[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 240 (Friday, December 13, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68295-68297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26895]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2007-29078; Docket No. PHMSA-2009-0319]
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Kern River 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 comments on
two (2) requests received from the Kern River Gas Transmission Company
to renew previously issued special permits. These special permit
renewal requests are 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 renewal requests.
DATES: Submit any comments regarding these special permit renewal
requests by January 13, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket number for the specific
special permit renewal 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 renewal 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 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 Ms. 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. Chris Hoidal by telephone at 303-807-8833, or by
email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA has received the following two (2)
special permit renewal requests:
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Docket No. Requester Regulation(s) Affected Nature of special permit
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PHMSA-2007-29078................ Kern River Gas 49 CFR Sec. 192.111, To reauthorize Kern River
Transmission Company 192.201, 192.505, and to continue its operation
(Kern River). 192.619. as defined in the original
special permit issued on
March 29, 2010, and
renewed on March 29, 2015,
to operate up to an
alternative maximum
allowable operating
pressure (MAOP) based upon
80 percent of specified
minimum yield strength
(SMYS) in Class 1
locations, 67 percent SMYS
in Class 2 locations, and
56 percent of SMYS in
Class 3 locations of the
pipeline system. The
special permit renewal
request seeks to waive
compliance from certain
Federal regulations found
in 49 CFR Sec. 192.111,
192.201, 192.505, and
192.619.
The special permit
conditions that were
imposed would continue to
remain in effect, with the
exception that the special
permit renewal includes a
request from Kern River to
modify Condition 35(b) of
the special permit to
allow close interval and
depth of cover surveys to
be conducted in the same
year as inline inspection
(ILI) tool assessments.
Also, Kern River has
requested to modify
Condition 35(h) of the
existing special permit to
allow using ILI tool
calibrations from
previously excavated
pipeline features with
documented dimensions,
externally re-coated, and
cathodic protection
maintained. The pipeline
features would be used to
confirm the accuracy of
each ILI tool run. The
number of required ILI
tool calibrations would be
defined based upon the run
length of the ILI tool
assessment.
The special permit renewal
request is for the Kern
River Pipeline System,
which begins at the
discharges of the Muddy
Creek and Painter
compressor stations, and
at the Anschutz meter
station in Lincoln County,
Wyoming, routed through
Utah and Nevada, to the
outlet side of the Daggett
meter station located in
San Bernardino County,
California where it
interconnects with the
Mojave Pipeline. The Kern
River Pipeline System
consists of 682 miles of a
36-inch diameter mainline,
635 miles of 36-inch
diameter loop lines, 10
compressor stations, 48
meter stations, six (6)
receipt laterals, and
seven (7) delivery
laterals.
Kern River has been allowed
to operate at a MAOP of
1,333 pounds per square
inch gauge (psig) on the
mainline pipeline (up to
1,350 psig in compressor
and meter station piping)
since November 6, 2008,
under the Alternative MAOP
special permit.
The Kern River Pipeline
System under the special
permit is in the following
counties and states:
Lincoln and
Uintah Counties,
Wyoming;
Salt Lake,
Utah, Millard, Beaver,
Washington Counties,
Utah;
Clark County,
Nevada; and
San Bernardino
County, California.
PHMSA-2009-0319................. Kern River Gas 49 CFR 192.625(b)...... To reauthorize Kern River
Transmission Company to continue its operation
(Kern River). as defined in the original
special permit issued on
March 19, 2010, and
renewed on March 19, 2015,
for non-odorization of a
pipeline lateral. The
special permit renewal
request seeks to waive
compliance from certain
Federal regulations found
in 49 CFR 192.625(b) for
the continued non-odorized
operation of Kern River's
Centennial Lateral, a 12-
inch diameter natural gas
transmission pipeline. The
Centennial Lateral main
line tap valve is located
on a corner lot near the
intersection of Centennial
Parkway and North 5th
Street in Clark County,
Nevada.
The special permit renewal
request is for a 1,083-
foot segment of Kern
River's Centennial
Lateral, a 12-inch
diameter natural gas
transmission pipeline.
The special permit
conditions that were
imposed would continue to
remain in effect.
The Centennial Lateral
operates at a MAOP of
1,333 psig.
The Centennial Lateral
special permit segment is
in Clark County, Nevada.
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The Kern River Gas Transmission Company requests for special permit
renewals and the proposed modifications to the special permit
conditions are available for review and public comment in the
respective dockets. We invite interested persons to review and submit
comments on the special permit renewal requests in the dockets. Please
include any comments on potential safety and environmental impacts that
may result if the renewals of the special permits are granted.
Before issuing a decision on the special permit renewal requests,
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 we receive
in making our decision to grant or deny these requests.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 10, 2019, under authority
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2019-26895 Filed 12-12-19; 8:45 am]
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