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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 2016 · Sec. 8

Sec. 8. IMPROVING DAMAGE PREVENTION TECHNOLOGY

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## SEC. 8 IMPROVING DAMAGE PREVENTION TECHNOLOGY ###
(a)Study The Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with stakeholders, shall conduct a study on improving existing damage prevention programs through technological improvements in location, mapping, excavation, and communications practices to prevent excavation damage to a pipe or its coating, including considerations of technical, operational, and economic feasibility and existing damage prevention programs. ###
(b)Contents The study under subsection
(a)shall include— ####
(1)an identification of any methods to improve existing damage prevention programs through location and mapping practices or technologies in an effort to reduce releases caused by excavation; ####
(2)an analysis of how increased use of global positioning system digital mapping technologies, predictive analytic tools, public awareness initiatives including one-call initiatives, the use of mobile devices, and other advanced technologies could supplement existing one-call notification and damage prevention programs to reduce the frequency and severity of incidents caused by excavation damage; ####
(3)an identification of any methods to improve excavation practices or technologies in an effort to reduce pipeline damage; ####
(4)an analysis of the feasibility of a national data repository for pipeline excavation accident data that creates standardized data models for storing and sharing pipeline accident information; and ####
(5)an identification of opportunities for stakeholder engagement in preventing excavation damage. ###
(c)Report Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report containing the results of the study conducted under subsection (a), including recommendations, that include the consideration of technical, operational, and economic feasibility, on how to incorporate into existing damage prevention programs technological improvements and practices that help prevent excavation damage.
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