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practice API 1130 ‘‘Computational
Pipeline Monitoring for Liquid
Pipelines’’ (API 1130). PHMSA is not
proposing any revisions to these areas of
the information collection.
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D. Summary of Impacted Collection
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The following information is provided
for this information collection: (1) Title
of the information collection; (2) OMB
control number; (3) Type of request; (4)
Abstract of the information collection
activity; (5) Description of affected
public; (6) Estimate of total annual
reporting and recordkeeping burden;
and (7) Frequency of collection. PHMSA
will request a three-year term of
approval for this information collection
activity. PHMSA requests comments on
the following information collection:
Title: Transportation of Hazardous
Liquids by Pipeline: Recordkeeping and
Accident Reporting.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0047.
Current Expiration Date: 7/31/2015.
Type of Request: Revision.
Abstract: This information collection
covers recordkeeping and accident
reporting by hazardous liquid pipeline
operators who are subject to 49 CFR part
195. Section 195.50 specifies the
definition of an ‘‘accident’’ and the
reporting criteria for submitting a
Hazardous Liquid Accident Report
(form PHMSA F7000–1) is detailed in
§ 195.54. PHMSA is proposing to revise
the form PHMSA F7000–1 instructions
for editorial and clarification purposes.
Affected Public: Hazardous liquid
pipeline operators.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping
Burden:
Annual Responses: 897.
Annual Burden Hours: 52,429.
Frequency of collection: On Occasion.
Comments are invited on:
(a) The need for the proposed
collection of information for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques.
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Alan K. Mayberry,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy
and Programs.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
Pipeline Safety: Renewal requests for
Special Permit
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA); DOT.
ACTION: This Notice pertains to the
renewal requests for Special Permits
with the following Docket Numbers:
AGENCY:
PHMSA–2008–0213 Empire Pipeline Inc.
PHMSA–2005–20323 Northern Natural Gas
Company
PHMSA–2006–26614 Northern Natural Gas
Company
PHMSA–2008–0141 Northern Natural Gas
Company
Pursuant to the Federal
pipeline safety laws, PHMSA is
publishing this notice of multiple
special permit renewal requests that we
have received from two natural gas
transmission 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 the renewal of
these special permits would have. For
each listed Special Permit renewal
request, an Environmental Assessment
is available for review and comment in
the respective dockets. At the
conclusion of the 30-day comment
period, PHMSA will evaluate the
comments received and the technical
analysis of the renewal requests to
determine whether to grant or deny the
renewal requests.
DATES: Submit any comments regarding
these special permit requests by March
6, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Comments should reference
the specific docket number for which
the comment applies. Comments may be
submitted in the following ways:
• At the 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.
SUMMARY:
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• By 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.
• By 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: At the beginning of your
comments, please identify the docket
number for the special permit renewal
request you are commenting on. If you
submit your comments by mail, please
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: Please read the privacy statement
published on https://www.Regulations.gov.
Comments, including any personal
information provided, are posted without
changes or edits to https://
www.Regulations.gov.
Contacts for general or technical
information:
General: Kay McIver by telephone at
(202) 366–0113; or by email at
kay.mciver@dot.gov.
Technical: Steve Nanney by telephone
at (713) 272–2855; or by email at
steve.nanney@dot.gov.
PHMSA
has received the following special
permit renewal requests from two
pipeline operators who seek relief from
compliance with certain federal
pipeline safety regulations. Each request
includes a technical analysis provided
by the respective operators, and filed
under the original issued special permit
number in the Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) at https://
www.Regulations.gov. PHMSA invites
interested persons to participate by
reviewing these special permit renewal
requests and submitting written
comments, data or other views in the
FDMS. Please include comments on any
potential environmental impacts that
may result if these special permit
renewals are granted.
Details of Special Permit renewals
received:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Requesters
Regulations affected
Nature of special permit
PHMSA–2008–
0213.
Empire Pipeline Inc
49 CFR 192.611 ....
PHMSA–2005–
20323.
Northern Natural
Gas Company.
49 CFR
192.625(b)(1).
PHMSA–2006–
26614.
Northern Natural
Gas Company.
49 CFR
192.625(b)(1).
PHMSA–2006–
0141.
Northern Natural
Gas Company.
49 CFR
192.625(b)(1).
To reauthorize Empire Pipeline Inc., (Empire) to continue its operation as defined in the original Special Permit issued on May 20, 2010, for the operation
of five pipeline segments located in Genesee, Niagara and Monroe Counties
in western and central New York, where the class location has changed from
a Class 1 or Class 2 to Class 3 location. The Special Permit renewal request
seeks to waive compliance from certain Federal regulations found in 49 CFR
192.611. The segments operate at an MAOP of 1,440 psig. In addition, Empire is requesting that it be allowed to extend the Special permit area of Section 5 by approximately 840 feet.
