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To require the Secretary of Transportation to post a copy of the most recent response plan for each onshore oil pipeline on a publicly accessible website.

S. 1213 · 115th Congress · May 24, 2017 · Lineage

A BILL

Section 1 Pipeline facility response plans

Section 60138 of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a)—
(A)
in paragraph (1), by striking “and” at the end;
(B)
by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);
(C)
by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:

“(2) subject to subsection (b), post a copy of the most recent response plan on a publicly accessible website maintained by the Department of Transportation; and”

(D)
in paragraph (3), as redesignated, by striking “provide upon written request to a person a copy of the plan” and all that follows and inserting “subject to subsection (b), provide to a person, upon written request, a copy of the most recent response plan.”;
(2)
by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
(3)
by inserting after subsection (a) the following:

“(b) Exclusions—The Secretary may exclude from the plan posted or provided under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a), as the Secretary determines appropriate—

“(1) proprietary information;

“(2) security-sensitive information, including information described in section 1520.5(a) of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations;

“(3) specific response resources and tactical resource deployment plans; and

“(4) the specific amount and location of worst case discharges (as defined in part 194 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations), including the process by which an owner or operator determines the worst case discharge.”