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Pipeline Safety: Underwater Abandoned Pipeline Facilities

Notice of proposed rulemaking.

This proposal would require the last operator of an abandoned pipeline, offshore and, or, crossing under, over or through navigable waterways to submit a report of the abandonment to the Secretary of Transportation. This notice responds to a Congressional mandate. The results of this proposal would be a central depository of information about underwater abandoned pipelines.

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