83_FR_13063 83 FR 13005 - Gulf South/Boardwalk Pipeline Partners; Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit

83 FR 13005 - Gulf South/Boardwalk Pipeline Partners; Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 58 (March 26, 2018)

Page Range13005-13006
FR Document2018-05982

PHMSA is publishing this notice to invite public comment on a request received from the Gulf South Pipeline Company for a special permit 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 on this notice as part of its evaluation to grant or deny the special permit request.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 58 (Monday, March 26, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 58 (Monday, March 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13005-13006]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05982]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2007-0039]


Gulf South/Boardwalk Pipeline Partners; Pipeline Safety: Request 
for Special Permit

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA); 
DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: PHMSA is publishing this notice to invite public comment on a 
request received from the Gulf South Pipeline Company for a special 
permit 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 on 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 25, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket number for the 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 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.
    Privacy Act Statement: DOT may solicit comments from the public 
regarding certain general notices. DOT posts these comments, without 
edit, including any personal information the commenter provides, to 
www.regulations.gov, as described in the system of records notice (DOT/
ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    General: Ms. Kay McIver by telephone at 202-366-0113, or email at 
[email protected].
    Technical: Mr. Steve Nanney by telephone at 713-628-7479, or email 
at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 27, 2009, PHMSA issued a special 
permit (PHMSA-2007-0039) to Gulf South Pipeline Company (GSPC) for the 
30-inch diameter transmission pipeline (TPL-880) pipeline located in 
Mobile County, Alabama. Due to several Class 1 to Class 3 location 
change of several areas within a 10.8-mile segment on the TPL-880 
pipeline, GSPC petitioned PHMSA for an extension of the previously 
issued special permit.
    The line transports natural gas from the Gulf of Mexico to other 
pipelines located in Alabama. The special permit inspection area 
includes 22 miles of the TPL-880 pipeline, extending from the beginning 
of the line at Station Number 0+00 to the pig trap at Airport 
Compressor Station Number 1201+68. The new permit request is located 
within the existing inspection area of Special Permit PHMSA-2007-0039, 
extends from Station Number 632+60 to Station Number 1201+68, is 10.8 
miles long, and is in a suburban area of farm, pasture, and woodland. 
The current maximum allowable operation pressure (MAOP) for the TPL-880 
is 1,073 psig. In the special permit request, GSPC seeks to waive 
compliance from the requirements of 49 CFR 192.611(a), which requires 
the pressure reduction, pressure testing, or pipe replacements to

