[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 193 (Monday, October 5, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62798-62799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21926]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2019-0201]


Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Columbia Gulf 
Transmission, 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 the Columbia Gulf 
Transmission, LLC (CGT). 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 
November 4, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket number for this 
specific 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

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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 received a special permit request from CGT, a subsidiary of 
TC Energy, seeking a waiver from the requirements of 49 CFR 192.505(c): 
Strength test requirements for steel pipeline to operate at a hoop 
stress of 30 percent or more of SMYS, 49 CFR 192.611: Change in class 
location: Confirmation or revision of maximum allowable operating 
pressure, and 49 CFR 192.619: Maximum allowable operating pressure: 
Steel or plastic pipelines. The special permit request is for special 
permit segments that have either a Class 1 to 3 location change, a 
pressure test duration below eight (8) hours, or a pressure test times 
maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) safety factor that is below 
1.25.
    This special permit is being requested in lieu of pipe replacement, 
pressure reduction, or a new pressure test for 61 special permit 
segments totaling 114,124 feet (approximately 21.614 miles) in total 
length of pipeline. The pipeline special permit segments consist of the 
following:
     Lafayette Parish, Louisiana--8,307 feet of 24-inch 
diameter East Lateral (EL) 200 Pipeline and 4,187 feet of 30-inch 
diameter EL 400 Pipeline;
     Franklin Parish, Louisiana--1,312 feet of 30-inch diameter 
Mainline (ML) 100 Pipeline and 8,485 feet of 30-inch ML 200 Pipeline;
     Union County, Mississippi--4,173 feet of 30-inch diameter 
ML 100 Pipeline, 3,976 feet of 30-inch ML 200 Pipeline, and 3,897 feet 
of 36-inch diameter ML 300 Pipeline;
     Alcorn County, Mississippi--5,062 feet of 30-inch diameter 
ML 100 Pipeline, 5,331 feet of 30-inch ML 200 Pipeline, and 1,940 feet 
of 36-inch diameter ML 300 Pipeline;
     Macon County, Tennessee--3,896 feet of 30-inch diameter ML 
100 Pipeline, 3,885 feet of 30-inch ML 200 Pipeline, and 3,949 feet of 
36-inch diameter ML 300 Pipeline;
     Menifee County, Kentucky--62 feet of 30-inch diameter ML 
100 Pipeline and 199 feet of 30-inch ML 200 Pipeline;
     Montgomery County, Kentucky--1,008 feet of 30-inch 
diameter ML 100 Pipeline and 803 feet of 30-inch ML 200 Pipeline;
     Carter County, Kentucky--9,798 feet of 30-inch diameter ML 
100 Pipeline and 20,461 feet of 30-inch ML 200 Pipeline;
     Madison County, Kentucky--22,385 feet of 30-inch diameter 
ML 200 Pipeline and 823 feet of 30-inch ML 300 Pipeline; and
     Rowan County, Kentucky--185 feet of 30-inch diameter ML 
200 Pipeline.
    The proposed special permit will allow operation of the original 
Class 1 pipe in Class 3 locations. The CGT pipelines were constructed 
in the following time periods and operate at the MAOPs listed below:
     24-inch diameter EL 200 Pipeline was constructed in 1954 
and has a MAOP of 973 pound per square inch gauge (psig);
     30-inch diameter ML 400 Pipeline was constructed in 1971 
and has a MAOP of 1,007 psig;
     30-inch diameter ML 100 Pipeline was constructed between 
1953 to 1954 and has a MAOP of 935 psig;
     30-inch diameter ML 200 Pipeline was constructed between 
1958 to 1965 and has a MAOP of 1,007 psig; and
     36-inch diameter ML 300 Pipeline was constructed between 
1968 to 1971 and has a MAOP of 1,007 psig.
    The special permit request, proposed special permit with 
conditions, and Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) for the CGT 
pipelines are available for review and public comments in Docket No. 
PHMSA-2019-0201. We invite interested persons to review and submit 
comments on the special permit request and DEA 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 comments 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 its 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.
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