Aldyl A Hazard Reduction and Community Safety Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5638 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5638

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to take certain actions with 
    respect to Aldyl A Polyethylene piping, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 2023

  Ms. Houlahan (for herself and Mr. Meuser) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
    Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to take certain actions with 
    respect to Aldyl A Polyethylene piping, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Aldyl A Hazard Reduction and 
Community Safety Act''.

SEC. 2. IDENTIFICATION AND REMOVAL OF ALDYL A POLYETHYLENE PIPING.

    (a) Verification of Aldyl A Polyethylene Piping.--Not later than 1 
year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Transportation shall require each owner or operator of a gas pipeline 
facility in class 3 and class 4 locations and class 1 and class 2 high 
consequence areas to conduct an assessment of pipeline facility records 
to determine the presence of Aldyl A polyethylene piping in active or 
inactive service.
    (b) Reporting.--
            (1) Documentation of certain pipelines.--Not later than 3 
        years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
        shall require each owner or operator of a pipeline facility 
        described in subsection (a) to submit to the Secretary 
        documentation of the total pipeline mileage and number of 
        components identified by the owner or operator as Aldyl A 
        polyethylene piping.
            (2) Insufficient documentation.--The Secretary shall 
        prescribe the methodology by which each owner or operator of a 
        pipeline facility described in subsection (a) shall mitigate 
        insufficient records necessary to identify each pipeline 
        segment containing Aldyl A polyethylene piping. Such mitigation 
        shall be completed not later than 3 years after the date of 
        enactment of this Act.
    (c) Removal of Aldyl A Polyethylene Piping.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 4 years after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue standards for 
        the removal of Aldyl A polyethylene piping at all pressurized 
        locations in gas pipeline facilities located in class 3 and 
        class 4 locations and class 1 and class 2 high consequence 
        areas.
            (2) Timing.--In issuing standards under paragraph (1), the 
        Secretary shall require the removal of Aldyl A polyethylene 
        piping at all pressurized locations identified in paragraph (1) 
        not later than 5 years following the date of enactment of this 
        Act.
            (3) Considerations.--In developing the standards under 
        paragraph (1), the Secretary shall coordinate with State 
        regulators, as appropriate, to establish timeframes for the 
        completion of the requirement in paragraph (1) that take into 
        account potential consequences to public safety and the 
        environment and that minimize costs and service disruptions.
    (d) High-Consequence Area Defined.--In this section, the term 
``high consequence area'' means an area described in section 60109(a) 
of title 49, United States Code.
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