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B-86339 1 (1978-05-01)

handle is hein.gao/gaobachks0001 and id is 1 raw text is: COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 204 B-86339 MAY 1 1978 The Honorable Harley 0. Staggers Chairman, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: By letter dated March 22, 1978, you requested that we comment on H.R. 11586, 95th Congress, the Fuels Transportation Safety Amendments Act of 1978. The purpose of the bill is to amend the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 to provide for the safe operation of fuel pipelines and to provide safety standards for liquefied gas facilities. During the February 21 hearings of the Subcommittee on Energy and Power, Monte Canfield, Jr., Director of the Energy and Minerals Division, testified on the tentative findings of our draft report on Liquefied Energy Gases Safety. We are enclosing thirteen pages of comments on H.R. 11586 based on our work in this area. While we recommend a number of clarifications and changes, we feel that the following are most important: --General - Add large liquefied gas facilities to all titles of the bill. We feel that large should be added and defined in order to exclude small quantities of liquefied gas. --Page 4. line 24 - Empower the Secretary to go to court in order to close down or alter a facility that poses an imminent and substantial hazard to the public safety. --Page 19, line 18 - It is not clear whether trains and trucks transporting liquefied gas are intended to be included within the definition of a liquefied gas facility and thus be covered by the provisions of Title II of the bill. We would recommend that they be included. --Page 21, line 11 - Add a provision prohibiting the siting of a liquefied gas facility or the expansion of an existing liquefied gas facility in or near densely populated areas.

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