[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 70 (Thursday, April 11, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14724-14725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07131]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2016-0136]


Pipeline Safety: Meeting of the Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee

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

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a public meeting of the Technical 
Pipeline Safety Standards Committee, also known as the Gas Pipeline 
Advisory Committee (GPAC). The GPAC will meet to discuss the gathering 
line component of the proposed rule titled ``Safety of Gas Transmission 
and Gathering Pipelines.''

DATES: The GPAC will meet on June 25, 2019, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 
p.m., ET and on June 26, 2019, from 8:30 a.m. to noon, ET. Individuals 
requiring accommodations, such as sign language interpretation or other 
ancillary aids, are asked to notify Tewabe Asebe by June 17, 2019.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Media Center, West Building, 1200 New Jersey Ave SE, 
Washington, DC 20590. The agenda and any additional information for the 
meeting will be

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published on the following meeting page at https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/MtgHome.mtg?mtg=143.
    The meeting will also be webcast. Information for accessing the 
webcast will be posted on the meeting page at https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/MtgHome.mtg?mtg=143. Presentations will 
be available on the meeting page and posted on the E-Gov website at 
https://www.regulations.gov/, under docket number PHMSA-2016-0136 
within 30 days following the meeting.
    The meeting will be open to the public. Members of the public may 
join in-person in a designated space at the U.S. Department of 
Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, 
or by webcast. Please note that limited space is available for in-
person attendance at DOT, and procedures governing security and 
entrance to federal buildings may change without notice. Therefore, 
members of the public seeking to participate in-person must register on 
the meeting page at https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/MtgHome.mtg?mtg=143.

    Note:  Because this is a reschedule of a previous meeting, PHMSA 
is keeping the public registration for that meeting. Therefore, 
seating is already at capacity in the Media Center. We will place 
the onsite registrants in a satellite location within DOT. 
Participant in the satellite location will view the proceedings on 
video and will have the opportunity to provide comments to the 
committee in-person. We will escort those who would like to provide 
comments to the Media Center and will escort them back to the 
satellite location after they provide the comments.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about the meetings, 
contact Tewabe Asebe, at 202-366-5523, or [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Meeting Detail and Agenda

    The GPAC will be considering the gathering line component of the 
proposed rule titled ``Safety of Gas Transmission and Gathering 
Pipelines,'' which was published in the Federal Register on April 8, 
2016, (81 FR 20722) and the associated regulatory analysis. The 
proposed rule for gathering lines proposes to (1) repeal the use of API 
Recommended Practice 80 for gathering lines; (2) apply Type B 
requirements along with emergency requirements to newly regulated 
greater than 8-inch Type A gathering lines in Class 1 locations; and 
(3) extend the reporting requirements to all gathering lines.
    Prior to this meeting, PHMSA will finalize the agenda and will 
publish it on the PHMSA meeting page at https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/MtgHome.mtg?mtg=143.

II. Committee Background

    The GPAC is a statutorily mandated advisory committee that advises 
PHMSA on proposed gas pipeline safety standards and their associated 
risk assessments. The committee is established in accordance with the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2, as amended) and 49 
U.S.C. 60115. The committee consists of 15 members with membership 
evenly divided among federal and state governments, the regulated 
industry, and the public. The committee advises PHMSA on the technical 
feasibility, reasonableness, cost-effectiveness, and practicability of 
each proposed gas pipeline safety standard.

III. Public Participation

    Members of the public will be provided an opportunity to make a 
statement during the meeting. The proceeding will be recorded and a 
record of the proceeding will be made available to the public at 
https://www.regulations.gov.
    Written Comments: Persons who wish to submit written comments on 
the meeting may submit them to the docket in the following ways:
    E-Gov Website: https://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 Facility; U.S. Department of Transportation 
(DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12-140, 
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    Hand Delivery: Room W12-140 on the ground level of the DOT West 
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9:00 a.m. 
and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except on Federal holidays.
    Instructions: Identify the docket number PHMSA-2016-0136 at the 
beginning of your comments. Note that all comments received will be 
posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any 
personal information provided. Anyone can search the electronic form of 
all comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the 
individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted 
on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). Therefore, 
consider reviewing DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 
Register published on April 11, 2000, (65 FR 19477), or view the 
Privacy Notice at https://www.regulations.gov before submitting 
comments.
    Docket: For docket access or to read background documents or 
comments, go to https://www.regulations.gov at any time or to Room W12-
140 on the ground level of the DOT West Building, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    If you wish to receive confirmation of receipt of your written 
comments, please include a self-addressed, stamped postcard with the 
following statement: ``Comments on PHMSA-2016-0136.'' The docket clerk 
will date stamp the postcard prior to returning it to you via the U.S. 
mail.

Privacy Act Statement

    DOT may solicit comments from the public regarding certain general 
notices. DOT posts these comments, without edit, including any personal 
information the commenter provides, to https://www.regulations.gov, as 
described in the system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can 
be reviewed at https://www.dot.gov/privacy.

Services for Individuals With Disabilities

    The public meetings will be physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Individuals requiring accommodations, such as sign 
language interpretation or other ancillary aids, are asked to notify 
Tewabe Asebe at [email protected].

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 5, 2019, under authority 
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
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