49 USC 60101 - Sec. 60101. Definitions

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US Code - Title 26: Internal Revenue Code - 26 USC 9509 - Sec. 9509. Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund

U.S. Code - Title 15: Commerce and Trade - 15 USC 717 - Sec. 717. Regulation of natural gas companies

U.S. Code - Title 15: Commerce and Trade - 15 USC 272 - Sec. 272. Establishment, functions, and activities

U.S. Code - Title 16: Conservation - 16 USC 796 - Sec. 796. Definitions

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(a) General. - In this chapter - (1) "existing liquefied natural gas facility" - (A) means a liquefied natural gas facility for which an application to approve the site, construction, or operation of the facility was filed before March 1, 1978, with - (i) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (or any predecessor); or (ii) the appropriate State or local authority, if the facility is not subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717 et seq.); but (B) does not include a facility on which construction is begun after November 29, 1979, without the approval; (2) "gas" means natural gas, flammable gas, or toxic or corrosive gas; (3) "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; (4) "hazardous liquid" means - (A) petroleum or a petroleum product; and (B) a substance the Secretary of Transportation decides may pose an unreasonable risk to life or property when transported by a hazardous liquid pipeline facility in a liquid state (except for liquefied natural gas); (5) "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; (6) "interstate gas pipeline facility" - (A) means a gas pipeline facility - (i) used to transport gas; and (ii) subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717 et seq.); but (B) does not include a gas pipeline facility transporting gas from an interstate gas pipeline in a State to a direct sales customer in that State buying gas for its own consumption; (7) "interstate hazardous liquid pipeline facility" means a hazardous liquid pipeline facility used to transport hazardous liquid in interstate or foreign commerce; (8) "interstate or foreign commerce" - (A) related to gas, means commerce - (i) between a place in a State and a place outside that State; or (ii) that affects any commerce described in subclause (A)(i) of this clause; and (B) related to hazardous liquid, means commerce between - (i) a place in a State and a place outside that State; or (ii) places in the same State through a place outside the State; (9) "intrastate gas pipeline facility" means - (A) a gas pipeline facility and transportation of gas within a State not subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717 et seq.); and (B) a gas pipeline facility transporting gas from an interstate gas pipeline in a State to a direct sales customer in that State buying gas for its own consumption; (10) "intrastate hazardous liquid pipeline facility" means a hazardous liquid pipeline facility that is not an interstate hazardous liquid pipeline facility; (11) "liquefied natural gas" means natural gas in a liquid or semisolid state; (12) "liquefied natural gas accident" means a release, burning, or explosion of liquefied natural gas from any cause, except a release, burning, or explosion that, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, does not pose a threat to public health or safety, property, or the environment; (13) "liquefied natural gas conversion" means conversion of natural gas into liquefied natural gas or conversion of liquefied natural gas into natural gas; (14) "liquefied natural gas pipeline facility" - (A) means a gas pipeline facility used for transporting or storing liquefied natural gas, or for liquefied natural gas conversion, in interstate or foreign commerce; but (B) does not include any part of a structure or equipment located in navigable waters (as defined in section 3 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796)); (15) "municipality" means a political subdivision of a State; (16) "new liquefied natural gas pipeline facility" means a liquefied natural gas pipeline facility except an existing liquefied natural gas pipeline facility; (17) "person", in addition to its meaning under section 1 of title 1 (except as to societies), includes a State, a municipality, and a trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative of a person; (18) "pipeline facility" means a gas pipeline facility and a hazardous liquid pipeline facility; (19) "pipeline transportation" means transporting gas and transporting hazardous liquid; (20) "State" means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico; (21) "transporting gas" - (A) means the gathering, transmission, or distribution of gas by pipeline, or the storage of gas, in interstate or foreign commerce; but (B) does not include the gathering of gas, other than gathering through regulated gathering lines, in those rural locations that are located outside the limits of any incorporated or unincorporated city, town, or village, or any other designated residential or commercial area (including a subdivision, business, shopping center, or community development) or any similar populated area that the Secretary of Transportation determines to be a nonrural area, except that the term "transporting gas" includes the movement of gas through regulated gathering lines; (22) "transporting hazardous liquid" - (A) means the movement of hazardous liquid by pipeline, or the storage of hazardous liquid incidental to the movement of hazardous liquid by pipeline, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce; but (B) does not include moving hazardous liquid through - (i) gathering lines in a rural area; (ii) onshore production, refining, or manufacturing facilities; or (iii) storage or in-plant piping systems associated with onshore production, refining, or manufacturing facilities; (23) "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; (24) "risk management plan" means a management plan utilized by a gas or hazardous liquid pipeline facility owner or operator that encompasses risk management; and (25) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Transportation. (b) Gathering Lines. - (1)(A) Not later than October 24, 1994, the Secretary shall prescribe standards defining the term "gathering line". (B) In defining "gathering line" for gas, the Secretary - (i) shall consider functional and operational characteristics of the lines to be included in the definition; and (ii) is not bound by a classification the Commission establishes under the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717 et seq.). (2)(A) Not later than October 24, 1995, the Secretary, if appropriate, shall prescribe standards defining the term "regulated gathering line". In defining the term, the Secretary shall consider factors such as location, length of line from the well site, operating pressure, throughput, and the composition of the transported gas or hazardous liquid, as appropriate, in deciding on the types of lines that functionally are gathering but should be regulated under this chapter because of specific physical characteristics. (B)(i) The Secretary also shall consider diameter when defining "regulated gathering line" for hazardous liquid. (ii) The definition of "regulated gathering line" for hazardous liquid may not include a crude oil gathering line that has a nominal diameter of not more than 6 inches, is operated at low pressure, and is located in a rural area that is not unusually sensitive to environmental damage.

