[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 247 (Thursday, December 24, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80457-80458]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32487]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2015-0210]


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, PHMSA is 
publishing this notice of a 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 
January 25, 2016.

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 
9:00 a.m. and 5:00 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: Max Kieba by telephone at 202-493-0595, or email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA has received a request for a special 
permit from a pipeline operator seeking relief from compliance with 
certain

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pipeline safety regulations. The request includes a technical analysis 
provided by the operator. The request has been filed at 
www.Regulations.gov and assigned docket number PHMSA-2015-0210. We 
invite interested persons to participate by reviewing this special 
permit request and draft environmental assessment docketed at http://www.Regulations.gov, and by submitting written comments, data or other 
views. Please include any 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 request:

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             Docket No.                     Requester              Regulation(s)       Nature of special permit
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PHMSA-2015-0210....................  Hess Corporation.......  49 CFR 195.100; 112;    To authorize Hess North
                                                               200; 202; 204; 206;     Dakota Pipelines, LLC
                                                               248; 260; 300; and      (``Hess'') to commission
                                                               304.                    and operate two sections
                                                                                       totaling approximately
                                                                                       14.5 miles of 6-inch
                                                                                       crude oil intrastate
                                                                                       gathering pipelines made
                                                                                       of material other than
                                                                                       steel in Mountrail
                                                                                       County, North Dakota at a
                                                                                       maximum operating
                                                                                       pressure (MOP) of 1,050
                                                                                       pounds per square inch.
                                                                                       The pipelines are
                                                                                       manufactured by FlexSteel
                                                                                       Pipeline Technologies of
                                                                                       Houston, Texas. The two
                                                                                       sections are affiliated
                                                                                       with projects Hess refers
                                                                                       to as EN Johnson Phase 2
                                                                                       and the EN VP&R. The
                                                                                       Special Permit request
                                                                                       seeks to waive compliance
                                                                                       from certain Federal
                                                                                       regulations found in 49
                                                                                       CFR 195.
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    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60118(c)(1) and 49 CFR 1.97.

    Issued in Washington, DC on December 21, 2015, under authority 
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy and Programs.
[FR Doc. 2015-32487 Filed 12-23-15; 8:45 am]
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