Sec. 4. Oil spill response plans
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The purposes of this section are— to strengthen the preparedness of owners and operators of onshore oil pipeline facilities for releases of oil from pipelines; and to ensure that oil spill response plans submitted to the Administrator under part 194 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), adequately anticipate and ensure an adequate response to spills of diluted bitumen. In this section, the terms On-Scene Coordinator , operator , and response plan have the meanings given those terms in section 194.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act).
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Administrator, shall revise part 194 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations— to require response plans— to identify, using industry-standard names, such as Cold Lake Blend, all of the crude oils transported by the operator, including diluted bitumen; to include safety data sheets for each of the crude oils identified in the response plan; to adequately describe the geographic areas most sensitive to the effects of a diluted bitumen spill, including the water bodies potentially at risk; to describe in sufficient detail the response activities planned and resources available to mitigate the impacts of spills of diluted bitumen, if applicable, including the capabilities of the operator for detection, containment, and recovery of submerged and sunken oil; and to specify the procedures by which the operator will— not later than 6 hours after a spill has been detected, provide to the applicable On-Scene Coordinator or an equivalent State official information identifying the source and industry-standard name of any spilled diluted bitumen; and not later than 24 hours after the spill, or whenever the operator and the applicable On-Scene Coordinator agree it is safe to do so, provide to the On-Scene Coordinator or an equivalent State official, on request— a 1-liter sample drawn from the batch of oil spilled; and specific compositional information on the diluent; to require response plans and the safety data sheets associated with response plans to include spill-relevant properties and considerations with respect to each crude oil transported by the operator and identified in the response plan in accordance with paragraph (1)(A); to require the Administrator— to consult with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency or the Commandant of the Coast Guard, or both, as applicable, with respect to whether response plans submitted to the Administrator under that part meet the requirements in order to respond to spills of diluted bitumen; and to conduct reviews of response plans for pipelines carrying diluted bitumen to ensure the response plans comply with requirements under that part prior to approval; and to require operators to provide to the Administrator, and make publicly available on the website of the operator, annual reports that describe— the volumes of diluted bitumen, light, medium, and heavy crude oils, and any other crude oils carried by each pipeline of the operator; and the pipeline sections transporting the diluted bitumen and other crude oils described in subparagraph (A).