Amendment Of Subsection (A)(21) And (22)

Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 4(s), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1371, provided that, effective on the date the regulations required under subsec. (b) of this section are effective, subsection (a)(21) and (22) of this section is amended to read as follows: (21) "transporting gas" - (A) means - (i) the gathering, transmission, or distribution of gas by pipeline, or the storage of gas, in interstate or foreign commerce; and (ii) the movement of gas through regulated gathering lines; but (B) does not include gathering gas (except through regulated gathering lines) in a rural area outside a populated area designated by the Secretary as a nonrural area. (22) "transporting hazardous liquid" - (A) means - (i) the movement of hazardous liquid by pipeline, or the storage of hazardous liquid incidental to the movement of hazardous liquid by pipeline, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce; and (ii) the movement of hazardous liquid through regulated gathering lines; but (B) does not include moving hazardous liquid through - (i) gathering lines (except regulated gathering lines) in a rural area; (ii) onshore production, refining, or manufacturing facilities; or (iii) storage or in-plant piping systems associated with onshore production, refining, or manufacturing facilities.

HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES PUB. L. 103-272, SEC. 1(E) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Revised Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) Section -------------------------------------------------------------------- 60101(a)(1) 49 App.:1671(10). Aug. 12, 1968, Pub. L. 90-481, Sec. 2(10), 82 Stat. 720; Oct. 11, 1976, Pub. L. 94-477, Sec. 3(2), 90 Stat. 2073; Nov. 30, 1979, Pub. L. 96-129, Sec. 151, 93 Stat. 998. 49 App.:1671(14). Aug. 12, 1968, Pub. L. 90-481, 82 Stat. 720, Sec. 2(11)-(17); added Nov. 30, 1979, Pub. L. 96-129, Sec. 151, 93 Stat. 998. 49 App.:2001(11). Nov. 30, 1979, Pub. L. 96-129, Sec. 202(1)-(4) (1st-27th words), (5)-(9), (11), 93 Stat. 1003, 1004. 60101(a)(2) 49 App.:1671(2). Aug. 12, 1968, Pub. L. 90-481, Sec. 2(1), (2), (4) (1st-32d words), (5), (6), 82 Stat. 720. 60101(a)(3) 49 App.:1671(4) (1st-32d words). 60101(a)(4) 49 App.:2001(2). 60101(a)(5) 49 App.:2001(4) (1st-27th words). 60101(a)(6) 49 App.:1671(8). Aug. 12, 1968, Pub. L. 90-481, Sec. 2(8), 82 Stat. 720; Oct. 11, 1976, Pub. L. 94-477, Sec. 3(1), 90 Stat. 2073; Nov. 30, 1979, Pub. L. 96-129, Sec. 109(b) (related to Sec. 2(8)), 93 Stat. 996. 60101(a)(7) 49 App.:2001(5). 60101(a) 49 App.:1671(17). (8)(A) 60101(a) 49 App.:2001(7). (8)(B) 60101(a)(9) 49 App.:1671(9). Aug. 12, 1968, Pub. L. 90-481, 82 Stat. 720, Sec. 2(9); added Oct. 11, 1976, Pub. L. 94-477, Sec. 3(2), 90 Stat. 2073; Nov. 30, 1979, Pub. L. 96-129, Secs. 109(b) (related to Sec. 2(9)), 151, 93 Stat. 996, 998. 