Sec. 7. Inspection activity reporting
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall establish, and make available to the public in an electronically accessible format, a report containing the inspection and enforcement priorities of the Office of Pipeline Safety of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration for fiscal years 2024 through 2027. Such report shall include a description of— how the Administrator will use the priorities to guide the inspection program of such Office; how the inspection and enforcement priorities will improve pipeline safety; and how the Administrator communicates and coordinates the implementation of inspection and enforcement priorities with regional offices and State inspectors operating under delegated authority.
Prior to publication of the inspection and enforcement priorities under subsection (a), the Administrator shall solicit through notice in the Federal Register public comment on such priorities. Not later than June 1 of each year beginning with the year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall make available to the public in an electronically accessible format a summary of Federal and State pipeline inspections conducted under direct or delegated authority of title 49, United States Code, during the previous calendar year, to include— the date of the inspection; the name of the pipeline owner or operator; the pipeline system or segment inspected; the region or regions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration in which the inspected system or segment operates; the State or States in which the inspected system or segment operates; and any violations, or proposed violations, found as a result of pipeline inspections.