Pipeline Safety Act: Modernizing Infrastructure, Enhancing Safety, and Protecting Communities
This legislation increases authorized funding for pipeline inspections and establishes new safety requirements for transporting gas and hazardous liquids. It promotes advanced leak detection technologies and transparency to better protect citizens and the environment.
Key points
Increased budget authorizations for inspections and grants to help public gas distribution systems repair infrastructure.
New study and regulatory requirements for hydrogen and carbon dioxide transport, plus a ban on drones from specific foreign countries.
Enhanced protections for whistleblowers and the creation of an Office of Public Engagement.
Authorization of alternative maintenance methods for pipeline rights-of-way, including practices to protect pollinators.
Introduced
Citizen Poll