Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 98 Part 2.djvu/662

 98 STAT. 1822

PUBLIC LAW 98-464—OCT. 11, 1984

(b) Such study shall include an examination of— (1) the feasibility of such transportation; (2) the economics and engineering of such transportation; and (3) any environmental, health and safety problems associated with such transportation. Report. (c) The Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report detailing the results of such study and setting forth the Secretary's recommendations no later than one hundred and eighty days after the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 5. Section 210 of the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 (49 U.S.C. App. 2009) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: Study. "(c)(l) The Secretary shall study the feasibility of and costs connected with requiring various methods of testing and inspecting hazardous liquid pipeline facilities subject to the provisions of this title. In carrying out such study, the Secretary shall evaluate any new technologies available for monitoring, from the outside or the inside, the condition of such facilities. "(2) The Secretary shall make recommendations, based on the study undertaken under this subsection and on consultations between the Secretary and the Technical Hazardous-Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards Committee established under section 204 of this title, as to the frequency and type of testing and inspection of 49 USC app. 2003. pipeline facilities which should be required, taking into account— "(A) the location of the pipeline facilities; "(B) the type, age, manufacturer, method of construction, and condition of the pipeline facilities; "(C) the nature of the materials transported through the pipeline facilities, the sequence in which such materials are transported, and the pressure at which they are transported; "(D) the climatic, geologic, and seismic characteristics of, and conditions (including soil characteristics) associated with the areas in which the pipeline facilities are located, and the existing and projected population and demographic characteristics associated with such areas; "(E) the frequency of leaks, if any; "(F) the costs of the various available methods; and "(G) any other factors the Secretary determines to be relevant to the safety of the pipeline facilities. "(3) The Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report detailing Report. the results of the study undertaken under this subsection and setting forth the recommendations made under paragraph (2) no later than one year after the date of enactment of this sul^ection.". SEC. 6. (a) Each person who owns or operates interstate transmisReports. 49 USC app. 1682 sion facilities shall, within one hundred and eighty days after the date of enactment of this section, submit a report to the Secretary of note. Transportation which— (1) identifies the location and condition of all such pipeline facilities owned or operated by such person, the construction of which was completed before January 1, 1940; and (2) includes the most recent leak survey information compiled by such owner or operator with respect to the pipeline facilities so identified. (b) The Secretary shall, within ninety days after the expiration of the one hundred and eighty-day period referred to in subsection (a) of this section—

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