§1208 Pipeline security and incident recovery plan

Summary

The Secretary must create a pipeline security and incident recovery plan. The Secretary must work with the Secretary of Transportation and the head of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration and follow the August 9, 2006 Memorandum Annex, the National Strategy for Transportation Security, and Homeland Security Presidential Directive–7. The plan must say when the government will provide extra security for the most critical interstate and intrastate natural gas and hazardous liquid transmission pipelines—when threat levels are severe or when there is specific threat information. It must include recovery steps, made with pipeline and terminal operators, to keep fuel and gas moving to essential markets and for public health or national defense after an incident. The plan must consider public and private actions and involve pipeline operators, employee groups, emergency responders, state safety agencies, and others. Not later than 2 years after August 3, 2007, the Secretary must send the plan and cost estimates to the appropriate congressional committees. The report may be submitted in classified and redacted forms if needed.