89 FR 171 pgs. 72152-72153 - Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Gulf South Pipeline Company, LLC
Type: NOTICEVolume: 89Number: 171Pages: 72152 - 72153
Pages: 72152, 72153Docket number: [Docket No. PHMSA-2023-0126]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2024-19816 Filed 9-3-24; 8:45 am]
Agency: Transportation Department
Sub Agency: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2023-0126]
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Gulf South Pipeline Company, LLC
AGENCY:
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA); Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
PHMSA is publishing this notice to solicit public comments on a request for a special permit received from the Gulf South Pipeline Company, LLC (GSPC) seeking relief from compliance with certain requirements in the federal pipeline safety regulations (PSR). At the conclusion of the 30-day comment period, PHMSA will review the comments received from this notice as part of its evaluation to grant or deny the special permit request.
DATES:
Submit any comments regarding this special permit request by October 4, 2024.
ADDRESSES:
Comments should reference the docket number for this special permit request and may be submitted in the following ways:
• E-Gov Website: 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 (2) 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:
There is a privacy statement published on http://www.Regulations.gov. Comments, including any personal information provided, are posted without changes or edits to http://www.Regulations.gov.
Confidential Business Information
[top] Confidential Business Information (CBI) is commercial or financial information that is both customarily and treated as private by its owner. Under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt from public disclosure. If your comments responsive to this notice contain commercial or financial information that is customarily treated as private,
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
General: Ms. Kay McIver by telephone at 202-366-0113, or by email at kay.mciver@dot.gov.
Technical: Mr. Joshua Johnson by telephone at 816-308-6074, or by email at joshua.johnson@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
PHMSA received a special permit request on November 15, 2023, from GSPC, a subsidiary of Boardwalk Pipelines, L.P., seeking a waiver from the requirements of 49 CFR 192.611(a) and (d): Change in class location: Confirmation or revision of maximum allowable operating pressure, and 49 CFR 192.619(a): Maximum allowable operating pressure: Steel or plastic pipelines.
This special permit is being requested in lieu of pipe replacement, pressure reduction, or new pressure tests for a Class 1 to 3 location change on two (2) gas transmission pipeline segments totaling 12,052 feet (approximately 2.28 miles). 1 These pipeline segments, which have changed from a Class 1 to a Class 3 location, are as follows:
| Special permit segment No. | Outside diameter (inches) | Line name | Length (feet) | Start survey station (SS) | End survey station (SS) | County, state | Number dwellings | Year installed | Seam type | MAOP (psig) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | Index 819-10 | 4,580 | 585+52 | 631+32 | Grayson, TX | 0 | 2014 | HF-ERW | 1,350 |
| 2 | 16 | Index 819-10 | 7,472 | 728+40 | 803+12 | Grayson, TX | 31 | 2014 | HF-ERW, SMLS | 1,350 |
The special permit request, proposed special permit with conditions, and draft environmental assessment (DEA) for the GSPC pipeline segments are available for review and public comments in Docket Number PHMSA 2023-0126. PHMSA invites interested persons to review and submit comments in the docket on the special permit request and DEA. Please submit comments on any potential safety, environmental, and other relevant considerations implicated by the special permit request. Comments may include relevant data.
Before issuing a decision on the special permit request, PHMSA will evaluate all comments received on or before the comments closing date. Comments received after the closing date will be evaluated if it is possible to do so without incurring additional expense or delay. PHMSA will consider each relevant comment it receives in making its decision to grant or deny this special permit request.
Footnotes:
1 ?GSPC's November 15, 2023, application request explained it was seeking a special permit for 16.6 total miles of pipeline where the class location has changed from Class 1 to Class 3. However, the 16.6 miles encompasses proposed special permit inspection areas, versus the approximately 2.28 miles of special permit segments as described in the proposed special permit conditions document in this Docket No. PHMSA-2023-0126.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 22, 2024, under authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2024-19816 Filed 9-3-24; 8:45 am]
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