Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 93.djvu/1033

 PUBLIC LAW 96-129—NOV. 30, 1979

93 STAT. 1001

"(3) with respect to standards for the operation and maintance of any LNG facility— "(A) the conditions, features, and type of equipment and structures which comprise, or which are used in connection with, such facility; "(B) the fire prevention and containment equipment at such facility; "(C) the security measures to be used with respect to the operation of such facility for the prevention of sabotage or other intentional acts which could cause an LNG accident; "(D) maintenance procedures and equipment; "(E) the training of personnel with respect to the equipment, structures, measures, and procedures described in subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D); and "(F) other factors and conditions relating to the safe handling of LNG. "(e) At any time after the effective date of standards initially prescribed under subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary shall, on his own motion or on the motion of any person, amend such standards to the extent he considers necessary to reflect changes in technology or to otherwise carry out the purposes of this section. "(f) The provisions of the last two sentences of subsection (a)(1) of section 3 and of subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 3 shall apply with Ante, p. 992. respect to standards prescribed under this section in the same 49 USC 1672. manner as they apply to standards prescribed under section 3.". (b)(1) Section 2(3) (definition of transportation of gas) is amended by 49 USC 1671 striking out "or affecting". (2) Section 3(d) (relating to waiver of standards), as redesignated, is Ante, p. 992. amended by inserting after "in the sajne manner" the following: "and 49 USC 1672. to the same extent". (3) Section 9 (relating to cooperation with Federal Energy Regula- Ante, p. 999. 49 USC 1676. tory Commission), as redesignated, is amended— (A) by inserting "section 3 or" after "proceedings under"; (B) by inserting "to import natural gas or" after "authority"; (C) by striking out "a gas pipeline which is" and inserting in lieu thereof "pipeline facilities which are"; and (D) by inserting "the Department of Energy and" before "the Commission unless". FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

SEC. 153. The Act, as amended by section 152 of this Act, is further amended by inserting after the new section 6 the following new section:

Ante, p. 999.

FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR CERTAIN LNG ACTIVITIES; STUDIES

"SEC. 7. (a) Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment 49 USC 1674b. of this section, the Secretary shall— "(1) conduct a study of— "(A) the risks associated with the production, transportation, and storage of LNG; "(B) the risks associated with the production, transportation, and storage of liquified petroleum gas; "(C) the methods of assuring adequate financial responsibility for those engaged in any such activity; and "(2) prepare and transmit to each House of the Congress a Report to report on the results of such study, together with the recommen- Congress.

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