[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 60 (Friday, March 27, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17376-17377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06378]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-RSPA-2003-15122]
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Texas Eastern
Transmission, L.P.
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 from Texas Eastern Transmission L.P., (TET) to renew a
previously issued special permit. TET is seeking continued 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 renewal request.
DATES: Submit any comments regarding this special permit request by
April 27, 2020.
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 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
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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 these items 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. Joshua Johnson by telephone at 816-329-3825, or by
email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA received a special permit renewal
request from TET, owned by Enbridge, Inc., to continue its pipeline
operation as described in the special permit renewal issued on May 15,
2015. The current special permit term ends May 15, 2020. The original
special permit was issued to TET by PHMSA on August 27, 2004. TET's
special permit renewal request submitted to PHMSA on November 6, 2019,
seeks to waive compliance from the requirements of 49 CFR 192.611,
``Change in class location: Confirmation or revision of maximum
allowable operating pressure.'' TET requests a renewal of this special
permit in lieu of pipe replacement or pressure reduction for 42 special
permit segments. The 42 special permit segments include 22 segments
containing 6.76 miles of 24-inch diameter pipe designated as Line 12
and 20 segments containing 5.86 miles of 30-inch diameter pipe
designated as Line 19. The special permit segments are located in
Perry, Berks, Huntingdon, Juniata, Montgomery and Bucks Counties
located in Pennsylvania, and in Hunterdon County in New Jersey. The
special permit renewal will allow for the continued operation of the
original Class 1 pipe in the Class 2 locations.
The TET Line 12 and Line 19 pipelines have a maximum allowable
operating pressure of 1,050 pounds per square inch gauge in the special
permit segments.
TET's special permit renewal request and existing special permit
with conditions are available for review and public comment in the
Docket No. PHMSA-RSPA-2003-15122. PHMSA invites interested persons to
review and submit comments on the special permit renewal request in the
docket. Please include any comments on potential safety and
environmental impacts that may result if the special permit renewal is
granted. Comments may include relevant data.
Before issuing a decision on the special permit renewal 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 renewal
request.
Issued in Washington, DC, under authority delegated in 49 CFR
1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2020-06378 Filed 3-26-20; 8:45 am]
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