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 PUBLIC LAW 103-272—JULY 5, 1994 108 STAT. 1305 that provides services comparable to services that would be available under a public safety program. (d) FACILITY OPERATION INFORMATION STANDARDS.—The Secretary shall prescribe minimum standards requiring an operator of a pipeline facility subject to this chapter to maintain, to the extent practicable, information related to operating the facility and, when requested, to provide the information to the Secretary and an appropriate State official. The information shall include— (1) the business name, address, and telephone number, including an operations emergency telephone number, of the operator; (2) accurate maps and a supplementary geographic description, including an identification of areas described in regulations prescribed under section 60109 of this title, that show the location in the State of— (A) m^jor gas pipeline facilities of the operator, including transmission lines and significant distribution lines; and (B) major hazardous liquid pipeline facilities of the operator; (3) a description of— (A) the characteristics of the operator's pipelines in the State; and (B) products transported through the operator's pipelines in the State; (4) the manual that governs operating and maintaining pipeline facilities in the State; (5) an emergency response plan describing the operator's procedures for responding to and containing releases, including— (A) identifying specific action the operator will take on discovering a release; (B) liaison procedures with State and local authorities for emergency response; and (C) communication and alert procedures for immediately notifying State and local officials at the time of a release; and (6) other information the Secretary considers useful to inform a State of the presence of pipeline facilities and operations in the State. (e) PIPE INVENTORY STANDARDS. —The Secretary shall prescribe minimum standards requiring an operator of a pipeline facility subject to this chapter and, to the extent the Secretary considers necessary, an operator of a gathering line that is not a regulated gathering line (as defined under section 60101(b)(2) of this title), to maintain for the Secretary, to the extent practicable, an inventory with appropriate information about the types of pipe used for the transmission of gas or hazardous liquid, as appropriate, in the operator's system and additional information, including the material's history and the leak history of the pipe. The inventory— (1) for a gas pipeline facility, shall include an identification of each facility passing through an area described in regulations prescribed under section 60109 of this title but shall exclude equipment used with the compression of gas; and (2) for a hazardous liquid pipeline facility, shall include an identification of each facility and gathering line passing through an area described in regulations prescribed under sec-

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