[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 2, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33790-33791]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11820]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2020-0040]


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

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 
a request for special permit received from Gulf South Pipeline Company, 
LLC (GSPC). The special permit request is 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 
July 2, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket number for this 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 (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.

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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) 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. Joshua Johnson by telephone at 816-329-3825, or by 
email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA received a special permit request from 
GSPC on March 16, 2020. The request is for GSPC's Index 818-9 Pipeline 
which is currently in carbon dioxide (CO2) service under 49 
CFR part 195 regulations. GSPC proposes to convert the line to natural 
gas service. Pipeline operators converting pipelines to natural gas 
service must follow 49 CFR 192.14: Conversion to service subject to 
this part.
    GSPC is seeking a waiver from the requirements of 49 CFR 
192.14(a)(4), which requires a pressure test to substantiate the 
maximum allowable operating pressure of the pipeline (MAOP) in 
accordance with 49 CFR part 192, subpart J. In lieu of a pressure test, 
GSPC seeks a special permit to perform alternative risk control 
activities, based on 49 CFR part 192, subpart O, integrity management 
program principles, requirements, and assessments, as specified in the 
proposed special permit conditions. The 16-inch diameter Index 818-9 
Pipeline has a maximum operating pressure of 2,875 pounds per square 
inch gauge (psig) while in CO2 service as a 49 CFR part 195 
regulated pipeline. GSPC proposes to lower the Index 818-9 Pipeline 
MAOP to 1,480 psig for operation as a 49 CFR part 192 regulated natural 
gas transmission pipeline.
    The 16-inch diameter Index 818-9 Pipeline is 61-miles in length and 
begins at a point southeast of Heidelberg, Mississippi, and runs 
northeast to the Kemper County Power Plant in Kemper County, 
Mississippi. The Index 818-9 Pipeline is located in Jasper, Clarke, 
Lauderdale, and Kemper Counties in Mississippi.
    The special permit request for the Index 818-9 Pipeline is 
available for review and public comment in the Docket No. PHMSA-2020-
0040. We invite interested persons to review and submit comments on the 
special permit request in the docket. Please include any comments on 
potential safety and environmental impacts that may result if the 
special permit is granted. Comments may include relevant data.
    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 closing date will be evaluated, if it is 
possible to do so without incurring additional expense or delay. PHMSA 
will consider each relevant comment it receives in making a decision to 
grant or deny this special permit request.

    Issued in Washington, DC, under authority delegated in 49 CFR 
1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2020-11820 Filed 6-1-20; 8:45 am]
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