[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 142 (Thursday, July 23, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 44477-44478]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-15122]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
49 CFR Part 191
[Docket No. PHMSA-2016-0016; Amdt. No. 191-28]
RIN 2137-AF22
Pipeline Safety: Safety of Underground Natural Gas Storage
Facilities; Correction
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
DOT.
ACTION: Correcting amendments.
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SUMMARY: The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA) published a final rule in the Federal Register on February 12,
2020, amending PHMSA's regulations establishing minimum safety
standards for underground natural gas storage facilities. That document
inadvertently removed certain reporting requirements for natural gas
pipeline operators. This document corrects the final regulations.
DATES: Effective on July 23, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ashlin Bollacker, Technical Writer,
Office of Pipeline Safety, at 202-366-4203.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 12, 2020, PHMSA published a
final rule titled: ``Safety of Underground Natural Gas Storage
Facilities.'' (85 FR 8104). The final rule contained an error that
inadvertently removed two paragraphs from the current regulations. This
document corrects the unintended deletion.
The final rule revised Sec. 191.22 to add new reporting
requirements for underground natural gas storage facilities (UNGSF).
However, in adding those new reporting requirements for UNGSF
facilities, a pair of reporting
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requirements for natural gas pipeline operators at paragraphs (c)(1)(v)
and (c)(1)(vi) was inadvertently removed from Sec. 191.22.
This document amends Sec. 191.22 to reinstate paragraphs (c)(1)(v)
and (c)(1)(vi).
List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 191
Underground natural gas storage facility reporting requirements.
In consideration of the foregoing, PHMSA is amending 49 CFR part
191 as follows:
PART 191--TRANSPORTATION OF NATURAL AND OTHER GAS BY PIPELINE;
ANNUAL REPORTS, INCIDENT REPORTS, AND SAFETY-RELATED CONDITION
REPORTS
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1. The authority citation for part 191 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 30 U.S.C. 185(w)(3), 49 U.S.C. 5121, 60101 et seq.,
and 49 CFR 1.97.
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2. Amend Sec. 191.22 by:
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a. Revising paragraphs (c)(1)(iii) and (iv); and
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b. Adding paragraphs (c)(1)(v) and (vi).
The revisions and additions read as follows:
Sec. 191.22 National Registry of Operators.
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(c) * * *
(1) * * *
(iii) Construction of a new LNG plant, LNG facility, or UNGSF;
(iv) Maintenance of a UNGSF that involves the plugging or
abandonment of a well, or that requires a workover rig and costs
$200,000 or more for an individual well, including its wellhead. If 60-
days' notice is not feasible due to an emergency, an operator must
promptly respond to the emergency and notify PHMSA as soon as
practicable;
(v) Reversal of product flow direction when the reversal is
expected to last more than 30 days. This notification is not required
for pipeline systems already designed for bi-directional flow; or
(vi) A pipeline converted for service under Sec. 192.14 of this
chapter, or a change in commodity as reported on the annual report as
required by Sec. 191.17.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on July 8, 2020, under authority
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Howard R. Elliott,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2020-15122 Filed 7-22-20; 8:45 am]
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