120 STAT. 3486
PUBLIC LAW 109–468—DEC. 29, 2006
Public Law 109–468 109th Congress An Act Dec. 29, 2006 [H.R. 5782]
Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement, and Safety Act of 2006. 49 USC 60101 note.
To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide for enhanced safety and environmental protection in pipeline transportation, to provide for enhanced reliability in the transportation of the Nation’s energy products by pipeline, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement, and Safety Act of 2006’’. (b) AMENDMENT OF TITLE 49, UNITED STATES CODE.—Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or a repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of title 49, United States Code. (c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.
1. Short title; amendment of title 49, United States Code; table of contents. 2. Pipeline safety and damage prevention. 3. Public education and awareness. 4. Low-stress pipelines. 5. Technical assistance grants. 6. Enforcement transparency. 7. Direct line sales. 8. Petroleum transportation capacity and regulatory adequacy study. 9. Distribution integrity management program rulemaking deadline. 10. Emergency waivers. 11. Restoration of operations. 12. Pipeline control room management. 13. Safety orders. 14. Integrity program enforcement. 15. Incident reporting. 16. Senior executive signature of integrity management program performance reports. 17. Cost recovery for design reviews. 18. Authorization of appropriations. 19. Standards to implement NTSB recommendations. 20. Accident reporting form. 21. Leak detection technology study. 22. Corrosion control regulations. 23. Inspector General report. 24. Technical assistance program. 25. Natural gas pipelines. 26. Corrosion technology.
SEC. 2. PIPELINE SAFETY AND DAMAGE PREVENTION.
(a) ONE CALL CIVIL ENFORCEMENT.— (1) PROHIBITIONS.—Section 60114 is amended by adding at the end the following:
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