49 U.S.C. § 60115
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTE | ||
Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
60115(a) | 49 App.:1673(a) (1st sentence). | Aug. 12, 1968, Pub. L. 90-481, §4(a), 82 Stat. 722; Nov. 30, 1979, Pub. L. 96-129, §102(a), 93 Stat. 991; Oct. 24, 1992, Pub. L. 102-508, §105(1), 106 Stat. 3293. |
49 App.:2003(a) (1st sentence). | Nov. 30, 1979, Pub. L. 96-129, §204(a), 93 Stat. 1005; Oct. 24, 1992, Pub. L. 102-508, §204(1), 106 Stat. 3301. | |
60115(b)(1) | 49 App.:1673(a) (last sentence words before colon). | |
60115(b)(2) | 49 App.:2003(a) (last sentence words before colon). | |
60115(b)(3), (4) | 49 App.:1671(7). | Aug. 12, 1968, Pub. L. 90-481, §2(7), 82 Stat. 720; Nov. 30, 1979, Pub. L. 96-129, §109(a), 93 Stat. 996. |
49 App.:1673(a) (last sentence words after colon). | ||
49 App.:2001(10). | Nov. 30, 1979, Pub. L. 96-129, §§202(10), 204(c), 93 Stat. 1004, 1006. | |
49 App.:2003(a) (last sentence words after colon). | ||
60115(c) | 49 App.:1673(b) (1st-5th sentences). | Aug. 12, 1968, Pub. L. 90-481, §4(b), 82 Stat. 722; Nov. 30, 1979, Pub. L. 96-129, §102(b), 93 Stat. 991; Jan. 14, 1983, Pub. L. 97-468, §101 (related to §4(b)), 96 Stat. 2543; Oct. 24, 1992, Pub. L. 102-508, §105(2), 106 Stat. 3293. |
49 App.:2003(b) (1st-5th sentences). | Nov. 30, 1979, Pub. L. 96-129, §204(b), 93 Stat. 1006; Jan. 14, 1983, Pub. L. 97-468, §101 (related to §204(b)), 96 Stat. 2543; Oct. 24, 1992, Pub. L. 102-508, §204(2), 106 Stat. 3302. | |
60115(d) | 49 App.:1673(b) (6th sentence). | |
49 App.:2003(b) (6th sentence). | ||
60115(e) | 49 App.:1673(b) (7th, last sentences). | |
49 App.:2003(b) (7th, last sentences). | ||
60115(f) | 49 App.:1673(c). | Aug. 12, 1968, Pub. L. 90-481, §4(c), 82 Stat. 722; Nov. 30, 1979, Pub. L. 96-129, §102(c), 93 Stat. 991. |
49 App.:2003(c). |
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTThe date of the enactment of the Accountable Pipeline Safety and Partnership Act of 1996, referred to in subsec. (a), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 104-304 which was approved Oct. 12, 1996.The date of enactment of the PIPES Act of 2016, referred to in subsec. (b)(5), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 114-183 which was approved June 22, 2016.
AMENDMENTS2016-Subsec. (b)(4)(A). Pub. L. 114-183, §6(a), substituted "State officials. The Secretary shall consult with national organizations representing State commissioners or utility regulators before making a selection under this subparagraph." for "State commissioners. The Secretary shall consult with the national organization of State commissions before selecting those 2 individuals."Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 114-183, §6(b), added par. (5).2002-Subsec. (b)(4)(D). Pub. L. 107-355 added subpar. (D). 1996-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-304, §10(a), inserted at end "The committees referred to in the preceding sentence shall serve as peer review committees for carrying out this chapter. Peer reviews conducted by the committees shall be treated for purposes of all Federal laws relating to risk assessment and peer review (including laws that take effect after the date of the enactment of the Accountable Pipeline Safety and Partnership Act of 1996) as meeting any peer review requirements of such laws." Subsec. (b)(1), (2). Pub. L. 104-304, §10(b)(1), (2), inserted before period at end "or risk management principles".Subsec. (b)(3)(B). Pub. L. 104-304, §10(b)(3), substituted "5" for "4". Subsec. (b)(3)(C). Pub. L. 104-304, §10(b)(4), substituted "5" for "6".Subsec. (b)(4)(B). Pub. L. 104-304, §10(b)(5), inserted at end "At least 1 of the individuals selected for each committee under paragraph (3)(B) shall have education, background, or experience in risk assessment and cost-benefit analysis. The Secretary shall consult with the national organizations representing the owners and operators of pipeline facilities before selecting individuals under paragraph (3)(B)." Subsec. (b)(4)(C). Pub. L. 104-304, §10(b)(6), inserted after first sentence "At least 1 of the individuals selected for each committee under paragraph (3)(C) shall have education, background, or experience in risk assessment and cost-benefit analysis."Subsec. (c)(1)(A). Pub. L. 104-304, §10(c)(1), inserted before semicolon "including the risk assessment information and other analyses supporting each proposed standard".Subsec. (c)(1)(B). Pub. L. 104-304, §10(c)(2), inserted before period at end "including the risk assessment information and other analyses supporting each proposed standard".Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 104-304, §10(c)(3)-(6), inserted "and supporting analyses" after "receiving the proposed standard", "and submit to the Secretary" after "prepare", "cost-effectiveness," after "reasonableness,", "and include in the report recommended actions" after "practicability of the proposed standard", and "any recommended actions and" after "including".Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104-304, §10(d), substituted "up to 4 times" for "twice".Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 104-304, §10(e), substituted "EXPENSES" for "PAY AND EXPENSES" in heading, struck out "The Secretary may establish the pay for each member of a committee for each day (including travel time) when performing duties of the committee. However, a member may not be paid more than the daily equivalent of the maximum annual rate of basic pay payable under section 5376 of title 5." after heading, and inserted "of a committee under this section" after "A member". 1995-Subsec. (b)(4)(A). Pub. L. 104-88 struck out "(referred to in section 10344(f) of this title)" after "commissions".
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1995 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 104-88 effective Jan. 1, 1996, see section 2 of Pub. L. 104-88 set out as an Effective Date note under section 1301 of this title.
- Secretary
- "Secretary" means the Secretary of Transportation; and
- State
- "State" means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico;
- gas pipeline facility
- "gas pipeline facility" includes a pipeline, a right of way, a facility, a building, or equipment used in transporting gas or treating gas during its transportation;
- gas
- "gas" means natural gas, flammable gas, or toxic or corrosive gas;
- hazardous liquid pipeline facility
- "hazardous liquid pipeline facility" includes a pipeline, a right of way, a facility, a building, or equipment used or intended to be used in transporting hazardous liquid;
- risk management
- "risk management" means the systematic application, by the owner or operator of a pipeline facility, of management policies, procedures, finite resources, and practices to the tasks of identifying, analyzing, assessing, reducing, and controlling risk in order to protect employees, the general public, the environment, and pipeline facilities;