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address class location changes when the MAOP of a segment of pipeline 
is not commensurate with the new class location. Condition #26 of the 
existing special permit PHMSA-2007-0039, allows extensions of the 
original special permit segments to include contiguous segments of the 
TPL-880 pipeline up to the limits of the special permit inspection 
area. GSPC requests one special permit to extend over all three 
existing special permit segments located on the TPL-880 in Mobile 
County, Alabama, where the class location has changed from Class 1 to 
Class 3, and to include additional areas that may experience further 
development and class change in the future. As described in this 
application, GSPC proposes to apply alternative risk control measures 
to the 10.8-mile segment of TPL-880 to provide an acceptable margin of 
safety and environmental protection to meet the requirements of Sec.  
192.611, as outlined in the proposed special permit conditions.
    A combined Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) and proposed 
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), proposed special permit 
conditions, and supporting documentation are available at http://www.Regulations.gov, in Docket Number, PHMSA-2007-0039. We invite 
interested persons to participate by reviewing the special permit 
request, DEA and proposed FONSI documents at http://www.Regulations.gov, and by submitting written comments, data, or other 
views. Please include any comments on potential safety and 
environmental impacts that may result if the special permit is granted.
    Before issuing a decision on the special permit request, PHMSA will 
evaluate all comments received at the close of the comment period. 
Comments received after the close of the comment period 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 a request.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 20, 2018, under authority 
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2018-05982 Filed 3-23-18; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 58 / Monday, March 26, 2018 / Notices 13005 each operator to maintain records that (c) Ways to enhance the quality, Transportation, Docket Operations, M– demonstrate compliance with the utility, and clarity of the information to 30, West Building Ground Floor, Room mandated qualification criteria. be collected; and W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Operators must keep records to be (d) Ways to minimize the burden of Washington, DC 20590, between 9:00 provided upon request. the collection of information on those a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Affected Public: Operators of pipeline who are to respond, including the use Friday, except Federal holidays. facilities. of appropriate automated, electronic, Instructions: You should identify the Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping mechanical, or other technological docket number for the special permit Burden: collection techniques. request you are commenting on at the Estimated Number of Responses: Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act beginning of your comments. If you 29,167. of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; submit your comments by mail, please Estimated Annual Burden Hours: and 49 CFR 1.48. submit two copies. To receive 7,292. Issued in Washington, DC, on March 20, confirmation that PHMSA has received Frequency of collection: On occasion. 2018, under authority delegated in 49 CFR your comments, please include a self- 3. Title: Pipeline Safety: Periodic 1.97. addressed stamped postcard. Internet Underwater Inspection and Notification Alan K. Mayberry, users may submit comments at http:// of Abandoned Underwater Pipelines. Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety. www.Regulations.gov. OMB Control Number: 2137–0618. Privacy Act Statement: DOT may [FR Doc. 2018–05981 Filed 3–23–18; 8:45 am] Current Expiration Date: 8/31/2018. solicit comments from the public Type of Request: Renewal with no BILLING CODE 4910–60–P regarding certain general notices. DOT change of a currently approved posts these comments, without edit, information collection. including any personal information the Abstract: The Federal pipeline safety DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION commenter provides, to regulations at 49 CFR 192.612 and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials www.regulations.gov, as described in 195.413 require operators to conduct Safety Administration the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– appropriate periodic underwater 14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at inspections in the Gulf of Mexico and [Docket No. PHMSA–2007–0039] www.dot.gov/privacy. its inlets. If an operator discovers that Gulf South/Boardwalk Pipeline FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: its underwater pipeline is exposed or General: Ms. Kay McIver by telephone Partners; Pipeline Safety: Request for poses a hazard to navigation, the at 202–366–0113, or email at Special Permit operator must contact the National Kay.McIver@dot.gov. Response Center by telephone within 24 AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Technical: Mr. Steve Nanney by hours of discovery and report the Materials Safety Administration telephone at 713–628–7479, or email at location of the exposed pipeline, among (PHMSA); DOT. Steve.Nanney@dot.gov. other remedial actions, such as marking ACTION: Notice. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On and reburial in some cases. The Federal SUMMARY: PHMSA is publishing this February 27, 2009, PHMSA issued a pipeline safety regulations for reporting notice to invite public comment on a special permit (PHMSA–2007–0039) to the abandonment of underwater request received from the Gulf South Gulf South Pipeline Company (GSPC) pipelines can be found at 49 CFR Pipeline Company for a special permit for the 30-inch diameter transmission 192.727 and 195.59. These provisions seeking relief from compliance with pipeline (TPL–880) pipeline located in contain certain requirements for certain requirements in the Federal Mobile County, Alabama. Due to several disconnecting and purging abandoned pipeline safety regulations. At the Class 1 to Class 3 location change of pipelines and require operators to notify conclusion of the 30-day comment several areas within a 10.8-mile segment PHMSA of each abandoned offshore period, PHMSA will review the on the TPL–880 pipeline, GSPC pipeline facility or each abandoned comments received on this notice as petitioned PHMSA for an extension of onshore pipeline facility that crosses part of its evaluation to grant or deny the previously issued special permit. over, under or through a commercially navigable waterway. the special permit request. The line transports natural gas from Affected Public: Operators of pipeline DATES: Submit any comments regarding the Gulf of Mexico to other pipelines facilities (except master meter this special permit request by April 25, located in Alabama. The special permit operators). 2018. inspection area includes 22 miles of the Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping ADDRESSES: Comments should reference TPL–880 pipeline, extending from the Burden: the docket number for the specific beginning of the line at Station Number Estimated Number of Responses: 92. special permit request and may be 0+00 to the pig trap at Airport Estimated Annual Burden Hours: submitted in the following ways: Compressor Station Number 1201+68. 1,372. • E-Gov website: http:// The new permit request is located Frequency of collection: On occasion. www.Regulations.gov. This site allows within the existing inspection area of Comments are invited on: the public to enter comments on any Special Permit PHMSA–2007–0039, (a) The need for the renewal and Federal Register notice issued by any extends from Station Number 632+60 to revision of these collections of agency. Station Number 1201+68, is 10.8 miles information for the proper performance • Fax: 1–202–493–2251. long, and is in a suburban area of farm, • Mail: Docket Management System: pasture, and woodland. The current sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have U.S. Department of Transportation, maximum allowable operation pressure practical utility; Docket Operations, M–30, West (MAOP) for the TPL–880 is 1,073 psig. (b) The accuracy of the agency’s Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, In the special permit request, GSPC estimate of the burden of the proposed 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, seeks to waive compliance from the collection of information, including the Washington, DC 20590. requirements of 49 CFR 192.611(a), validity of the methodology and • Hand Delivery: Docket Management which requires the pressure reduction, assumptions used; System: U.S. Department of pressure testing, or pipe replacements to VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:38 Mar 23, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\26MRN1.SGM 26MRN1

