[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32232-32233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11494]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2016-0006]


Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Southern Natural Gas 
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 renewal received from Southern Natural Gas 
Company, LLC (SNG). 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 renewal request.

DATES: Submit any comments regarding this special permit request by 
June 27, 2022.

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

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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 received a renewal request of a 
special permit issued on September 1, 2016, to SNG, a subsidiary of 
Kinder Morgan, Inc., seeking a waiver from the requirements of 49 CFR 
192.611(a) and (d): Change in class location: Confirmation or revision 
of maximum allowable operating pressure, 49 CFR 192.619(a): Maximum 
allowable operating pressure: Steel or plastic pipelines, and 49 CFR 
192.5(c): Class locations.
    The September 1, 2016, special permit was granted for 26 special 
permit segments and approximately 5.90 miles of the SNG natural gas 
transmission pipeline system located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, 
Louisiana, and Mississippi. This special permit renewal is being 
requested in lieu of pipe replacement, pressure reduction, or new 
pressure tests for 17 gas transmission special permit segments totaling 
17,864.41 feet (approximately 3.383 miles). The nine (9) special permit 
segments that are not included in this notice nor the below table now 
meet the requirements of either 49 CFR 192.611(a) or 192.619(a) for a 
Class 3 location. The 17 renewal special permit segments, which have 
changed from a Class 1 to Class 3 location, are as follows:

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                                                                                                                                      Maximum  allowable
                                                               Outside                                                                     operating
    Renewal  special permit      County or parish, state      diameter             Line name          Length  (feet)       Year        pressure  (pounds
          segment No.                                         (inches)                                                   installed      per square inch
                                                                                                                                            gauge)
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1.............................  Autauga, AL..............              30  South Main 2nd Loop Line.        1,847.74            1981               1,200
3.............................  Lee, AL..................              30  South Main 2nd Loop Line.          512.00            1969               1,200
4.............................  Autauga, AL..............              18  South Main Line..........        1,130.20            1951               1,200
5.............................  Autauga, AL..............              24  South Main Loop Line.....        1,673.15            1958               1,200
6.............................  Autauga, AL..............              24  South Main Loop Line.....        1,008.21            1958               1,200
7.............................  Lee, AL..................              24  South Main Loop Line.....          662.00            1958               1,200
8.............................  Lee, AL..................              24  South Main Loop Line.....        1,291.96            1958               1,200
9.............................  Harris, GA...............              30  South Main 2nd Loop Line.          796.04            1981               1,200
10............................  Harris, GA...............              26  South Main 2nd Loop Line.        2,246.00            1967               1,200
12............................  Jones, GA................              16  South Main Line..........          199.57            1953               1,200
13............................  Harris, GA...............              24  South Main Loop Line.....        1,027.11            1958               1,200
14............................  Harris, GA...............              20  South Main Loop Line.....        2,432.59            1958               1,200
15............................  Spalding, GA.............              20  Thomaston Griffin 2nd              176.67            1981               1,200
                                                                            Loop Line.
18............................  East Baton Rouge, LA.....              20  Duck Lake Franklinton              704.54            1953               1,200
                                                                            Line.
19............................  Livingston, LA...........              20  Duck Lake Franklinton            1,297.63            1953               1,200
                                                                            Line.
22............................  East Baton Rouge, LA.....              24  White Castle Franklinton           125.66            1968               1,200
                                                                            Loop Line.
26............................  Livingston, LA...........              30  White Castle Franklinton           733.34            1970               1,200
                                                                            Loop Line.
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    The special permit renewal request, proposed special permit with 
conditions, draft environmental assessment (DEA), and annual report 
findings for pipeline integrity and reportable incidents for the above 
listed SNG special permit segments are available for review and public 
comments in Docket No. PHMSA-2016-0006. PHMSA invites interested 
persons to review and submit comments on the special permit renewal 
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 renewal 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, on May 16, 2022, under authority 
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2022-11494 Filed 5-26-22; 8:45 am]
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