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Section 32 of the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty and Job Creation Act (PSRCJCA) of 20111 called upon the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Department of Commerce (DOC) to “carry out a program of research, development, demonstration and standardization to ensure the integrity of pipeline facilities.” The Department of the Interior (DOI) was invited into the interagency activities described in the interagency 5-year plan even though DOI was not officially named but since many of their offshore activities and program expertise is vital to the goals of this plan. Therefore DOT, DOC and DOI shall be referred to as the “participating agencies.”
The development activities by the participating agencies have created an Interagency Research and Development Five-Year Program Plan that incorporates the congressional direction. This plan represents program level areas or strategies where annual coordination and collaborative activities and related research funding will be reported. The success in implementing this plan will be transmitted in two update reports submitted every two years as mandated by the Congress.
Section 32 of PSRCJCA 2011:
Interagency Research and Development Five-Year Program Plan For Pipeline Safety and Integrity:
Interagency Update Reports to Congress:
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