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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket ID PHMSA–2007–28505]
Pipeline Safety: Requests for Special
Permits
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA); DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Federal pipeline safety
laws allow a pipeline operator to
request PHMSA to waive compliance
with any part of the Federal pipeline
safety regulations. We are publishing
this notice to provide a list of requests
we have received from pipeline
operators seeking relief from
compliance with certain pipeline safety
regulations. This notice seeks public
comment on these requests, including
comments on any environmental
impacts. In addition, this notice
reminds the public that we have
changed what we call a decision
granting such a request to a special
permit. At the conclusion of the
comment period, PHMSA will evaluate
each request individually to determine
whether to grant a special permit or
deny the request.
DATES: Submit any comments regarding
any of these requests for special permit
by February 4, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Comments should reference
the docket number for the request and
may be submitted in the following ways:
• E-Gov Web Site: https://
www.Regulations.gov. This site allows
Docket ID
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: DOT 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 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Instructions: You should identify the
docket ID for the request you are
commenting on at the beginning of your
comments. If you submit your
comments by mail, submit two copies.
To receive confirmation that PHMSA
received your comments, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Internet
users may submit comments at https://
www.regulations.gov.
Note: Comments are posted without
changes or edits to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any personal
information provided. There is a privacy
statement published on https://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Wayne Lemoi by telephone at (404)
832–1160; or, e-mail at
wayne.lemoi@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Requester
PHMSA–2007–29034
ConocoPhillips Pipe
Line Company.
49 CFR 195.452(h) ...
PHMSA–2007–0038 ..
ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. (CPAI).
49 CFR 195.583 ........
PHMSA–2007–28994
Gulf South Pipeline
Company, L.P.
49 CFR 192.111 ........
49 CFR 192.201 ........
49 CFR 192.619 ........
PHMSA–2007–29078
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PHMSA has filed in the Federal
Docket Management System (FDMS)
requests for waivers we have received
from pipeline operators seeking relief
from compliance with certain pipeline
safety regulations. Each request has
been assigned a separate docket ID in
the FDMS. We invite interested persons
to participate by reviewing these
requests and by submitting written
comments, data or other views. Please
include any comments on the
environmental impacts that granting the
requests may have.
Before acting on any request, PHMSA
will evaluate all comments received on
or before the comment closing date. We
will consider comments received after
this date if it is possible to do so without
incurring additional expense or delay.
We may grant or deny these requests
based on the comments we receive.
PHMSA has received the following
requests for waivers of compliance with
pipeline safety regulations.
To allow certain anomalies discovered on the New Iberia to Sunset
Pipeline in Louisiana to remain ‘‘as-is’’ by permanently maintaining
an operating pressure reduction taken on January 3, 2007. The
anomalies were discovered using In-Line Inspection (ILI) tools during Integrity Management Program (IMP) assessments.
To waive repair requirements for one dent located on the top of the
BL–01 pipeline from Hardtner, KS to Wichita, KS and for one dent
located on the top of the CM–01 pipeline from Kingfisher, OK to
Medford, OK. The dents were discovered using ILI tools during IMP
assessments.
To waive atmospheric corrosion inspection requirements for certain
non-piggable sections of CPAI’s above ground pipelines on the
North Slope of Alaska.
To authorize operation of the Southeast Expansion Project, a 110.8mile gas transmission pipeline, from Harrisville, MS to Choctaw
County, AL at a maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP) of
80% of the specified minimum yield strength (SMYS).
To authorize operation of approximately 1,380 miles of the Kern River
pipeline system and 300 miles of Common Facilities running from
Lincoln County, WY through Utah and into San Bernardino County,
CA at an MAOP of 80% SMYS in Class 1 locations, 67% SMYS in
Class 2 locations, and 56% SMYS in Class 3 locations and compressor stations.
49 CFR 195.452(h) ...
Kern River Gas
Transmission Company.
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Company.
