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Pipeline Safety: Requests for Special Permits
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[Federal Register: January 4, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 3)]
[Notices]
[Page 922-923]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket ID PHMSA-2007-28505]
Pipeline Safety: Requests for Special Permits
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. We are publishing this notice to provide a list of
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. In addition, this notice reminds the public that
we have changed what we call a decision granting such a request to a
special permit. At the conclusion of the comment period, PHMSA will
evaluate each request individually to determine whether to grant a
special permit or deny the request.
DATES: Submit any comments regarding any of these requests for special
permit by February 4, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket number for the 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 ID for the 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: Wayne Lemoi by telephone at (404) 832-
1160; or, e-mail at wayne.lemoi@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Change in Nomenclature
PHMSA changed the name of a decision we made granting a request for
waiver of compliance from ``decision granting waiver'' to ``special
permit'' to reflect that granting the request will not reduce safety.
We commonly add safety conditions to decisions granting waivers to
ensure that waiving compliance with an existing pipeline safety
standard is consistent with pipeline safety. The change was simply a
name change for a decision granting waiver under 49 U.S.C. 60118(c)(1).
Comments Invited on Requests for Waiver
PHMSA has filed in the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS)
requests for waivers we have received from pipeline operators seeking
relief from compliance with certain pipeline safety regulations. Each
request has been assigned a separate docket ID in the FDMS. We invite
interested persons to participate by reviewing these requests and by
submitting written comments, data or other views. Please include any
comments on the environmental impacts that granting the requests may have.
Before acting on any 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 or deny these
requests based on the comments we receive.
PHMSA has received the following requests for waivers of compliance
with pipeline safety regulations.
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Docket ID Requester Regulation(s) Nature of waiver
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PHMSA-2007-29033............ ExxonMobil Pipeline Company. 49 CFR 195.452(h)........... To allow certain
anomalies discovered
on the New Iberia to
Sunset Pipeline in
Louisiana to remain
``as-is'' by
permanently
maintaining an
operating pressure
reduction taken on
January 3, 2007. The
anomalies were
discovered using In-
Line Inspection (ILI)
tools during
Integrity Management
Program (IMP)
assessments.
PHMSA-2007-29034............ ConocoPhillips Pipe Line 49 CFR 195.452(h)........... To waive repair
Company. requirements for one
dent located on the
top of the BL-01
pipeline from
Hardtner, KS to
Wichita, KS and for
one dent located on
the top of the CM-01
pipeline from
Kingfisher, OK to
Medford, OK. The
dents were discovered
using ILI tools
during IMP
assessments.
PHMSA-2007-0038............. ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. 49 CFR 195.583.............. To waive atmospheric
(CPAI). corrosion inspection
requirements for
certain non-piggable
sections of CPAI's
above ground
pipelines on the
North Slope of
Alaska.
PHMSA-2007-28994............ Gulf South Pipeline Company, 49 CFR 192.111.............. To authorize operation
L.P. 49 CFR 192.201.............. of the Southeast
49 CFR 192.619.............. Expansion Project, a
110.8-mile gas
transmission
pipeline, from
Harrisville, MS to
Choctaw County, AL at
a maximum allowable
operating pressure
(MAOP) of 80% of the
specified minimum
yield strength
(SMYS).
PHMSA-2007-29078............ Kern River Gas Transmission 49 CFR 192.111.............. To authorize operation
Company. 49 CFR 192.201.............. of approximately
49 CFR 192.505.............. 1,380 miles of the
49 CFR 192.619.............. Kern River pipeline
system and 300 miles
of Common Facilities
running from Lincoln
County, WY through
Utah and into San
Bernardino County, CA
at an MAOP of 80%
SMYS in Class 1
locations, 67% SMYS
in Class 2 locations,
and 56% SMYS in Class
3 locations and
compressor stations.
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PHMSA-2007-29032............ Texas Eastern Transmission, 49 CFR 192.611.............. To authorize operation
L.P. (a Spectra Energy of 19 pipeline
Company). segments at 6 sites
along Lines 14, 18,
and 31 downstream of
the Union Church and
Clinton compressor
stations in
Mississippi without
reducing operating
pressure as a result
of a change from
Class 1 to Class 2
locations.
PHMSA-2007-0039............. Gulf South Pipeline Company, 49 CFR 192.611.............. To authorize operation
L.P. of 3 pipeline
segments on the TPL
880 pipeline in
Marion County, AL
without reducing
operating pressure as
a result of a change
from Class 1 to Class
3 locations.
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Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60118(c)(1) and 49 CFR 1.53.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 27, 2007.
Jeffrey D. Wiese,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. E7-25634 Filed 1-3-08; 8:45 am]
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