[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 165 (Monday, August 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52821-52822]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20640]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2013-0146]
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA);
DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal pipeline safety laws, PHMSA is
publishing this notice of a special permit request we have received
from a pipeline operator, seeking relief from compliance with certain
requirements in the Federal pipeline safety regulations. This notice
seeks public comments on this request, including comments on any safety
or environmental impacts. At the conclusion of the 30-day comment
period, PHMSA will evaluate the request and determine whether to grant
or deny a special permit.
DATES: Submit any comments regarding this special permit request by
September 25, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket number for the specific
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: 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
9:00 a.m. and 5:00 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, please submit two copies. To
receive confirmation that PHMSA has received your comments, please
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 email at [email protected].
Technical: Steve Nanney by telephone at 713 272 2855, or email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA has received a request for a special
permit from a pipeline operator seeking relief from compliance with
certain pipeline safety regulations. The request includes a technical
analysis provided by the operator. The request has been filed at
www.Regulations.gov and assigned a docket number. We invite interested
persons to participate by reviewing this special permit request at
http://www.Regulations.gov, and by submitting written comments, data or
other views. Please include any comments on potential environmental
impacts that may result if this special permit is granted.
Before acting on this special permit request, PHMSA will evaluate
all comments received on or before the comments closing date. Comments
will be evaluated after this date if it is possible to do so without
incurring additional expense or delay. PHMSA will consider each
relevant comment we receive in making our decision to grant or deny a
request.
PHMSA has received the following special permit request:
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Nature of special
Docket No. Requester Regulation(s) affected permit
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PHMSA-2013-0146............... North Slope Borough, Alaska.. 49 CFR 192.939............... To authorize the
North Slope
Borough, Alaska
variance from 49
CFR 192.939 for
the reassessment
interval of its 6-
inch Natural Gas
Transmission Line
that runs from
South Barrow Gas
Fields,
approximately 4
miles southeast
of the City of
Barrow, to the
Barrow Utilities
& Electric
Cooperative Inc.
(BUECI) in the
city of Borough,
Alaska. The total
length of the
pipeline is
29,000 feet.
On June 4, 2013,
North Slope
Borough Assembly,
identified and
allocated funding
for the
construction of a
new secondary
redundant
pipeline. North
Slope Borough
requested relief
from the
requirements of
Sec. 192.939
until December
31, 2016. This is
to allow for
completion of the
new pipeline and
removal of the
current pipeline
from service, in
order to address
the reassessment
requirements
without creating
a hazard or loss
of product supply
to the Alaska
community.
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Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60118 (c)(1) and 49 CFR 1.53.
Issued in Washington, DC on August 20, 2013.
Jeffrey D. Wiese,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2013-20640 Filed 8-23-13; 8:45 am]
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