[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 
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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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