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[CITE: 49USC60123]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                        SUBTITLE VIII--PIPELINES
 
                           CHAPTER 601--SAFETY
 
Sec. 60123. Criminal penalties

    (a) General Penalty.--A person knowingly and willfully violating 
section 60114(c),\1\ 60118(a), or 60128 of this title or a regulation 
prescribed or order issued under this chapter shall be fined under title 
18, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
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    (b) Penalty for Damaging or Destroying Facility.--A person knowingly 
and willfully damaging or destroying, or attempting to damage or 
destroy, an interstate gas pipeline facility or interstate hazardous 
liquid pipeline facility shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for 
not more than 15 years, or both.
    (c) Penalty for Damaging or Destroying Sign.--A person knowingly and 
willfully defacing, damaging, removing, or destroying a pipeline sign or 
right-of-way marker required by a law or regulation of the United States 
shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than one year, or 
both.
    (d) Penalty for Not Using One-Call Notification System or Not 
Heeding Location Information or Markings.--A person shall be fined under 
title 18, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both, if the person 
knowingly and willfully--
        (1) engages in an excavation activity--
            (A) without first using an available one-call notification 
        system to establish the location of underground facilities in 
        the excavation area; or
            (B) without paying attention to appropriate location 
        information or markings the operator of a pipeline facility 
        establishes; and

        (2) subsequently damages--
            (A) a pipeline facility that results in death, serious 
        bodily harm, or actual damage to property of more than $50,000;
            (B) a pipeline facility that does not report the damage 
        promptly to the operator of the pipeline facility and to other 
        appropriate authorities; or
            (C) a hazardous liquid pipeline facility that results in the 
        release of more than 50 barrels of product.

(Pub. L. 103-272, Sec. 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1325; Pub. L. 104-
304, Secs. 14, 18(b)(1), Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3803, 3804.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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60123(a)..............................  49 App.:1679a(c)(1).             Aug. 1
2, 1968, Pub. L. 90-481, 82 Stat.
                                                                          720, 
Sec.  11(c)(1); added Nov. 30,
                                                                          1979,
 Pub. L. 96-129, Sec.  104(b), 93
                                                                          Stat.
 992; Oct. 24, 1992, Pub. L. 102-
                                                                          508, 
Sec.  304(b), 106 Stat. 3308.
                                        49 App.:2007(c)(1).              Nov. 3
0, 1979, Pub. L. 96-129, Sec.
                                                                          208(c
)(1), (2), 93 Stat. 1010.
60123(b)..............................  49 App.:1679a(c)(2).             Aug. 1
2, 1968, Pub. L. 90-481, 82 Stat.
                                                                          720, 
Sec.  11(c)(2); added Nov. 30,
                                                                          1979,
 Pub. L. 96-129, Sec.  104(b), 93
                                                                          Stat.
 992.
                                        49 App.:2007(c)(2).
60123(c)..............................  49 App.:1679a(c)(3).             Aug. 1
2, 1968, Pub. L. 90-481, 82 Stat.
                                                                          720, 
Sec.  11(c)(3); added Oct. 31,
                                                                          1988,
 Pub. L. 100-561, Sec.  107, 102
                                                                          Stat.
 2807.
                                        49 App.:2007(c)(3).              Nov. 3
0, 1979, Pub. L. 96-129, 93 Stat.
                                                                          989, 
Sec.  208(c)(3); added Oct. 31,
                                                                          1988,
 Pub. L. 100-561, Sec.  206, 102
                                                                          Stat.
 2811.
60123(d)..............................  49 App.:1687(g).                 Aug. 1
2, 1968, Pub. L. 90-481, 82 Stat.
                                                                          720, 
Sec.  20(g); added Oct. 24, 1992,
                                                                          Pub. 
L. 102-508, Sec.  304(a), 106
                                                                          Stat.
 3307.
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    In this section, the words ``upon conviction . . . subject, for each 
offense, to'' and ``a term'' are omitted as surplus.
    In subsections (a)-(c), the words ``fined under title 18'' are 
substituted for ``a fine of not more than $25,000'' and ``a fine of not 
more than $5,000'' for consistency with title 18.
    In subsection (a), the word ``prescribed'' is added for consistency 
in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code. 
The words ``including any order issued under section 1677(b) and 
1679b(b) of this Appendix'' in 49 App.:1679a(c)(1) and ``including any 
order issued under section 2006(b) or 2008(b) of the Appendix'' in 49 
App.:2007(c)(1) are omitted as surplus.
    In subsection (b), the word ``damaging'' is substituted for 
``injures'', and the word ``damage'' is substituted for ``injure'', for 
clarity.

                       References in Text

    Section 60114(c) of this title, referred to in subsec. (a), was 
redesignated section 60114(b) by Pub. L. 104-304, Sec. 20(d), Oct. 12, 
1996, 110 Stat. 3804.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-304, Sec. 18(b)(1), substituted ``, 
60118(a), or 60128'' for ``or 60118(a)''.
    Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 104-304, Sec. 14, added subpar. (B) and 
redesignated former subpar. (B) as (C).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 60108 of this title; title 18 
sections 2332b, 2516.
