49 U.S.C. § 60301 : US Code - Section 60301: User fees
Search 49 U.S.C. § 60301 : US Code - Section 60301: User fees
(a) Schedule of Fees. - The Secretary of Transportation shall
prescribe a schedule of fees for all natural gas and hazardous
liquids transported by pipelines subject to chapter 601 of this
title. The fees shall be based on usage (in reasonable relationship
to volume-miles, miles, revenues, or a combination of volume-miles,
miles, and revenues) of the pipelines. The Secretary shall consider
the allocation of resources of the Department of Transportation
when establishing the schedule.
(b) Imposition and Time of Collection. - A fee shall be imposed
on each person operating a gas pipeline transmission facility, a
liquefied natural gas pipeline facility, or a hazardous liquid
pipeline facility to which chapter 601 of this title applies. The
fee shall be collected before the end of the fiscal year to which
it applies.
(c) Means of Collection. - The Secretary shall prescribe
procedures to collect fees under this section. The Secretary may
use a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States
Government or of a State or local government to collect the fee and
may reimburse the department, agency, or instrumentality a
reasonable amount for its services.
(d) Use of Fees. - A fee collected under this section -
(1)(A) related to a gas pipeline facility may be used only for
an activity related to gas under chapter 601 of this title; and
(B) related to a hazardous liquid pipeline facility may be used
only for an activity related to hazardous liquid under chapter
601 of this title; and
(2) may be used only to the extent provided in advance in an
appropriation law.
(e) Limitations. - Fees prescribed under subsection (a) of this
section shall be sufficient to pay for the costs of activities
described in subsection (d) of this section. However, the total
amount collected for a fiscal year may not be more than 105 percent
of the total amount of the appropriations made for the fiscal year
for activities to be financed by the fees.