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 93 STAT. 990

PUBLIC LAW 96-129—NOV. 30, 1979 Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec.

210. Inspection and maintenance. iii, 211. Powers and duties of the Secretary. 212. Pipeline safety coordination and cooperation. 213. Annual report. 214. Appropriations authorized. 215. Citizens civil action. 216. Conforming amendments. 217. Effective date. 218. Savings provisions. REFERENCES TO NATURAL GAS PIPELINE SAFETY ACT OF 1968

SEC. 2. Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act any reference, amendment, or repeal is expressed in terms of a reference or amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, it shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 (49 U.S.C. 1671 and following). TITLE I-NATURAL GAS SUBTITLE A—GENERAL PROVISIONS PIPELINE PARTICIPATION IN CERTAIN UTILITY SAFETY PROGRAMS

49 USC 1672.

Ante. p. 989.

49 USC 1674. 49 USC 1672 note.

SEC. 101. (a) Section 8(b) is amended by inserting "(1)" after "(b)", by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), and by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(2) Not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of the Pipeline Safety Act of 1979, the Secretary shall provide that the Federal minimum safety standards established under this section include a requirement that any operator of pipeline facilities— "(A) participate in any public safety program— "(i) which provides for notice to pipeline facility operators of proposed demolition, excavation, tunneling, or construction near or affecting such facility; "(ii) which requires such operators to identify specific pipeline facilities which may be affected by the proposed demolition, excavation, tunneling, or construction, for the purpose of preventing damage to such facilities; and "(iii) which the Secretary determines is being carried out in a manner adequate to assure protection against the hazards to that operator's pipeline facilities created by such demolition, excavation, tunneling, or construction; or "(B) to the extent that such a program is not available, take such steps as the Secretary shall prescribe to provide services to the public with respect to that operator's pipeline facilities which are comparable to those which would be available to the public under such a program.". (b) Section 5(a)(4) is amended by striking out "excavation" and inserting in lieu thereof "demolition, excavation, tunneling, or construction". (c) Requirements under the amendments made by subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to annual certifications under section 5 during the 2-year period which begins on the effective date of such requirements.

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