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S 1768 114th Congress Senate Transportation and Public Works Energy storage, supplies, demand Federal preemption Oil and gas Pipelines State and local government operations Transportation safety and security

Underground Gas Storage Facility Safety Act of 2015

Introduced: July 15, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Jul 15, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Jul 15, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Underground Gas Storage Facility Safety Act of 2015

This bill revises federal pipeline safety requirements to authorize states to enforce a state requirement for the safe construction and operation of underground natural gas storage wellbores if:

  • the state authority has consulted with the Department of Transportation (DOT) about the requirement,
    • and
  • DOT does not object to the requirement within 30 days after consultation is initiated.
What's happening now July 15, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

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Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Jul 15, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1768: Underground Gas Storage Facility Safety Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1768/
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"S. 1768: Underground Gas Storage Facility Safety Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1768/.
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S. 1768, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1768/.
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