Sec. 202. Great Lakes Basin water crossing study and alternatives assessment
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, working with pipeline facility owners, operators, and State governments, shall conduct a comprehensive water crossing survey of all intrastate and interstate hazardous liquid pipeline facilities that cross waterways in the Great Lakes Basin in the waters of the United States (as defined in the final rule of the Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency entitled Clean Water Rule: Definition of (80 Fed. Reg. 37054; June 29, 2015)). Waters of the United States The survey required under subsection
(a)shall— produce a comprehensive map of all hazardous pipeline waterway crossings in the Great Lakes Basin, including lakes, rivers, and streams; evaluate the condition and structural integrity of pipelines at each crossing, considering factors that include pipeline thickness, diameter, weld integrity, internal and external corrosion, age, pressure, control and shut-off valves, burial depths, water depths, currents, and ice cover; identify risks of leak and rupture resulting from pipeline integrity failures, or any other vulnerability at the pipeline water crossings; identify gaps in data and information that exist in the pipeline network in the Great Lakes Basin, and request information related to pipeline integrity or risks from owners and operators with facilities that cross lakes, rivers, and streams; and produce recommendations to prevent future leaks, ruptures, and failures that could result in damage to waterways and natural resources in the Great Lakes Basin. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall enter into a joint agreement with the National Research Council of the National Academies of Sciences to conduct a study in connection with the survey under this section. The study conducted under this subsection shall include— a study covering the elements described under paragraphs
(4)and
(5)of subsection (b); consideration of ways in which review of facility response plans as required by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 ( 33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq. ) and approval of permits under section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1344 ) in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ) of future and existing pipelines that cross waterways in the Great Lakes Basin would help prevent spills in the Great Lakes; and a risk assessment analysis for alternative transportation options to the hazardous liquid pipeline facility that crosses from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to the Lower Peninsula of Michigan through the Straits of Mackinac, including— no action (status quo); rerouting; decommissioning and abandoning; replacing; modifying operations (such as limiting pipeline product transport to only natural gas liquids); and other transportation means.
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Sec. 202
Great Lakes Basin water crossing study and alternatives assessment
Fed. Reg.80 FR 37054
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