Tank Car Legislation Document

Source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/22/text

SEC. 7308. <<NOTE: 49 USC 20155 note.>> MODIFICATION REPORTING.

(a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment

of this Act, the Secretary shall implement a reporting requirement to

monitor industry-wide progress toward modifying rail tank cars used to

transport Class 3 flammable liquids by the applicable deadlines

established in section 7304.

(b) Tank Car Data.--The Secretary shall collect data from shippers

and rail tank car owners on--

(1) the total number of tank cars modified to meet the DOT-

117R specification, or equivalent, specifying--

(A) the type or specification of each tank car

before it was modified, including non-jacketed DOT-111,

jacketed DOT-111, non-jacketed DOT-111 meeting the CPC-

1232 standard, or jacketed DOT-111 meeting the CPC-1232

standard; and

(B) the identification number of each Class 3

flammable liquid carried by each tank car in the past

year;

(2) the total number of tank cars built to meet the DOT-117

specification, or equivalent; and

(3) the total number of tank cars used or likely to be used

to transport Class 3 flammable liquids that have not been

modified, specifying--

(A) the type or specification of each tank car not

modified, including the non-jacketed DOT-111, jacketed

DOT-111, non-jacketed DOT-111 meeting the CPC-1232

standard, or jacketed DOT-111 meeting the CPC-1232

standard; and

(B) the identification number of each Class 3

flammable liquid carried by each tank car in the past

year.

(c) Tank Car Shop Data.--The Secretary shall conduct a survey of

tank car facilities modifying tank cars to the DOT-117R specification,

or equivalent, or building new tank cars to the DOT-117 specification,

or equivalent, to generate statistically-

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valid estimates of the anticipated number of tank cars those facilities

expect to modify to DOT-117R specification, or equivalent, or build to

the DOT-117 specification, or equivalent.

(d) Frequency.--The Secretary shall collect the data under

subsection (b) and conduct the survey under subsection (c) annually

until May 1, 2029.

(e) Information Protections.--

(1) In general.--The Secretary shall only report data in

industry-wide totals and shall treat company-specific

information as confidential business information.

(2) Level of confidentiality.--The Secretary shall ensure

the data collected under subsection (b) and the survey data

under subsection (c) have the same level of confidentiality as

required by the Confidential Information Protection and

Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note), as

administered by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

(3) Designee.--The Secretary may--

(A) designate the Director of the Bureau of

Transportation Statistics to collect data under

subsection (b) and the survey data under subsection (c);

and

(B) direct the Director to ensure the confidentially

of company-specific information to the maximum extent

permitted by law.

(f) Report.--Each year, not later than 60 days after the date that

both the collection of the data under subsection (b) and the survey

under subsection (c) are complete, the Secretary shall submit a written

report on the aggregate results, without company-specific information,

to--

(1) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

of the Senate; and

(2) the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of

the House of Representatives.

(g) Definition of Class 3 Flammable Liquid.--In this section, the

term ``Class 3 flammable liquid'' has the meaning given the term

flammable liquid in section 173.120 of title 49, Code of Federal

Regulations.