Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, LLC
PHMSA is publishing this notice to solicit public comments on a request for special permit renewal received from Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, LLC (TGP). The special permit re...
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2016-0004]
AGENCY:
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA); DOT.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
PHMSA is publishing this notice to solicit public comments on a request for special permit renewal received from Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, LLC (TGP). The special permit request is 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
( printed page 32228)
or deny the special permit renewal request.
DATES:
Submit any comments regarding this special permit request by June 27, 2022.
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.
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) 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 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
kay.mciver@dot.gov.
Technical:
Mr. Steve Nanney by telephone at 713-272-2855, or by email at
steve.nanney@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
PHMSA received a renewal request of a special permit issued on September 1, 2016, to TGP, a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan, Inc., seeking a waiver from the requirements of 49 CFR 192.611(a) and (d): Change in class location: Confirmation or revision of maximum allowable operating pressure, 49 CFR 192.619(a): Maximum allowable operating pressure: Steel or plastic pipelines, and 49 CFR 192.5(c): Class locations.
The September 1, 2016, special permit was granted for 192 special permit segments and approximately 49.00 miles of TGP natural gas transmission pipeline system located in the states of Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia. This special permit renewal is being requested in lieu of pipe replacement, pressure reduction, or new pressure tests for 162 gas transmission special permit segments totaling 194,837.38 feet (approximately 36.901 miles). The 30 special permit segments that are not included in this notice nor the below table now meet the requirements of either 49 CFR 192.611(a) or 192.619(a) for a Class 3 location. The 162 renewal special permit segments, which have changed from a Class 1 to Class 3 location, are as follows:
Renewal
special permit
segment No.
County or parish, state
Outside
diameter
(inches)
Line name
Length
(feet)
Year installed
Maximum allowable operating pressure (pounds per square inch gauge)
1
Madison, KY
24
100-1
526.27
1971
750
2
Madison, KY
24
100-1
12.70
1971
750
3
Madison, KY
24
100-1
168.34
1971
750
4
Bath, KY
26
100-2
606.60
1948
750
6
Bath, KY
26
100-2
1,515.30
1948
750
7
Bath, KY
26
100-2
344.20
1948
750
8
Rowan, KY
26
100-2
252.39
1948
750
10
Madison, KY
30
100-3
824.32
1950
750
11
Madison, KY
30
100-3
536.30
1950
750
12
Madison, KY
30
100-3
806.72
1950
750
13
Rowan, KY
26
100-3
1,054.07
1949
750
14
Rowan, KY
26
100-3
338.70
1949
750
15
Rowan, KY
26
100-3
912.96
1949
750
17
Boyd, KY
26
100-3
655.37
1950
790
18
Boyd, KY
26
100-3
494.40
1950
790
19
Madison, KY
30
100-4
521.39
1951
750
20
Madison, KY
30
100-4
607.56
1951
750
21
Madison, KY
36
800-2
1,690.82
1969
936
23
Sabine, LA
24
100-1
598.40
1944
750
24
Natchitoches, LA
24
100-1
1,118.30
1944
750
27
Sabine, LA
30
100-2
272.20
1949
750
28
Natchitoches, LA
31
100-2
