[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 92 (Monday, May 12, 2008)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 26953-26954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-10628]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

49 CFR Part 192

[Docket ID PHMSA-2005-23447; Notice 3]
RIN 2137-AE25


Pipeline Safety: Standards for Increasing the Maximum Allowable 
Operating Pressure for Gas Transmission Pipelines

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), 
Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: PHMSA is extending the period for public comment to give

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interested persons an additional week to comment on a proposed rule to 
amend the pipeline safety regulations to prescribe safety requirements 
for the operation of certain gas transmission pipelines at pressures 
based on higher stress levels.

DATES: Anyone interested in filing written comments on the rule 
proposed in this document must do so by May 19, 2008. PHMSA will 
consider late filed comments so far as practicable.

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference Docket ID PHMSA-2005-23447 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. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Management System: U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W12-140, Washington, 
DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery: DOT Docket Management System; Room W12-140, 
on the ground floor of the West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 
Washington, DC between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays.
    Instructions: Identify the docket ID, PHMSA-2005-23447, at the 
beginning of your comments. If you submit your comments by mail, submit 
two copies. If you wish 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 will be posted without changes or edits to http://www.regulations.gov including any personal information provided. 
Please see the Privacy Act heading in the Regulatory Analyses and 
Notices section of the Supplemental Information for additional 
information.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about this rulemaking, 
contact Barbara Betsock by phone at (202) 366-4361, by fax at (202) 
366-4566, or by e-mail at [email protected]. For technical 
information, contact Alan Mayberry by phone at (202) 366-5124, or by e-
mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA is extending by one week the comment 
period on the proposed rulemaking published on March 12, 2008. (73 FR 
13167) The Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) 
represents most of the pipeline operators potentially impacted by the 
proposed rule. INGAA requested this extension in order to complete 
technical papers it intends to file. PHMSA is granting the extension in 
order to be able to consider these technical papers.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2008.
Jeffrey D. Wiese,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. E8-10628 Filed 5-9-08; 8:45 am]
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