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[CITE: 33USC1520]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
                       CHAPTER 29--DEEPWATER PORTS
 
Sec. 1520. Pipeline safety and operation


(a) Standards and regulations for Outer Continental Shelf

    The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior, 
shall establish and enforce such standards and regulations as may be 
necessary to assure the safe construction and operation of oil pipelines 
on the Outer Continental Shelf.

(b), (c) Omitted

(Pub. L. 93-627, Sec. 21, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2146.)

                          Codification

    Subsec. (b) directed the Secretary to report to the Congress within 
60 days after Jan. 3, 1975, on appropriations and staffing needed to 
monitor pipelines on Federal lands and the Outer Continental Shelf.
    Subsec. (c) directed the Secretary to review all laws and 
regulations relating to the construction, operation, and maintenance of 
pipelines on Federal lands and the Outer Continental Shelf and to report 
to Congress within 6 months after Jan. 3, 1975, on administrative 
changes needed and recommendations for new legislation.
