[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 85 (Thursday, May 2, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18918-18919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08985]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2019-0015]


Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Gulf South Pipeline 
Company, LP

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On March 26, 2019, PHMSA published a notice to solicit public 
comment on a request for a special permit from Gulf South Pipeline 
Company, LP, seeking relief from compliance with certain requirements 
in the federal pipeline safety regulations. The comment period closed 
on April 25, 2019. PHMSA is issuing this notice to extend the comment 
period for an additional 15 days to give the public more time to review 
the special permit and its associated supporting documents. At the 
conclusion of the 15-day extension 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: The closing date for filing comments is extended from April 25, 
2019, to May 17, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket number for the specific 
special permit request and may be submitted in the following ways:
     E-Gov Website: 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: Privacy Act Statement: There is a privacy statement published 
at http://www.Regulations.gov. Comments, including any personal 
information provided, are posted without changes or edits to 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 713-272-2855, or email 
at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA received a special permit request from 
Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP, (``GSPC'') to deviate from the Federal 
pipeline safety regulations in 49 CFR 192.611, for one segment of 30-
inch diameter, Index 330 Pipeline, located in St. Mary Parish, 
Louisiana, where the class location has changed from a Class 1 location 
to a Class 3 location. The application requests a new permit to operate 
the existing Class 1 pipe in the new Class 3 location for the segment 
from survey station 527+87 to 567+51 (3964 feet).
    The proposed special permit inspection area extends from survey 
station 0+03, the start of the Index 330 Pipeline at Bayou Sale 
Junction, to survey station 1212+28 at the Weeks Island Junction. The 
Inspection Area is 22.96 miles long (121,558 feet) and extends from St. 
Mary Parish to Iberia Parish in Louisiana.
    In lieu of pipe replacement, GSPC seeks permission to perform 
alternative risk control activities based on integrity management 
program principles and requirements.
    The special permit request provided by the operator includes a 
draft environmental assessment (EA), proposed special permit 
conditions, and location map. These documents are filed at http://www.Regulations.gov, in Docket No. PHMSA-2019-0015. We invite 
interested persons to participate by reviewing the proposed special 
permit documents 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 the special permit request, PHMSA will 
evaluate all comments received on or before the comment closing date. 
Comments received after the comment

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closing date will be evaluated 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.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 29, 2019, under authority 
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2019-08985 Filed 5-1-19; 8:45 am]
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