[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48242-48243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-19536]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2025-0111]
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Natural Gas Pipeline
Company of America (NGPL)
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 three special permit segment extensions submitted by
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (NGPL), a subsidiary of Kinder
Morgan, Inc. NGPL 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
November 13, 2025.
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 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 United States Code (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 Lee Cooper, 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: Mr. Lee Cooper by telephone at 202-913-3171, or by email
at [email protected].
Technical: Ms. Gabrielle St. Pierre by telephone at 907-202-0029,
or by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA received a special permit request from
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (NGPL), a subsidiary of Kinder
Morgan, Inc., on August 20, 2025, seeking three special permit segment
extensions to be incorporated into special permit PHMSA-2025-0011. The
extensions request is a part of the active permit's special permit
inspection area. Special permit PHMSA-2025-0011 allows NGPL to deviate
from the Federal pipeline safety regulations in 49 CFR 192.611(a), (d),
and 192.619(a), where Louisiana Line #2 gas transmission pipeline
segments have undergone a change from a Class 1 to a Class 3 location.
Special permit PHMSA-2025-0011 is active and was granted on July
28, 2025, and is effective until July 28, 2035 for 16 special permit
segments, which include 54,744 feet (approximately 10.37 miles) of the
NGPL natural gas transmission pipeline system located in the State of
Texas. The special permit segment extensions are requested for 1,333
feet (approximately 0.25 miles). If granted, the special permit
segments would total 56,077 feet (approximately 10.62 miles).
The active special permit segments and requested special permit
segment extensions are detailed in updated Attachment A--NGPL Segment
Integrity Information, published on https://www.regulations.gov with
this notice. Maps of the Louisiana Line #2 pipeline are available on
the National Pipeline Mapping System (NPMS) at www.npms.phmsa.dot.gov.
To search for maps of Louisiana Line #2 select Use Public Map Viewer
tool, search by State and county, and use the Query Tool to search by
Operator ID to find NGPL pipelines operated in each county. The
latitude and longitude global positioning system coordinates in
Attachment A may be entered into the NPMS Public Map Viewer search box.
Proposed modifications of active special permit segments due to
extension of segments are as follows:
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Maximum allowable
Outside Length Year operating pressure
SPS No. Status County, state diameter Line name (feet) installed (pounds per square
(inches) inch gauge)
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711................. Active Segment......... Harris, Liberty, TX.... 30 Louisiana Line #2...... 6,946.22 1978 1,100
Extension.............. Liberty, TX............ 30 Louisiana Line #2...... 385.78 1978 1,100
717................. Active Segment......... Liberty, TX............ 30 Louisiana Line #2...... 2,703.20 1976 1,100
Extension.............. Liberty, TX............ 30 Louisiana Line #2...... 751.56 1976 1,100
704................. Active Segment......... Liberty, TX............ 30 Louisiana Line #2...... 4,143.38 1974 1,100
Extension.............. Liberty, TX............ 30 Louisiana Line #2...... 195.15 1974 1,100
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Upon receipt of this request, PHMSA reviewed the Final
Environmental Assessment (FEA) and finds that the expansion of the
proposed special permit would not result in significant impacts to the
human environment. Furthermore, the existing FEA and Finding of No
Significant Impact remain adequate, pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
No further environmental assessment is required for this proposal.
NGPL's special permit segment extensions request, active special
permit with conditions, and FEA are available for review and public
comment in Docket No. PHMSA-2025-0011. PHMSA invites interested persons
to review and submit comments in the docket on the special permit
segment extensions request. 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 comment closing date.
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 October 8, 2025, under authority
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Linda Daugherty,
Acting Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2025-19536 Filed 10-10-25; 8:45 am]
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