Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Plant Safety Authorities Coordination Act of 2025”.
Plant Safety Authorities Coordination Act of 2025
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to exclude from the definition of transporting gas certain movement of gas within, or in the vicinity of, a plant, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Transporting gas
Section 60101(a)(21) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
by striking the paragraph designation and all that follows through “(A) means” in subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:
“(21) Transporting gas
“(A) In general—The term transporting gas means”
in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking “; but” and inserting a period; and
by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:
“(B) Exclusions—The term transporting gas does not include—
“(i) gathering gas (except through regulated gathering lines) in a rural area outside a populated area designated by the Secretary as a nonrural area; or
“(ii) the movement of gas by the owner or operator of a plant for use as a fuel, a feedstock, or for any other purpose that directly supports plant operations through—
“(I) in-plant piping systems that are located entirely on the grounds of the plant; or
“(II) transfer piping systems that extend less than 1 mile in length outside the grounds of the plant.”