Sec. 23. Liquefied natural gas regulatory coordination
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The Secretary of Transportation shall establish and convene a Liquefied Natural Gas Regulatory Safety Working Group (in this section referred to as the Working Group ) through the National Center of Excellence for Liquefied Natural Gas Safety to clarify the authority of Federal agencies in the authorizing and oversight of LNG facilities, other than peak shaving facilities, and improve coordination of the authority of such agencies. The Working Group shall consist of certain representatives of the Federal Government, as such term is defined in clauses
(i)through
(v)of section 111(a)(3)(F) of the PIPES Act of 2020 ( Public Law 116–260 ), as designated by the Secretary of Transportation or appropriate Federal agency leadership. The Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration or a designee of the Administrator shall serve as chair of the Working Group, unless an alternate member of the working group is selected by unanimous consent of the Working Group. The Chair of the Working Group shall establish an agenda and schedule for the Working Group to accomplish the objectives described in subsection (c). The Working Group shall evaluate individual Federal agency authorities pertaining to the siting and design, construction, operation and maintenance, and operational and process safety regulations of LNG facilities. The Working Group shall negotiate Federal agency agreements pursuant to subsection
(d)to establish procedures for— the application of the respective authorities of each Federal agency in ensuring safety in a manner to ensure effective regulation of LNG facilities in the public interest; resolving conflicts concerning overlapping jurisdiction among the Federal agencies; and avoiding, to the extent possible and if appropriate, conflicting or duplicative regulation, inspection protocols, and reporting obligations. Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the agencies represented on the Working Group shall enter into interagency agreements or memorandums of understanding regarding best practices and individual agency safety oversight enforcement responsibilities regarding LNG facilities, other than peak shaving facilities. Not later than 1 year after entering into interagency agency agreements or memorandum of understanding under subsection (d), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report on the memorandum of understanding or interagency agreements and how such memorandum or agreements have contributed to improved safety and enforcement oversight coordination of LNG facilities. In this section, the term LNG means liquefied natural gas.
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Liquefied natural gas regulatory coordination
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