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PHMSA changed the name of a
decision we made granting a request for
waiver of compliance from ‘‘decision
granting waiver’’ to ‘‘special permit’’ to
reflect that granting the request will not
reduce safety. We commonly add safety
conditions to decisions granting waivers
to ensure that waiving compliance with
an existing pipeline safety standard is
consistent with pipeline safety. The
change was simply a name change for a
decision granting waiver under 49
U.S.C. 60118(c)(1).
Regulation(s)
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Docket ID
Requester
Regulation(s)
Nature of waiver
PHMSA–2007–29032
Texas Eastern Transmission, L.P. (a
Spectra Energy
Company).
Gulf South Pipeline
Company, L.P.
49 CFR 192.611 ........
To authorize operation of 19 pipeline segments at 6 sites along Lines
14, 18, and 31 downstream of the Union Church and Clinton compressor stations in Mississippi without reducing operating pressure
as a result of a change from Class 1 to Class 2 locations.
To authorize operation of 3 pipeline segments on the TPL 880 pipeline
in Marion County, AL without reducing operating pressure as a result of a change from Class 1 to Class 3 locations.
PHMSA–2007–0039 ..
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60118(c)(1) and 49
CFR 1.53.
49 CFR 192.611 ........
SUMMARY: The Surface Transportation
Board (Board) is accepting for
consideration the application filed on
December 5, 2007, by Canadian Pacific
Railway Corporation (CPRC), Soo Line
Holding Company, a Delaware
Corporation and indirect subsidiary of
CPRC (Soo Holding), Dakota, Minnesota
& Eastern Railroad Corporation (DM&E),
and Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad
Corporation, a wholly owned rail
subsidiary of DM&E (IC&E). The
application filed on December 5 seeks
Board approval under 49 U.S.C. 11321–
26 of the acquisition of control of DM&E
and IC&E by Soo Holding (and,
indirectly, by CPRC). This proposal is
referred to as the ‘‘transaction,’’ and
CPRC, Soo Holding, DM&E, and IC&E
are referred to collectively as
‘‘Applicants.’’ 1
The Board finds that the transaction is
a ‘‘significant transaction’’ under 49
CFR 1180.2(b), and adopts a procedural
schedule for consideration of the
application, under which the Board’s
final decision would be issued by
September 30, 2008.
DATES: The effective date of this
decision is January 4, 2008. Any person
who wishes to participate in this
proceeding as a party of record (POR)
must file, no later than January 25, 2008,
a notice of intent to participate if they
have not already done so. Descriptions
of anticipated responsive applications
(including inconsistent applications)
and any petitions for waiver or
clarification with respect to such
applications are also due by January 25,
2008. Applicants shall file a proposed
Safety Integration Plan (SIP) with the
Board’s Section of Environmental
Analysis (SEA) and the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) by February 4,
2008. All environmental comments
must also be filed by February 4, 2008,
addressed to the attention of SEA. All
responsive applications, requests for
conditions, and any other evidence and
argument in opposition to the
application, including filings by DOJ
and DOT, must be filed by March 4,
2008. Replies to responsive
applications, requests for conditions,
and other opposition, and rebuttal in
support of the application must be filed
by April 18, 2008. DOJ and DOT will be
allowed to file, on the response due date
(here, April 18), their comments in
response to the comments of other
parties, and Applicants will be allowed
to file a response to any such comments
filed by DOJ and/or DOT by April 25,
2008. Rebuttals in support of responsive
applications, requests for conditions,
and other opposition must be filed by
May 19, 2008. Final briefs, if any, will
1 In Decision No. 1 in this proceeding, served
September 21, 2007, the Board issued a Protective
Order to facilitate the discovery process and
establish appropriate procedures for the submission
of evidence containing confidential or proprietary
information. On October 5, 2007, Applicants
submitted an application for the proposed
transaction and requested that the Board treat the
transaction as a ‘‘minor transaction.’’ In Decision
No. 2, served November 2, 2007, and published in
the Federal Register on November 8, 2007, at 72 FR
63232–63236, the Board found the proposed
transaction to be ‘‘significant’’ and considered the
October 5 submission as a prefiling notification,
thus allowing Applicants to perfect their
application by submitting the difference between
the filing fee for a ‘‘minor’’ transaction and
‘‘significant’’ transaction, as well as any
supplemental materials or information. On
December 5, 2007, applicants submitted the
difference in filing fees and other supplemental
material. We will refer to the October 5 prefiling
notification, as supplemented on December 5, as
‘‘the December 5 application.’’
