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Plant Safety Authorities Coordination Act of 2025
To amend title 49, United States Code, to exclude from the definition of ``transporting gas'' certain movement of gas within, or in the vicinity of, a plant, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill would amend federal transportation law to modify the definition of "transporting gas" used in pipeline safety regulations. It would exclude from federal regulation the movement of gas by plant owners or operators when used as fuel, feedstock, or to support plant operations through in-plant piping systems located entirely on the plant's grounds or transfer piping systems extending less than one mile outside the plant. The bill also excludes gathering of gas in rural areas outside designated populated areas, except for regulated gathering lines. These changes would narrow the scope of gas movements subject to federal pipeline safety oversight by exempting certain industrial and in-plant gas movements from the definition of "transporting gas."
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT] (R-MT)
Actions (2)
- Oct 3, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. · senate
- Oct 3, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 3, 2025
Mr. Sheehy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
A BILL
To amend title 49, United States Code, to exclude from the definition of “transporting gas” certain movement of gas within, or in the vicinity of, a plant, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Plant Safety Authorities Coordination Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. TRANSPORTING GAS.
Section 60101(a)(21) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking the paragraph designation and all that follows through “(A) means” in subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:
“(21) Transporting gas.—
“(A) In general.—The term ‘transporting gas’ means”;
(2) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking “; but” and inserting a period; and
(3) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:
“(B) Exclusions.—The term ‘transporting gas’ does not include—
“(i) gathering gas (except through regulated gathering lines) in a rural area outside a populated area designated by the Secretary as a nonrural area; or
“(ii) the movement of gas by the owner or operator of a plant for use as a fuel, a feedstock, or for any other purpose that directly supports plant operations through—
“(I) in-plant piping systems that are located entirely on the grounds of the plant; or
“(II) transfer piping systems that extend less than 1 mile in length outside the grounds of the plant.”. <all>
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