[Federal Register: April 26, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 80)]
[Notices]
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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
Pipeline Safety: Requests for Waivers of Compliance (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 Federal pipeline safety regulations. This
notice seeks public comment on these requests, including comments on
any
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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 May 29, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket number for the request
and may be submitted in the following ways:
DOT Web Site: http://dms.dot.gov. To submit comments on
the DOT electronic docket site, click ``Comment/Submissions,'' click
``Continue,'' fill in the requested information, click ``Continue,''
enter your comment, then click ``Submit.''
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Management System: U.S. Department of
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, Room PL-401,
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery: DOT Docket Management System; Room PL-401
on the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
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.
Instructions: You should identify the docket number for the request
you are commenting on at the beginning of your comments. If you submit
your comments by mail, you should submit two copies. If you wish to
receive confirmation that PHMSA received your comments, you should
include a self-addressed stamped postcard. Internet users may submit
comments at http://www.regulations.gov, and may access all comments received by DOT at http://dms.dot.gov by performing a simple search for
the docket number.
Note: All comments will be posted without changes or edits to
http://dms.dot.gov including any personal information provided.
Privacy Act Statement: Anyone may search the electronic form of all
comments received for any of our dockets. You may review DOT's complete
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11,
2000 (65 FR 19477) or you may visit http://dms.dot.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
The PHMSA changed the name of a decision we make 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
The PHMSA has filed in DOT's Docket Management System (DMS)
requests for waiver 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 DMS. We
invite interested persons to participate by reviewing these requests
and by submitting written comments, data or other views. Please include
any comments on environmental impacts 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 No. Requester Regulation(s) Nature of waiver
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PHMSA-2007-27607................ Southeast Supply 49 CFR 192.111........... To authorize operation of a
Header,. 49 CFR 192.201........... 269-mile gas transmission
49 CFR 192.619........... pipeline from Delhi, LA to
Coden, AL at a maximum
allowable operating
pressure (MAOP) of 80% of
the specified minimum
yield strength (SMYS).
PHMSA-2007-27842................ Midcontinent Express 49 CFR 192.111........... To authorize operation of a
Pipeline, LLC. 49 CFR 192.201........... 500-mile gas transmission
pipeline from Bryan
County, OK to Choctaw
County, AL at a maximum
allowable operating
pressure (MAOP) of 80% of
the specified minimum
yield strength (SMYS).
PHMSA-2007-27647................ Great Lakes Gas 49 CFR 192.611........... To authorize operation of
Transmission. 720 feet of a gas
transmission pipeline in
Emmet County, MI without
reducing operating
pressure as a result of a
change from a Class 2 to
Class 3 location.
PHMSA-2007-27646................ Cameron LNG, LLC...... 49 CFR 193.2301.......... To authorize the use of
automatic ultrasonic
testing (AUT) to inspect
LNG tank welds.
PHMSA-2007-27608................ West Virginia Oil 49 CFR 195.8............. To authorize the insertion
Gathering Corporation. of polyethylene lined,
glass fiber reinforced
pipe into an existing
steel pipeline to
transport crude oil across
the Ohio River near
Belmont, WV.
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PHMSA is correcting the Federal Register notice of February 8,
2007, as follows:
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PHMSA-2006-26617................ TransCanada Keystone 49 CFR 195.106........... To authorize operation of a
Pipeline, LP. 49 CFR 195.406........... 1,369-mile crude oil
pipeline from the Canadian
border near Cavalier
County, ND to Payne
County, OK and from
Jefferson County, NE to
Marion County IL at a MAOP
of 80% of SMYS.
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Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60118(c)(1) and 49 CFR 1.53.
Issued in Washington, DC, on April 19, 2007.
Joy Kadnar,
Director, Office of Engineering and Emergency Support.
[FR Doc. E7-7938 Filed 4-25-07; 8:45 am]
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