To reauthorize Northern Natural Gas Company to continue its operation as defined in the original Special Permit issued on April 10, 2010, for the nonodorization of a pipeline lateral. The Special Permit renewal request seeks to
waive compliance from certain Federal regulations found in 49 CFR
192.625(b)(1) for the exclusion from installing odorization equipment on Special Permit Segment 1: the 23⁄8-inch diameter Rippey branch line (500 psig)
located near Highway 44 in Greene County, Iowa and; Special Permit Segment 2: the 41⁄2-inch diameter (1,885 feet length, 800 psig) La Crescent
branch line located in Houston County, Minnesota.
To reauthorize Northern Natural Gas Company to continue its operation as defined in the original Special Permit issued on April 10, 2010, for the nonodorization of a pipeline lateral. The Special Permit renewal request seeks to
waive compliance from certain Federal regulations found in 49 CFR
192.625(b)(1) for the exclusion from installing odorization equipment on one
segment of the Northern Natural Gas Company’s 31⁄2-inch diameter St. Joseph transmission pipeline system located in Benton and Stearns Counties,
Minnesota. The Special Permit segment is approximately 8 miles long and
operates at an MAOP of 1,050 psig.
To reauthorize Northern Natural Gas Company to continue its operation as defined in the original Special Permit issued on April 10, 2010, for the nonodorization of a pipeline lateral. The Special Permit renewal request seeks to
waive compliance from certain Federal regulations found in 49 CFR
192.625(b)(1) for the exclusion from installing odorization equipment on one
segment of the Northern Natural Gas Company transmission pipeline system
located on the Sioux Falls 14-inch diameter (Nebraska to South Dakota
Mainline) pipeline in Lincoln County, South Dakota. This segment operates
at an MAOP of 446 psig.
Docket No.
Before acting on the special permit
renewal requests, PHMSA will evaluate
all comments received on or before the
comments closing date. PHMSA will
consider each relevant comment
received in its decision to grant or deny
the renewal requests. Comments will be
evaluated after this date only if it is
possible to do so without incurring
additional expense or delay.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60118(c)(1) and 49
CFR 1.53.
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 30,
2015.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy
and Programs.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 290 (Sub–No. 355X)]
The Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas
Pacific Railway Company—
Abandonment Exemption—in Scott
County, Tenn.
The Cincinnati, New Orleans and
Texas Pacific Railway Company
(CNOTP), a wholly owned subsidiary of
Norfolk Southern Railway Company,
has filed a verified notice of exemption
under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F—
Exempt Abandonments to abandon
approximately 12.63 miles of rail line
from milepost NR 0.0 at New River to
milepost NR 12.63 at Sterling, in Scott
County, Tenn. (the Line).1 The Line
traverses United States Postal Service
Zip Codes 37755 and 37852.
1 CNOTP states that, following abandonment,
CNOTP intends to convey the Line, its legal rights
to the right-of-way, in addition to six bridges that
are located on the Line, to KT Group, L.L.C. (the
Group). CNOTP also states that the Group will be
required, by contract, to abide by all of the Board’s
environmental conditions when performing salvage
activities on the Line.
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CNOTP has certified that: (1) No local
traffic has moved over the Line for at
least two years; (2) no overhead traffic
has moved over the Line for at least two
years and that overhead traffic, if there
were any, could be rerouted over other
lines; (3) no formal complaint filed by
a user of rail service on the Line (or by
a state or local government entity acting
on behalf of such user) regarding
cessation of service over the Line either
is pending with the Surface
Transportation Board (Board) or with
any U.S. District Court or has been
decided in favor of complainant within
the two-year period; and (4) the
requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7(c)
(environmental report), 49 CFR 1105.11
(transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12
(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR
1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental
agencies) have been met.
As a condition to this exemption, any
employee adversely affected by the
abandonment shall be protected under
Oregon Short Line Railroad—
Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch
Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham &
Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C.
91 (1979). To address whether this
condition adequately protects affected
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Pipeline Safety: Renewal requests for Special Permit
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA);
DOT.
ACTION: This Notice pertains to the renewal requests for Special
Permits with the following Docket Numbers:
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PHMSA-2008-0213 Empire Pipeline Inc.
PHMSA-2005-20323 Northern Natural Gas Company
PHMSA-2006-26614 Northern Natural Gas Company
PHMSA-2008-0141 Northern Natural Gas Company
SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal pipeline safety laws, PHMSA is
publishing this notice of multiple special permit renewal requests that
we have received from two natural gas transmission 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 the
renewal of these special permits would have. For each listed Special
Permit renewal request, an Environmental Assessment is available for
review and comment in the respective dockets. At the conclusion of the
30-day comment period, PHMSA will evaluate the comments received and
the technical analysis of the renewal requests to determine whether to
grant or deny the renewal requests.
