To require the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement to further develop, finalize, and implement updated regulations for offshore oil and gas pipelines to address long-standing limitations regarding its ability to ensure active pipeline integrity and address safety and environmental risks associated with decommissioning, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To require the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement to further develop, finalize, and implement updated regulations for offshore oil and gas pipelines to address long-standing limitations regarding its ability to ensure active pipeline integrity and address safety and environmental risks associated with decommissioning, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers. The main policy domain is Energy, Government Operations, Environment.
Who Benefits and How
energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H20A0862B6E4D4411BDF026296112129C: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Offshore Pipeline Safety Act.
- Section HFBC98354541B4BF789DE927DA15A3BB7: 2. Finalization of regulations related to offshore pipelines Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior,...
- Section HA642E78A27C7498E9A45080243CC2EF9: 3. Addressing environmental risks of decommissioning pipelines The Directors of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and the Bureau of Ocean...
- Section H42D0CA0ACDC64312A32F1BCD26FBF4FD: 4. Requirement relating to exposed segments of offshore pipelines If the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement identifies any exposed segment of any...
- Section HA501C1DBE26447DD9CE9243993A2A9CA: 5. Completion of study relating to environment risks of chemical products used in oil and gas operations The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To require the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement to further develop, finalize, and implement updated regulations for offshore oil and gas pipelines to address long-standing limitations regarding its ability to ensure active pipeline integrity and address safety and environmental risks associated with decommissioning, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.
Key Policy Areas
Energy, Government Operations, Environment
Primary Purpose
This bill, To require the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement to further develop, finalize, and implement updated regulations for offshore oil and gas pipelines to address long-standing limitations regarding its ability to ensure active pipeline integrity and address safety and environmental risks associated with decommissioning, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Brownley introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
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- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
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