60101(a)(10) 49 App.:2001(6). 60101(a)(11) 49 App.:1671(11). 60101(a)(12) 49 App.:1671(16). 60101(a)(13) 49 App.:1671(13). 60101(a)(14) 49 App.:1671(12). 60101(a)(15) 49 App.:1671(6). 49 App.:2001(9). 60101(a)(16) 49 App.:1671(15). 60101(a)(17) 49 App.:1671(1). 49 App.:2001(1). 60101(a)( (no source). 18), (19) 60101(a)(20) 49 App.:1671(5). 49 App.:2001(8). 60101(a)(21) 49 App.:1671(3). Aug. 12, 1968, Pub. L. 90-481, Sec. 2(3), 82 Stat. 720; Nov. 30, 1979, Pub. L. 96-129, Sec. 152(b)(1), 93 Stat. 1001. 60101(a)(22) 49 App.:2001(3). 60101(b) 49 App.:1688. Aug. 12, 1968, Pub. L. 90-481, 82 Stat. 720, Sec. 21; added Oct. 24, 1992, Pub. L. 102-508, Sec. 109(b), 106 Stat. 3295. 49 App.:2016. Nov. 30, 1979, Pub. L. 96-129, 93 Stat. 989, Sec. 220; added Oct. 24, 1992, Pub. L. 102-508, Sec. 208(b), 106 Stat. 3303. -------------------------------------------------------------------- In this chapter, the words "liquefied natural gas" are substituted for "LNG" for clarity.

The word "authority" is substituted for "agency" for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code. The words "gas" and "hazardous liquid" are added where applicable because of the restatement.

In subsection (a), before clause (1), the text of 49 App.:1671(10) and 2001(11) is omitted because the complete name of the Secretary of Transportation is used the first time the term appears in a section.

The words "As used" are omitted as surplus.

In clause (1)(A), the words "Federal Energy Regulatory Commission" and "Commission" are substituted for "Department of Energy" because under 42:7171(a) and 7172(a)(1) the Commission is statutorily independent of the Department and has the responsibility for siting, construction, and operating applications.

In clauses (3) and (5), the words "without limitation, new and existing" are omitted as surplus.

In clause (4)(B), the words "or material" are omitted as surplus.

In clause (6), before subclause (A), the word "pipeline" is substituted for "transmission" for clarity and consistency.

In clause (8)(A), before subclause (i), the words "trade, traffic, transportation, exchange, or other" are omitted as surplus.

In subclause (ii), the words "trade, transportation, exchange, or other" are omitted as surplus.

In clause (8)(B), the word "place" is substituted for "point" for clarity and consistency in the revised title.

In clause (9), before subclause (A), the word "facility" is substituted for "transportation" for clarity and consistency.

In clause (12), the words "resulting from" and the text of 49 App.:1671(16)(A)-(D) are omitted as surplus.

In clause (13), the words "(liquefaction or solidification)" and "(vaporization)" are omitted as surplus.

In clauses (14) and (16), the word "pipeline" is added for clarity.

In clause (15), the words "city, county, or any other" are omitted as surplus.

