Sec. 5. INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT
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## SEC. 5 INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT **[**[49 U.S.C. 60109 note](/us/usc/t49/s60109)**]** ###
(a)Evaluation Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall evaluate— ####
(1)whether integrity management system requirements, or elements thereof, should be expanded beyond high-consequence areas; and ####
(2)with respect to gas transmission pipeline facilities, whether applying integrity management program requirements, or elements thereof, to additional areas would mitigate the need for class location requirements. ###
(b)Factors In conducting the evaluation under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider, at a minimum, the following: ####
(1)The continuing priority to enhance protections for public safety. ####
(2)The continuing importance of reducing risk in high-consequence areas. ####
(3)The incremental costs of applying integrity management standards to pipelines outside of high-consequence areas where operators are already conducting assessments beyond what is required under chapter 601 of title 49, United States Code. ####
(4)The need to undertake integrity management assessments and repairs in a manner that is achievable and sustainable, and that does not disrupt pipeline service. ####
(5)The options for phasing in the extension of integrity management requirements beyond high-consequence areas, including the most effective and efficient options for decreasing risks to an increasing number of people living or working in proximity to pipeline facilities. ####
(6)The appropriateness of applying repair criteria, such as pressure reductions and special requirements for scheduling remediation, to areas that are not high-consequence areas. ###
(c)Report Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, 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, based on the evaluation conducted under subsection (a), containing the Secretary’s analysis and findings regarding— ####
(1)expansion of integrity management requirements, or elements thereof, beyond high-consequence areas; and ####
(2)with respect to gas transmission pipeline facilities, whether applying the integrity management program requirements, or elements thereof, to additional areas would mitigate the need for class location requirements. ###
(d)Data Reporting The Secretary shall collect any relevant data necessary to complete the evaluation required by subsection (a). ###
(e)Technical Correction Section 60109(c)(3)(B) is amended to read as follows: > > ##### “(B) > > Subject to paragraph (5), periodic reassessments of the facility, at a minimum of once every 7 calendar years, using methods described in subparagraph (A). The Secretary may extend such deadline for an additional 6 months if the operator submits written notice to the Secretary with sufficient justification of the need for the extension.” > . ###
(f)Rulemaking Requirements ####
(1)Review period defined In this subsection, the term “review period” means the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on the earlier of— #####
(A)the date that is 1 year after the date of completion of the report under subsection (c); or #####
(B)the date that is 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act. ####
(2)Congressional authority In order to provide Congress the necessary time to review the results of the report required by subsection
(c)and implement appropriate recommendations, the Secretary shall not, during the review period, issue final regulations described in paragraph (3)(B). ####
(3)Standards #####
(A)Findings As soon as practicable following the review period, the Secretary shall issue final regulations described in subparagraph (B), if the Secretary finds, in the report required under subsection (c), that— ######
(i)integrity management system requirements, or elements thereof, should be expanded beyond high-consequence areas; and ######
(ii)with respect to gas transmission pipeline facilities, applying integrity management program requirements, or elements thereof, to additional areas would mitigate the need for class location requirements. #####
(B)Regulations Regulations issued by the Secretary under subparagraph (A), if any, shall— ######
(i)expand integrity management system requirements, or elements thereof, beyond high-consequence areas; and ######
(ii)remove redundant class location requirements for gas transmission pipeline facilities that are regulated under an integrity management program adopted and implemented under section 60109(c)(2) of title 49, United States Code. ####
(4)Savings clause #####
(A)In general Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, the Secretary, during the review period, may issue final regulations described in paragraph (3)(B), if the Secretary determines that a condition that poses a risk to public safety, property, or the environment is present or an imminent hazard exists and that the regulations will address the risk or hazard. #####
(B)Imminent hazard defined In subparagraph (A), the term “imminent hazard” means the existence of a condition related to pipelines or pipeline operations that presents a substantial likelihood that death, serious illness, severe personal injury, or substantial endangerment to health, property, or the environment may occur. ###
(g)Report to Congress on Risk-Based Pipeline Reassessment Intervals Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall evaluate— ####
(1)whether risk-based reassessment intervals are a more effective alternative for managing risks to pipelines in high-consequence areas once baseline assessments are complete when compared to the reassessment interval specified in section 60109(c)(3)(B) of title 49, United States Code; ####
(2)the number of anomalies found in baseline assessments required under section 60109(c)(3)(A) of title 49, United States Code, as compared to the number of anomalies found in reassessments required under section 60109(c)(3)(B) of such title; and ####
(3)the progress made in implementing the recommendations in GAO Report 06-945 and the current relevance of those recommendations that have not been implemented.
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