H.R. 3021 — Introduced in House

I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3021 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 10, 2015 Mr. Pompeo (for himself, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Schrader, and Mr. Meeks) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Natural Gas Act to allow the use of aerial survey data for certain applications, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Aerial Infrastructure Route Survey Act of 2015 or the AIR Survey Act of 2015. 2. Aerial survey data allowed for certain applications Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717f) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (i) Aerial Survey Data (1) Data collected by aerial survey Data collected by aerial survey shall be accepted in lieu of, and given equal weight to, ground survey data for the purposes of— (A) completing any prefiling process established to facilitate the formal application process for obtaining a certificate of public convenience and necessity under this section; or (B) completing an application associated with a Federal authorization (as defined in section 15(a) with respect to an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity under this section). (2) Verification An agency accepting aerial survey data pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) may require, as a condition of approval of an application associated with a Federal authorization described in such paragraph, that such aerial survey data be verified through the use of ground survey data before the construction or extension of a facility that is the subject of such application. .