[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 83 (Tuesday, April 29, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23305-23306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9259]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2007-28505]
Pipeline Safety: Requests for Special Permit
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 by granting a special permit to the operator. PHMSA
is publishing this notice to provide a list of special permit 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. At the conclusion of the comment period, PHMSA will evaluate
each request individually to determine whether to grant or deny a
special permit.
DATES: Submit any comments regarding any of these special permit
requests by May 29, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket number for the 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: 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 number for the special
permit
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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 [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA has filed in the Federal docket
management system at http://www.regulations.gov requests for special
permits we have received from pipeline operators seeking relief from
compliance with certain pipeline safety regulations. Each request has
been assigned a separate docket number. We invite interested persons to
participate by reviewing these special permit requests and by
submitting written comments, data or other views. Please include any
comments on environmental impacts granting the special permit may have.
Before acting on any special permit 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 a special
permit or deny a request based on the comments we receive.
PHMSA has received the following special permit requests:
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Docket No. Requester Regulation(s) Nature of special permit
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PHMSA-2008-0066............... Columbia Gulf 49 CFR 195.452(h)..... To authorize CGT to operate
Transmission Company nine pipeline segments in
(CGT). three sections of Mainline
100, 200 and 300 in
Williamson and Davidson
Counties, Tennessee without
reducing the operating
pressure as a result of
changes from Class 1 and
Class 2 locations to Class
3 locations.
PHMSA-2008-0067............... Boardwalk Pipeline 49 CFR 192.111, 49 CFR To authorize Boardwalk to
Partners, LP 192.201. construct and operate
(Boardwalk). approximately 262.6 miles
of two, 36-inch, natural
gas transmission lateral
pipelines at a maximum
allowable operating
pressure (MAOP) of 1250
pounds per square inch
gauge (psig), which
corresponds to a pipe
stress level up to 80
percent of the steel pipe's
specified minimum yield
strength (SMYS) in Class 1
locations, 67 percent SMYS
in Class 2 locations, and
56 percent SMYS in Class 3
locations. The pipelines
are the 166.2-mile
Fayetteville Lateral
located primarily in
Arkansas but crosses the
Mississippi River into
western Mississippi and the
96.4-mile Greenville
Lateral located entirely in
Mississippi.
PHMSA-2008-0068............... Gulf Crossing Pipeline 49 CFR 192.111, 49 CFR To authorize GCPC to
Company (GCPC). 192.201. construct and operate
approximately 353.2 miles
of a new 42-inch natural
gas transmission pipeline
running from Grayson
County, Texas to Madison
Parish, Louisiana at an
MAOP of 1480 psig, which
corresponds to a pipe
stress level up to 80
percent of SMYS in Class 1
locations, 67 percent SMYS
in Class 2 locations and 56
percent SMYS in Class 3
locations. The special
permit request also
includes a 17.8-mile, 42-
inch, loop line from Hinds
County to Simpson County,
MS, which is part of the
Gulf Crossing project.
PHMSA-2008-0077............... Florida Gas 49 CFR 192.111, 49 CFR To authorize FGT to operate
Transmission Company 192.201, 49 CFR certain pipeline segments
(FGT). 192.505, 49 CFR along its approximately
192.611, 49 CFR 741.2-mile mainline natural
192.619. gas transmission pipeline
system running from Mobile
County, Alabama to Lee
County, Florida at an MAOP
of up to 1333 psig, which
corresponds to a pipe
stress level up to 80
percent of SMYS in Class 1
locations, 67 percent SMYS
in Class 2 locations and 56
percent SMYS in 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 April 21, 2008.
Barbara Betsock,
Acting Director, Office of Regulations.
[FR Doc. E8-9259 Filed 4-28-08; 8:45 am]
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