Allow for the use of risk-based inspections for in-service breakout tanks.

This bill lets owners and operators of pipeline facilities use risk-based inspections for in-service breakout tanks. That means inspections can focus more often on tanks that pose higher risk, and less often on lower‑risk ones, while still meeting federal safety rules. This starts as soon as the bill becomes law .

It also tells the Department of Transportation, through the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, to update the federal regulation at 49 CFR 195.432 to allow these risk‑based inspections as soon as possible .

• Key points
  • Who is affected: Owners and operators of pipeline facilities with in-service breakout tanks .
  • What changes: They may use risk-based inspections to meet existing inspection requirements .
  • When: Begins on the date the bill becomes law; agency rules to be updated soon after .