SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Corporate Liability 
and Emergency Accident Notification Act’’ or ‘‘CLEAN 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION OF INCIDENTS. 
(a) TELEPHONIC NOTICE OF CERTAIN INCIDENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 601 of title 49, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘§ 60138. 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 release of hazardous liquid or another 
substance regulated under part 195 of title 49, Code 
of Federal Regulations, resulting in an event for 
which notice is required under section 195.50 of 
such title; and 
‘‘(2) a release of gas resulting in an incident, 
as defined in section 191.3 of such title. 
‘‘(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 Secretary and the National Response 
Center at the earliest practicable moment following dis-
covery of a release of gas or hazardous liquid and not later 
than one hour following the time of such discovery.
‘‘(c) 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 analysis for 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘60138. Telephonic notice of certain incidents.’’. 
(b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue 
guidance to clarify the meaning of the term ‘‘discovery’’ 
as used in section 60138(b) of title 49, United States 
Code, as added by subsection (a) of this section. 
SEC. 3. TRANSPARENCY OF ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS. 
Not later than December 31, 2010, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall maintain on the Department of 
Transportation’s Internet Web site a database of all re-
portable incidents involving gas or hazardous liquid pipe-
lines and allow the public to search the database for inci-
dents by owner or operator of a pipeline facility. 
SEC. 4. CIVIL PENALTIES. 
Section 60122(a)(1) of title 49, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, or has obstructed or 
prevented the Secretary from carrying out an
inspection or investigation under this chapter,’’ 
after ‘‘under this chapter’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$100,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$250,000’’; and 
(2) 
in 
the 
last 
sentence 
by 
striking 
‘‘$1,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,500,000’’. 
SEC. 5. COMPLIANCE WITH STATUTORY PAY-AS-YOU-GO 
ACT OF 2010. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro-
vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 
vote on passage. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 
2010. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6008 
AN ACT 
To ensure telephonic notice of certain incidents in-
volving hazardous liquid and gas pipeline facili-
ties, and for other purposes.