2000, ISBN: 9781234324940

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RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 48 pages. Original publisher: Washington : U. S. G. P. O. , 2000. OCLC Number: (OCoLC)45218556 Subject: Hazardous substances -- Transportation -- Law and legislation -- United States. Excerpt: . . . 13 safety may be compromised when an individuals on-the-job per-formance is questioned as part of a natural gas transmission or hazardous liquid pipeline accident investigation and that same em-ployee continues to perform the exact functions at issue in the DOT or NTSB investigation. Therefore, the legislation contains a provi-sion to require an operator to relieve, reassign, or place on leave ( with or without compensation ) any employee whose duties directly affect public safety and whose performance of those duties is a sub-ject of an accident investigation. The Secretary is required to de-clare a facility hazardous if prompt action is not taken by the op-erator to relieve, reassign, or place on leave any employee who is a subject of the investigation. WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS To ensure pipeline employees are afforded the same whistle-blower protections as are provided to employees in other transpor-tation modes, S. 2438 includes whistleblower protections for pipe-line personnel. The provisions are identical to those recently en-acted in the Wendell H. Ford Aviation and Investment Reform Act for the 21st Century, Public Law 106 - 181, with the exception of changing the words air carrier to pipeline. PIPELINE SAFETY ADVISORY COUNCIL PILOT PROGRAM The bill authorizes the Secretary of Transportation to carry out a pilot program to explore the effectiveness of creating State Pipe-line Safety Advisory Councils. The Secretary would be authorized to carry out a pilot program by establishing advisory councils in one or more States to provide advice and recommendations on a range of hazardous liquid or natural gas transmission pipeline safety issues affecting pipelines operating in the State in which the Council is established. The Committee expects the Secreta. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<