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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–06–25734; Notice 1]
Pipeline Safety: Request for Waiver;
Freeport LNG
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA); U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of Intent to Consider
Waiver Request.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Freeport Liquefied Natural
Gas (FLNG) facility requests a waiver of
compliance from the regulation that
requires every liquefied natural gas
(LNG) facility constructed after March
31, 2000 to comply with the National
Fire Protection Association’s standard
59A (NFPA 59A), 2001 Edition.
DATES: Persons interested in submitting
written comments on the waiver request
Note: See current work item index attached described in this notice must do so by
to Summary of the 27th Meeting for details
October 27, 2006. Late filed comments
on scope of work.
will be considered as far as practicable.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written
• The plenary agenda will include:
comments by mailing or delivering an
• October 16:
original and two copies to the Dockets
• Opening Plenary Session (Welcome,
Facility, U.S. Department of
Introductions, and Administrative
Transportation (DOT), Room PL–401,
Remarks, Review and approval of
400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington,
Agenda and Meeting Minutes)
DC 20590–0001. The Dockets Facility is
Administrative.
open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday
• SC–189/WG–53 co-chair progress
through Friday, except on Federal
report and review of work program.
holidays when the facility is closed.
• Determine and agree to breakout
Alternatively, you may submit written
groups if necessary.
comments to the docket electronically at
• October 17–19:
the following Web address: https://
• Breakout groups, as agreed, and
dms.dot.gov. All written comments
plenary debriefs, as necessary.
should identify the docket and notice
• October 20:
number stated in the heading of this
• Breakout Groups.
notice. Anyone who wants confirmation
• Debrief on Progress for the Week.
of mailed comments must include a self• Closing Plenary Session (Review
addressed stamped postcard. To file
schedule and new action items. Any
written comments electronically, after
other business, Adjourn).
logging on to https://dms.dot.gov, click
Attendance is open to the interested
on ‘‘Comment/Submissions.’’ You can
public but limited to space availability.
also read comments and other material
With the approval of the chairmen,
in the docket. General information about
members of the public may present oral the Federal pipeline safety program is
statements at the meeting. Persons
available at https://phmsa.dot.gov.
Anyone is able to search the
wishing to present statements or obtain
electronic form of all comments
information should contact the person
received into any of our dockets by the
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
name of the individual submitting the
CONTACT section. Members of the public
comment (or signing the comment, if
may present a written statement to the
submitted on behalf of an association,
committee at any time.
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business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT’s complete privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (7019477)
or you may visit https://dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James Reynolds by telephone at 202–
366–2786, by fax at 202–366–4566, by
mail at DOT, Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), 400 7th Street, SW., Room
2103, Washington, DC 20590, or by
e-mail at james.reynolds@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
FLNG requested a waiver of
compliance from the regulatory
requirement at 49 CFR 193.2301. This
regulation requires each LNG facility
constructed after March 31, 2000, to
comply with 49 CFR part 193 and
paragraph 4.2.1 in NFPA 59A, 2001
Edition.
NFPA 59A requires that welded
containers designed for not more than
15 pounds per square inch gauge (psig)
comply with the Eighth Edition, 1990,
of the American Petroleum Institute
standard 620, Design and Construction
of Large, Welded, Low-Pressure Storage
Tanks (Appendix Q). The Eighth Edition
of API 620 requires inspection
according to Appendix Q, which calls
for the full radiographic examination of
all vertical and horizontal butt welds
associated with the container.
FLNG is proposing to use the 2002
Tenth Edition, Addendum 1, of API 620.
The Tenth Edition, Addendum 1, of API
620, allows for ultrasonic examination,
instead of radiography, as an acceptable
alternative to examining butt welds
associated with the container. FLNG
proposes to use ultrasonic examination
which consists of full semi-automated
and manual ultrasonic examination
using shear wave probes. The
examination also consists of a
volumetric ultrasonic examination using
a combination of creep wave probes and
focused angled longitudinal wave
probes.
FLNG asserts that ultrasonic
examination has several advantages over
radiographic examination, namely it:
• Produces faster examination rates
with equal reliability;
• Yields higher weld productivity
rates and overall lower project cost;
• Employs a linear scanning process
and allows both sides of the weld to be
examined simultaneously;
• Offers results reviewable by
personnel both on-site and off-site;
• Utilizes inspection data which can
be stored, analyzed, and shared
digitally; and
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• Improves weld inspection
personnel safety.
For the reasons stated, FLNG is
requesting a waiver from 49 CFR
193.2301 which requires compliance
with 49 CFR part 193 and NFPA 59A.
Moreover, FLNG is asking that it be
allowed to use the ultrasonic
examination method in the Tenth
Edition, Addendum 1, of API 620
instead of the radiographic examination
method in the Eighth Edition of API
620.
