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 106 STAT. 3290 PUBLIC LAW 102-508—OCT. 24, 1992 TITLE IV—RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION Sec. 401. Research and Special Programs Administration. TITLE V—HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION ACT TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS Sec. 501. Correction to reference to Indian Self-Determination and Education As- . sistance Act. Sec. 502. Definitions of HAZMAT employee and employer. Sec. 503. Technical corrections to section 106. Sec. 504. Technical correction to section 115. ••' •" Sec. 505. Technical corrections to section 116. Sec. 506. Technical correction to section 118. Sec. 507. Uniformity of State motor carrier permitting forms and procedures. Sec. 508. Exemption for certain rail-motor carrier mergers. TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Sec. 601. Page Avenue extension. Sec. 602. Rural access. TITLE I—NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SAFETY SEC. 101. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. (a) FEDERAL SAFETY STANDARDS AND REPORTS. —Section 3(a) of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 (49 U.S.C. App. 1672(a)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1) by inserting "and the protection of the environment" after "need for pipeline safet/'; (2) in paragraph (1)(D) by inserting "and the protection of the environment" after "contribute to public safety"; and (3) in paragraph (3)(A) by striking "or property" and inserting ", property, or the environment". (b) CORRECTIVE ACTION. —Section 12(b) of such Act (49 U.S.C. App. 1679b(b)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1) by striking "or property," and inserting ", property, or the environment,"; (2) in paragraph (2)(A) by striking "or property," and inserting ", property, or the environment,"; (3) in paragraph (2)(B)— (A) by striking "or property," and inserting ", property, or the environment,"; and (B) by striking "or property." and inserting ", property, or the environment."; and (4) in paragraph (5) by striking "or property." and inserting ", property, or the environment.". SEC. 102. HIGH-DENSITY POPULATION AREAS. (a) PIPELINE INVENTORY.— Section 3 of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 (49 U.S.C. App. 1672) is amended— (1) in subsection (f)— (A) by inserting "(and, to the extent the Secretary considers necessary, operators of gathering lines that are not regulated gathering lines as such term is defined pursuant to section 21(b))" after "subject to this Act"; and (B) by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence: "Such inventory shall also include an identification of each of the pipeline facilities of such operator which pass through an area described in regulations issued under subsection (i)(l)."; and

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