SAFETY REGULATION BY ICC OF INTERSTATE PIPELINES THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1965 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, Washington, D.C. The committee met at 9 a.m., in room 5110, New Senate Office Building, the Honorable A. S. Mike Monroney presiding. Senator MONRONEY. The committee hearing on S. 1021 will be in session. The hearing this morning is on this bill, S. 1021, to amend title 18, chapter 39, of the United States Code, entitled "Explosives and Combustibles." (Bill S. 1021 follows:) [S. 1021, 89th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To amend title 18, chapter 39, of the United States Code, entitled "Explosives and Combustibles" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the definition of "carrier" contained in section 831 of title 18 of the United States Code, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows: "Unless otherwise indicated 'carrier' means any person engaged in the transportation of passengers or property by land, as a common, contract, or private carrier, or freight forwarder, or pipeline as those terms are used in the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended, and officers, agents, and employees of such carriers." This bill would include carriers by pipeline (other than water and gas) in the definition of "carrier' in the Transportation of Explosives Act. Prior to the enactment of Public Law 86-710, on September 6, 1960, the definition of "carrier" in the Explosives Act included oil pipelines. When that act was amended in 1960 to include as a dangerous commodity such items as radioactive materials, the definition of "carrier" was revised to exclude oil pipelines. The Transportation of Explosives Act, as amended, contemplates a comprehensive code of uniform safety regulations applicable to the carriage of explosives, toxic and etiologic agents, radioactive materials, and other dangerous articles, via all modes of interstate transportation. The Explosives Act provides that the Interstate Commerce Commission shall formulate regulations for the transportation of these dangerous commodities. The committee has received comments recommending enactment of S. 1021 from the Interstate Commerce Commission, the General Counsel of the Department of Commerce, and the Comptroller General of the United States. If there is no objection, these agency comments will be made a part of the record. NOTE. Staff counsel assigned to this hearing: Stanton P. Sender. Safety regulation by ICC of interstate pipelines, on S. 1021...June 3, 1965. Serial No. 89-24. White and Karo nominations. July 20, 1965. Adequacy of trunkline air service to mediumsized intermediate cities. July 6-9, 1965. Serial No. 89-26. Conversion to metric system, on S. 774... Fair packaging and labeling, on S. 985... Boyd, Day, Harllee, McKee, Murphy, and Thomas nominations. May 24-July 12, 1965. Serial No. 89-29. |