[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 24, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 31250]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08774]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2023-0136]


Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Southern Natural Gas 
Company, LLC

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA); 
U.S. Department of Transportation (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 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 request.

DATES: Submit any comments regarding this special permit request by May 
24, 2024.

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 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 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. Earnest Scott by telephone at 202-909-7529, or by 
email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA received a special permit request from 
SNG, a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan, on December 27, 2023, seeking a 
waiver from the Federal pipeline safety regulations in 49 CFR 
192.611(a), (d), and 192.619(a), where a gas transmission pipeline 
segment have undergone changes from a Class 1 to Class 3 location.
    The Cypress Line Pipeline segment is a 24-inch diameter natural gas 
transmission pipeline, 0.176 miles in length, located in Chatham 
County, Georgia. The maximum allowable operating pressure for the 
Cypress Line Pipeline segment is 1,250 pounds per square inch gauge. 
This special permit is being requested to allow SNG to operate the 
Cypress Line Pipeline Segment 727 in a Class 3 location at its current 
operating pressure by implementing enhanced integrity management 
procedures in lieu of replacing pipe or lowering the operating 
pressure, as required by part 192.
    The special permit request, proposed special permit with 
conditions, and draft environmental assessment (DEA) for the above 
listed SNG pipeline segment are available for review and public comment 
in Docket Number PHMSA 2023-0136. PHMSA invites interested persons to 
review and submit comments on the special permit request, proposed 
special permit with conditions, and DEA in the docket. Please submit 
comments on any potential safety, environmental, and other relevant 
considerations implicated by the special permit request. 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, on April 19, 2024, under authority 
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2024-08774 Filed 4-23-24; 8:45 am]
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