[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 109 (Thursday, June 6, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26507-26508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11882]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2019-0100]
Hazardous Materials Safety: Notice of Availability of the Draft
Environmental Assessment for a Special Permit Request for Liquefied
Natural Gas by Rail
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: PHMSA announces the availability for public review and comment
of the draft environmental assessment for a special permit request to
transport ``Methane, Refrigerated Liquid'' (i.e., liquefied natural
gas) by rail tank car.
DATES: Comment must be received by July 8, 2019. To the extent
possible, PHMSA will consider late-filed comments.
ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the Docket number for this notice
and may be submitted in the following ways:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
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Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Management System; U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Routing
Symbol M-30, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
Hand Delivery: To the Docket Management System; Room W12-
140 on the ground floor of the West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
Docket Number (PHMSA-2019-0100) for this notice at the beginning of the
comment. To avoid duplication, please use only one of these four
methods. All comments received will be posted without change to the
Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) and will include any personal
information you provide. If sent by mail, comments must be submitted in
duplicate. Persons wishing to receive confirmation of receipt of their
comments must include a self-addressed stamped postcard.
Docket: For access to the dockets to read associated documents or
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov or DOT's Docket
Operations Office (see ADDRESSES).
Privacy Act: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits
comments from the public to better inform its process. DOT posts these
comments, without change, including any personal information the
commenter provides, to http://www.regulations.gov, as described in the
system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at
http://www.dot.gov/privacy.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ryan Paquet by telephone at 202-366-
4511, or email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA received a request for special permit
from Energy Transport Solutions, LLC seeking authorization to transport
``Methane, Refrigerated Liquid'' (UN1972), commonly known and liquefied
natural gas (LNG), in a rail tank car. Specifically, the request is to
authorize shipment of LNG in a DOT specification 113C120W tank car
subject to certain operational conditions. We invite interested persons
to review and provide comment on the ``draft environmental assessment''
for this special permit request. Please include comment on potential
safety, environmental, and any additional impacts that should be
considered. The document is available at http://www.regulations.gov
under Docket number PHMSA-2019-0100. PHMSA has also included the draft
special permit in the docket for this notice as further reference
material. Before issuing a final decision on the special permit
request, PHMSA will evaluate all comments and consider each relevant
comment we receive in making our decision to grant or deny the request
for special permit.
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 3, 2019, under authority
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
William S. Schoonover,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 2019-11882 Filed 6-5-19; 8:45 am]
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