83_FR_6116 83 FR 6087 - Pipeline Safety: Meeting of the Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee

83 FR 6087 - Pipeline Safety: Meeting of the Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 29 (February 12, 2018)

Page Range6087-6088
FR Document2018-02739

This notice announces a public teleconference meeting of the Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee, also known as the Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee (GPAC). The GPAC will meet to continue discussing topics and provisions for the proposed rule titled ``Safety of Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipelines.''

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 29 (Monday, February 12, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 29 (Monday, February 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6087-6088]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02739]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2016-0136]


Pipeline Safety: Meeting of the Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee

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

ACTION: Notice of advisory committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a public teleconference meeting of the 
Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee, also known as the Gas 
Pipeline Advisory Committee (GPAC). The GPAC will meet to continue 
discussing topics and provisions for the proposed rule titled ``Safety 
of Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipelines.''

DATES: The meeting will be held on March 2, 2018, from 10:00 a.m. to 
5:00 p.m. ET. Members of the public who wish to participate are asked 
to register no later than February 22, 2018. Individuals requiring 
accommodations, such as sign language interpretation or other ancillary 
aids, may notify PHMSA by February 22, 2018. For additional 
information, see the ADDRESSES section.

ADDRESSES: This public meeting will be held via teleconference. Members 
of the public may join the teleconference individually, or join the 
teleconference in a designated space at the U.S. Department of 
Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 
Please note that limited space is available for in-person attendance at 
DOT, and procedures governing security and the entrance to Federal 
buildings may change without notice. Therefore, members of the public 
seeking to participate in the teleconference at DOT must register on 
the pipeline advisory committee meeting and registration page at: 
https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/MtgHome.mtg?mtg=131. Members of 
the public who will join the teleconference from other locations are 
also encouraged to register. PHMSA will post the final agenda and any 
additional information on the pipeline advisory committee meeting and 
registration page.
    Presentations will be available on the meeting page and posted on 
the E-Gov website, http://www.regulations.gov, under docket number 
PHMSA-2016-0136 within 30 days following the meeting.

Public Participation

    Anyone wishing to make a statement on the topics discussed during 
the meeting should send an email to [email protected] by the date 
specified in the DATES section. Each statement should not exceed two 
minutes.
    Services for Individuals with Disabilities: The public meeting will 
be physically accessible to people with disabilities. Individuals 
requiring accommodations, such as sign language interpretation or other 
ancillary aids, are asked to notify Cheryl Whetsel at 
[email protected].
    Written comments: Persons who wish to submit written comments on 
the meeting may submit them to the docket 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 Facility; U.S. Department of Transportation 
(DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12-140, 
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    Hand Delivery: Room W12-140 on the ground level of the DOT West 
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9:00 a.m. 
and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except on Federal holidays.
    Instructions: Identify the docket number PHMSA-2016-0136 at the 
beginning of your comments. Note that all comments received will be 
posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any 
personal information provided. Anyone can search the electronic form of 
all comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the 
individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted 
on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). Therefore, 
consider reviewing DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 
Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or view the Privacy 
Notice at http://www.regulations.gov before submitting any such 
comments.
    Docket: For access to the docket or to read background documents or 
comments, go to http://www.regulations.gov at any time or to Room W12-
140 on the ground level of the DOT West Building, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    If you wish to receive confirmation of receipt of your written 
comments, please include a self-addressed, stamped postcard with the 
following statement: ``Comments on PHMSA-2016-0136.'' The docket clerk 
will date stamp the postcard prior to returning it to you via the U.S. 
mail.

Privacy Act Statement

    In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments from the 
public to better inform its rulemaking process. 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: For information about this meeting 
contact Cheryl Whetsel by phone at 202-366-4431 or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Meeting Details and Agenda

    The GPAC will be considering the proposed rule titled, ``Safety of 
Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipelines,''