Issued in Washington, DC, on December
27, 2007.
Jeffrey D. Wiese,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 35081]
Canadian Pacific Railway Company, et
al.—Control—Dakota, Minnesota &
Eastern Railroad Corp., et al.
AGENCY:
Surface Transportation Board,
DOT.
Decision No. 4 in STB Finance
Docket No. 35081; Notice of Acceptance
of Application; Issuance of Procedural
Schedule.
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be due by July 2, 2008. If a public
hearing or oral argument is held, it will
be held on a date to be determined by
the Board. The Board will issue its final
decision by September 30, 2008. For
further information respecting dates, see
Appendix A (Procedural Schedule).
ADDRESSES: Any filing submitted in this
proceeding must be submitted either via
the Board’s e-filing format or in the
traditional paper format as provided for
in the Board’s rules. Any person using
e-filing should attach a document and
otherwise comply with the instructions
found on the Board’s Web site at
https://www.stb.dot.gov at the ‘‘EFILING’’ link. Any person submitting a
filing in the traditional paper format
should send an original and 10 paper
copies of the filing (and also an
electronic version) to: Surface
Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20423–0001. In
addition, one copy of each filing in this
proceeding must be sent (and may be
sent by e-mail only if service by e-mail
is acceptable to the recipient) to each of
the following: (1) Secretary of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590; (2)
Attorney General of the United States,
c/o Assistant Attorney General,
Antitrust Division, Room 3109,
Department of Justice, Washington, DC
20530; (3) Terence M. Hynes
(representing CPRC), Sidley Austin LLP,
1501 K Street, NW., Washington, DC
20005; (4) William C. Sippel
(representing DM&E), Fletcher & Sippel,
29 North Wacker Drive, Suite 920,
Chicago, IL 60606; and (5) any other
person designated as a POR on the
service list notice (as explained below,
the service list notice will be issued as
soon as practicable).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia
M. Farr, (202) 245–0359. [Assistance for
the hearing impaired is available
through the Federal Information Relay
Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339.]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CPRC is a
Canadian corporation whose stock is
publicly held and traded on the New
York and Toronto stock exchanges.
CPRC and its U.S. rail carrier
subsidiaries, Soo Line Railroad
Company (Soo) and Delaware and
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket ID PHMSA-2007-28505]
Pipeline Safety: Requests for Special Permits
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA);
DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal pipeline safety laws allow a pipeline operator to
request PHMSA to waive compliance with any part of the Federal pipeline
safety regulations. We are publishing this notice to provide a list of
requests we have received from pipeline operators seeking relief from
compliance with certain pipeline safety regulations. This notice seeks
public comment on these requests, including comments on any
environmental impacts. In addition, this notice reminds the public that
we have changed what we call a decision granting such a request to a
special permit. At the conclusion of the comment period, PHMSA will
evaluate each request individually to determine whether to grant a
special permit or deny the request.
DATES: Submit any comments regarding any of these requests for special
permit by February 4, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket number for the request
and may be submitted in the following ways:
E-Gov Web Site: https://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: DOT 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 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
Instructions: You should identify the docket ID for the request you
are commenting on at the beginning of your comments. If you submit your
comments by mail, submit two copies. To receive confirmation that PHMSA
received your comments, include a self-addressed stamped postcard.
Internet users may submit comments at https://www.regulations.gov.
Note: Comments are posted without changes or edits to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided.
There is a privacy statement published on https://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne Lemoi by telephone at (404) 832-
1160; or, e-mail at wayne.lemoi@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Change in Nomenclature
PHMSA changed the name of a decision we made granting a request for
waiver of compliance from ``decision granting waiver'' to ``special
permit'' to reflect that granting the request will not reduce safety.
