[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 213 (Thursday, November 3, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76687-76688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-26565]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[PHMSA-2008-0213 Empire Pipeline, Inc.]


Pipeline Safety; Request for Special Permit

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: PHMSA is publishing this notice to seek public comments on a 
request for special permit, seeking relief from compliance with certain 
requirements in the federal pipeline safety regulations. At the 
conclusion of the 30-day comment period, PHMSA will review the comments 
received from this notice as part of its evaluation to grant or deny 
the special permit request.

DATES: Submit any comments regarding this special permit request by 
December 5, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference Docket No. PHMSA-2008-0213 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: Ms. Kay McIver by telephone at 202-366-0113, or email at 
[email protected].
    Technical: Mr. Steve Nanney by telephone at 713-628-7479, or email 
at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA has received a special permit request 
from a pipeline operator seeking relief from compliance with certain 
federal pipeline safety regulations. The request includes a technical 
analysis and draft Environmental Analysis (EA), provided by the 
operator and has been filed at www.Regulations.gov, in Docket No. 
PHMSA-2008-0213. PHMSA invites interested persons to participate by 
reviewing this special permit request and draft EA at http://www.Regulations.gov, and by submitting written comments, data or other 
views. Please include any comments on potential safety and 
environmental impacts that may result if the special permit is granted.
    Before issuing a decision on this special permit request, PHMSA 
will evaluate all comments received on or before the comment 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 the 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-2008-0213....................  Empire Pipeline, Inc.,  49 CFR 192.611........  To authorize Empire to
                                      also referred to as                             include approximately
                                      Empire State Pipeline                           1,055 feet of 24-inch
                                      (Empire).                                       diameter, 0.257-inch and
                                                                                      0.370-inch wall thickness
                                                                                      Grade X-65, (14-mil Encoat
                                                                                      fusion-bonded epoxy coated
                                                                                      HFERW pipe, manufactured
                                                                                      by Stupp Corporation,
                                                                                      Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
                                                                                      pipeline, as part of the
                                                                                      existing special permit
                                                                                      originally issued to
                                                                                      Empire on May 20, 2010,
                                                                                      and renewed on May 20,
                                                                                      2015.
                                                                                     Special permit Segment 6 is
                                                                                      located approximately
                                                                                      1,190 feet west of the
                                                                                      Erie Canal crossing,
                                                                                      between mile posts (MP)
                                                                                      99.13 and MP 99.33, in the
                                                                                      Town of Macedon, Wayne
                                                                                      County, New York.
                                                                                     The Empire pipeline has two
                                                                                      maximum allowable
                                                                                      operating pressure (MAOP)
                                                                                      sections. The existing
                                                                                      five Special Permit
                                                                                      Segments are all located
                                                                                      along the western, 1,440
                                                                                      psig MAOP section. Special
                                                                                      Permit Segment 6 is sought
                                                                                      with respect to one
                                                                                      segment of an approximate
                                                                                      length of 1,055 feet
                                                                                      located in the 1,000 psig
                                                                                      MAOP section.
                                                                                     Segment 6 was originally
                                                                                      classified and designed
                                                                                      for a Class 1 location.
                                                                                      Construction of a
                                                                                      recreational vehicle
                                                                                      campground within 100
                                                                                      yards of the pipeline
                                                                                      resulted in a class
                                                                                      location change of the
                                                                                      area from Class 1 to Class
                                                                                      3, as of November 20,
                                                                                      2015.
                                                                                     The inclusion of Segment 6
                                                                                      into the current special
                                                                                      permit will allow Empire
                                                                                      to continue the operation
                                                                                      of this segment at its
                                                                                      current MAOP of 1,000
                                                                                      psig.
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    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 31, 2016, under authority 
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Linda Daugherty,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Field Operations.
[FR Doc. 2016-26565 Filed 11-2-16; 8:45 am]
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