Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-110
§1520 Pipeline Safety and Operation
Title 33 › CHAPTER 29 — DEEPWATER PORTS › § 1520
Summary
Secretary must set and enforce oil and gas pipeline safety on the Outer Continental Shelf with Interior.
Full Legal Text
Title 33, §1520
Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)Standards and regulations for Outer Continental Shelf (b) , (c) Omitted
The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall establish and enforce such standards and regulations as may be necessary to assure the safe construction and operation of oil or natural gas pipelines on the Outer Continental Shelf.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Subsec. (b) directed the Secretary to report to the Congress within 60 days after Jan. 3, 1975, on appropriations and staffing needed to monitor pipelines on Federal lands and the Outer Continental Shelf. Subsec. (c) directed the Secretary to review all laws and
Regulations
relating to the
Construction
, operation, and maintenance of pipelines on Federal lands and the Outer Continental Shelf and to report to Congress within 6 months after Jan. 3, 1975, on administrative changes needed and recommendations for new legislation.
Amendments
2002—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–295 inserted “or natural gas” after “oil”.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
33 U.S.C. § 1520
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110