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AGENCY:
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA); Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
PHMSA is publishing this notice to solicit public comments on a request for a special permit received from the Gulf South Pipeline Company, LLC (GSPC) seeking relief from compliance with certain requirements in the federal pipeline safety regulations (PSR). 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 October 4, 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 kay.mciver@dot.gov.
Technical: Mr. Joshua Johnson by telephone at 816-308-6074, or by email at joshua.johnson@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
PHMSA received a special permit request on November 15, 2023, from GSPC, a subsidiary of Boardwalk Pipelines, L.P., 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, and 49 CFR 192.619(a): Maximum allowable operating pressure: Steel or plastic pipelines.
This special permit is being requested in lieu of pipe replacement, pressure reduction, or new pressure tests for a Class 1 to 3 location change on two (2) gas transmission pipeline segments totaling 12,052 feet (approximately 2.28 miles).1 These pipeline segments, which have changed from a Class 1 to a Class 3 location, are as follows:
Special Permit Segments
| Special permit segment No. | Outside diameter (inches) | Line name | Length (feet) | Start survey station (SS) | End survey station (SS) | County, state | Number dwellings | Year installed | Seam type | MAOP (psig) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | Index 819-10 | 4,580 | 585+52 | 631+32 | Grayson, TX | 0 | 2014 | HF-ERW | 1,350 |
| 2 | 16 | Index 819-10 | 7,472 | 728+40 | 803+12 | Grayson, TX | 31 | 2014 | HF-ERW, SMLS | 1,350 |