In clause (17), the words "in addition to its meaning under section 1 of title 1 (except as to societies)" are substituted for "any individual, firm, joint venture, partnership, corporation, association . . . cooperative association, or joint stock association" to eliminate unnecessary words, for clarity, and for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the Code. Clauses (18) and (19) are added because of the restatement.

In clause (20), the words "of the United States" are substituted for "of the several" for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the Code. In clause (21)(B), the words "outside a populated area" are substituted for "which lie outside the limits of any incorporated or unincorporated city, town, village, or any other designated residential or commercial area such as a subdivision, a business or shopping center, a community development, or any similar populated area" to eliminate unnecessary words.

In clause (22)(B)(i), the word "area" is substituted for "locations" for consistency.

PUB. L. 103-272, SEC. 4(S) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Revised Source (U.S. Code) Source (Statutes at Large) Section -------------------------------------------------------------------- 60101(a)( 49 App.:1671 (note). Oct. 24, 1992, Pub. L. 21), (22) 102-508, Sec. 109(a), 106 Stat. 3294. 49 App.:2001 (note). Oct. 24, 1992, Pub. L. 102-508, Sec. 208(a), 106 Stat. 3303. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Section 4(s) reflects an amendment to the restatement required by sections 109(a) and 208(a) of the Pipeline Safety Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-508, 106 Stat. 3294, 3303).

Pub. L. 104-287

This amends 49:60101 for consistency with the style of title 49.

References In Text

The Natural Gas Act, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1)(A)(ii), (6)(A)(ii), (9)(A) and (b)(1)(B)(ii), is act June 21, 1938, ch. 556, 52 Stat. 821, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 15B (Sec. 717 et seq.) of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.

For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 717w of Title 15 and Tables.

Amendments

1996 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-287 inserted heading.

Subsec. (a)(1) to (20). Pub. L. 104-304, Sec. 3(a)(1), substituted semicolon for period at end of pars. (1) to (20). Subsec. (a)(21)(B). Pub. L. 104-304, Sec. 3(a)(2), added subpar. (B) and struck out former subpar. (B) which read as follows: "does not include gathering gas in a rural area outside a populated area designated by the Secretary as a nonrural area;". Pub. L. 104-304, Sec. 3(a)(1), substituted semicolon for period at end. Subsec. (a)(22). Pub. L. 104-304, Sec. 3(a)(1), substituted semicolon for period at end. Subsec. (a)(23) to (25). Pub. L. 104-304, Sec. 3(a)(3), added pars. (23) to (25). Subsec. (b)(1)(A). Pub. L. 104-304, Sec. 20(f), substituted "prescribe standards defining" for "define by regulation". Subsec. (b)(2)(A). Pub. L. 104-304, Secs. 3(b), 20(f), inserted ", if appropriate," after "Not later than October 24, 1995, the Secretary" and substituted "prescribe standards defining" for "define by regulation".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1994 AMENDMENT

Section 4(s) of Pub. L. 103-272 provided that the amendment made by that section is effective on the date the regulation required under subsec. (b) of this section is effective.

SHORT TITLE OF 2002 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 107-355, Sec. 1(a), Dec. 17, 2002, 116 Stat. 2985, provided that: "This Act [enacting sections 60129 to 60133 of this title, amending sections 6103 to 6105, 6107, 60102, 60104, 60106, 60109, 60110, 60112, 60114 to 60118, 60120, 60122, 60123, 60125, and 60127 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 1135, 60101, 60102, 60108, 60109, 60114, 60122, and 60131 of this title and section 717m of Title 15, Commerce and Trade] may be cited as the 'Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002'." SHORT TITLE OF 1996 AMENDMENT Section 1 of Pub. L. 104-304 provided that: "This Act [enacting sections 60126 to 60128 of this title, amending this section and sections 60102, 60105 to 60110, 60113 to 60118, 60123 to 60125 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 60301 of this title] may be cited as the 'Accountable Pipeline Safety and Partnership Act of 1996'." PIPELINE INTEGRITY, SAFETY, AND RELIABILITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Pub. L. 107-355, Sec. 12, Dec. 17, 2002, 116 Stat. 2997, provided that: "(a) In General. - The heads of the participating agencies shall carry out a program of research, development, demonstration, and standardization to ensure the integrity of pipeline facilities. "(b) Memorandum of Understanding. - "(1) In general. - Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 17, 2002], the heads of the participating agencies shall enter into a memorandum of understanding detailing their respective responsibilities in the program authorized by subsection (a). "(2) Areas of expertise. - Under the memorandum of understanding, each of the participating agencies shall have the primary responsibility for ensuring that the elements of the program within its expertise are implemented in accordance with this section.