DATES: Submit any comments regarding these special permit requests by
March 6, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the specific docket number for
which the comment applies. Comments may be submitted in the following
ways:
At the 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.
By 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.
By 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: At the beginning of your comments, please identify
the docket number for the special permit renewal request you are
commenting on. If you submit your comments by mail, please 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: Please read the privacy statement published on https://www.Regulations.gov. Comments, including any personal information
provided, are posted without changes or edits to https://www.Regulations.gov.
Contacts for general or technical information:
General: Kay McIver by telephone at (202) 366-0113; or by email at
kay.mciver@dot.gov.
Technical: Steve Nanney by telephone at (713) 272-2855; or by email
at steve.nanney@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA has received the following special
permit renewal requests from two pipeline operators who seek relief
from compliance with certain federal pipeline safety regulations. Each
request includes a technical analysis provided by the respective
operators, and filed under the original issued special permit number in
the Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) at https://www.Regulations.gov. PHMSA invites interested persons to participate by
reviewing these special permit renewal requests and submitting written
comments, data or other views in the FDMS. Please include comments on
any potential environmental impacts that may result if these special
permit renewals are granted.
Details of Special Permit renewals received:
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Docket No. Requesters Regulations affected Nature of special permit
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PHMSA-2008-0213................ Empire Pipeline Inc..... 49 CFR 192.611......... To reauthorize Empire
Pipeline Inc., (Empire) to
continue its operation as
defined in the original
Special Permit issued on
May 20, 2010, for the
operation of five pipeline
segments located in
Genesee, Niagara and Monroe
Counties in western and
central New York, where the
class location has changed
from a Class 1 or Class 2
to Class 3 location. The
Special Permit renewal
request seeks to waive
compliance from certain
Federal regulations found
in 49 CFR 192.611. The
segments operate at an MAOP
of 1,440 psig. In addition,
Empire is requesting that
it be allowed to extend the
Special permit area of
Section 5 by approximately
840 feet.
PHMSA-2005-20323............... Northern Natural Gas 49 CFR 192.625(b)(1)... To reauthorize Northern
Company. Natural Gas Company to
continue its operation as
defined in the original
Special Permit issued on
April 10, 2010, for the non-
odorization of a pipeline
lateral. The Special Permit
renewal request seeks to
waive compliance from
certain Federal regulations
found in 49 CFR
192.625(b)(1) for the
exclusion from installing
odorization equipment on
Special Permit Segment 1:
the 2\3/8\-inch diameter
Rippey branch line (500
psig) located near Highway
44 in Greene County, Iowa
and; Special Permit Segment
2: the 4\1/2\-inch diameter
(1,885 feet length, 800
psig) La Crescent branch
line located in Houston
County, Minnesota.
PHMSA-2006-26614............... Northern Natural Gas 49 CFR 192.625(b)(1)... To reauthorize Northern
Company. Natural Gas Company to
continue its operation as
defined in the original
Special Permit issued on
April 10, 2010, for the non-
odorization of a pipeline
lateral. The Special Permit
renewal request seeks to
waive compliance from
certain Federal regulations
found in 49 CFR
192.625(b)(1) for the
exclusion from installing
odorization equipment on
one segment of the Northern
Natural Gas Company's 3\1/
2\-inch diameter St. Joseph
transmission pipeline
system located in Benton
and Stearns Counties,
Minnesota. The Special
Permit segment is
approximately 8 miles long
and operates at an MAOP of
1,050 psig.
PHMSA-2006-0141................ Northern Natural Gas 49 CFR 192.625(b)(1)... To reauthorize Northern
Company. Natural Gas Company to
continue its operation as
defined in the original
Special Permit issued on
April 10, 2010, for the non-
odorization of a pipeline
lateral. The Special Permit
renewal request seeks to
waive compliance from
certain Federal regulations
found in 49 CFR
192.625(b)(1) for the
exclusion from installing
odorization equipment on
one segment of the Northern
Natural Gas Company
transmission pipeline
system located on the Sioux
Falls 14-inch diameter
(Nebraska to South Dakota
Mainline) pipeline in
Lincoln County, South
Dakota. This segment
operates at an MAOP of 446
psig.
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Before acting on the special permit renewal requests, PHMSA will
evaluate all comments received on or before the comments closing date.
PHMSA will consider each relevant comment received in its decision to
grant or deny the renewal requests. Comments will be evaluated after
this date only if it is possible to do so without incurring additional
expense or delay.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60118(c)(1) and 49 CFR 1.53.
Issued in Washington, DC, on January 30, 2015.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy and Programs.
[FR Doc. 2015-02146 Filed 2-3-15; 8:45 am]
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