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PUBLIC LAW 96-000—MMMM. DD, 1979

93 STAT. 1014

Annual report. 49 USC 1683.

PUBLIC LAW 96-129—NOV. 30, 1979

(A) certifications filed by State agencies (including municipalities) under section 205(a) which were in effect during the preceding calendar year, and (B) certifications filed under section 205(a) which were rejected by the Secretary during the preceding calendar year, t(^ether with a summary of the reasons for such rejection; and (10) a compilation of— (A) agreements entered into with State agencies (including municipalities) under section 205(b) which were in effect during the preceding calendar year, and (B) agreements entered into under section 205(b) which were terminated by the Secretary during the preceding calendar year, together with a siunmary of the reasons for each such termination. (11) a description of the number and qualifications of State pipeline safety inspectors in each State for which a certification or agreement is in effect under section 205, together with the number of such pipeline inspectors (and their qualifications) which the Secretary recommends for that State. (b) The report required by subsection (a) shall contain such recommendations for additional le^lation as the Secretary deems necessary to promote cooperation among the several States in the improvement of hazardous liquid pipeline safety programs. (c) The Secretary is authorized to submit one annual report in satisfaction of the report requirements of this section and of section 16 of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968. APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZED

49 USC 2013.

SEC. 214. (a) For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this title (other than provisions for which funds are authorized to be appropriated under subsection (b)), there are authorized to be appropriatcKl— (1) $1,800,000, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980; and (2) $2,100,000, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981. (b) For the purpose of carrying out the Federal grants-in-aid provisions of section 205 of this title, there are authorized to be appropriated— (1) $500,000, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980; and (2) $535,000, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981. CITIZENS CIVIL ACTION

Mandatory or prohibitive injunctive relief. 49 USC 2014.

SEC. 215. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), any person may commence a civil action for mandatory or prohibitive injunctive relief, including interim equitable relief, against any other person (including any State, municipality, or other governmental entity to the extent permitted by the eleventh amendment to the Constitution, and the United States) who is alleged to be in violation of this title or of any order or regulation issued under this title. The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction over actions brought under this section, without regard to the amount in controversy or the citizenship of the parties. (b) No civil action may be commenced under subsection (a) with respect to any alleged violation of this title or any order or regulation issued under this title—