1,121.16
1948
604
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29
Ouachita, LA
26
100-2
920.80
1947
750
31
Sabine, LA
30
100-3
740.50
1951
750
32
Natchitoches, LA
30
100-3
1,772.33
1951
750
33
Ouachita, LA
30
100-3
907.80
1949
750
34
Ouachita, LA
30
100-4
1,414.14
1951
750
36
Vermillion, LA
24
500-1
872.70
1956
973
37
Vermillion, LA
24
500-1
3,005.66
1956
973
38
IBERIA, LA
24
500-1
858.45
1956
973
41
Franklin, LA
30
800-1
102.57
1954
936
42
Franklin, LA
30
800-1
1,259.31
1954
936
43
Franklin, LA
30
800-1
75.63
1954
936
44
Washington, MS
24
100-1
731.04
1944
750
45
Washington, MS
24
100-1
964.23
1944
750
46
Washington, MS
26
100-2
112.40
1948
750
47
Washington, MS
26
100-2
2,073.94
1948
750
48
Benton, MS
30
100-3
1,198.98
1949
750
49
Benton, MS
30
100-4
1,234.46
1952
750
50
Hancock, MS
30
500-1
1,471.05
1959
936
51
Forrest, MS
30
500-1
482.40
1959
936
52
Forrest, MS
30
500-1
1,370.49
1959
936
53
Lauderdale, MS
30
500-1
1,474.90
1959
936
55
Lauderdale, MS
30
500-1
257.20
1959
936
58
Lowndes, MS
30
500-1
959.21
1959
936
59
Lowndes, MS
30
500-1
1,581.69
1959
936
60
Hancock, MS
36
500-2
1,488.68
1965
936
61
Forrest, MS
36
500-2
1,909.29
1966
936
62
Lauderdale, MS
36
500-2
1,439.84
1966
936
64
Lowndes, MS
36
500-2
1,585.26
1964
936
65
Hancock, MS
36
500-3
1,347.37
1972
936
66
Sussex, NJ
24
300-1
2,953.04
1955
1170
67
Sussex, NJ
24
300-1
638.57
1955
1170
68
Sussex, NJ
24
300-1
471.55
1955
1170
69
Sussex, NJ
24
300-1
1,121.11
1955
1170
70
Sussex, NJ
24
300-1
811.71
1955
1170
71
Sussex, NJ
24
300-1
373.70
1955
1170
72
Sussex, NJ
24
300-1
1,729.51
1955
1170
75
Ontario, NY
24
200-1
654.33
1951
760
77
Madison, KY
24
200-1
1,478.51
1951
760
79
Albany, NY
24
200-1
1,153.88
1951
760
80
Albany, NY
24
200-1
1,059.96
1951
760
82
Carroll, OH
26
200-1
2,658.16
1950
790
83
Columbiana, OH
26
200-1
2,044.66
1950
790
84
Columbiana, OH
26
200-1
1,270.10
1950
790
85
Columbiana, OH
26
200-1
1,382.31
1950
790
86
ATHENS, OH
26
200-2
1,513.05
1952
790
88
Carroll, OH
26
200-2
2,680.73
1952
790
89
Columbiana, OH
26
200-2
1,296.36
1954
790
90
Carroll, OH
26
200-3
1,081.17
1956
790
92
Carroll, OH
26
200-3
974.20
1956
790
94
Carroll, OH
36
200-4
2,648.75
1963
790
95
Columbiana, OH
36
200-4
1,950.62
1963
790
96
Columbiana, OH
36
200-4
1,248.52
1963
790
97
Columbiana, OH
36
200-4
1,358.28
1963
790
98
Lawrence, PA
26
200-1
1,935.75
1950
790
99
Mercer, PA
24
300-1
839.87
1953
877
100
Mercer, PA
24
300-1
491.70
1953
877
101
Mercer, PA
30
300-2
875.56
1965
877
102
Mercer, PA
30
300-2
573.79
1965
877
103
Dickson, TN
24
100-1
533.33
1944
750
104
Cheatham, TN
24
100-1
2,782.53
1944
750
105
Cheatham, TN
24
100-1
1,490.60
1944
750
106
Cheatham, TN
24
100-1
28.61
1944
750
107
Robertson, TN
24
100-1
668.38
1944
750
108
Robertson, TN
24
100-1
1,953.93
1944
750
109
Dickson, TN
26
100-2
554.05
1948
750
110
Dickson, TN
26
100-2
177.44
1948
750
111
Lewis, TN
30
500-1
566.83
1959
936
112
Lewis, TN
30
500-1
686.45
1959
936
113
Lewis, TN
30
500-1
1,376.94
1959
936
114
Cheatham, TN
30
500-1
732.13
1959
936
115
Cheatham, TN
30
500-1
1,006.00
1959
936
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116
Cheatham, TN
30
500-1
757.26
1959
936
117
Cheatham, TN
30
500-1
1,332.21
1959
936
118
Cheatham, TN
30
500-1
633.98
1959
936
119
Cheatham, TN
30
500-1
994.45
1959
936
120
Cheatham, TN
30
500-1
9.90
1959
936
121
Cheatham, TN
30
500-1
1,339.84
1959
936
122
Robertson, TN
30
500-1
2,474.52
1959
936
123
Robertson, TN
30
500-1
4,358.19
1959
936
124
Robertson, TN
30
