Pub. L. 102-508, tit. III, sec. 304
ONE-CALL ENFORCEMENT.
SEC. 304. ONE-CALL ENFORCEMENT. (a) One-Call Enforcement.— Section 20 of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 (49 U.S.C. App. 1687) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections: “(g) Violations.— Any person who knowingly and willfully— “(1) engages in excavation activities— 106 STAT. 3308 “(A) without first using an available one-call notification system to determine the location of underground facilities in the area being excavated; or “(B) without heeding appropriate location information or markings established by an operator of a natural gas or hazardous liquid pipeline facility; and “(2) subsequently damages— “(A) a natural gas pipeline facility resulting in death, serious bodily harm, or actual damage to property exceeding $50,000; or “(B) a hazardous liquid pipeline facility resulting in death, serious bodily harm, actual damage to property exceeding $50,000, or release of more than 50 barrels of product, shall, upon conviction, be subject, for each offense, to a fine under title 18, United States Code, imprisonment for a term not to exceed 5 years, or both. “(h) Marking of Facilities.— Upon notification by an operator of a damage prevention program or by a contractor, excavator, or other person planning to carry out demolition, excavation, tunneling, or construction in the vicinity of a natural gas or hazardous liquid pipeline facility, the operator of the pipeline facility shall accurately mark, in a reasonable and timely manner, the location of the pipeline facilities in the vicinity of such demolition, excavation, tunneling, or construction.”. (b) Technical Amendments.— Subsections (a)(1) and (c)(1) of section 11 of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 (49 U.S.C. App. 1678) are each amended by inserting “or section 20(h)” after “section 10(a)”. (c) Notification of Occupational Safety and Health Administration.— The Secretary of Transportation shall, in consultation with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, establish procedures to notify such Administration of any pipeline accident in which an excavator, causing damage to a pipeline, may have violated Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations.