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
The bill adds or tightens a compliance mandate, delegation of rulemaking provision: 2, adds or tightens a reporting req, compliance mandate, delegation of rulemaking provision: 3, and adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 4. Requirement relating to exposed segments of offshore pipelines If the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement identifies any exposed segment of any active. It relies on compliance mandates, delegation of rulemaking, and reporting requirements. The main policy areas are Energy.
Who Benefits and How
The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.
Who Bears the Burden and How
No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.
Key Provisions
- Adds or tightens a compliance mandate, delegation of rulemaking provision: 2.
- Adds or tightens a reporting req, compliance mandate, delegation of rulemaking provision: 3.
- Adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 4. Requirement relating to exposed segments of offshore pipelines If the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement identifies any exposed segment of any active...
- Adds or tightens a reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 5.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill adds or tightens a compliance mandate, delegation of rulemaking provision: 2, adds or tightens a reporting req, compliance mandate, delegation of rulemaking provision: 3, and adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 4. Requirement relating to exposed segments of offshore pipelines If the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement identifies any exposed segment of any active.
Key Policy Areas
Energy
Primary Purpose
The bill adds or tightens a compliance mandate, delegation of rulemaking provision: 2, adds or tightens a reporting req, compliance mandate, delegation of rulemaking provision: 3, and adds or tightens a compliance mandate provision: 4. Requirement relating to exposed segments of offshore pipelines If the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement identifies any exposed segment of any active.
Policy Domains
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"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
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