[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1269 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1269

     To require the Office of Pipeline Safety to consult with the 
  Environmental Protection Agency or the Coast Guard in the event the 
   Federal on-scene coordinator has concerns about the ability of a 
        pipeline operator to respond to a worst case discharge.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 25, 2017

  Ms. Stabenow (for herself and Mr. Peters) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
     To require the Office of Pipeline Safety to consult with the 
  Environmental Protection Agency or the Coast Guard in the event the 
   Federal on-scene coordinator has concerns about the ability of a 
        pipeline operator to respond to a worst case discharge.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Pipeline Safety Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR OFFICE OF PIPELINE SAFETY TO CONSULT WITH 
              ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OR COAST GUARD IN THE 
              EVENT OF CONCERNS ABOUT ABILITY TO RESPOND TO WORST CASE 
              DISCHARGES.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall amend section 119(d) of part 
194 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations (or any similar successor 
regulation) to require that the Office of Pipeline Safety shall consult 
with the Environmental Protection Agency or the Coast Guard in the 
event the Federal on-scene coordinator has concerns about the ability 
of a pipeline operator to respond to a worst case discharge.
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