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which was published in the Federal Register on April 8, 2016, (81 FR 
20722) and on the associated regulatory analysis. In the proposed rule, 
PHMSA proposed the following changes to Part 192:
     Require periodic assessments of pipelines in locations 
where persons are expected to be at risk that are not already covered 
under the integrity management (IM) program requirements.
     Modify the repair criteria, both inside and outside of 
high consequence areas (HCAs).
     Require inspections of pipelines in areas affected by 
extreme weather, man-made and natural disasters, and other similar 
events.
     Provide additional specificity for in-line inspections, 
including explicit requirements to account for uncertainty of reported 
inspection data when evaluating in-line inspection data to identify 
anomalies.
     Expand integrity assessment methods to explicitly address 
guided wave ultrasonic inspection and excavation with direct in-situ 
examination.
     Provide clearer functional requirements for conducting 
risk assessments for IM, including addressing seismic risks.
     Expand the mandatory data collection and integration 
requirements for IM, including data validation and seismicity.
     Add requirements to address management of change.
     Repeal the use of API Recommended Practice 80 for 
gathering lines.
     Apply Type B requirements along with emergency 
requirements to newly regulated greater than 8-inch Type A gathering 
lines in Class 1 locations (GAO Recommendation 14-667).
     Extend the reporting requirements to all gathering lines.
     Expand requirements for corrosion protection to specify 
additional post-construction quality checks, and periodic operational 
and maintenance checks to address coating integrity, cathodic 
protection, and gas quality monitoring.
     Require operators to report maximum allowable operating 
pressure exceedances.
     Require safety features on in-line inspection tool 
launchers and receivers.
     Add certain types of roadways to the definition of 
``identified sites'' (NTSB P-14-1).
     Address grandfathered pipe and pipe with inadequate 
records.
    The GPAC meeting agenda will include the following discussion 
items:
     Strengthening IM Assessment Methods
     Assessments outside of HCAs
     Record Retention Requirements
     Repair Criteria (inside and outside of HCAs)

