Pipeline Safety: Grant of Waiver; Enstar Natural Gas Company, 72505 [05-23641]
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Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. RSPA–04–19914; Grant 2]
Pipeline Safety: Grant of Waiver;
Enstar Natural Gas Company
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice; grant of waiver.
AGENCY:
Grant of Waiver
SUMMARY: Enstar Natural Gas Company
(Enstar) petitioned PHMSA for a waiver
of the pipeline safety regulation that
prohibits tracer wire from being
wrapped around the pipe.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The pipeline safety regulation at 49
CFR 192.321(e), Installation of plastic
pipe, requires plastic pipe that is not
encased to have an electric conducting
wire or other means of locating the pipe
while it is underground. Tracer wire
may not be wrapped around the pipe
and contact with the pipe must be
minimized but is not prohibited. Tracer
wire or other metallic elements installed
for pipe locating purposes must be
resistant to corrosion damage, either by
use of coated copper wire or by other
means. Enstar requested a waiver from
§ 192.321(e) because it is uncommon for
lightning strikes to occur in the service
area of its pipeline. Enstar contends
wrapping tracer wire around its plastic
pipe allows utilities to be accurately
located and thus reduces the risk of
third-party damage to its pipeline.
In support of its waiver request,
Enstar provided information from the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) who
is responsible for tracking lightning
strike occurrences and monitoring forest
fire activity. BLM determined that
lightning strikes are most frequent north
and west of the Alaska Range.
Accordingly, BLM installed lightning
detection systems with electrical
sensors at nine stations in Alaska where
lightning strikes are most common. BLM
did not install electrical sensors to the
south and east of the Alaska Range
where Enstar facilities are located,
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because it determined lightning strikes
are uncommon in those areas.
Enstar’s service area is located in
south central Alaska. Because of the
unique geographical and climatic
conditions of Enstar’s pipeline, Enstar
has been able to demonstrate that in 32
years, it has recorded only one
confirmed pipeline incident due to
lightning strikes.
On April 6, 2005, PHMSA published
a notice in Federal Register seeking
public comment on Enstar’s waiver
request (70 FR 17509); no comments
were received.
Based on the information presented
by Enstar showing that lightning strikes
are rare in the service area of its
pipeline, PHMSA finds that granting
this waiver request is not inconsistent
with pipeline safety. Therefore, Enstar’s
request for waiver from the regulatory
requirements of § 192.321(e) is granted.
If, however, PHMSA determines the
terms of this waiver are no longer
appropriate or the overall effect of the
waiver is inconsistent with pipeline
safety, PHMSA may revoke this waiver
and require Enstar to comply with the
regulatory requirements of § 192.321(e).
This waiver is granted on the
condition that Enstar:
• Apply this waiver only to its
pipeline facilities located south of the
Alaska Range in the state of Alaska;
• Protect its pipelines from ground
faults—in particular, those pipelines
that may be located in an electric power
corridor; and
• Place tracer wire in proximity to,
but not in direct contact with, its
pipeline whenever and where possible.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60118(c) and 49 CFR
1.53.
Issued in Washington, DC on November 28,
2005.
Joy Kadnar,
Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for
Pipeline Safety.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. RSPA-04-19914; Grant 2]
Pipeline Safety: Grant of Waiver; Enstar Natural Gas Company
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
DOT.
ACTION: Notice; grant of waiver.
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SUMMARY: Enstar Natural Gas Company (Enstar) petitioned PHMSA for a
waiver of the pipeline safety regulation that prohibits tracer wire
from being wrapped around the pipe.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The pipeline safety regulation at 49 CFR 192.321(e), Installation
of plastic pipe, requires plastic pipe that is not encased to have an
electric conducting wire or other means of locating the pipe while it
is underground. Tracer wire may not be wrapped around the pipe and
contact with the pipe must be minimized but is not prohibited. Tracer
wire or other metallic elements installed for pipe locating purposes
must be resistant to corrosion damage, either by use of coated copper
wire or by other means. Enstar requested a waiver from Sec. 192.321(e)
because it is uncommon for lightning strikes to occur in the service
area of its pipeline. Enstar contends wrapping tracer wire around its
plastic pipe allows utilities to be accurately located and thus reduces
the risk of third-party damage to its pipeline.
In support of its waiver request, Enstar provided information from
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) who is responsible for tracking
lightning strike occurrences and monitoring forest fire activity. BLM
determined that lightning strikes are most frequent north and west of
the Alaska Range. Accordingly, BLM installed lightning detection
systems with electrical sensors at nine stations in Alaska where
lightning strikes are most common. BLM did not install electrical
sensors to the south and east of the Alaska Range where Enstar
facilities are located, because it determined lightning strikes are
uncommon in those areas.
Enstar's service area is located in south central Alaska. Because
of the unique geographical and climatic conditions of Enstar's
pipeline, Enstar has been able to demonstrate that in 32 years, it has
recorded only one confirmed pipeline incident due to lightning strikes.
On April 6, 2005, PHMSA published a notice in Federal Register
seeking public comment on Enstar's waiver request (70 FR 17509); no
comments were received.
Grant of Waiver
Based on the information presented by Enstar showing that lightning
strikes are rare in the service area of its pipeline, PHMSA finds that
granting this waiver request is not inconsistent with pipeline safety.
Therefore, Enstar's request for waiver from the regulatory requirements
of Sec. 192.321(e) is granted. If, however, PHMSA determines the terms
of this waiver are no longer appropriate or the overall effect of the
waiver is inconsistent with pipeline safety, PHMSA may revoke this
waiver and require Enstar to comply with the regulatory requirements of
Sec. 192.321(e).
This waiver is granted on the condition that Enstar:
Apply this waiver only to its pipeline facilities located
south of the Alaska Range in the state of Alaska;
Protect its pipelines from ground faults--in particular,
those pipelines that may be located in an electric power corridor; and
Place tracer wire in proximity to, but not in direct
contact with, its pipeline whenever and where possible.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60118(c) and 49 CFR 1.53.
Issued in Washington, DC on November 28, 2005.
Joy Kadnar,
Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 05-23641 Filed 12-2-05; 8:45 am]
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