Pipeline and Compressor Safety Verification Act of 2021
Bill: H.R.309 | Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. (D-MA)
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
Pipeline and Compressor Safety Verification Act of 2021
This bill prohibits the construction and operation of specified natural gas projects until certain Massachusetts state agencies certify that such projects do not pose a danger to surrounding residential communities and the general public.
Specifically, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission must revoke the certificates of public convenience and necessity it issued authorizing the construction and operation of the Weymouth Compressor Station (Atlantic Bridge Project)	in Weymouth, Massachusetts, and the West Roxbury Lateral Pipeline (Algonquin Incremental Market Project)	in Norfolk and Suffolk Counties, Massachusetts, until it receives written certification from the state agencies.

To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to revoke a 
certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under section 7 
  of the Natural Gas Act as such certificate applies to the Weymouth 
              Compressor Station, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pipeline and Compressor Safety 
Verification Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. REVOCATIONS.

    (a) Weymouth Compressor Station.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
        shall issue an order revoking the certificate of public 
        convenience and necessity authorizing the construction and 
        operation of the Atlantic Bridge Project and issued under 
        section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717f) on January 
        25, 2017, as such certificate applies with respect to the 
        proposed Weymouth Compressor Station in Weymouth, 
        Massachusetts.
            (2) Future actions.--After issuing an order under paragraph 
        (1), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission may not, with 
        respect to the proposed Weymouth Compressor Station in 
        Weymouth, Massachusetts, issue a certificate of public 
        convenience and necessity under section 7 of the Natural Gas 
        Act (15 U.S.C. 717f) or take any other action approving the 
        Weymouth Compressor Station, unless and until the Commission 
        receives written certification that the construction and 
        operation of the Weymouth Compressor Station will not pose a 
        danger to surrounding residential communities and the general 
        public from each of the following:
                    (A) The Secretary of the Executive Office of Public 
                Safety and Security for Massachusetts.
                    (B) The State Fire Marshal for Massachusetts.
                    (C) The Director of the Massachusetts Pipeline 
                Safety Division.
    (b) West Roxbury Lateral.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
        shall issue an order revoking the certificate of public 
        convenience and necessity authorizing the construction and 
        operation of the Algonquin Incremental Market Project and 
        issued under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717f) 
        on March 3, 2015, as such certificate applies with respect to 
        approximately 4.1 miles of 16-inch-diameter pipeline and 
        approximately 0.8 miles of 24-inch-diameter pipeline off of the 
        I-4 System Lateral of Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, in 
        Norfolk and Suffolk Counties, Massachusetts (commonly known, 
        and in this subsection referred to, as the ``West Roxbury 
        Lateral'').
            (2) Future actions.--After issuing an order under paragraph 
        (1), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission may not, with 
        respect to the West Roxbury Lateral, issue a certificate of 
        public convenience and necessity under section 7 of the Natural 
        Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717f) or take any other action approving the 
        West Roxbury Lateral, unless and until the Commission receives 
        written certification that the construction and operation of 
        the West Roxbury Lateral will not pose a danger to surrounding 
        residential communities and the general public from each of the 
        following:
                    (A) The Secretary of the Executive Office of Public 
                Safety and Security for Massachusetts.
                    (B) The State Fire Marshal for Massachusetts.
                    (C) The Director of the Massachusetts Pipeline 
                Safety Division.
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