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[CITE: 49USC15722]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                 SUBTITLE IV--INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION
 
                        PART C--PIPELINE CARRIERS
 
                   CHAPTER 157--OPERATIONS OF CARRIERS
 
                  SUBCHAPTER B--OPERATIONS OF CARRIERS
 
Sec. 15722. Records: form; inspection; preservation

    (a) Form of Records.--The Board may prescribe the form of records 
required to be prepared or compiled under this subchapter by pipeline 
carriers and lessors, including records related to movement of traffic 
and receipts and expenditures of money.
    (b) Inspection.--The Board, or an employee designated by the Board, 
may on demand and display of proper credentials--
        (1) inspect and examine the lands, buildings, and equipment of a 
    pipeline carrier or lessor; and
        (2) inspect and copy any record of--
            (A) a pipeline carrier, lessor, or association; and
            (B) a person controlling, controlled by, or under common 
        control with a pipeline carrier if the Board considers 
        inspection relevant to that person's relation to, or transaction 
        with, that carrier.

    (c) Preservation Period.--The Board may prescribe the time period 
during which operating, accounting, and financial records must be 
preserved by pipeline carriers and lessors.

(Added Pub. L. 104-88, title I, Sec. 106(a), Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 
926.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 11144 of this title prior to the general amendment of this 
subtitle by Pub. L. 104-88, Sec. 102(a).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 16101, 16103 of this title.
