§60140 Cover over buried pipelines

Summary

The Secretary of Transportation must study accidents involving hazardous liquid pipelines where they cross inland bodies of water that are at least 100 feet wide (measured from high water mark to high water mark). The study must look at whether how deep the pipeline was buried played a role in any release. Within 1 year after this law is passed, the Secretary must send the study report to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. If the study shows burial depth was a factor, the Secretary must, within 1 year after finishing the study, review whether current burial-depth rules are enough. If they are not, the Secretary must develop legislative recommendations to improve safety at these crossings, consider the factors in section 60102(b)(2), and send the recommendations to the same committees.