[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 29, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 44823-44824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-21426]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
49 CFR Part 195

[Docket PS-140, Notice 3]
RIN 2137-AC34


Areas Unusually Sensitive to Environmental Damage

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), DOT.

ACTION: Public workshop notice.

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SUMMARY: RSPA invites industry, State and local government 
representatives, and the public to a second workshop on unusually 
sensitive environmental areas. The workshop's purpose is to openly 
discuss the process for determining areas unusually sensitive to 
environmental damage from a hazardous liquid pipeline release. This 
workshop is a continuation of the June 15-16, 1995 workshop on 
unusually sensitive environmental areas.

DATES: The workshop will be held on October 17, 1995 from 8:30 a.m. to 
4:00 p.m. Persons who want to participate in the workshop should call 
(703) 218-1449 or e-mail their name, affiliation, and phone number to 
[email protected] before close of business October 2, 1995. The workshop 
is open to all interested persons, but RSPA may limit participation 
because of space considerations and the need to obtain a spectrum of 
views. Callers will be notified if participation is not open.
    Persons who are unable to attend may submit written comments in 
duplicate by November 27, 1995. Interested persons should submit as 
part of their written comments all material that is relevant to a 
statement of fact or argument. Late filed comments will be considered 
so far as practicable.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at the U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., room 9230-34, 
Washington, DC. Non-federal employee visitors are admitted into the DOT 
headquarters building through the southwest entrance at Seventh and E 
Streets, SW.
    Send written comments in duplicate to the Dockets Unit, Room 8421, 
Research and Special Programs Administration, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. 
Identify the docket and notice numbers stated in the heading of this 
notice.
    All comments and docketed materials will be available for 
inspection and copying in room 8421 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. 
each business day. A summary of the workshop will be available from the 
Dockets Unit about three weeks after the workshop.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina Sames, (202) 366-4561, about 
this document, or the Dockets Unit, (202) 366-5046, for copies of this 
document or other material in the docket.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 49 U.S.C. Sec. 60109 requires the Secretary 
of Transportation to:
     consult with the Environmental Protection Agency and 
describe areas that are unusually sensitive to environmental damage if 
there is a hazardous liquid pipeline accident, and
     establish criteria for identifying each hazardous liquid 
pipeline facility and gathering line, whether otherwise subject to 
regulation, located in an area unusually sensitive to environmental 
damage in the event of a pipeline accident.
    Consistent with the President's regulatory policy (E.O. 12866), 
RSPA wants to accomplish this congressional mandate at the least cost 
to society. Toward this end, RSPA is seeking early public participation 
in the rulemaking process by holding public workshops at which 
participants, including RSPA staff, may exchange views on relevant 
issues. RSPA hopes these workshops will enable government and industry 
to reach a better understanding of the problem and the potential 
solutions before proposed rules are issued. (49 U.S.C. Chapter 601)
    On June 15 and 16, 1995, RSPA held a public workshop to openly 
discuss the criteria being considered to determine areas unusually 
sensitive to environmental damage from a hazardous liquid pipeline 
release (60 FR 27948, May 26, 1995). Participants included 
representatives from the hazardous liquid pipeline industry; the 
Departments of Interior, Agriculture, Transportation, and Commerce; the 
Environmental Protection Agency; non-government agencies; and the 
public. Participants at the workshop requested that additional 
workshops be held to further discuss this complex topic.
    On October 17, 1995, RSPA will hold a second workshop on areas 
unusually sensitive to environmental damage from a hazardous liquid 
pipeline release. The second workshop will focus on developing a 
process that can be used to determine if an area is unusually sensitive 
to environmental damage and if an operator has pipeline facilities 
located within that area.
    Persons interested in receiving a transcript of the first workshop, 
material presented at the first workshop, or comments submitted on the 
material presented in the first public workshop notice (60 FR 27948, 
May 26, 1995) should contact the Dockets Unit at (202) 366-5046 and 
reference docket PS-140.

(49 U.S.C. Chapter 601)

    Issued in Washington, DC on August 24, 1995.
Richard B. Felder,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 95-21426 Filed 8-28-95; 8:45 am]
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