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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 2016 · Sec. 4

Sec. 4. NATURAL GAS INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT REVIEW

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## SEC. 4 NATURAL GAS INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT REVIEW ###
(a)Report Not later than 18 months after the date of publication in the Federal Register of a final rule regarding the safety of gas transmission pipelines related to the notice of proposed rulemaking issued on April 8, 2016, titled “Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipelines” (81 Fed. Reg. 20721), the Comptroller General of the United States 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 regarding the integrity management programs for gas pipeline facilities required under section 60109(c) of title 49, United States Code. ###
(b)Contents The report required under subsection
(a)shall include— ####
(1)an analysis of stakeholder perspectives, taking into consideration technical, operational, and economic feasibility, regarding ways to enhance pipeline facility safety, prevent inadvertent releases from pipeline facilities, and mitigate any adverse consequences of such inadvertent releases, including changes to the definition of high consequence area, or expanding integrity management beyond high consequence areas; ####
(2)a review of the types of benefits, including safety benefits, and estimated costs of the legacy class location regulations; ####
(3)an analysis of the impact pipeline facility features, including the age, condition, materials, and construction of a pipeline facility, have on safety and risk analysis of a particular pipeline facility; ####
(4)a description of any challenges affecting Federal or State regulators in the oversight of gas transmission pipeline facilities and how the challenges are being addressed; and ####
(5)a description of any challenges affecting the natural gas industry in complying with the programs, and how the challenges are being addressed, including any challenges faced by publicly owned natural gas distribution systems. ###
(c)Definition of High Consequence Area In this section, the term “high consequence area” has the meaning given the term in section 192.903 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations.
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NATURAL GAS INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT REVIEW
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