The NFPA 59A Technical Committee
recently approved and recommended
the acceptance of the 2002, Tenth
Edition, Addendum 1 of API 620 with
three limitations. PHMSA has only
incorporated by reference the 2001
Edition of NFPA 59A, therefore a waiver
is required for the 2006 Edition.
PHMSA will consider FLNG’s waiver
request and whether FLNG’s proposal
will yield an equivalent or greater
degree of safety than that currently
provided by the regulations.
This notice is PHMSA’s only request
for public comment before making a
decision. After considering any
comments received, PHMSA will make
a determination to grant FLNG’s waiver
request as proposed or with
modifications and conditions, or deny
FLNG’s request. If the waiver is granted
and PHMSA subsequently determines
that the effect of the waiver is
inconsistent with pipeline safety,
PHMSA may impose additional
conditions on the operator or revoke the
waiver at its sole discretion.
Issued in Washington, DC on September
19, 2006.
Theodore L. Willke,
Acting Associate Administrator for Pipeline
Safety.
[FR Doc. E6–15877 Filed 9–26–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–06–25735; Notice 1]
Pipeline Safety: Request for Waiver;
Sabine Pass LNG
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA); U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of intent to consider
waiver request.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Sabine Pass Liquefied Natural
Gas (SPLNG) facility requests a waiver
of compliance from the regulation that
requires every Liquefied Natural Gas
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(LNG) facility constructed after March
31, 2000 to comply with the National
Fire Protection Association’s standard
59A (NFPA 59A), 2001 Edition.
DATES: Persons interested in submitting
written comments on the waiver request
described in this notice must do so by
October 27, 2006. Late filed comments
will be considered as far as practicable.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written
comments by mailing or delivering an
original and two copies to the Dockets
Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT), Room PL–401,
400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington,
DC 20590–0001. The Dockets Facility is
open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except on Federal
holidays when the facility is closed.
Alternatively, you may submit written
comments to the docket electronically at
the following Web address: https://
dms.dot.gov. All written comments
should identify the docket and notice
number stated in the heading of this
notice. Anyone who wants confirmation
of mailed comments must include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. To file
written comments electronically, after
logging on to https://dms.dot.gov, click
on ‘‘Comment/Submissions.’’ You can
also read comments and other material
in the docket. General information about
the Federal pipeline safety program is
available at https://phmsa.dot.gov.
Anyone is able to 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.). You may
review DOT’s complete privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (70 FR
19477) or you may visit https://
dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James Reynolds by telephone at 202–
366–2786, by fax at 202–366–4566, by
mail at DOT, Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), 400 7th Street, SW., Room
2103, Washington, DC 20590, or by email at james.reynolds@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
SPLNG requests a waiver of
compliance from the regulatory
requirement at 49 CFR 193.2301. This
regulation requires each LNG facility
constructed after March 31, 2000, to
comply with 49 CFR Part 193 and
paragraph 4.2.1 in NFPA 59A, 2001
Edition.
NFPA 59A requires that welded
containers designed for not more than
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15 pounds per square inch gauge (psig)
comply with the eighth edition, 1990, of
American Petroleum Institute standard
620 (API 620), Design and Construction
of Large, Welded, Low-Pressure Storage
Tanks (Appendix Q). The Eighth Edition
of API 620 requires inspection
according to Appendix Q, which calls
for the full radiographic examination of
all vertical and horizontal butt welds
associated with the container.
SPLNG is proposing to use the 2002
Tenth Edition, Addendum 1, of API 620.
This Edition allows for ultrasonic
examination, instead of radiography, as
an acceptable alternative to examining
butt welds associated with the
container. SPLNG proposes to use
ultrasonic examination on its project
which consists of full semi-automated
and manual ultrasonic examination
using shear wave probes. The
examination also consists of a
volumetric ultrasonic examination using
a combination of creep wave probes and
focused angled longitudinal wave
probes.
SPLNG asserts that ultrasonic
examination has several advantages over
radiographic examination, namely it:
• Produces faster examination rates
with equal reliability;
• Yields higher weld productivity
rates and overall lower project cost;
• Employs a linear scanning process
and allows both sides of the weld to be
examined simultaneously;
• Offers results reviewable by
personnel both on-site and off-site;
• Utilizes inspection data which can
be stored, analyzed, and shared
digitally;
• Eliminates hazardous materials
disposal issues; and
• Improves weld inspection
personnel safety.
For the reasons stated, SPLNG is
requesting a waiver from 49 CFR
193.2301 which requires compliance
with 49 CFR part 193 and NFPA 59A.
Moreover, SPLNG is asking that it be
allowed to use the ultrasonic
examination method in the Tenth
Edition, Addendum 1, of API 620
instead of the radiographic examination
method in the Eighth Edition of API
620.
