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II. Advisory Bulletin ADB–10–01
To: Owners or Operators of Hazardous
Liquid Pipelines.
Subject: Leak Detection on Hazardous
Liquid Pipelines.
Advisory: The Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration (PHMSA) is advising
and reminding hazardous liquid
pipeline operators of the importance of
prompt and effective leak detection
capability in protecting public safety
and the environment. In order to ensure
the safe and environmentally sound
operation of their hazardous liquid
pipelines, the operating plans and
procedures required by the pipeline
safety regulations should include the
performance of an engineering analysis
to determine if a computer-based leak
detection system is necessary to
improve leak detection performance and
line balance processes. If an operator
that does not have a computer-based
leak detection system performs an
engineering analysis and determines
that such a system would not improve
leak detection performance and line
balance processes, the operator should
perform the periodic line balance
calculation process outlined herein and
take any other necessary actions
required to ensure public safety and
protect the environment.
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 19,
2010.
Jeffrey D. Wiese,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2010–1497 Filed 1–25–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2009–0377]
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Pipeline Safety: Request To Modify
Special Permit
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA); DOT.
ACTION: Notice; Reopening of Comment
Period on the Kern River Gas
Transmission Company’s Request to
Modify Condition 35 of a Previously
Issued Special Permit.
SUMMARY: PHMSA is reopening the
comment period for its Federal Register
Notice issued on November 17, 2009 (73
FR 59342), that gave notice of a request
from the Kern River Gas Transmission
Company (Kern River), for modification
of an existing special permit, PHMSA–
2007–29078, granted to the company on
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November 8, 2008. Kern River seeks
modification of Condition 35 of the
special permit, which concerns the
external coating on its gas pipeline.
DATES: Submit any comments regarding
this special permit modification request
by February 9, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Comments should reference
the docket number for this special
permit 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: Identify the docket
number, PHMSA–2007–29078, at the
beginning of your comments. If you
submit your comments by mail, please
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.
Privacy Act Statement: Anyone can
search the electronic form of comments
received in response to 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.).
DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement
was published in the Federal Register
on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
General: Kay McIver by telephone at
(202) 366–0113; or, e-mail at
kay.mciver@dot.gov.
Technical: Steve Nanney by telephone
at (713) 272–2855; or, e-mail at
steve.nanney@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA is
reopening the comment period for 14
days from date of publication to allow
for public review of documents recently
added to the docket.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60118(c)(1) and 49
CFR 1.53.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on January 19,
2010.
Jeffrey D. Wiese,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2010–1472 Filed 1–25–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2010–0016]
Pipeline Safety: Requests for Special
Permit
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA); DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: PHMSA is publishing this
notice of special permit requests we
have received from two pipeline
operators, seeking relief from
compliance with certain requirements
in the Federal pipeline safety
regulations. This notice seeks public
comments on these requests, including
comments on any safety or
environmental impacts. At the
conclusion of the 30-day comment
period, PHMSA will evaluate each
request and determine whether to grant
or deny a special permit.
DATES: Submit any comments regarding
these special permit requests by
February 25, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Comments should reference
the docket numbers for the specific
special permit requests 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 9:00 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
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submit two copies. To receive
confirmation that PHMSA has received
your comments, please 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.
Privacy Act Statement: Anyone can
search the electronic form of comments
received in response to 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.).
DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement
was published in the Federal Register
on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
General: Kay McIver by telephone at
(202) 366–0113; or, e-mail at
kay.mciver@dot.gov.
Technical: Steve Nanney by telephone
at (713) 272–2855; or, e-mail at
steve.nanney@dot.gov.
PHMSA
has received these requests for special
permits from pipeline operators who
seek relief from compliance with certain
pipeline safety regulations. Each request
is filed in the Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) and has
been assigned a separate docket number
in the FDMS. Each docket includes any
technical analysis or other supporting
documentation provided by the
requestor, including a description of any
alternative measures the operator
proposes to take in lieu of compliance
with the current regulations. We invite
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interested persons to participate by
reviewing these special permit requests
at https://www.Regulations.gov, and by
submitting written comments, data or
other views. Please include any
comments on potential environmental
impacts that may result if these special
permits are granted.
Before acting on these special permit
requests, PHMSA will evaluate all
comments received on or before the
comments closing date. Comments will
be evaluated after this date if it is
possible to do so without incurring
additional expense or delay. PHMSA
will consider each relevant comment we
receive in making our decision to grant
or deny a request and what terms and
conditions are appropriate.
PHMSA has received the following
two special permit requests:
Docket No.
Requester
Regulation(s)
Nature of special permit
PHMSA–2009–0390 ..........
Colonial Pipeline Company
49 CFR 195.310(b) ...........
PHMSA–2009–0407 ..........
Union Oil of California
(Chevron).
49 CFR 195.452(h)(3) and
195.452(h)(4)(iii).
Colonial Pipeline Company requests relief from certain
recordkeeping requirements for two segments of Line
01. Colonial Pipeline Company operates 1,049 miles
of 40-inch and 36-inch diameter steel pipeline that
runs from Houston, Texas to Greensboro, North Carolina. The segments of request include approximately
66 miles of 40-inch pipeline in LA, and 10 miles of 36inch pipeline in GA, for which Colonial can no longer
locate certain pressure recording charts and calibration data from the original construction hydrostatic
testing of the pipeline. These original construction hydrostatic tests were conducted more than thirty years
ago. The application is for a special permit to waive
the requirement to have retained the pressure recording charts and certain other pressure test data.
