42 U.S.C. § 9164 — Submarine electric transmission cable and equipment safety
submitted 46 years ago by Pub. L. 96-320 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 176 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary of Energy must set and enforce safety standards for covered submarine electric cables and equipment, including the safest available shielding technology and automatic shutoffs. The Secretary must also report within 60 days on needed funding and staff.
(a) The Secretary* of Energy, working with interested Federal agencies and departments, must establish and enforce standards and regulations needed for safe construction and operation of submarine electric transmission cables and equipment under United States jurisdiction. They must include requirements, at least, for the safest and best available cable-shielding technology and automatic switches that shut off current if a cable breaks. (b) Working with interested agencies and departments, the Secretary is authorized and directed to report to Congress within 60 days after August 3, 1980, on the appropriations and staff needed to monitor such cables and equipment and ensure compliance with construction, operation, and maintenance standards.
The Secretary* of Energy, in cooperation with other interested Federal agencies and departments, shall establish and enforce such standards and regulations as may be necessary to assure the safe construction and operation of submarine electric transmission cables and equipment subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Such standards and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, requirements for the use of the safest and best available technology for submarine electric transmission cable shielding, and for the use of automatic switches to shut off electric current in the event of a break in such a cable.
The Secretary of Energy, in cooperation with other interested Federal agencies and departments, is authorized and directed to report to the Congress within 60 days after August 3, 1980, on appropriations and staffing needed to monitor submarine electric transmission cables and equipment subject to the jurisdiction of the United States so as to assure that they meet all applicable standards for construction, operation, and maintenance.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 96–320, title IV, § 404, Aug. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 999.)
- 1980Enacted · Pub. L. 96-320 · 94 Stat. 999
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