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ducted in accordance with the requirements of this
subsection.
‘‘(5) WAIVERS AND MODIFICATIONS.—In accord-
ance with section 60118(c), the Secretary may waive
or modify any requirement for reassessment of a facil-
ity under paragraph (3)(B) for reasons that may in-
clude the need to maintain local product supply or
the lack of internal inspection devices if the Secretary
determines that such waiver is not inconsistent with
pipeline safety.
‘‘(6) STANDARDS.—The standards prescribed by
the Secretary under paragraph (2) shall address each
of the following factors:
‘‘(A) The minimum requirements described
in paragraph (3).
‘‘(B) The type or frequency of inspections or
testing of pipeline facilities, in addition to the
minimum requirements of paragraph (3)(B).
‘‘(C) The manner in which the inspections
or testing are conducted.
‘‘(D) The criteria used in analyzing results
of the inspections or testing.
‘‘(E) The types of information sources that
must be integrated in assessing the integrity of
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a pipeline facility as well as the manner of inte-
gration.
‘‘(F) The nature and timing of actions se-
lected to address the integrity of a pipeline facil-
ity.
‘‘(G) Such other factors as the Secretary de-
termines appropriate to ensure that the integrity
of a pipeline facility is addressed and that ap-
propriate mitigative measures are adopted to
protect areas identified under subsection (a)(1).
In prescribing those standards, the Secretary shall en-
sure that all inspections required are conducted in a
manner that minimizes environmental and safety
risks, and shall take into account the applicable level
of protection established by national consensus stand-
ards organizations.
‘‘(7) ADDITIONAL
OPTIONAL
STANDARDS.—The
Secretary may also prescribe standards requiring an
operator of a pipeline facility to include in an integ-
rity management program under this subsection—
‘‘(A) changes to valves or the establishment
or modification of systems that monitor pressure
and detect leaks based on the operator’s risk
analysis; and
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‘‘(B) the use of emergency flow restricting
devices.
‘‘(8) LACK OF REGULATIONS.—In the absence of
regulations addressing the elements of an integrity
management program described in this subsection, the
operator of a pipeline facility shall conduct a risk
analysis and adopt and implement an integrity man-
agement program described in this subsection not
later than 24 months after the date of enactment of
this subsection and shall complete the baseline integ-
rity assessment described in this subsection not later
than 10 years after such date of enactment. At least
50 percent of such facilities shall be assessed not later
than 5 years after such date of enactment. The oper-
ator shall prioritize such facilities for assessment
based on all risk factors, including any previously
discovered defects or anomalies and any history of
leaks, repairs, or failures. The operator shall ensure
that assessments of facilities with the highest risks are
given priority for completion and that such assess-
ments will be completed not later than 5 years after
such date of enactment.
‘‘(9) REVIEW OF INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT PRO-
GRAMS.—
‘‘(A) REVIEW OF PROGRAMS.—
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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall
review a risk analysis and integrity man-
agement program under paragraph (1) and
record the results of that review for use in
the next review of an operator’s program.
‘‘(ii) CONTEXT OF REVIEW.—The Sec-
retary may conduct a review under clause
(i) as an element of the Secretary’s inspec-
tion of an operator.
‘‘(iii) INADEQUATE PROGRAMS.—If the
Secretary determines that a risk analysis or
integrity management program does not
comply with the requirements of this sub-
section or regulations issued as described in
paragraph (2), or is inadequate for the safe
operation of a pipeline facility, the Sec-
retary shall act under section 60108(a)(2)
to require the operator to revise the risk
analysis or integrity management program.
‘‘(B) AMENDMENTS
TO
PROGRAMS.—In
order to facilitate reviews under this paragraph,
an operator of a pipeline facility shall notify the
Secretary of any amendment made to the opera-
tor’s integrity management program not later
than 30 days after the date of adoption of the
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amendment. The Secretary shall review any such
amendment in accordance with this paragraph.
