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[CITE: 49USC60116]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                        SUBTITLE VIII--PIPELINES
 
                           CHAPTER 601--SAFETY
 
Sec. 60116. Public education programs

    Under regulations the Secretary of Transportation prescribes, each 
owner or operator of a gas pipeline facility shall carry out a program 
to educate the public on the use of a one-call notification system prior 
to excavation, the possible hazards associated with gas leaks, and the 
importance of reporting gas odors and leaks to the appropriate 
authority. The Secretary may develop material suitable for use in the 
program.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1321; Pub. L. 104-
304, Sec. 11, Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3802.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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60116.................................  49 App.:1685(a).                 Aug. 1
2, 1968, Pub. L. 90-481, 82 Stat.
                                                                          720, 
Sec.  18(a); added Oct. 11, 1976,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 94-477, Sec.  8, 90 Stat.
                                                                          2075;
 Nov. 30, 1979, Pub. L. 96-129,
                                                                          Sec. 
 104(b), 93 Stat. 992; Oct. 24,
                                                                          1992,
 Pub. L. 102-508, Sec.
                                                                          115(a
)(1), 106 Stat. 3296.
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                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-304 substituted ``owner or operator of a gas 
pipeline facility'' for ``person transporting gas'', inserted ``the use 
of a one-call notification system prior to excavation,'' after ``educate 
the public on'', and inserted comma after ``gas leaks''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 60102 of this title.