Union Oil of California requests a waiver to the 180-day
repair requirement for a riser which is part of the
Anna platform ‘‘A’’ pipeline. The Anna platform ‘‘A’’
pipeline terminates at the Bruce platform riser located
in Kenai Borough, Alaska on the Cook Inlet, a navigable waterway. The Bruce platform riser, for which
the special permit is sought, is a 12-inch OD riser,
constructed of .500 inch wall thickness, ASTM A53
grade B material with coating of unknown origin. The
riser was constructed in 1967. Union Oil of California
conducted an in-line inspection in 2008. The results
demonstrated a 64% wall loss. Union Oil of California
requests a waiver from repairs due to the inaccessibility of the repair location, the MOP, and the remaining 36% original wall thickness. Union Oil of California proposes alternative measures to mitigate the
wall thickness loss. These measures include re-inspection of the 12-inch pipeline riser location in 2010.
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Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60118(c)(1) and 49
CFR 1.53.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 19,
2010.
Jeffrey D. Wiese,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
Internal Revenue Service
Open Meeting of the Taxpayer
Advocacy Panel Taxpayer Assistance
Center Committee
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AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Treasury.
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SUMMARY: An open meeting of the
Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Taxpayer
Assistance Center Committee will be
conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy
Panel is soliciting public comments,
ideas, and suggestions on improving
customer service at the Internal Revenue
Service.
DATES: The meeting will be held
Tuesday, February 23, 2010.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2010-0016]
Pipeline Safety: Requests for Special Permit
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA);
DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: PHMSA is publishing this notice of special permit requests we
have received from two pipeline operators, seeking relief from
compliance with certain requirements in the Federal pipeline safety
regulations. This notice seeks public comments on these requests,
including comments on any safety or environmental impacts. At the
conclusion of the 30-day comment period, PHMSA will evaluate each
request and determine whether to grant or deny a special permit.
DATES: Submit any comments regarding these special permit requests by
February 25, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket numbers for the
specific special permit requests 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 9:00 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
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submit two copies. To receive confirmation that PHMSA has received your
comments, please 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.
Privacy Act Statement: Anyone can search the electronic form of
comments received in response to 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.). DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement was published in the Federal Register on
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: General: Kay McIver by telephone at
(202) 366-0113; or, e-mail at kay.mciver@dot.gov.
Technical: Steve Nanney by telephone at (713) 272-2855; or, e-mail
at steve.nanney@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA has received these requests for
special permits from pipeline operators who seek relief from compliance
with certain pipeline safety regulations. Each request is filed in the
Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) and has been assigned a
separate docket number in the FDMS. Each docket includes any technical
analysis or other supporting documentation provided by the requestor,
including a description of any alternative measures the operator
proposes to take in lieu of compliance with the current regulations. We
invite interested persons to participate by reviewing these special
permit requests at https://www.Regulations.gov, and by submitting
written comments, data or other views. Please include any comments on
potential environmental impacts that may result if these special
permits are granted.
Before acting on these special permit requests, PHMSA will evaluate
all comments received on or before the comments closing date. Comments
will be evaluated after this date if it is possible to do so without
incurring additional expense or delay. PHMSA will consider each
relevant comment we receive in making our decision to grant or deny a
request and what terms and conditions are appropriate.
PHMSA has received the following two special permit requests:
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Docket No. Requester Regulation(s) Nature of special permit
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PHMSA-2009-0390................... Colonial Pipeline 49 CFR 195.310(b).... Colonial Pipeline Company
Company. requests relief from certain
recordkeeping requirements
for two segments of Line 01.
Colonial Pipeline Company
operates 1,049 miles of 40-
inch and 36-inch diameter
steel pipeline that runs from
Houston, Texas to Greensboro,
North Carolina. The segments
of request include
approximately 66 miles of 40-
inch pipeline in LA, and 10
miles of 36-inch pipeline in
GA, for which Colonial can no
longer locate certain
pressure recording charts and
calibration data from the
original construction
hydrostatic testing of the
pipeline. These original
construction hydrostatic
tests were conducted more
than thirty years ago. The
application is for a special
permit to waive the
requirement to have retained
the pressure recording charts
and certain other pressure
test data.
PHMSA-2009-0407................... Union Oil of 49 CFR 195.452(h)(3) Union Oil of California
California (Chevron). and requests a waiver to the 180-
195.452(h)(4)(iii). day repair requirement for a
riser which is part of the
Anna platform ``A'' pipeline.
The Anna platform ``A''
pipeline terminates at the
Bruce platform riser located
in Kenai Borough, Alaska on
the Cook Inlet, a navigable
waterway. The Bruce platform
riser, for which the special
permit is sought, is a 12-
inch OD riser, constructed of
.500 inch wall thickness,
ASTM A53 grade B material
with coating of unknown
origin. The riser was
constructed in 1967. Union
Oil of California conducted
an in-line inspection in
2008. The results
demonstrated a 64% wall loss.
Union Oil of California
requests a waiver from
repairs due to the
inaccessibility of the repair
location, the MOP, and the
remaining 36% original wall
thickness. Union Oil of
California proposes
alternative measures to
mitigate the wall thickness
loss. These measures include
re-inspection of the 12-inch
pipeline riser location in
2010.
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Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60118(c)(1) and 49 CFR 1.53.
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 19, 2010.
Jeffrey D. Wiese,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2010-1470 Filed 1-25-10; 8:45 am]
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