§ 60101 Definitions
§ 60102 Purpose and general authority
§ 60103 Standards for liquefied natural gas pipeline facilities
§ 60104 Requirements and limitations
§ 60105 State pipeline safety program certifications
§ 60106 State pipeline safety agreements
§ 60107 State pipeline safety grants
§ 60108 Inspection and maintenance
§ 60109 High-density population areas and environmentally sensitive areas
§ 60110 Excess flow valves
§ 60111 Financial responsibility for liquefied natural gas facilities
§ 60112 Pipeline facilities hazardous to life and property
§ 60113 Customer-owned natural gas service lines
§ 60114 One-call notification systems
§ 60115 Technical safety standards committees
§ 60116 Public education programs
§ 60117 Administrative
§ 60118 Compliance and waivers
§ 60119 Judicial review
§ 60120 Enforcement
§ 60121 Actions by private persons
§ 60122 Civil penalties
§ 60123 Criminal penalties
§ 60124 Biennial reports
§ 60125 Authorization of appropriations
§ 60126 Risk management
§ 60127 Population encroachment and rights-of-way
§ 60128 Dumping within pipeline rights-of-way
§ 60129 Protection of employees providing pipeline safety information
§ 60130 Pipeline safety information grants to communities
§ 60131 Verification of pipeline qualification programs
§ 60132 National pipeline mapping system
§ 60133 Coordination of environmental reviews
§ 60134 State damage prevention programs
§ 60135 Enforcement transparency
§ 60136 Petroleum product transportation capacity study
§ 60137 Pipeline control room management
§ 60138 Response plans
§ 60139 Maximum allowable operating pressure
§ 60140 Cover over buried pipelines
§ 60141 Standards for underground natural gas storage facilities
§ 60142 Pipeline safety enhancement programs
§ 60143 Idled pipelines

Terms Used In U.S. Code > Title 49 > Subtitle VIII > Chapter 601 - Safety

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • county: includes a parish, or any other equivalent subdivision of a State or Territory of the United States. See 1 USC 2
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See 1 USC 8
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • officer: includes any person authorized by law to perform the duties of the office. See 1 USC 1
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • State: means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any other territory or possession of the United States. See 1 USC 7
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.
  • vessel: includes every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water. See 1 USC 3
  • writing: includes printing and typewriting and reproductions of visual symbols by photographing, multigraphing, mimeographing, manifolding, or otherwise. See 1 USC 1