,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #gfc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,april #ah1 #bjac   
,mr4 ,roberts 7for himself and ,mr4     
,moran7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,commerce1 ,science1 and 
,transportation  ,a ,,bill  ,to         
authorize ,states to enforce pipeline   
safety requirements related to wellbores
 at interstate storage facilities4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,underground ,gas ,storage ,facility
 ,safety ,act of #bjac4  #b4            
,definitions ,section #fjaja7;a7 of     
title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended--  7#a7 by redesignating        
paragraphs 7#bj71 7#ba71 7#bb71 7#bc71  
7#bd71 and 7#be7 as paragraphs 7#bc71   
7#bd71 7#be71 7#bj71 7#ba71 and 7#bb71  
respectively2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#ba71 
as redesignated1 by striking and at the 
end2  7#c7 in paragraph 7#bb71 as       
redesignated1 by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon2 and  

7#d7 by adding at the end the following3
  7#bf7 underground gas storage wellbore
 means the piping and hole drilled      
connecting the surface of the earth with
 the underground gas storage reservoir2 
and  7#bg7 underground hazardous liquid 
storage wellbore means the piping and   
hole drilled connecting the surface of  
the earth with the underground hazardous
 liquid storage reservoir4  4  #c4      
,state enforcement of pipeline safety   
requirements ,section #fjajd7;c7 of     
title #di1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended--  7#a7 by striking ,a ,state   
authority that and inserting the        
following3  7#a7 ,a ,state authority    
that  2  7#b7 by striking ,a ,state     
authority may not and inserting the     
following3  7#b7 ,a ,state authority may
 not  2  7#c7 by striking               
,notwithstanding the preceding sentence1
 a ,state authority may enforce a       
requirement and inserting the following3
  7#c7 ,notwithstanding the limitation  
set forth in paragraph 7#b71 a ,state   

authority may--  7,a7 enforce a         
requirement  2  7#d7 by striking chapter
 #fa4 and inserting chapter #fa2 and2   
and  7#e7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7,b7 enforce a ,state       
requirement for the safe construction   
and operation of underground gas storage
 wellbores and underground hazardous    
liquid storage wellbores if--  7i7 the  
,state requirement has been approved by 
the ,federal ,energy ,regulatory        
,commission 7referred to in this        
subparagraph as the ,commission72 or    
7ii7 the ,commission fails to make a    
decision with respect to the ,state     
requirement during the #cj-;day period  
beginning on the date on which the      
,state submits the ,state requirement to
 the ,commission4  4