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GAO-04-351R 1 (2003-12-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadwjx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 B-293516 December 22, 2003 The Honorable John McCain Chairman The Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Ranking Minority Member Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation United States Senate The Honorable Don Young Chairman The Honorable James L. Oberstar Ranking Minority Member Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure House of Representatives Subject: Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs Administration: Pipeline Safety Pipeline Integrity Management in High Consequence Areas (Gas Transmission Pipelines) Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Transportation (DOT), Research and Special Programs Administration, entitled Pipeline Safety: Pipeline Integrity Management in High Consequence Areas (Gas Transmission Pipelines) (RIN: 2137- AD54). We received the rule on December 4, 2003. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on December 15, 2003. 68 Fed. Reg. 69778. The final rule requires operators to develop integrity management programs for gas transmission pipelines located where a leak or rupture could do the most harm, i.e., could impact high-consequence areas. The rule requires gas transmission pipeline operators to perform ongoing assessments of pipeline integrity, to improve data collection, integration, and analysis, to repair and remediate the pipeline as necessary, and to implement preventive and mitigative actions. We note the final rule has an announced effective date of January 14, 2004. The Congressional Review Act requires a 60-day delay in the effective date of a major rule from the date of publication in the Federal Register or receipt of the rule by Congress, whichever is later. 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(3)(A). The rule was published in the Federal Register on December 15, 2003, and was received by Congress on December 4, 2003. Therefore, the rule does not have the required 60-day delay in its GAO-04-351R

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