Contents
- (a) Grant of authority
- (b) Definitions
- (c) Inter-agency coordination
- (d) Width limitations
- (e) Temporary permits
- (f) Regulatory authority
- (g) Pipeline safety
- (h) Environmental protection
- (i) Disclosure
- (j) Technical and financial capability
- (k) Public hearings
- (l) Reimbursement of costs
- (m) Bonding
- (n) Duration of grant
- (o) Suspension or termination of right-of-way
- (p) Joint use of rights-of-way
- (q) Statutes
- (r) Common carriers
- (s) Exports of Alaskan North Slope oil1 change
- (t) Existing rights-of-way
- (u) Limitations on export1 change
- (v) State standards
- (w) Reports4 changes
- (x) Liability
- (y) Antitrust laws
(w)
(1)The Secretary and other appropriate agency heads shall report to the Committee on Natural Resources of the United States House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate annually on the administration of this section and on the safety and environmental requirements imposed pursuant thereto.
(2)The Secretary or agency head shall promptly notify the Committee on Natural Resources of the United States House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United States Senate upon receipt of an application for a right-of-way for a pipeline twenty-four inches or more in diameter, and no right-of-way for such a pipeline shall be granted until a notice of intention to grant the right-of-way, together with the Secretary’s or agency head’s detailed findings as to the terms and conditions he proposes to impose, has been submitted to such committees.
(3)Periodically, but at least once a year, the Secretary of the Department of Transportation shall cause the examination of all pipelines and associated facilities on Federal lands and shall cause the prompt reporting of any potential leaks or safety problems.
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