6 USC 1208 - Pipeline security and incident recovery plan

U.S Code last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

§ 1208.

Pipeline security and incident recovery plan

(a)

In general

The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, and in accordance with the Annex to the Memorandum of Understanding executed on August 9, 2006, the National Strategy for Transportation Security, and Homeland Security Presidential Directive–7, shall develop a pipeline security and incident recovery protocols plan. The plan shall include—

(1)

for the Government to provide increased security support to the most critical interstate and intrastate natural gas and hazardous liquid transmission pipeline infrastructure and operations as determined under section 1207 of this title when—

(A)

under severe security threat levels of alert; or

(B)

under specific security threat information relating to such pipeline infrastructure or operations exists; and

(2)

an incident recovery protocol plan, developed in conjunction with interstate and intrastate transmission and distribution pipeline operators and terminals and facilities operators connected to pipelines, to develop protocols to ensure the continued transportation of natural gas and hazardous liquids to essential markets and for essential public health or national defense uses in the event of an incident affecting the interstate and intrastate natural gas and hazardous liquid transmission and distribution pipeline system, which shall include protocols for restoring essential services supporting pipelines and granting access to pipeline operators for pipeline infrastructure repair, replacement, or bypass following an incident.

(b)

Existing private and public sector efforts

(c)

Consultation

(d)

Report

(1)

Contents

(2)

Format

(Pub. L. 110–53, title XV, § 1558, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 476.)

cite as: 6 USC 1208