[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32236-32238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11496]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2016-0008]


Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Colorado Interstate 
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 
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request for special permit renewal received from Colorado Interstate 
Gas Company, LLC (CIG). 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 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 CIG, 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 16 special 
permit segments totaling approximately 3.58 miles of the CIG natural 
gas transmission pipeline system located in the states of Colorado and 
Wyoming. This special permit renewal is being requested in lieu of pipe 
replacement, pressure reduction, or new pressure tests for a Class 1 to 
3 location change on eight (8) gas transmission special permit segments 
totaling 6,379.96 feet (approximately 1.208 miles). The eight (8) 
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 eight (8) 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                                          Year       operating pressure
 Renewal special permit segment No.            County, state             diameter        Line name     Length (feet)     installed    (pounds per square
                                                                         (inches)                                                         inch gauge)
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1...................................  Adams, CO.....................              20          0002-A          782.61            1947                 920
2...................................  Adams, CO.....................              20          0002-A        1,370.52            1947                 920
3...................................  Adams, CO.....................              20          0002-B          845.14            1950                 920
4...................................  Adams, CO.....................              20          0002-B        1,366.76            1950                 920
12..................................  Morgan, CO....................              20            59-A          543.60            1995               1,050
13..................................  Morgan, CO....................              20            59-A          779.60            1995               1,050
14..................................  Morgan, CO....................              20            59-A           82.00            1995               1,050
16..................................  Sweetwater, WY................              22          0005-A          609.73            1957                 845
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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 CIG pipeline segment is available for review and public comments 
in Docket No. PHMSA-2016-0008. 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

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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. 2022-11496 Filed 5-26-22; 8:45 am]
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