Us Code § 60141 - Standards for underground natural gas storage facilities
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§ 60141. Standards for underground natural gas storage facilities
(a)
(b)
(1) consider consensus standards for the operation, environmental protection, and integrity management of underground natural gas storage facilities;
(2) consider the economic impacts of the regulations on individual gas customers;
(3) ensure that the regulations do not have a significant economic impact on end users; and
(4) consider the recommendations of the Aliso Canyon natural gas leak task force established under section 31 of the PIPES Act of 2016.
(c)
(d)
(1)
(2)
(A) to prescribe the location of an underground natural gas storage facility; or
(B) to require the Secretary's permission to construct a facility referred to in subparagraph (A).
(e)
(f)
(Added Pub. L. 114–183, §12(b), June 22, 2016, 130 Stat. 522.)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The date of enactment of the PIPES Act of 2016, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (d)(1), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 114–183, which was approved June 22, 2016.
Section 31 of the PIPES Act of 2016, referred to in subsec. (b)(4), is section 31 of Pub. L. 114–183, June 22, 2016, 130 Stat. 533, which is not classified to the Code.
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