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 106 STAT. 3302 PUBLIC LAW 102-508—OCT. 24, 1992 experience in environmental protection or public safety. At least 1 of the members selected under this paragraph shall have no financisd interests in the pipeline, petroleum, or natural gas industries."; and (2) in subsection (b) by inserting after the sixth sentence the following new sentence: "The Committee, if requested by the Secretary, shall make recommendations to the Secretary concerning poUcy development.". SEC. 205. OPERATOR TESTING. Section 203(c) of the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 (49 U.S.C. App. 2002(c)) is amended— (1) in the second sentence by striking "ma/' and inserting "shall"; and (2) by inserting after the second sentence the following new sentence: "Such certification may, as the Secretary considers appropriate, be performed by the operator. Such testing and certification shall address the ability to recognize and appropriately react to abnormal operating conditions which may indicate a dangerous situation or a condition exceeding design limits.". SEC. 206. LOW INTERNAL STRESS HAZARDOUS LIQUID PIPELINE FAdLITIES. Section 203(b) of the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 (49 U.S.C. App. 2002(b)) is further amended by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new sentence: "In exercising any discretion under this Act, the Secretary shall not provide an exception to regulation under this Act for any pipeline facility solely on the basis of the fact that such pipeline facility operates at low internal stress.". SEC. 207. PIPELINE FACILITY INSPECTION AMENDMENTS. Section 203(1) of the Hazardous Liquid PipeUne Safety Act of 1979 (49 U.S.C. App. 2002(1)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)(A) by striking "pipeline facility operators described in paragraph (1)(A)" ana inserting "operators of pipeline facilities described in paragraph (3)"; (2) in paragraph (2)(B) by striking "paragraph (1)(A)" and inserting "paragraph (3)"; (3) in paragraph (3) by striking "periodic inspection program" and all that follows through "and its inlets" and inserting the following: "periodic inspection program of— "(A) all offshore pipeline facihties; and "(B) any other pipeline facilities which cross under, over, or through navigable waters, as such term is defined by the Secretary, if the location of such pipeline facilities in such navigable waters could pose a hazard to navigation or public SEifety, as determined by the Secretary"; (4) in paragraph (4) by striking "offshore pipeline facility" and inserting "pipeline facility described in paragraph (3)"; and (5) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: "(5) TRANSFER PIPELINE FACILITIES. — The Secretary shall not exempt from regulation under this Act any offshore pipeline facility solely on the basis of the fact that such pipeline facility

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