We commonly add safety conditions to decisions granting waivers to
ensure that waiving compliance with an existing pipeline safety
standard is consistent with pipeline safety. The change was simply a
name change for a decision granting waiver under 49 U.S.C. 60118(c)(1).
Comments Invited on Requests for Waiver
PHMSA has filed in the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS)
requests for waivers we have received from pipeline operators seeking
relief from compliance with certain pipeline safety regulations. Each
request has been assigned a separate docket ID in the FDMS. We invite
interested persons to participate by reviewing these requests and by
submitting written comments, data or other views. Please include any
comments on the environmental impacts that granting the requests may
have.
Before acting on any request, PHMSA will evaluate all comments
received on or before the comment closing date. We will consider
comments received after this date if it is possible to do so without
incurring additional expense or delay. We may grant or deny these
requests based on the comments we receive.
PHMSA has received the following requests for waivers of compliance
with pipeline safety regulations.
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Docket ID Requester Regulation(s) Nature of waiver
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PHMSA-2007-29033............ ExxonMobil Pipeline Company. 49 CFR 195.452(h)........... To allow certain
anomalies discovered
on the New Iberia to
Sunset Pipeline in
Louisiana to remain
``as-is'' by
permanently
maintaining an
operating pressure
reduction taken on
January 3, 2007. The
anomalies were
discovered using In-
Line Inspection (ILI)
tools during
Integrity Management
Program (IMP)
assessments.
PHMSA-2007-29034............ ConocoPhillips Pipe Line 49 CFR 195.452(h)........... To waive repair
Company. requirements for one
dent located on the
top of the BL-01
pipeline from
Hardtner, KS to
Wichita, KS and for
one dent located on
the top of the CM-01
pipeline from
Kingfisher, OK to
Medford, OK. The
dents were discovered
using ILI tools
during IMP
assessments.
PHMSA-2007-0038............. ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. 49 CFR 195.583.............. To waive atmospheric
(CPAI). corrosion inspection
requirements for
certain non-piggable
sections of CPAI's
above ground
pipelines on the
North Slope of
Alaska.
PHMSA-2007-28994............ Gulf South Pipeline Company, 49 CFR 192.111.............. To authorize operation
L.P. 49 CFR 192.201.............. of the Southeast
49 CFR 192.619.............. Expansion Project, a
110.8-mile gas
transmission
pipeline, from
Harrisville, MS to
Choctaw County, AL at
a maximum allowable
operating pressure
(MAOP) of 80% of the
specified minimum
yield strength
(SMYS).
PHMSA-2007-29078............ Kern River Gas Transmission 49 CFR 192.111.............. To authorize operation
Company. 49 CFR 192.201.............. of approximately
49 CFR 192.505.............. 1,380 miles of the
49 CFR 192.619.............. Kern River pipeline
system and 300 miles
of Common Facilities
running from Lincoln
County, WY through
Utah and into San
Bernardino County, CA
at an MAOP of 80%
SMYS in Class 1
locations, 67% SMYS
in Class 2 locations,
and 56% SMYS in Class
3 locations and
compressor stations.
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PHMSA-2007-29032............ Texas Eastern Transmission, 49 CFR 192.611.............. To authorize operation
L.P. (a Spectra Energy of 19 pipeline
Company). segments at 6 sites
along Lines 14, 18,
and 31 downstream of
the Union Church and
Clinton compressor
stations in
Mississippi without
reducing operating
pressure as a result
of a change from
Class 1 to Class 2
locations.
PHMSA-2007-0039............. Gulf South Pipeline Company, 49 CFR 192.611.............. To authorize operation
L.P. of 3 pipeline
segments on the TPL
880 pipeline in
Marion County, AL
without reducing
operating pressure as
a result of a change
from Class 1 to Class
3 locations.
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Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60118(c)(1) and 49 CFR 1.53.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 27, 2007.
Jeffrey D. Wiese,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. E7-25634 Filed 1-3-08; 8:45 am]
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