‘‘(C) TRANSMITTAL OF PROGRAMS TO STATE
AUTHORITIES.—The Secretary shall provide a
copy of each risk analysis and integrity manage-
ment program reviewed by the Secretary under
this paragraph to any appropriate State author-
ity with which the Secretary has entered into an
agreement under section 60106.
‘‘(10) STATE
REVIEW
OF
INTEGRITY
MANAGE-
MENT PLANS.—A State authority that enters into an
agreement pursuant to section 60106, permitting the
State authority to review the risk analysis and integ-
rity management program pursuant to paragraph
(9), may provide the Secretary with a written assess-
ment of the risk analysis and integrity management
program, make recommendations, as appropriate, to
address safety concerns not adequately addressed by
the operator’s risk analysis or integrity management
program, and submit documentation explaining the
State-proposed revisions. The Secretary shall consider
carefully the State’s proposals and work in consulta-
tion with the States and operators to address safety
concerns.
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‘‘(11) APPLICATION
OF
STANDARDS.—Section
60104(b) shall not apply to this section.’’.
(b) INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS.—Section
60109 is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(d) EVALUATION OF INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT REGU-
LATIONS.—Not later than 4 years after the date of enact-
ment of this subsection, the Comptroller General shall com-
plete an assessment and evaluation of the effects on public
safety and the environment of the requirements for the im-
plementation of integrity management programs contained
in the standards prescribed as described in subsection
(c)(2).’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 60118(a) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(2);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (3) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) conduct a risk analysis, and adopt and im-
plement an integrity management program, for pipe-
line facilities as required under section 60109(c).’’.
(d) STUDY OF REASSESSMENT INTERVALS.—
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(1) STUDY.—The Comptroller General shall con-
duct a study to evaluate the 7-year reassessment in-
terval required by section 60109(c)(3)(B) of title 49,
United States Code, as added by subsection (a) of this
section.
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 4 years after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller
General shall transmit to Congress a report on the re-
sults of the study conducted under paragraph (1).
SEC. 15. NATIONAL PIPELINE MAPPING SYSTEM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 601 is further amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘§ 60132. National pipeline mapping system
‘‘(a) INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED.—Not later than
6 months after the date of enactment of this section, the
operator of a pipeline facility (except distribution lines and
gathering lines) shall provide to the Secretary of Transpor-
tation the following information with respect to the facility:
‘‘(1) Geospatial data appropriate for use in the
National Pipeline Mapping System or data in a for-
mat that can be readily converted to geospatial data.
‘‘(2) The name and address of the person with
primary operational control to be identified as its op-
erator for purposes of this chapter.
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‘‘(3) A means for a member of the public to con-
tact the operator for additional information about the
pipeline facilities it operates.
‘‘(b) UPDATES.—A person providing information
under subsection (a) shall provide to the Secretary updates
of the information to reflect changes in the pipeline facility
owned or operated by the person and as otherwise required
by the Secretary.
‘‘(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO IMPROVE LOCAL RE-
SPONSE CAPABILITIES.—The Secretary may provide tech-
nical assistance to State and local officials to improve local
response capabilities for pipeline emergencies by adapting
information available through the National Pipeline Map-
ping System to software used by emergency response per-
sonnel responding to pipeline emergencies.’’.
(b) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—The analysis for
chapter 601 is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘60132. National pipeline mapping system.’’.
SEC. 16. COORDINATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 601 is further amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘§ 60133. Coordination of environmental reviews
‘‘(a) INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE.—
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—Not later
than 30 days after the date of enactment of this sec-
tion, the President shall establish an Interagency
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Committee to develop and ensure implementation of a
coordinated environmental review and permitting
process in order to enable pipeline operators to com-
mence and complete all activities necessary to carry
out pipeline repairs within any time periods specified
by rule by the Secretary.
‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Chairman of the Coun-
cil on Environmental Quality (or a designee of the
Chairman) shall chair the Interagency Committee,
which shall consist of representatives of Federal agen-
cies with responsibilities relating to pipeline repair
projects, including each of the following persons (or a
designee thereof):
‘‘(A) The Secretary of Transportation.
‘‘(B) The Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency.
