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49 U.S.C. § 60301 — User fees

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49 U.S.C. § 60301 — User fees

**(a) Schedule of Fees.—** The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe a schedule of fees for all natural gas and hazardous liquids transported by pipelines subject to chapter 601 of this title. The fees shall be based on usage (in reasonable relationship to volume-miles, miles, revenues, or a combination of volume-miles, miles, and revenues) of the pipelines. The Secretary shall consider the allocation of resources of the Department of Transportation when establishing the schedule. **(b) Imposition and Time of Collection.—** A fee shall be imposed on each person operating a gas pipeline transmission facility, a liquefied natural gas pipeline facility, or a hazardous liquid pipeline facility to which chapter 601 of this title applies. The fee shall be collected before the end of the fiscal year to which it applies. **(c) Means of Collection.—** The Secretary shall prescribe procedures to collect fees under this section. The Secretary may use a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government or of a State or local government to collect the fee and may reimburse the department, agency, or instrumentality a reasonable amount for its services. **(d) Use of Fees.—** A fee collected under this section— (1) (A) related to a gas pipeline facility may be used only for an activity related to gas under chapter 601 of this title; and (B) related to a hazardous liquid pipeline facility may be used only for an activity related to hazardous liquid under chapter 601 of this title; and (2) may be used only to the extent provided in advance in an appropriation law. **(e) Limitations.—** Fees prescribed under subsection (a) of this section shall be sufficient to pay for the costs of activities described in subsection (d) of this section. However, the

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49 U.S.C. § 108 — Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

**(a) In General.—** The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration shall be an administration in the Department of Transportation. **(b) Safety as Highest Priority.—** In carrying out its duties, the Administration shall consider the assignment and maintenance of safety as the highest priority, recognizing the clear intent, encouragement, and dedication of Congress to the furtherance of the highest degree of safety in pipeline transportation and hazardous materials transportation. **(c) Administrator.—** The head of the Administration shall be the Administrator who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall be an individual with professional experience in pipeline safety, hazardous materials safety, or other transportation safety. The Administrator shall report directly to the Secretary of Transportation. **(d) Deputy Administrator.—** The Administration shall have a Deputy Administrator who shall be appointed by the Secretary. The Deputy Administrator shall carry out duties and powers prescribed by the Administrator. **(e) Chief Safety Officer.—** The Administration shall have an Assistant Administrator for Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety appointed in the competitive service by the Secretary. The Assistant Administrator shall be the Chief Safety Officer of the Administration. The Assistant Administrator shall carry out the duties and powers prescribed by the Administrator. **(f) Duties and Powers of the Administrator.—** The Administrator shall carry out— (1) duties and powers related to pipeline and hazardous materials transportation and safety vested in the Secretary by chapters 51, 57, 61, 601, and 603; and (2) other duties and powers prescribed by the Secretary. **(g) Limitation.—**

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49 U.S.C. § 60101 — Definitions

**(a) General.—** In this chapter— (1) “existing liquefied natural gas facility”— (A) means a liquefied natural gas facility for which an application to approve the site, construction, or operation of the facility was filed before March 1, 1978, with— (i) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (or any predecessor); or (ii) the appropriate State or local authority, if the facility is not subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under the Natural Gas Act ([15 U.S.C. 717](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section717&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); but (B) does not include a facility on which construction is begun after November 29, 1979, without the approval; (2) “gas” means natural gas, flammable gas, or toxic or corrosive gas; (3) “gas pipeline facility” includes a pipeline, a right of way, a facility, a building, or equipment used in transporting gas or treating gas during its transportation; (4) “hazardous liquid” means— (A) petroleum or a petroleum product; (B) nonpetroleum fuel, including biofuel, that is flammable, toxic, or corrosive or would be harmful to the environment if released in significant quantities; and (C) a substance the Secretary of Transportation decides may pose an unreasonable risk to life or property when transported by a hazardous liquid pipeline facility in a liquid state (except for liquefied natural gas); (5) “hazardous liquid pipeline facility” includes a pipeline, a right of way, a facility, a building, or equipment used or intended to be used in transporting hazardous liquid; (6) “interstate gas pipeline facility” means a gas pipeline facility— (A) used to transport gas; and (B) subject to the jurisdiction of the Commission under the Natural Gas Act ([15 U.S.C. 7

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49 U.S.C. § 60125 — Authorization of appropriations

**(a) Gas and Hazardous Liquid.—** (1) **In general.—** — From fees collected under section 60301, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out section 12 of the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002 ([49 U.S.C. 60101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section60101&num=0&edition=prelim) note; Public Law 107–355) and the provisions of this chapter relating to gas and hazardous liquid— (A) $156,400,000 for fiscal year 2021, of which— (i) $9,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 12 of the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002 ([49 U.S.C. 60101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section60101&num=0&edition=prelim) note; Public Law 107–355); and (ii) $63,000,000 shall be used for making grants; (B) $158,500,000 for fiscal year 2022, of which— (i) $9,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 12 of the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002 ([49 U.S.C. 60101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section60101&num=0&edition=prelim) note; Public Law 107–355); and (ii) $66,000,000 shall be used for making grants; and (C) $162,700,000 for fiscal year 2023, of which— (i) $9,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 12 of the Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002 ([49 U.S.C. 60101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section60101&num=0&edition=prelim) note; Public Law 107–355); and (ii) $69,000,000 shall be used for making grants. (2) **Trust fund amounts.—** — In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (1), there are authorized to be appropriated from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund established by section 9509(a) of the Internal Revenue Cod

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49 U.S.C. § 6107 — Funding

Of the amounts made available under section 60125(a)(1), the Secretary shall expend $1,058,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2023 to carry out section 6106.

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49 U.S.C. § 60301 — User fees

Page 1808 TITLE 49—TRANSPORTATION § 60143 technically, operationally, and economically feasible standards for the use of a safety-enhanc- ing technology and any corresponding oper- ational practices tested by the testing program described in the report, the Secretary, as soon as practicable after submission of the report, may promulgate regulations consistent with chapter 5 of title 5 (commonly known as the ‘‘Adminis- trative Procedure Act’’) that— (1) allow operators of interstate gas or haz- ardous liquid pipeline facilities to use the rel- evant technology or practice to the extent practicable; and (2) establish technically, operationally, and economically feasible standards for the capa- bility and deployment of the technology or practice. (Added Pub. L. 116–260, div. R, title I, § 104(a), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2216.) REFERENCES IN TEXT The date of enactment of this section, referred to in subsecs. (b)(4)(A) and (c)(2), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 116–260, which was approved Dec. 27, 2020. § 60143. Idled pipelines (a) DEFINITION OF IDLED.—In this section, the term ‘‘idled’’, with respect to a pipeline, means that the pipeline— (1)(A) has ceased normal operations; and (B) will not resume service for a period of not less than 180 days; (2) has been isolated from all sources of haz- ardous liquid, natural gas, or other gas; and (3)(A) has been purged of combustibles and hazardous materials and maintains a blanket of inert, nonflammable gas at low pressure; or (B) has not been purged as described in sub- paragraph (A), but the volume of gas is so small that there is no potential hazard, as de- termined by the Secretary pursuant to a rule. (b) RULEMAKING.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the PIP

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