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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002 · Sec. 8

Sec. 8. PENALTIES

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## SEC. 8 PENALTIES ###
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(d)Comptroller General Study **[**[49 U.S.C. 60122 note](/us/usc/t49/s60122)**]** ####
(1)In general The Comptroller General shall conduct a study of the actions, policies, and procedures of the Secretary of Transportation for assessing and collecting fines and penalties on operators of hazardous liquid and gas transmission pipelines. ####
(2)Analysis In conducting the study, the Comptroller General shall examine, at a minimum, the following: #####
(A)The frequency with which the Secretary has substituted corrective orders for fines and penalties. #####
(B)Changes in the amounts of fines recommended by safety inspectors, assessed by the Secretary, and actually collected. #####
(C)An evaluation of the overall effectiveness of the Secretary's enforcement strategy. #####
(D)The extent to which the Secretary has complied with the report of the Government Accounting Office entitled “Pipeline Safety: The Office of Pipeline Safety is Changing How it Oversees the Pipeline Industry”. ####
(3)Report Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on the results of the study. * * * * * * *
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