[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 240 (Friday, December 13, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68294-68295]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26896]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-RSPA-2005-20323; Docket No. PHMSA-2008-0141]
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Northern Natural Gas
Company
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA);
DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: PHMSA is publishing this notice to solicit public comments on
two (2) requests received from the Northern Natural Gas Company to
renew previously issued special permits. These special permit renewal
requests seek relief from compliance from 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
renewal requests.
DATES: Submit any comments regarding these special permit renewal
requests by January 13, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket number for the specific
special permit renewal 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 renewal request you are commenting on at the beginning of your
comments. If you submit your comments by mail, please submit two (2)
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: There is a privacy statement published on http://www.Regulations.gov. Comments, including any personal information
provided, are posted without changes or edits to http://www.Regulations.gov.
Confidential Business Information: Confidential Business
Information (CBI) is commercial or financial information that is both
customarily and actually treated as private by its owner. Under the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt from
public disclosure. If your comments responsive to this notice contain
commercial or financial information that is customarily treated as
private, that you actually treat as private, and that is relevant or
responsive to this notice, it is important that you clearly designate
the submitted comments as CBI. Pursuant to 49 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) Sec. 190.343, you may ask PHMSA to give confidential
treatment to information you give to the agency by taking the following
steps: (1) Mark each page of the original document submission
containing CBI as ``Confidential''; (2) send PHMSA, along with the
original document, a second copy of the original document with the CBI
deleted; and (3) explain why the information you are submitting is CBI.
Unless you are notified otherwise, PHMSA will treat such marked
submissions as confidential under the FOIA, and they will not be placed
in the public docket of this notice. Submissions containing CBI should
be sent to Kay McIver, DOT, PHMSA PHP-80, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590-0001. Any commentary PHMSA receives that is not
specifically designated as CBI will be placed in the public docket for
this matter.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
General: Ms. Kay McIver by telephone at 202-366-0113, or by email
at [email protected].
Technical: Mr. Steve Nanney by telephone at 713-272-2855, or by
email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA has received the following two (2)
special permit renewal requests:
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Docket No. Requester Regulation(s) Nature of special permit
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PHMSA-RSPA-2005-20323........... Northern Natural 49 CFR 192.625(b)(1)....... To reauthorize Northern Natural
Gas Company to continue its operation of
(Northern special permit segment 2 as
Natural). defined in the original
special permit issued on April
10, 2010, and renewed on April
7, 2015, for the non-
odorization of a pipeline
lateral. Special permit
segment 1 is not being
requested for permit renewal
as this pipeline was abandoned
and relocated.
The special permit renewal
request seeks to continue
waiving compliance from 49 CFR
192.625(b)(1) for the
exclusion from installing and
operating odorization
equipment on special permit
segment 2 defined as 0.369
miles of 4\1/2\-inch diameter
La Crescent Branch Line (MNB
73701) located in Houston
County, Minnesota. The special
permit conditions that were
imposed would continue to
remain in effect.
This special permit segment has
a maximum allowable operating
pressure (MAOP) of 800 pounds
per square inch gauge (psig).
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PHMSA-2008-0141................. Northern Natural 49 CFR 192.625(b)(1)....... To reauthorize Northern Natural
Gas Company to continue its operation as
(Northern defined in the original
Natural). special permit issued on April
10, 2010, and renewed on April
7, 2015, for the non-
odorization of a pipeline
lateral.
The special permit renewal
request seeks to waive
compliance from 49 CFR
192.625(b)(1) for the
exclusion from installing and
operating odorization
equipment on a 2.031-mile
segment of the 14-inch
diameter Sioux Falls Pipeline
located in Lincoln County,
South Dakota.
The special permit conditions
that were imposed would
continue to remain in effect.
This special permit segment has
a MAOP of 446 psig.
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The Northern Natural Gas Company requests for special permit
renewals and the existing special permits are available for review and
public comment in the respective dockets. We invite interested persons
to review and submit comments on the special permit renewal requests in
the dockets. Please include any comments on potential safety and
environmental impacts that may result if the renewals of the special
permits are granted.
Before issuing a decision on the special permit renewal requests,
PHMSA will evaluate all comments received on or before the comment
closing date. Comments received after the 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 these requests.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 10, 2019, under authority
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2019-26896 Filed 12-12-19; 8:45 am]
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