EMERGENCY FLOW RESTRICTING DEVICES.

SEC. 212. EMERGENCY FLOW RESTRICTING DEVICES. Section 203 of the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Act of 1979 (49 U.S.C. App. 2002) is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 106 STAT. 3305 “(n) Emergency Flow Restricting Devices.— “(1) Survey and assessment.— The Secretary shall, within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this subsection, survey and assess the effectiveness of emergency flow restricting devices (including remotely controlled valves and check valves) and other procedures, systems, and equipment used to detect and locate pipeline ruptures and minimize product releases from pipeline facilities. “(2) Regulation.— Not later than 2 years after the completion of the survey and assessment required by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall issue regulations prescribing the circumstances under which operators of hazardous liquid pipeline facilities must use emergency flow restricting devices and other procedures, systems, and equipment described in paragraph (1) on such facilities.”.