[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 14 (Friday, January 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4296-4299]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-1425]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2008-0333]
Pipeline Safety: Requests for Special Permit
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA);
DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal pipeline safety laws allow a pipeline operator to
request PHMSA to waive compliance with any part of the Federal pipeline
safety regulations by granting a special permit to the operator. PHMSA
is publishing this notice to provide a list of special permit requests
we have received from pipeline operators seeking relief from compliance
with certain pipeline safety regulations. This notice seeks public
comment on these requests, including comments on any environmental
impacts. At the conclusion of the 30 days comment period, PHMSA will
evaluate each request individually to determine whether to grant or
deny a special permit.
DATES: Submit any comments regarding any of these special permit
requests by February 23, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket number for the special
permit request and may be submitted in the following ways:
E-Gov Web Site: http://www.Regulations.gov. This site
allows the public to enter comments on any Federal Register notice
issued by any agency.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Management System: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West Building Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20590.
Hand Delivery: DOT Docket Management System: U.S.
Department of Transportation, Docket Operations, M-30, West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC
20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
Instructions: You should identify the docket number for the special
permit request you are commenting on at the beginning of your comments.
If you submit your comments by mail, submit two copies. To receive
confirmation that PHMSA received your comments, include a self-
addressed stamped postcard. Internet users may submit comments at
http://www.Regulations.gov.
Note: Comments are posted without changes or edits to http://
www.Regulations.gov, including any personal information provided.
There is a privacy statement published on http://
www.Regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
General: Kay McIver by telephone at (202) 366-0113; or, e-mail at
kay.mciver@dot.gov.
Technical: Steve Nanney by telephone at (713) 272-2855, or, e-mail
at steve.nanney@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA has filed in the Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) requests for special permits we have received
from pipeline operators seeking relief from compliance with certain
pipeline safety regulations. Each request has been assigned a separate
docket number in the FDMS. We invite interested persons to participate
by reviewing these special permit requests and by submitting written
comments, data or other views. Please include any comments on
environmental impacts granting the special permit may have.
Before acting on any special permit request, PHMSA will evaluate
all comments received on or before the comment closing date. We will
consider comments received after this date if it is possible to do so
without incurring additional expense or delay. We may grant a special
permit or deny a request based on the comments we receive.
PHMSA has received the following special permit requests:
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Docket No. Requester Regulation(s) affected Nature of special permit
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PHMSA-2008-0188................... Texas Eastern 49 CFR 192.611.......... To authorize Texas Eastern
Transmission, L.P. Transmission, L.P. (TETLP)
(``TETLP'') to operate two pipeline
(Spectra Energy). segments on its 24-inch Line
12 system downstream of its
Grantville Compressor
station in Lebanon County,
Pennsylvania to Bernville
Compressor station in
Pennsylvania without
reducing operating pressure
as a result of changes from
Class 1 to Class 2
locations. Grantville Line
12 would continue to operate
at its maximum allowable
operating pressure
(``MAOP'') of 1,050 psig
without replacing the pipe
in the new Class 2 area.
PHMSA-2008-0213................... Empire Pipeline.... 49 CFR 192.611.......... To authorize the Empire
Pipeline to operate 5
segments on its 24-inch
natural gas pipeline without
reducing the operating
pressure as a result of
changes from Class 1 to
Class 3 locations. The
special permit is sought
with respect to these five
segments:
Segment 1: (MP 57.33 to MP
57.49) in the town of Byron,
Genesee County, NY, west of
NY Route 237.
Segment 2: (MP 76.09 to MP
76.42) located in the town
of Henrietta, in Monroe
County, NY and 375 feet west
of East River Road.
Segment 3: (MP 84.88 to MP
85.19) located in the town
of Pittsford, Monroe County,
NY, beginning approximately
200 feet west of West
Bloomfield Road and
continuing approximately 3/
10th of a mile to the west.
Segment 4: (MP 23.30 to MP
23.81) located in the town
of Pendleton, Niagara
County, NY, west of Transit
Road (Route 78).
Segment 5: (MP 25.19 to MP
25.54) located in the town
of Lockport, Niagara County,
New York, east of Old
Beattie Road.
