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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 2299 (Reported in Senate) — To amend title 49, United States Code, to enhance the safety and reliability of pipeline transportation, and for othe... · Sec. 110

Sec. 110. Pipeline operating status

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Chapter 601 of title 49, United States Code (as amended by section 105(a)), is amended by adding at the end the following: In this section, the term idled , with respect to a pipeline, means that the pipeline— has ceased normal operations; and will not resume service for a period of not less than 180 days; has been isolated from all sources of hazardous liquid, natural gas, or other gas; and has been purged of combustibles and hazardous materials and maintains a blanket of inert, nonflammable gas at low pressure; or has not been purged as described in subparagraph (A), but the volume of gas is so small that there is no potential hazard.
Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the PIPES Act of 2019 , the Secretary shall promulgate regulations prescribing the applicability of the pipeline safety requirements to idled natural or other gas transmission and hazardous liquid pipelines. The applicability of the regulations under paragraph
(1)shall be based on the risk that idled natural or other gas transmission and hazardous liquid pipelines pose to the public, property, and the environment, and shall include requirements to resume operation. The Secretary or an appropriate State agency shall inspect each idled pipeline and verify that the pipeline has been purged of combustibles and hazardous materials. The Secretary shall determine the requirements for periodic reinspection of idled natural or other gas transmission and hazardous liquid pipelines. . The table of sections for chapter 601 of title 49, United States Code (as amended by section 105(b)), is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 60142 the following: 60143. Idled pipelines. .
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