‘‘(C) The Director of the United States Fish
and Wildlife Service.
‘‘(D) The Assistant Administrator for Fish-
eries of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
‘‘(E) The Director of the Bureau of Land
Management.
‘‘(F) The Director of the Minerals Manage-
ment Service.
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‘‘(G) The Assistant Secretary of the Army
for Civil Works.
‘‘(H) The Chairman of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission.
‘‘(3) EVALUATION.—The Interagency Committee
shall evaluate Federal permitting requirements to
which access, excavation, and restoration activities in
connection with pipeline repairs described in para-
graph (1) may be subject. As part of its evaluation,
the Interagency Committee shall examine the access,
excavation, and restoration practices of the pipeline
industry in connection with such pipeline repairs,
and may develop a compendium of best practices used
by the industry to access, excavate, and restore the
site of a pipeline repair.
‘‘(4) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—Based
upon the evaluation required under paragraph (3)
and not later than 1 year after the date of enactment
of this section, the members of the Interagency Com-
mittee shall enter into a memorandum of under-
standing to provide for a coordinated and expedited
pipeline repair permit review process to carry out the
purpose set forth in paragraph (1). The Interagency
Committee shall include provisions in the memo-
randum of understanding identifying those repairs or
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categories of repairs described in paragraph (1) for
which the best practices identified under paragraph
(3), when properly employed by a pipeline operator,
would result in no more than minimal adverse effects
on the environment and for which discretionary ad-
ministrative reviews may therefore be minimized or
eliminated. With respect to pipeline repairs described
in paragraph (1) to which the preceding sentence
would not be applicable, the Interagency Committee
shall include provisions to enable pipeline operators
to commence and complete all activities necessary to
carry out pipeline repairs within any time periods
specified by rule by the Secretary. The Interagency
Committee shall include in the memorandum of un-
derstanding criteria under which permits required for
such pipeline repair activities should be prioritized
over other less urgent agency permit application re-
views. The Interagency Committee shall not enter into
a memorandum of understanding under this para-
graph except by unanimous agreement of the members
of the Interagency Committee.
‘‘(5) STATE AND LOCAL CONSULTATION.—In car-
rying out this subsection, the Interagency Committee
shall consult with appropriate State and local envi-
ronmental, pipeline safety, and emergency response
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officials, and such other officials as the Interagency
Committee considers appropriate.
‘‘(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 180 days after
the completion of the memorandum of understanding re-
quired under subsection (a)(4), each agency represented on
the Interagency Committee shall revise its regulations as
necessary to implement the provisions of the memorandum
of understanding.
‘‘(c) SAVINGS PROVISIONS; NO PREEMPTION.—Noth-
ing in this section shall be construed—
‘‘(1) to require a pipeline operator to obtain a
Federal permit, if no Federal permit would otherwise
have been required under Federal law; or
‘‘(2) to preempt applicable Federal, State, or
local environmental law.
‘‘(d) INTERIM OPERATIONAL ALTERNATIVES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after
the date of enactment of this section, and subject to
the limitations in paragraph (2), the Secretary of
Transportation shall revise the regulations of the De-
partment, to the extent necessary, to permit a pipe-
line operator subject to time periods for repair speci-
fied by rule by the Secretary to implement alternative
mitigation measures until all applicable permits have
been granted.
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‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.—The regulations issued by
the Secretary pursuant to this subsection shall not
allow an operator to implement alternative mitiga-
tion measures pursuant to paragraph (1) unless—
‘‘(A) allowing the operator to implement
such measures would be consistent with the pro-
tection of human health, public safety, and the
environment;
‘‘(B) the operator, with respect to a par-
ticular repair project, has applied for and is
pursuing diligently and in good faith all re-
quired Federal, State, and local permits to carry
out the project; and
‘‘(C) the proposed alternative mitigation
measures are not incompatible with pipeline
safety.
‘‘(e) OMBUDSMAN.—The Secretary shall designate an
ombudsman to assist in expediting pipeline repairs and re-
solving disagreements between Federal, State, and local per-
mitting agencies and the pipeline operator during agency
review of any pipeline repair activity, consistent with pro-
tection of human health, public safety, and the environment.
