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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 934
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 934 on page 1 by
3 inserting immediately below line 25 the following:
4 "The Commission shall determine that the public
5 convenience and necessity requires the issuance of a
6 certificate for a common carrier by pipeline that will be
7 transporting crude oil only if the common carrier
8 demonstrates that:
9 (1) the proposed construction is necessary to
10 provide adequate, reliable, safe, and efficient service
11 to the general public including, but not limited to,
12 customers and citizen consumers of the product and
13 by-products being transported for purposes of end use
14 consumption;
15 (2) the proposed pipeline will be constructed and
16 operated in conformance with the safety standards
17 required by the United States Department of
18 Transportation, Office of Pipeline Safety;
19 (3) the common carrier is capable of efficiently
20 and safely managing and supervising the construction
21 process and the operations of the proposed pipeline and
22 has taken sufficient action to ensure adequate, safe, and
23 efficient construction, supervision, and operation of the
24 pipeline;
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1 (4) the common carrier is capable of financing,
2 constructing, and operating the proposed crude oil
3 pipeline without significant adverse financial or
4 environmental impact on the landowners and residents
5 along the proposed route of the pipeline;
6 (5) the common carrier has performed an
7 environmental impact assessment regarding the proposed
8 crude oil pipeline and will construct and operate the
9 pipeline in a manner that conforms to all existing
10 environmental laws and regulations and will minimize the
11 pipeline's impact upon the environment; and
12 (6) the facility will be constructed and operated
13 in a manner that will protect the interests of the
14 landowners on whose property the pipeline is located and
15 of the citizens that are impacted by the proposed
16 pipeline.".