13006 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 58 / Monday, March 26, 2018 / Notices address class location changes when the DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Local Government Series One-Day MAOP of a segment of pipeline is not Certificate of Indebtedness commensurate with the new class Bureau of the Fiscal Service FS Form 5377—U.S. Treasury Securities location. Condition #26 of the existing State and Local Government Series Proposed Collection of Information: special permit PHMSA–2007–0039, Early Redemption Request Subscription for Purchase and Issue of allows extensions of the original special U.S. Treasury Securities, State and Abstract: The information is permit segments to include contiguous Local Government Series requested to establish and maintain segments of the TPL–880 pipeline up to the limits of the special permit accounts for the owners of securities of Notice and request for ACTION: the State and Local Government Series. inspection area. GSPC requests one comments. special permit to extend over all three Current Actions: The currently existing special permit segments located SUMMARY: The Department of the approved collection is being revised to on the TPL–880 in Mobile County, Treasury, as part of its continuing effort include a separate collection that is Alabama, where the class location has to reduce paperwork and respondent similar in nature and administered by changed from Class 1 to Class 3, and to burden, invites the general public and the same program office making it include additional areas that may other Federal agencies to take this organizationally efficient to combine the experience further development and opportunity to comment on proposed two. The reported burden hours in this class change in the future. As described and/or continuing information notice include an estimated 494 collections, as required by the respondents and total estimated burden in this application, GSPC proposes to Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. of 247 hours previously reported under apply alternative risk control measures Currently the Bureau of the Fiscal OMB Number 1530–0039; ‘‘U.S. to the 10.8-mile segment of TPL–880 to Treasury Securities State and Local Service within the Department of the provide an acceptable margin of safety Treasury is soliciting comments Government Series Early Redemption and environmental protection to meet concerning the Subscription for Request’’. A request to discontinue OMB the requirements of § 192.611, as Purchase and Issue of U.S. Treasury Number 1530–0039 will be submitted at outlined in the proposed special permit Securities, State and Local Government the conclusion and approval the conditions. Series. collection under review. A combined Draft Environmental DATES: Written comments should be Type of Review: Regular. Assessment (DEA) and proposed received on or before May 25, 2018 to Affected Public: State and Local Finding of No Significant Impact be assured of consideration. Government. (FONSI), proposed special permit ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments conditions, and supporting Estimated Number of Respondents: and requests for additional information documentation are available at http:// 6,437. to Bureau of the Fiscal Service, Bruce A. www.Regulations.gov, in Docket Sharp, 200 Third Street, Room 4006–A, Estimated Time per Respondent: 22 Number, PHMSA–2007–0039. We invite Parkersburg, WV 26106–1328, or minutes. interested persons to participate by bruce.sharp@fiscal.treasury.gov. Estimated Total Annual Burden reviewing the special permit request, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Hours: 2,334. DEA and proposed FONSI documents at Title: Subscription for Purchase and Request for Comments: Comments http://www.Regulations.gov, and by Issue of U.S. Treasury Securities, State submitted in response to this notice will submitting written comments, data, or and Local Government Series. be summarized and/or included in the other views. Please include any OMB Number: 1530–0065. request for OMB approval. All comments on potential safety and Form Numbers: comments will become a matter of environmental impacts that may result FS Form 4144—Subscription for public record. Comments are invited on: if the special permit is granted. Purchase and Issuing of U.S. 1. Whether the collection of information Before issuing a decision on the Securities State and Local is necessary for the proper performance special permit request, PHMSA will Government Series Time Deposits. of the functions of the agency, including evaluate all comments received at the FS Form 4144–1—Account Information whether the information shall have close of the comment period. Comments for U.S. Treasury Securities State and practical utility; 2. the accuracy of the received after the close of the comment Local Government Series Time agency’s estimate of the burden of the period will be evaluated if it is possible Deposits. collection of information; 3. ways to to do so without incurring additional FS Form 4144–2—Schedule of U.S. enhance the quality, utility, and clarity expense or delay. PHMSA will consider Treasury Securities State and Local of the information to be collected; 4. Government Series Time Deposits. ways to minimize the burden of the each relevant comment we receive in FS Form 4144–5—Application for collection of information on making our decision to grant or deny a internet Access—U.S. Treasury respondents, including through the use request. Securities State and Local of automated collection techniques or Issued in Washington, DC, on March 20, Government Series. other forms of information technology; 2018, under authority delegated in 49 CFR FS Form 4144–6—SLGSafe User and 5. estimates of capital or start-up 1.97. Acknowledgement. costs and costs of operation, FS Form 4144–7—SLGSafe Template maintenance, and purchase of services sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Alan K. Mayberry, Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety. Worksheet. to provide information. [FR Doc. 2018–05982 Filed 3–23–18; 8:45 am] FS Form 5237—Subscription for Dated: March 21, 2018. Purchase of U.S. Treasury Securities BILLING CODE 4910–60–P Bruce A. Sharp, State and Local Government Series One-Day Certificate of Indebtedness Bureau Clearance Officer. FS Form 5238—Request for Redemption [FR Doc. 2018–06054 Filed 3–23–18; 8:45 am] of U.S. Treasury Securities State and BILLING CODE 4810–AS–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:38 Mar 23, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\26MRN1.SGM 26MRN1


Document Created: 2018-03-24 00:59:54
Document Modified: 2018-03-24 00:59:54
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesSubmit any comments regarding this special permit request by April 25, 2018.
ContactGeneral: Ms. Kay McIver by telephone at 202-366-0113, or email at [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 13005 
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