‘‘(f) STATE AND LOCAL PERMITTING PROCESSES.—
The Secretary shall encourage States and local governments
to consolidate their respective permitting processes for pipe-
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line repair projects subject to any time periods for repair
specified by rule by the Secretary. The Secretary may re-
quest other relevant Federal agencies to provide technical
assistance to States and local governments for the purpose
of encouraging such consolidation.’’.
(b) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—The analysis for
chapter 601 is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘60133. Coordination of environmental reviews.’’.
SEC. 17. NATIONWIDE TOLL-FREE NUMBER SYSTEM.
Within 1 year after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall, in conjunction
with the Federal Communications Commission, facility op-
erators, excavators, and one-call notification system opera-
tors, provide for the establishment of a 3-digit nationwide
toll-free telephone number system to be used by State one-
call notification systems.
SEC. 18. IMPLEMENTATION OF INSPECTOR GENERAL REC-
OMMENDATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise required by
this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall implement
the safety improvement recommendations provided for in
the Department of Transportation Inspector General’s Re-
port (RT–2000–069).
(b) REPORTS BY THE SECRETARY.—Not later than 90
days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 90
days thereafter until each of the recommendations referred
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to in subsection (a) has been implemented, the Secretary
shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate and the Committees on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure and Energy and Commerce of
the House of Representatives a report on the specific actions
taken to implement such recommendations.
(c) REPORTS BY THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.—The In-
spector General shall periodically transmit to the commit-
tees referred to in subsection (b) a report assessing the Sec-
retary’s progress in implementing the recommendations re-
ferred to in subsection (a) and identifying options for the
Secretary to consider in accelerating recommendation im-
plementation.
SEC. 19. NTSB SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation,
the Administrator of Research and Special Program Ad-
ministration, and the Director of the Office of Pipeline
Safety shall fully comply with section 1135 of title 49,
United States Code, to ensure timely responsiveness to Na-
tional Transportation Safety Board recommendations
about pipeline safety.
(b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary, Adminis-
trator, or Director, respectively, shall make a copy of each
recommendation on pipeline safety and response, as de-
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scribed in subsections (a) and (b) of section 1135, title 49,
United States Code.
(c) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary, Admin-
istrator, or Director, respectively, shall submit to Congress
by January 1 of each year a report containing each rec-
ommendation on pipeline safety made by the Board during
the prior year and a copy of the response to each such rec-
ommendation.
SEC. 20. MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS.
(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY AND PURPOSE.—
(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—Section 
60102(a) 
is
amended—
(A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as
paragraph (3);
(B) by striking ‘‘(a)(1)’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘The Secretary of Transportation’’ and
inserting the following:
‘‘(a) PURPOSE AND MINIMUM SAFETY STANDARDS.—
‘‘(1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this chapter is
to provide adequate protection against risks to life
and property posed by pipeline transportation and
pipeline facilities by improving the regulatory and
enforcement authority of the Secretary of Transpor-
tation.
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‘‘(2) MINIMUM
SAFETY
STANDARDS.—The Sec-
retary’’;
(C) by moving the remainder of the text of
paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), including
subparagraphs (A) and (B) but excluding sub-
paragraph (C), 2 ems to the right; and
(D) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated)
by inserting ‘‘QUALIFICATIONS OF PIPELINE OP-
ERATORS.—’’ before ‘‘The qualifications’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Chapter 601 is
amended—
(A) by striking the heading for section
60102 and inserting the following:
‘‘§ 60102. Purpose and general authority’’; and
(B) in the analysis for such chapter by
striking the item relating to section 60102 and
inserting the following:
‘‘60102. Purpose and general authority.’’.
(b) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.—Section 60115(b)(4) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(D) None of the individuals selected for a committee
under paragraph (3)(C) may have a significant financial
interest in the pipeline, petroleum, or gas industry.’’.
SEC. 21. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.
Chapter 601 is amended—