[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 59 (Thursday, March 26, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 17176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06380]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2020-0001]
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Florida Gas
Transmission Company
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA);
DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: PHMSA is publishing this notice to solicit public comment on a
request for special permit received from the Florida Gas Transmission
Company (FGT). 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
April 27, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket number for this
specific 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) Sec. 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 special permit request from
FGT 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 Sec. 192.619(a), ``Maximum
allowable operating pressure: Steel or plastic pipelines''. This
special permit is being requested in lieu of pipe replacement or
pressure reduction for thirteen special permit segments in the FGT
pipeline system. The FGT system totals 1.92 miles of pipeline located
in four (4) counties (Brevard, Lake, Orange, and Osceola) in the State
of Florida, where the class locations have changed from Class 1 to
Class 3, or Class 2 to Class 3. The pipeline special permit segments
are short in length, not contiguous, and comprise of 26-inch and 30-
inch diameter pipelines with existing maximum allowable operating
pressures of 974 to 977 pounds per square inch gauge (psig). The
installation dates of the pipeline segments range from 1968 to 1995.
The request, proposed special permit with conditions, and Draft
Environmental Assessment (DEA) for the FGT pipeline are available for
review and public comment in Docket No. PHMSA-2020-0001. We invite
interested persons to review and submit comments on the special permit
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 request, PHMSA will
evaluate all comments received on or before the comment 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, under authority delegated in 49 CFR
1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2020-06380 Filed 3-25-20; 8:45 am]
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