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PHMSA-2008-0257................... Texas Eastern 49 CFR 192.112(a)(1), 49 To authorize an increase in
Transmission. CFR 192.112(c)(1), 49 MAOP on the Texas Eastern
CFR 192.112(c)(2)(i), Transmission, L.P.
49 CFR (``TETLP'') 36-inch Lines 1
192.112(c)(2)(ii), 49 and 2 from the Uniontown,
CFR 192.112(c)(2)(iii), Pennsylvania compressor
49 CFR station to a mainline
192.112(d)(2)(i), 49 regulating station,
CFR 192.112(f)(1), 49 approximately 7 miles west
CFR 192.620(d)(5)(iii). of its Lambertville, New
Jersey compressor station.
The pipeline system
operating pressure would
increase to 80% of specified
minimum yield strength
(SMYS) in Class 1 locations,
67% SMYS in Class 2
locations, and 56% SMYS in
Class 3 locations. There are
no Class 4 areas on the
system and TETLP does not
propose to include future
Class 4 areas under this
special permit. The existing
pipeline system pressure is
1000 psig and will be
uprated to 1112 psig. The
MAOP uprate is part of two
proposed pipeline capacity
expansion projects, called
the TEMAS and TIME III
Projects.
PHMSA-2008-0285................... TransCanada 49 CFR 195.106.......... To authorize TransCanada to
Keystone Pipeline design, construct and
LP 36-inch XL operate the proposed 36-inch
Pipeline. TransCanada Keystone XL
Pipeline Project, using a
design factor and operating
stress level of 80% SMYS.
PHMSA-2008-0327................... Trunkline LNG 49 CFR 190.341.......... To authorize Trunkline LNG
(TLNG). (TLNG) to operate two
potassium formate heat-
exchange vaporizers at the
TLNG facility near Lake
Charles, Louisiana. These
vaporizers are part of a
nearly completed expansion
project at the facility and
are referred to as the IEP
(Infrastructure Expansion
Project). This request is to
adjust the allowed distance
between the second and third
vaporizers.
PHMSA-2008-0330................... Columbia Gas 49 CFR 192.611.......... To authorize Columbia Gas
Transmission (CGT). Transmission (CGT) to
operate 2 segments on its 30-
inch Mainline 200, and its
36-inch Mainline 300
pipeline systems located in
Mt. Juliet, Wilson County,
Tennessee, without reducing
operating pressure as a
result of changes from
original Class 1 or Class 2
to Class 3 locations, and
without replacing the pipe
in Class 3 areas.
PHMSA-2008-0331................... Columbia Gas 49 CFR 192.611.......... To authorize Columbia Gas
Transmission (CGT). Transmission (CGT) to
operate six segments of 30-
inch SM-80 and 30-inch SM-80-
Loop pipelines in Cabell and
Putnam Counties, WV, at the
current 935 psig operating
pressure without replacing
pipe in the Class 3
locations. The SM-80 and SM-
80-Loop pipelines are
parallel to one another
across their full length
starting at Boyd County,
Kentucky and ending at the
Lanham compressor station at
Rocky Fork, West Virginia.
PHMSA-2008-0332................... Columbia Gas 49 CFR 192.611.......... To authorize Columbia Gas
Transmission (CGT). Transmission (CGT) to
operate 5 segments of 20-
inch Mainline 1804 pipeline
system in Adams and York
Counties, PA without
reducing operating pressure
as a result of changes from
Class 1 to Class 3
locations.
PHMSA-2008-0345................... Columbia Gas 49 CFR 192.611.......... To authorize Columbia Gas
Transmission (CGT). Transmission (CGT) to
operate four segments of its
24-inch Mainline R-701
pipeline in Southern Ohio
without reducing operating
pressure as a result of
changes from Class 1 to
Class 3 locations. Line R-
701 runs south to north
starting at Burlington, Ohio
and ending at McArthur,
Ohio.
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Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60118(c)(1) and 49 CFR 1.53.
Issued in Washington, DC on January 15, 2009.
John Gale,
Director, Office of Regulations.
[FR Doc. E9-1425 Filed 1-22-09; 8:45 am]
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