II. Committee Background

    The GPAC is a statutorily mandated advisory committee that advises 
PHMSA on proposed gas pipeline safety standards and their associated 
risk assessments. The committee is established in accordance with the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2, as amended) and 49 
U.S.C. 60115. The committee consists of 15 members with membership 
evenly divided among federal and state governments, the regulated 
industry, and the general public. The committee advises PHMSA on the 
technical feasibility, reasonableness, cost-effectiveness, and 
practicability of each proposed pipeline safety standard.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 6, 2018, under authority 
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2018-02739 Filed 2-9-18; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 29 / Monday, February 12, 2018 / Notices 6087 this notice and the vessel name in order p.m. ET. Members of the public who West Building, Room W12–140, for MARAD to properly consider the wish to participate are asked to register Washington, DC 20590–0001. comments. Comments should also state no later than February 22, 2018. Hand Delivery: Room W12–140 on the the commenter’s interest in the waiver Individuals requiring accommodations, ground level of the DOT West Building, application, and address the waiver such as sign language interpretation or 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, criteria given in section 388.4 of other ancillary aids, may notify PHMSA Washington, DC, between 9:00 a.m. and MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part by February 22, 2018. For additional 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 388. information, see the ADDRESSES section. except on Federal holidays. ADDRESSES: This public meeting will be Instructions: Identify the docket Privacy Act held via teleconference. Members of the number PHMSA–2016–0136 at the In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), public may join the teleconference beginning of your comments. Note that DOT/MARAD solicits comments from individually, or join the teleconference all comments received will be posted the public to better inform its in a designated space at the U.S. without change to http:// rulemaking process. DOT/MARAD posts Department of Transportation (DOT), www.regulations.gov, including any these comments, without edit, to 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, personal information provided. Anyone www.regulations.gov, as described in Washington, DC 20590. Please note that can search the electronic form of all the system of records notice, DOT/ALL– limited space is available for in-person comments received into any of our 14 FDMS, accessible through attendance at DOT, and procedures dockets by the name of the individual www.dot.gov/privacy. In order to governing security and the entrance to submitting the comment (or signing the facilitate comment tracking and Federal buildings may change without comment, if submitted on behalf of an response, we encourage commenters to notice. Therefore, members of the public association, business, labor union, etc.). provide their name, or the name of their seeking to participate in the Therefore, consider reviewing DOT’s organization; however, submission of teleconference at DOT must register on complete Privacy Act Statement in the names is completely optional. Whether the pipeline advisory committee Federal Register published on April 11, or not commenters identify themselves, meeting and registration page at: https:// 2000 (65 FR 19477), or view the Privacy all timely comments will be fully primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/ Notice at http://www.regulations.gov considered. If you wish to provide MtgHome.mtg?mtg=131. Members of the before submitting any such comments. comments containing proprietary or public who will join the teleconference Docket: For access to the docket or to confidential information, please contact from other locations are also encouraged read background documents or the agency for alternate submission to register. PHMSA will post the final comments, go to http:// instructions. agenda and any additional information www.regulations.gov at any time or to (Authority: 49 CFR 1.93(a), 46 U.S.C. 55103, on the pipeline advisory committee Room W12–140 on the ground level of 46 U.S.C. 12121) meeting and registration page. the DOT West Building, 1200 New Presentations will be available on the Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC, * * * meeting page and posted on the E-Gov between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., By Order of the Maritime Administrator. website, http://www.regulations.gov, Monday through Friday, except Federal Dated: February 6, 2018. under docket number PHMSA–2016– holidays. T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr., 0136 within 30 days following the If you wish to receive confirmation of Secretary, Maritime Administration. meeting. receipt of your written comments, [FR Doc. 2018–02683 Filed 2–9–18; 8:45 am] Public Participation please include a self-addressed, BILLING CODE 4910–81–P stamped postcard with the following Anyone wishing to make a statement statement: ‘‘Comments on PHMSA– on the topics discussed during the 2016–0136.’’ The docket clerk will date DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION meeting should send an email to stamp the postcard prior to returning it cheryl.whetsel@dot.gov by the date to you via the U.S. mail. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials specified in the DATES section. Each Safety Administration statement should not exceed two Privacy Act Statement [Docket No. PHMSA–2016–0136] minutes. In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), Services for Individuals with DOT solicits comments from the public Pipeline Safety: Meeting of the Gas Disabilities: The public meeting will be to better inform its rulemaking process. Pipeline Advisory Committee physically accessible to people with DOT posts these comments, without disabilities. Individuals requiring edit, including any personal information AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous accommodations, such as sign language the commenter provides, to Materials Safety Administration interpretation or other ancillary aids, are www.regulations.gov as described in the (PHMSA), DOT. asked to notify Cheryl Whetsel at system of records notice (DOT/ALL–14 ACTION: Notice of advisory committee cheryl.whetsel@dot.gov. FDMS), which can be reviewed at meeting. Written comments: Persons who wish www.dot.gov/privacy. to submit written comments on the SUMMARY: This notice announces a FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For meeting may submit them to the docket public teleconference meeting of the information about this meeting contact in the following ways: Technical Pipeline Safety Standards E-Gov website: http:// Cheryl Whetsel by phone at 202–366– Committee, also known as the Gas www.regulations.gov. This site allows 4431 or by email at cheryl.whetsel@ daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES Pipeline Advisory Committee (GPAC). the public to enter comments on any dot.gov. The GPAC will meet to continue Federal Register notice issued by any SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: discussing topics and provisions for the agency. proposed rule titled ‘‘Safety of Gas I. Meeting Details and Agenda Fax: 1–202–493–2251. Transmission and Gathering Pipelines.’’ Mail: Docket Management Facility; The GPAC will be considering the DATES: The meeting will be held on U.S. Department of Transportation proposed rule titled, ‘‘Safety of Gas March 2, 2018, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Transmission and Gathering Pipelines,’’ VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:23 Feb 09, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00113 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\12FEN1.SGM 12FEN1

