To direct the Secretary of Transportation to study certain composite material pipelines, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study composite-material pipelines for hydrogen and hydrogen-natural-gas blends, solicit public input, hold public meetings, and initiate rulemaking to allow their use.
Who Benefits and How
Composite pipeline material manufacturers, hydrogen developers, pipeline operators, and stakeholders interested in lower-cost hydrogen transport could benefit from a study and rulemaking path toward authorized composite pipeline use.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Department of Transportation would need to conduct the study, public-comment process, meetings, and rulemaking. Existing pipeline operators and safety stakeholders would need to engage with a new standards process.
Key Provisions
- Requires a study within 18 months on composite pipelines for hydrogen and hydrogen-natural-gas blends.
- Requires consideration of commercially available materials, tests, data, standards, and authorizations.
- Requires a pre-completion public meeting, a draft study, at least 60 days of public comment, and responses to substantive comments.
- Requires a post-completion meeting and a rulemaking with a notice of proposed rulemaking to allow composite materials for covered pipeline transportation.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study composite-material pipelines for hydrogen and hydrogen-natural-gas blends, solicit public input, hold public meetings, and initiate rulemaking to allow their use.
Key Policy Areas
Transportation, Energy, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to study composite-material pipelines for hydrogen and hydrogen-natural-gas blends, solicit public input, hold public meetings, and initiate rulemaking to allow their use.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Composite pipeline material manufacturers and developers
- Hydrogen and natural gas pipeline operators seeking additional approved materials
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Department of Transportation officials responsible for the study, meetings, public comment, and rulemaking
- Pipeline safety stakeholders participating in the standards and rulemaking process
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Moran introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Composite pipeline material manufacturers and technology developers
Hydrogen and natural gas pipeline operators seeking authority to use composite materials
Department of Transportation officials conducting the study and rulemaking
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary"
- → Secretary of Transportation
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