonic notice under subsection 
(a), the owner or operator of a pipeline facility shall esti-
mate the general volume of a release using ranges such 
as ‘small’, ‘medium’, ‘large’, and ‘very large’, with the vol-
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ume of such ranges, but shall not be required to provide 
a numerical estimate of the size of the release. The owner 
or operator shall be required to revise an estimate to pro-
vide more specific information, including, but not limited 
to, a numerical estimate of the size of the release within 
48 hours, to the extent practicable. 
‘‘(d) REFERENCES.—Any reference to a regulation in 
this section means the regulation as in effect on the date 
of enactment of this section.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 601 is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 60138 the following: 
‘‘60139. Telephonic notice of certain incidents.’’. 
(c) STANDARDS.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation shall prescribe regulations, after notice and an op-
portunity for comment, defining the meaning of the terms 
‘‘discovery’’, ‘‘small’’, ‘‘medium’’, ‘‘large’’, and ‘‘very 
large’’ as used in section 60139(c) of title 49, United 
States Code, as added by subsection (b) of this section. 
SEC. 12. TRANSPORTATION-RELATED ONSHORE FACILITY 
RESPONSE PLAN COMPLIANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraphs (A) and (B) of 
section 311(m)(2) of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act (33 U.S.C. 1321(m)(2)) are amended to read as fol-
lows: 
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‘‘(A) 
RECORDKEEPING.—Whenever 
re-
quired to carry out the purposes of this section, 
the Administrator, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation, or the Secretary of the department in 
which the Coast Guard is operating shall re-
quire the owner or operator of a facility to 
which this section applies to establish and 
maintain such records, make such reports, in-
stall, use, and maintain such monitoring equip-
ment and methods, and provide such other in-
formation as the Administrator, the Secretary 
of Transportation, or Secretary of the depart-
ment in which the Coast Guard is operating, as 
the case may be, may require to carry out the 
objectives of this section. 
‘‘(B) ENTRY AND INSPECTION.—Whenever 
required to carry out the purposes of this sec-
tion, the Administrator, the Secretary of Trans-
portation, or the Secretary of the Department 
in which the Coast Guard is operating or an au-
thorized representative of the Administrator, 
the Secretary of Transportation, or Secretary of 
the department in which the Coast Guard is op-
erating, upon presentation of appropriate cre-
dentials, may— 
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‘‘(i) enter and inspect any facility to 
which this section applies, including any 
facility at which any records are required 
to be maintained under subparagraph (A); 
and 
‘‘(ii) at reasonable times, have access 
to and copy any records, take samples, and 
inspect any monitoring equipment or meth-
ods required under subparagraph (A).’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
311(b)(6)(A) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
(33 U.S.C. 1321(b)(6)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘oper-
ating or’’ and inserting ‘‘operating, the Secretary of 
Transportation, or’’. 
SEC. 13. PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE DATA COLLECTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 60132(a) is amended— 
(1) in the text preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘and gathering lines’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) Any other geospatial or technical data, in-
cluding design and material specifications, that the 
Secretary determines is necessary to carry out the 
purposes of this section. The Secretary shall give 
reasonable notice to operators that the data are 
being requested.’’. 
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(b) DISCLOSURE
LIMITED
TO
FOIA REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 60132 is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(d) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE LIMITED.—The Secretary 
may not disclose information collected pursuant to sub-
section (a) except to the extent permitted by section 552 
of title 5.’’. 
SEC. 14. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND CONSULTA-
TION. 
Section 60117 is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(o) INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND CONSULTA-
TION.— 
‘‘(1) INFORMATION EXCHANGE AND TECHNICAL 
ASSISTANCE.—If the Secretary determines that it 
would benefit the United States, subject to guidance 
from the Secretary of State, the Secretary may en-
gage in activities supporting cooperative inter-
national efforts to share information about the risks 
to the public and the environment from pipeline fa-
cilities and means of protecting against those risks. 
Such cooperation may include the exchange of infor-
mation with domestic and appropriate international 
organizations to facilitate efforts to develop and im-
prove safety standards and requirements for pipeline 
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transportation in or affecting interstate or foreign 
commerce. 
‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—To the extent prac-
ticable, subject to guidance from the Secretary of 
State, the Secretary may consult with interested au-
thorities in Canada, Mexico, and other interested au-
thorities, as needed, to ensure that the respective 
pipeline facility safety standards and requirements 
prescribed by the Secretary and those prescribed by 
such authorities are consistent with the safe and re-
liable operation of cross-border pipeline facilities. 
‘‘(3) DIFFERENCES IN INTERNATIONAL STAND-
ARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.—Nothing in this section 
requires that a standard or requirement prescribed 
by the Secretary under this chapter be identical to 
a standard or requirement adopted by a foreign or 
international authority.’’. 
SEC. 15. TRANSPORTATION-RELATED OIL FLOW LINES. 
Section 60102, as amended by section 5, is further 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(o) 
TRANSPORTATION-RELATED
OIL
FLOW 
LINES.— 
‘‘(1) DATA COLLECTION.—The Secretary may 
collect geospatial or technical data on transpor-
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