Public notification and preparedness

(a) Real estate disclosure (1) In general To be eligible to participate in the grant program established under section 2, a State shall require each real estate contract to include the disclosure of any known hazardous liquid pipeline easements regulated by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration that are within one-half mile of the boundary of the property subject to such contract. (2) Content The notice shall include— (A) the name and contact information of the operator; (B) the name of the pipeline and the substance in the pipeline; (C) whether the pipeline has undergone repairs in the 10 years prior to the date of submission of the notice; and (D) a list of any leaks, failures, accidents, or incidents the operator has had within the State in the last 10 years. (3) Information availability The Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration shall ensure the information required under paragraph (2) is collected and made publicly available on a website of the Administration. (b) Emergency response plans Section 60102(d)(5) of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B) by striking and at the end; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (D) a community involvement strategy detailing how the operator will inform and liaise with landowners and homeowners impacted by a release; and. (c) Emergency alert system Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue a final rule requiring each operator of a hazardous liquid pipeline facility to— (1) establish and maintain a localized emergency alert system to send an alert to communities within 1 mile of a pipeline of any leaks, failures, accidents, or incidents; or (2) establish an agreement with each State in which the operator operates in which such State agrees to use an alert system of the State to send such alert. (d) Rulemaking Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue a final rule that requires— (1) a standard, timely process or procedure for pipeline operators to conduct in-person tests of water, soil, or air for potential pipeline leaks or failures; (2) in the case of an in-person water test— (A) the test to be conducted on any well within one-half mile of a leak, accident, incident, or failure; and (B) samples to be taken from both the top and the bottom of such well; (3) annual in-line inspection tool tests for pipelines older than 50 years or wherever a sleeve repair has been made; and (4) notifying impacted residents and landowners when a test comes back positive for contaminated water, soil, or air.