[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 123 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38250-38251]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-13731]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2013-0181]
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Fairbanks Natural
Gas, L.L.C.
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 from Fairbanks Natural Gas, L.L.C. (FNG) to renew a
previously issued special permit. The special permit renewal request is
seeking continued 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
renewal.
DATES: Submit any comments regarding this special permit request by
July 27, 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. 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. Thach Nguyen by telephone at 909-262-4464, or by
email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA received a special permit renewal
request from FNG to renew the special permit and to continue the
exemption from 49 CFR 193.2155(b): Structural requirements. Although
the present special permit term ended on May 13, 2019, in accordance
with 49 CFR 190.341(e), the special permit will not expire until final
administrative action on the application for renewal has been taken.
The original special permit was granted to FNG by PHMSA on May 13,
2014. FNG's special permit renewal request, submitted on November 5,
2018, seeks to waive compliance from the requirements in 49 CFR
193.2155(b) that an LNG storage tank must not be located within one (1)
mile from the ends, or \1/4\ mile from the nearest point of an airport
runway, whichever is longer.
FNG installed one (1) 125,000-barrel (5,250,000 gallons) LNG
storage tank at its existing storage and vaporization site (FNG LNG
Plant) located in Fairbanks, Alaska and includes all ancillary
facilities required to operate the LNG storage tank. The special permit
renewal request includes a design change of the LNG storage tank at the
FNG LNG Plant from a single containment LNG storage tank to a full-
containment LNG storage tank. The secondary containment for the full-
containment LNG storage tank consists of a concrete outer wall around
the primary liquid container, whereas the design for the single
containment LNG storage tank had an outer dike around the LNG storage
tank as secondary containment. The 125,000-barrel full-containment
storage tank was also relocated from the original location of the
single containment tank to better fit the property for setbacks and
other
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design parameters. However, the LNG storage tank location is 0.8 miles
from the Metro Field airport in Fairbanks, Alaska.
The special permit renewal request, proposed special permit with
modified conditions, and Final Environmental Assessment (FEA) for the
FNG LNG storage tank are available for review and public comment in the
Docket No. PHMSA-2013-0181. We invite interested persons to review and
submit comments on the special permit renewal request, special permit
with modified conditions, and FEA in the docket. Please include any
comments on potential safety and environmental impacts that may result
if the special permit is renewed. Comments may include relevant data.
Before issuing a decision on the special permit renewal 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 renewal request.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2020-13731 Filed 6-24-20; 8:45 am]
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