Sec. 302. State use of integrated inspections
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Section 60105 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: In this subsection: The term appropriate committees of Congress has the meaning given the term in section 2 of the PIPELINE Safety Act of 2025 . The term Inspector General means the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation. The term risk-based integrated inspection program means an inspection program that uses risk information and data to focus inspection resources on pipeline facilities and regulatory requirements that have the highest priority during an inspection.
Subject to all other applicable provisions of this section, with the written agreement of the Secretary and a State authority certified under this section, which may be in the form of a memorandum of understanding, the Secretary may authorize, and the State authority may carry out, a risk-based integrated inspection program. A State authority that is authorized to carry out a risk-based integrated inspection program— shall be subject to the same procedural and substantive requirements that would apply if the Secretary were carrying out the program; and shall ensure— that no pipeline system goes without inspection for more than 5 years; and that unsatisfactory conditions found in inspections are addressed in a timely manner.
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall establish procedures and criteria for State authorities to apply to carry out a risk-based integrated inspection program pursuant to this subsection. Not later than 1 year after receiving an application from a State authority to carry out a risk-based integrated inspection program under this subsection, the Secretary shall— review the application; and approve or deny the application. If the Secretary denies an application submitted by a State authority under this subsection, the Secretary shall provide an explanation to the State authority of— why the Secretary denied the application; and changes that the State authority could make to the application that would result in the Secretary approving the application.
The Secretary shall establish a process to review the implementation of a risk-based integrated inspection program by a State authority. The Inspector General shall— review each risk-based integrated inspection program authorized by the Secretary under this subsection not later than 3 years after the date on which the relevant application is approved to determine whether the program meets the needs of pipeline safety; and submit to the Secretary and the appropriate committees of Congress a report on that review.
If the Inspector General determines that a risk-based integrated inspection program is not adequate and should be terminated, the Inspector General shall notify the Secretary and the appropriate committees of Congress. The Secretary may terminate an authorization for a State authority to carry out a risk-based integrated inspection program if— the Secretary determines that the State authority is not adequately carrying out the program; the Secretary provides to the State authority— a notification of the intent of the Secretary to terminate the authorization for the State authority to carry out a risk-based integrated inspection program; a period of not less than 120 days to take such corrective action as the Secretary determines to be necessary to comply with the requirements of this section; and on request of the State authority, a detailed description of the aspects of the program that are inadequate; and the State authority, after the notification described in clause (ii)(I), fails to take satisfactory corrective action in accordance with clause (ii)(II) before the expiration of the period provided under that clause.
A State authority may terminate its authority to carry out a risk-based integrated inspection program at any time by providing to the Secretary a notice not later than 90 days before the date of termination. .