6088 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 29 / Monday, February 12, 2018 / Notices which was published in the Federal • Strengthening IM Assessment Mail: Docket Management Facility; Register on April 8, 2016, (81 FR 20722) Methods U.S. Department of Transportation and on the associated regulatory • Assessments outside of HCAs (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, analysis. In the proposed rule, PHMSA • Record Retention Requirements West Building, Room W12–140, proposed the following changes to Part • Repair Criteria (inside and outside Washington, DC 20590–0001. 192: of HCAs) Hand Delivery: Room W12–140 on the • Require periodic assessments of ground level of DOT, West Building, pipelines in locations where persons are II. Committee Background 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, expected to be at risk that are not The GPAC is a statutorily mandated Washington, DC, between 9:00 a.m. and already covered under the integrity advisory committee that advises 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, management (IM) program PHMSA on proposed gas pipeline safety except Federal holidays. requirements. standards and their associated risk Instructions: Identify the docket • Modify the repair criteria, both assessments. The committee is number, PHMSA–2018–0008, at the inside and outside of high consequence established in accordance with the beginning of your comments. Note that areas (HCAs). Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 all comments received will be posted • Require inspections of pipelines in U.S.C. App. 2, as amended) and 49 without change to http:// areas affected by extreme weather, man- U.S.C. 60115. The committee consists of www.regulations.gov, including any made and natural disasters, and other 15 members with membership evenly personal information provided. You similar events. divided among federal and state should know that anyone is able to • Provide additional specificity for governments, the regulated industry, search the electronic form of all in-line inspections, including explicit and the general public. The committee comments received into any of our requirements to account for uncertainty advises PHMSA on the technical dockets by the name of the individual of reported inspection data when feasibility, reasonableness, cost- submitting the comment (or signing the evaluating in-line inspection data to effectiveness, and practicability of each comment, if submitted on behalf of an identify anomalies. proposed pipeline safety standard. association, business, labor union, etc.). • Expand integrity assessment Issued in Washington, DC, on February 6, Therefore, you may want to review methods to explicitly address guided 2018, under authority delegated in 49 CFR DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement wave ultrasonic inspection and 1.97. in the Federal Register published on excavation with direct in-situ Alan K. Mayberry, April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477) or visit examination. http://www.regulations.gov before Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety. • Provide clearer functional submitting any such comments. [FR Doc. 2018–02739 Filed 2–9–18; 8:45 am] requirements for conducting risk Docket: For access to the docket or to assessments for IM, including BILLING CODE 4910–60–P read background documents or addressing seismic risks. comments, go to http:// • Expand the mandatory data www.regulations.gov at any time or to collection and integration requirements DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Room W12–140 on the ground level of for IM, including data validation and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials DOT, West Building, 1200 New Jersey seismicity. Safety Administration Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between • Add requirements to address 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday management of change. [Docket No. PHMSA–2018–0008] through Friday, except Federal holidays. • Repeal the use of API If you wish to receive confirmation of Recommended Practice 80 for gathering Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities receipt of your written comments, lines. please include a self-addressed, • Apply Type B requirements along AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous stamped postcard with the following with emergency requirements to newly Materials Safety Administration statement: ‘‘Comments on PHMSA– regulated greater than 8-inch Type A (PHMSA), DOT. 2018–0008.’’ The Docket Clerk will date gathering lines in Class 1 locations stamp the postcard prior to returning it ACTION: Notice and request for (GAO Recommendation 14–667). to you via the U.S. mail. Please note that • Extend the reporting requirements comments. due to delays in the delivery of U.S. to all gathering lines. SUMMARY: In accordance with the mail to Federal offices in Washington, • Expand requirements for corrosion Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, DC, we recommend that persons protection to specify additional post- PHMSA invites comments an consider an alternative method construction quality checks, and information collection that will be (internet, fax, or professional delivery periodic operational and maintenance expiring on April 30, 2018. PHMSA will service) of submitting comments to the checks to address coating integrity, request an extension with no change for docket and ensuring their timely receipt cathodic protection, and gas quality the information collection identified by at DOT. monitoring. OMB control number 2137–0049. • Require operators to report FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: maximum allowable operating pressure DATES: Interested persons are invited to Angela Dow by telephone at 202–366– exceedances. submit comments on or before April 13, 1246, by fax at 202–366–4566, or by • Require safety features on in-line 2018. mail at DOT, PHMSA, 1200 New Jersey inspection tool launchers and receivers. ADDRESSES: Comments may be Avenue SE, PHP–30, Washington, DC daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES • Add certain types of roadways to submitted in the following ways: 20590–0001. the definition of ‘‘identified sites’’ E-Gov website: http:// SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section (NTSB P–14–1). www.regulations.gov. This site allows 1320.8(d), Title 5, Code of Federal • Address grandfathered pipe and the public to enter comments on any Regulations, requires PHMSA to provide pipe with inadequate records. Federal Register notice issued by any interested members of the public and The GPAC meeting agenda will agency. affected agencies an opportunity to include the following discussion items: Fax: 1–202–493–2251. comment on information collection and VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:23 Feb 09, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00114 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\12FEN1.SGM 12FEN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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ActionNotice of advisory committee meeting.
DatesThe meeting will be held on March 2, 2018, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET. Members of the public who wish to participate are asked to register no later than February 22, 2018. Individuals requiring accommodations, such as sign language interpretation or other ancillary aids, may notify PHMSA by February 22, 2018. For additional
ContactFor information about this meeting contact Cheryl Whetsel by phone at 202-366-4431 or by email at [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 6087 
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