PUBLIC LAW 103-272^JULY 5, 1994 108 STAT. 1315 the information shall be reported. The Secretary shall ensure that the Government maintains the information in a way accessible to appropriate Government agencies and State authorities. (C) The Secretary shall request that a State authority having information on a collision between a vessel and an underwater pipeline facility report the information to the Secretary in a timely way and make a reasonable effort to specify the location, date, and severity of the collision. Chapter 35 of title 44 does not apply to this subparagraph. (7) The Secretary may not exempt from this chapter an offshore hazardous liquid pipeline facility only because the pipeline facility transfers hazardous liquid in an underwater pipeline between a vessel and an onshore facility. (d) REPLACING CAST IRON GAS PIPELINES.— <1) The Secretary shall publish a notice on the availability of industry guidelines, developed by the Gas Piping Technology Committee, for replacing cast iron pipelines. Not later than 2 years after the guidelines become avsiilable, the Secretary shall conduct a survey of gas pipeline operators with cast iron pipe in their systems to establish— (A) the extent to which each operator has adopted a plan for the safe management and replacement of cast iron; (B) the elements of the plan, including the anticipated rate of replacement; and (C) the progress that has been made. (2) Chapter 35 of title 44 does not apply to the conduct of the survey. (3) This subsection does not prevent the Secretary from developing Government guidelines or regulations for cast iron gas pipelines as the Secretary considers appropriate. §60109. High-density population areas and environmentally sensitive areas (a) IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than October 24, 1994, the Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe regulations that— (1) establish criteria for identifying— (A) by operators of gas pipeline facilities, each gas pipeline facility (except a natural gas distribution line) located in a high-density population area; and (B) by operators of hazardous liquid pipeline facilities and gathering lines— (i) each hazardous liquid pipeline facility, whether otherwise subject to this chapter, that crosses a navigable waterway (as the Secretary defines by regulation) or that is located in an area described in the criteria as a high-density population area; and (ii) each hazardous liquid pipeline facility and gathering line, whether otherwise subject to this chapter, located in an area that the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, describes as unusually sensitive to environmental damage if there is a hazardous liquid pipeline accident; and (2) provide that the identification be carried out through the inventory required under section 60102(c) of this title. (b) AREAS TO BE INCLUDED AS UNUSUALLY SENSITIVE.— When describing an area that is unusually sensitive to environmental Publication. Regulations.
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