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[CITE: 49USC60127]

 
                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION
 
                        SUBTITLE VIII--PIPELINES
 
                           CHAPTER 601--SAFETY
 
Sec. 60127. Population encroachment

    (a) Land Use Recommendations.--The Secretary of Transportation shall 
make available to an appropriate official of each State, as determined 
by the Secretary, the land use recommendations of the special report 
numbered 219 of the Transportation Research Board, entitled ``Pipelines 
and Public Safety''.
    (b) Evaluation.--The Secretary shall--
        (1) evaluate the recommendations in the report referred to in 
    subsection (a);
        (2) determine to what extent the recommendations are being 
    implemented;
        (3) consider ways to improve the implementation of the 
    recommendations; and
        (4) consider other initiatives to further improve awareness of 
    local planning and zoning entities regarding issues involved with 
    population encroachment in proximity to the rights-of-way of any 
    interstate gas pipeline facility or interstate hazardous liquid 
    pipeline facility.

(Added Pub. L. 104-304, Sec. 16(a), Oct. 12, 1996, 110 Stat. 3803.)