500-1
1,929.95
1959
936
125
Robertson, TN
30
500-1
3,262.84
1959
936
126
Lewis, TN
36
500-2
469.38
1964
936
127
Lewis, TN
36
500-2
738.42
1964
936
128
Cheatham, TN
36
500-2
1,318.68
1968
936
129
Cheatham, TN
36
500-2
381.21
1968
936
130
Cheatham, TN
36
500-2
420.56
1968
936
131
Cheatham, TN
36
500-2
502.70
1963
936
132
Cheatham, TN
36
500-2
16.90
1963
936
133
Cheatham, TN
36
500-2
2,062.21
1963
936
134
Robertson, TN
36
500-2
1,001.81
1965
936
135
Robertson, TN
36
500-2
1,426.43
1965
936
136
Robertson, TN
36
500-2
303.70
1965
936
137
Robertson, TN
36
500-2
3,257.08
1965
936
138
Robertson, TN
36
500-2
1,899.22
1965
936
139
Robertson, TN
36
500-2
219.10
1965
936
140
Robertson, TN
36
500-2
2,970.93
1965
936
141
Cheatham, TN
30
800-1
384.62
1954
936
142
Cheatham, TN
30
800-1
581.50
1954
936
143
Cheatham, TN
30
800-1
1,104.30
1954
936
144
Cheatham, TN
30
800-1
1,366.34
1954
936
145
Robertson, TN
30
800-1
968.97
1954
936
146
Robertson, TN
30
800-1
1,797.26
1954
936
147
Robertson, TN
30
800-1
4,253.00
1954
936
148
Robertson, TN
30
800-1
1,978.36
1954
936
149
Robertson, TN
30
800-1
3,133.48
1954
936
151
Waller, TX
24
100-1
1,677.99
1944
750
152
Harris, TX
24
100-1
753.70
1944
750
153
Sabine, TX
24
100-1
675.00
1944
750
154
Sabine, TX
24
100-1
1,539.30
1964
750
155
Sabine, TX
24
100-1
573.40
1964
750
156
Waller, TX
30
100-2
1,574.15
1948
750
157
Harris, TX
30
100-2
1,220.90
1948
750
158
Harris, TX
30
100-2
1,962.45
1948
750
159
Sabine, TX
30
100-2
2,597.70
1949
750
160
Waller, TX
30
100-3
1,531.99
1952
750
161
Waller, TX
30
100-3
1,727.52
1952
750
162
Harris, TX
30
100-3
1,024.50
1952
750
163
Harris, TX
30
100-3
217.00
1952
750
164
Harris, TX
30
100-3
1,733.65
1952
750
165
Harris, TX
30
100-3
1,101.34
1952
750
166
Sabine, TX
30
100-3
1,502.40
1964
750
169
Hidalgo, TX
24
409A-100 Donna Line
1,237.01
1950
933
171
Hidalgo, TX
24
409A-100 Donna Line
1,523.74
1950
933
172
Hidalgo, TX
24
409A-100 Donna Line
1,787.31
1950
933
173
Kanawha, WV
20
100-1
1,349.06
1984
910
174
Kanawha, WV
20
100-1
1,228.73
1984
910
175
Kanawha, WV
20
100-1
584.46
1984
910
176
Kanawha, WV
20
100-1
2,249.91
1984
936
177
Wayne, WV
24
100-2
2,657.51
1948
973
178
Putnam, WV
24
100-2
1,833.55
1948
938
181
Cabell, WV
26
100-3
438.10
1966
910
182
Putnam, WV
30
100-3
1,415.75
1972
910
183
Putnam, WV
30
100-3
891.20
1972
910
185
Harris, TX
24
100-1
1,181.70
1944
750
186
Harris, TX
24
100-1
1,351.66
1966
750
187
Kanawha, WV
24
100-2
1,233.70
1948
910
188
Cheatham, TN
30
100-4
497.50
1952
750
189
Madison, KY
30
100-4
1,342.49
1951
750
190
Madison, KY
30
100-4
242.74
1951
750
191
Lauderdale, MS
36
500-2
311.51
1963
936
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The special permit renewal request, proposed special permit with conditions, draft environmental assessment (DEA), and annual report findings for pipeline integrity and reportable incidents for the above listed TGP special permit segments are available for review and public comments in Docket No. PHMSA-2016-0004. PHMSA invites interested persons to review and submit comments on the special permit renewal request and DEA in the docket. Please include any comments on potential safety and environmental impacts that may result if the special permit 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 comments 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 request.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 16, 2022, under authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.