Sec. 18. Gas pipeline repair criteria
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Chapter 601 of title 49, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following: Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall issue regulations requiring each operator of a gas pipeline facility to— immediately repair a leak in a gas pipeline facility it operates that results in a large loss event; and report information to the Secretary with respect to such large loss event, including— the location of such large loss event; the total estimated volume of gas released during such event; the cause of the failure; and the time from the detection of a gas leak to the completion of the repair of such leak.
In this section, the term large loss event means the loss of 300,000 cubic feet or more of gas. . The table of sections for chapter 601 of title 49, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following new item: 60143. Gas pipeline repair criteria. .