The NFPA 59A Technical Committee
recently approved and recommended
the acceptance of the 2002, Tenth
Edition, Addendum 1 of API 620 with
three limitations. PHMSA has only
incorporated by reference the 2001
Edition of NFPA 59A, therefore a waiver
is required for the 2006 Edition.
PHMSA will consider SPLNG’s
waiver request and whether SPLNG’s
proposal will yield an equivalent or
greater degree of safety than that
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-06-25734; Notice 1]
Pipeline Safety: Request for Waiver; Freeport LNG
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA);
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of Intent to Consider Waiver Request.
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SUMMARY: Freeport Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facility requests a
waiver of compliance from the regulation that requires every liquefied
natural gas (LNG) facility constructed after March 31, 2000 to comply
with the National Fire Protection Association's standard 59A (NFPA
59A), 2001 Edition.
DATES: Persons interested in submitting written comments on the waiver
request described in this notice must do so by October 27, 2006. Late
filed comments will be considered as far as practicable.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written comments by mailing or delivering an
original and two copies to the Dockets Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT), Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington,
DC 20590-0001. The Dockets Facility is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except on Federal holidays when the facility is
closed. Alternatively, you may submit written comments to the docket
electronically at the following Web address: https://dms.dot.gov. All
written comments should identify the docket and notice number stated in
the heading of this notice. Anyone who wants confirmation of mailed
comments must include a self-addressed stamped postcard. To file
written comments electronically, after logging on to https://
dms.dot.gov, click on ``Comment/Submissions.'' You can also read
comments and other material in the docket. General information about
the Federal pipeline safety program is available at https://
phmsa.dot.gov.
Anyone is able to 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.). You may review DOT's
complete privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (7019477) or you may visit https://dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Reynolds by telephone at 202-
366-2786, by fax at 202-366-4566, by mail at DOT, Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), 400 7th Street, SW.,
Room 2103, Washington, DC 20590, or by e-mail at
james.reynolds@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
FLNG requested a waiver of compliance from the regulatory
requirement at 49 CFR 193.2301. This regulation requires each LNG
facility constructed after March 31, 2000, to comply with 49 CFR part
193 and paragraph 4.2.1 in NFPA 59A, 2001 Edition.
NFPA 59A requires that welded containers designed for not more than
15 pounds per square inch gauge (psig) comply with the Eighth Edition,
1990, of the American Petroleum Institute standard 620, Design and
Construction of Large, Welded, Low-Pressure Storage Tanks (Appendix Q).
The Eighth Edition of API 620 requires inspection according to Appendix
Q, which calls for the full radiographic examination of all vertical
and horizontal butt welds associated with the container.
FLNG is proposing to use the 2002 Tenth Edition, Addendum 1, of API
620. The Tenth Edition, Addendum 1, of API 620, allows for ultrasonic
examination, instead of radiography, as an acceptable alternative to
examining butt welds associated with the container. FLNG proposes to
use ultrasonic examination which consists of full semi-automated and
manual ultrasonic examination using shear wave probes. The examination
also consists of a volumetric ultrasonic examination using a
combination of creep wave probes and focused angled longitudinal wave
probes.
FLNG asserts that ultrasonic examination has several advantages
over radiographic examination, namely it:
Produces faster examination rates with equal reliability;
Yields higher weld productivity rates and overall lower
project cost;
Employs a linear scanning process and allows both sides of
the weld to be examined simultaneously;
Offers results reviewable by personnel both on-site and
off-site;
Utilizes inspection data which can be stored, analyzed,
and shared digitally; and
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Improves weld inspection personnel safety.
For the reasons stated, FLNG is requesting a waiver from 49 CFR
193.2301 which requires compliance with 49 CFR part 193 and NFPA 59A.
Moreover, FLNG is asking that it be allowed to use the ultrasonic
examination method in the Tenth Edition, Addendum 1, of API 620 instead
of the radiographic examination method in the Eighth Edition of API
620.
The NFPA 59A Technical Committee recently approved and recommended
the acceptance of the 2002, Tenth Edition, Addendum 1 of API 620 with
three limitations. PHMSA has only incorporated by reference the 2001
Edition of NFPA 59A, therefore a waiver is required for the 2006
Edition.
PHMSA will consider FLNG's waiver request and whether FLNG's
proposal will yield an equivalent or greater degree of safety than that
currently provided by the regulations.
This notice is PHMSA's only request for public comment before
making a decision. After considering any comments received, PHMSA will
make a determination to grant FLNG's waiver request as proposed or with
modifications and conditions, or deny FLNG's request. If the waiver is
granted and PHMSA subsequently determines that the effect of the waiver
is inconsistent with pipeline safety, PHMSA may impose additional
conditions on the operator or revoke the waiver at its sole discretion.
Issued in Washington, DC on September 19, 2006.
Theodore L. Willke,
Acting Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. E6-15877 Filed 9-26-06; 8:45 am]
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