Sec. 28. Disclosure of safety information assessment
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall conduct an assessment on how gas pipeline facility, hazardous liquid pipeline facility, and carbon dioxide pipeline facility owners and operators engage with, and provide safety information to, the public and State, Tribal, or local emergency response organizations. In conducting the assessment required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider— pipeline safety materials that the owners and operators of pipelines described in subsection
(a)voluntarily provide to the public; methods of interaction between pipeline facility owners and operators and the public and State, Tribal, and local emergency response entities; Federal, State, Tribal, and local government regulations governing information that pipeline facility owners and operators are required to share with the public; industry consensus standards regarding the sharing of pipeline safety and emergency response information; specific data that could be shared with local, Tribal, and State emergency response and planning agencies, local public and Tribal officials, and governing councils to enhance information sharing and pipeline safety, specifically— the identification of general pipeline location, or information including location, the products transported by pipeline or stored at an underground natural gas facility, data on breakout tanks or production facilities that includes pipeline classification and impact areas, and owner or operator emergency response planning materials; and information emergency response organizations ask pipeline owners and operators to voluntarily share with the public; emergency response materials that pipeline facility owners and operators voluntarily provide to emergency response organizations; how pipeline facility owners and operators communicate with emergency response organizations, including— the functional quality and use of data shared through the National Pipeline Mapping System; and the measures taken by emergency response organizations to secure any sensitive information shared; emergency response planning guidance and requirements issued by emergency response organizations for pipeline facility owners and operators; and changes emergency response organizations recommend to improve communication with the public and emergency response coordination organizations. In conducting the assessment under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with both large and small pipeline facility owners and operators, urban and rural State, local, and Tribal governments, emergency response organizations, and pipeline safety organizations. Not later than 180 days after completion of the assessment in subsection (a), 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 containing the findings of the assessment under subsection
(a)and any legislative recommendations of the Secretary. Not later than 180 days after the submission of the report under subsection (d), the Secretary may issue guidance to improve pipeline safety information sharing with the public and other interested parties to advance pipeline safety. The definitions contained in section 60101(a) of title 49, United States Code, shall apply to this section.