The Department of Transportation's responsibilities shall reflect its lead role in pipeline safety and expertise in pipeline inspection, integrity management, and damage prevention.

The Department of Energy's responsibilities shall reflect its expertise in system reliability, low-volume gas leak detection, and surveillance technologies.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology's responsibilities shall reflect its expertise in materials research and assisting in the development of consensus technical standards, as that term is used in section 12(d)(4) [probably should be "12(d)(5)"] of Public Law 104-13 [Pub. L. 104-113] (15 U.S.C. 272 note). "(c) Program Elements. - The program authorized by subsection (a) shall include research, development, demonstration, and standardization activities related to - "(1) materials inspection; "(2) stress and fracture analysis, detection of cracks, corrosion, abrasion, and other abnormalities inside pipelines that lead to pipeline failure, and development of new equipment or technologies that are inserted into pipelines to detect anomalies; "(3) internal inspection and leak detection technologies, including detection of leaks at very low volumes; "(4) methods of analyzing content of pipeline throughput; "(5) pipeline security, including improving the real-time surveillance of pipeline rights-of-way, developing tools for evaluating and enhancing pipeline security and infrastructure, reducing natural, technological, and terrorist threats, and protecting first response units and persons near an incident; "(6) risk assessment methodology, including vulnerability assessment and reduction of third-party damage; "(7) communication, control, and information systems surety; "(8) fire safety of pipelines; "(9) improved excavation, construction, and repair technologies; and "(10) other appropriate elements. "(d) Program Plan. - "(1) In general. - Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section [Dec. 17, 2002], the Secretary of Transportation, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy and the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, shall prepare and transmit to Congress a 5-year program plan to guide activities under this section.

Such program plan shall be submitted to the Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee and the Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards Committee for review, and the report to Congress shall include the comments of the committees.

The 5-year program plan shall be based on the memorandum of understanding under subsection (b) and take into account related activities of other Federal agencies. "(2) Consultation. - In preparing the program plan and selecting and prioritizing appropriate project proposals, the Secretary of Transportation shall consult with or seek the advice of appropriate representatives of the natural gas, crude oil, and petroleum product pipeline industries, utilities, manufacturers, institutions of higher learning, Federal agencies, pipeline research institutions, national laboratories, State pipeline safety officials, labor organizations, environmental organizations, pipeline safety advocates, and professional and technical societies. "(e) Reports to Congress. - Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 17, 2002], and annually thereafter, the heads of the participating agencies shall transmit jointly to Congress a report on the status and results to date of the implementation of the program plan prepared under subsection (d). "(f) Authorization of Appropriations. - "(1) Department of transportation. - There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation for carrying out this section $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2003 through 2006. "(2) Department of energy. - There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Energy for carrying out this section $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2003 through 2006. "(3) National institute of standards and technology. - There is authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology for carrying out this section $5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2003 through 2006. "(4) General revenue funding. - Any sums appropriated under this subsection shall be derived from general revenues and may not be derived from amounts collected under section 60301 of title 49, United States Code. "(g) Pipeline Integrity Program. - Of the amounts available in the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund established by section 9509 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9509), $3,000,000 shall be transferred to the Secretary of Transportation, as provided in appropriation Acts, to carry out programs for detection, prevention, and mitigation of oil spills for each of the fiscal years 2003 through 2006. "(h) Participating Agencies Defined. - In this section, the term 'participating agencies' means the Department of Transportation, the Department of Energy, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology."

Section Referred To In Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 60102 of this title; title 18 section 1366; title 33 section 1232a; title 42 sections 9601, 9607.