[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 184 (Friday, September 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58623-58624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23318]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2007-0039]


Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA); 
DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal pipeline safety laws, and PHMSA's 
special permit procedures, PHMSA is publishing this notice of special 
permit request we have received from a pipeline operator seeking relief 
from compliance with certain requirements in the Federal pipeline 
safety regulations. This notice seeks public comments on this request, 
including comments on any safety or environmental impacts. At the 
conclusion of the 30-day comment period, PHMSA will evaluate the 
request and determine whether to grant or deny a special permit.

DATES: Submit any comments regarding this special permit request by 
October 22, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket number for the specific 
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: 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 request you are commenting on at the beginning of your comments. 
If you submit your comments by mail, please submit two copies. To 
receive confirmation that PHMSA has received your comments, please 
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:
    General: Kay McIver by telephone at 202-366-0113, or email at 
[email protected].
    Technical: Patrick Landon by telephone at 202-366-3814, or email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA has received a request for special 
permit from a pipeline operator seeking relief from compliance with 
certain pipeline safety regulations. The request includes a technical 
analysis provided by the operator. The request has been filed at 
www.Regulations.gov and assigned a separate docket number. We invite 
interested persons to participate by reviewing this special permit 
request at http://www.Regulations.gov, and by submitting written 
comments, data or other views. Please include comments on potential 
environmental impacts that may result if this special permit is 
granted.
    Before acting on this special permit request, PHMSA will evaluate 
all comments received on or before the comments closing date. Comments 
will be evaluated after this date if it is possible to do so without 
incurring additional expense or delay. PHMSA will consider each 
relevant comment we receive in making our decision to grant or deny a 
request.
    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-2007-0039...............  Boardwalk--Gulf    49 CFR 192.611...  To authorize Gulf South Pipeline Company,
                                 South Pipeline                        LP (Gulf South) a 135-foot extension of
                                 Company, LP                           an existing Special Permit Segment of the
                                 (``Gulf South'').                     TPL 880 pipeline located in Mobile
                                                                       County, Alabama. The existing Special
                                                                       Permit Segment is defined in the original
                                                                       Special Permit (PHMSA-2007-0039, granted
                                                                       on February 27, 2009) using the Gulf
                                                                       South TPL-880 pipeline survey station
                                                                       references as follows:
                                                                      Station Number 699+77 to Station Number
                                                                       700+23 (46 feet).

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                                                                      The contiguous segment that Gulf South is
                                                                       requesting to add to the Special Permit
                                                                       segment is located at Station 700+23 to
                                                                       Station 701+58. With the addition of this
                                                                       segment, the extended Special Permit
                                                                       Segment would be defined as follows:
                                                                      Station Number 699+77 to Station Number
                                                                       701+58 (181 feet).
                                                                      The Special Permit Inspection Area, as
                                                                       defined by the existing Special Permit
                                                                       extends from Station 0+00, the start of
                                                                       the TPL 880 Line, to Station 1201+68 at
                                                                       the Airport Compressor Station. The
                                                                       Inspection Area is approximately 23 miles
                                                                       long and is entirely in Mobile County,
                                                                       Alabama.
                                                                      TPL-880 is a 24-mile steel pipeline
                                                                       lateral transporting natural gas from a
                                                                       point onshore of the Gulf of Mexico to
                                                                       other pipelines located in Alabama. The
                                                                       30-inch diameter pipeline was installed
                                                                       in 1992. The 135-foot extension is
                                                                       located in a high consequence area (HCA),
                                                                       calculated by Method 2, and caused by 20+
                                                                       dwellings adjacent to the pipeline.
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    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60118(c)(1) and 49 CFR 1.53.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 18, 2012.
Jeffrey D. Wiese,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2012-23318 Filed 9-20-12; 8:45 am]
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