2013 US Code
Title 49 - Transportation
Subtitle VIII - PIPELINES (§§ 60101 - 60503)
Chapter 601 - SAFETY (§§ 60101 - 60140)
Section 60139 - Maximum allowable operating pressure
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 49 - TRANSPORTATION SUBTITLE VIII - PIPELINES CHAPTER 601 - SAFETY Sec. 60139 - Maximum allowable operating pressure |
Contains | section 60139 |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 112-90, §23(a), Jan. 3, 2012, 125 Stat. 1918. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 125 Stat. 1918 |
Public Law References | Public Law 112-90 |
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(a)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(b)
(1)
(2)
(c)
(1)
(A) require the owner or operator to reconfirm a maximum allowable operating pressure as expeditiously as economically feasible; and
(B) determine what actions are appropriate for the pipeline owner or operator to take to maintain safety until a maximum allowable operating pressure is confirmed.
(2)
(d)
(1)
(2)
(A) pressure testing; and
(B) other alternative methods, including in-line inspections, determined by the Secretary to be of equal or greater effectiveness.
(3)
(e)
(Added Pub. L. 112–90, §23(a), Jan. 3, 2012, 125 Stat. 1918.)
REFERENCES IN TEXTThe date of enactment of this section, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1), (b)(1), and (d)(1), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 112–90, which was approved Jan. 3, 2012.
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