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H.R. 2845 (112th)

Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011

enactedUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

7 September 2011

Last action

3 January 2012 · President

Status

Became Public Law No: 112-90.

Sponsors

Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9], Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7]

Subjects

Environment, Transport, Taxation

Source updated

7 April 2025

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Summary

Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011 - Increases civil penalties on an oil, natural gas, or hazardous liquid pipeline facility operator for failure to: (1) mark accurately the location of pipeline facilities in the vicinity of a demolition, excavation, tunneling, or construction; (2) use first a one-call notification system to establish the location of underground facilities in such an area; or (3) comply with safety standards and related requirements, including for inspections, maintenance, risk analysis, and adoption of an integrity management program. Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) to impose a civil penalty for obstruction or prevention of inspections or investigations. Eliminates: (1) the cap on civil penalties for administrative enforcement actions regarding pipeline safety, and (2) judicial review of any denial of an application for waiver of certain safety requirements. Conditions a state's eligibility for one-call notification and damage prevention program grants on its not providing exemptions to municipalities, state agencies, or their contractors from its one-call notification system requirements. Directs the Secretary to study the impact of third party damage on pipeline safety. Authorizes the Secretary to require by regulation the use of automatic or remote-controlled shut-off valves, or equivalent technology, on new or entirely replaced transmission pipeline facilities. Directs the Secretary to evaluate whether: (1) integrity management system requirements should be expanded beyond high consequence areas; and (2) application of integrity management program requirements for gas transmission pipeline facilities to additional areas would mitigate the need for class location requirements. Prohibits the Secretary from expanding integrity management system requirements, or elements of them, beyond high consequence areas. Requires the Comptroller General to evaluate whether risk-based reassessment intervals are a more effective alternative for managing risks to pipelines in high-consequence areas once baseline assessments are complete when compared to a 7-year reassessment interval. Directs the Secretary to: (1) maintain and update biennially, as part of the National Pipeline Mapping System, a map of all designated high consequence areas in which pipelines are required to meet integrity management safety regulations; and (2) develop a program promoting greater awareness of the existence of the National Pipeline Mapping System to state and local emergency responders and other interested parties. Requires the Secretary to conduct biennial follow-up surveys measuring the progress of pipeline facility owners and operators in implementing plans for the safe management and replacement of cast iron gas pipelines. Directs the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on leak detection systems utilized by operators of hazardous liquid pipeline facilities and transportation-related flow lines. Prohibits the Secretary from establishing standards for the capability of leak detection systems or requiring operators to use such systems. Requires the Secretary to revise certain regulations to establish specific time limits for telephonic or electronic notice of accidents and incidents involving pipeline facilities to the Secretary and the National Response Center. Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Secretary to require recordkeeping and inspection compliance with respect to transportation-related onshore facility response plans. Authorizes the Secretary to collect geospatial or technical data on transportation-related oil flow lines. Revises requirements for cost recovery of reviews of the design of new gas or hazardous liquid pipeline facilities or liquefied natural gas pipeline facilities. Establishes a Pipeline Safety Design Review Fund in the Treasury. Subjects to DOT pipeline regulation as hazardous liquids any non-petroleum fuels, including biofuels, that are flammable, toxic, or corrosive or would be harmful to the environment if released in significant quantities. Directs the Secretary to prescribe minimum safety standards for the transportation of carbon dioxide by pipeline in a gaseous state. Specifies standards for pipelines that transport carbon dioxide in both a liquid and gaseous state. Directs the Secretary to review hazardous liquid pipeline facility regulations to determine whether they are sufficient to regulate pipeline facilities used for the transportation of diluted bitumen. Authorizes the Secretary to analyze the transportation of non-petroleum hazardous liquids to identify the extent to which pipeline facilities are currently used to transport such liquids, such as chlorine, from chemical production facilities across land areas not owned by the producer that are accessible to the public. Requires the Secretary, for FY2012 and FY2013, and authorizes the Secretary for subsequent fiscal years, to waive certain state cost requirements under a pipeline safety grant to a state that demonstrates an inability to maintain or increase the required funding share of its pipeline safety program because of economic hardship in that state. Directs the Secretary to review existing federal and state regulations for gas and hazardous liquid gathering lines located onshore and offshore in the United States, including within the inlets of the Gulf of Mexico. Extends through FY2015 the authorization of the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002.

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Timeline

  1. 7 September 2011

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 7 September 2011

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 7 September 2011

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 8 September 2011

    Reported

    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

    Source: Committee

  5. 8 September 2011

    Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

    Source: Committee

  6. 8 September 2011

    Committee

    Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Discharged.

    Source: Committee

  7. 8 September 2011

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

    Source: Committee

  8. 20 September 2011

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

    Source: Committee

  9. 1 December 2011

    Calendars

    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 197.

    Source: Calendars

  10. 1 December 2011

    Discharge

    Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.

    Source: Discharge

  11. 1 December 2011

    Committee

    Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.

    Source: Committee

  12. 1 December 2011

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 112-297, Part I.

    Source: Committee

  13. 1 December 2011

    Reported

    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 112-297, Part I.

    Source: Committee

  14. 12 December 2011

    Floor

    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8330-8339)

    Source: Floor

  15. 12 December 2011

    Floor

    Mr. Shuster moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

    Source: Floor

  16. 12 December 2011

    Passed

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

    Source: Floor

  17. 12 December 2011

    Passed

    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8330-8333)

    Source: Floor

  18. 12 December 2011

    Passed

    Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8330-8333)

    Source: Floor

  19. 12 December 2011

    Floor

    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2845.

    Source: Floor

  20. 13 December 2011

    Introduced

    Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8552)

    Source: Floor

  21. 13 December 2011

    Introduced

    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8552)

    Source: Floor

  22. 14 December 2011

    Floor

    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

    Source: Floor

  23. 23 December 2011

    Floor

    Presented to President.

    Source: Floor

  24. 23 December 2011

    President

    Presented to President.

    Source: President

  25. 3 January 2012

    Became law

    Became Public Law No: 112-90.

    Source: President

  26. 3 January 2012

    Became law

    Signed by President.

    Source: BecameLaw

  27. 3 January 2012

    President

    Signed by President.

    Source: President

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