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Issued in Washington, DC.
John Karl Alexy,
Associate Administrator for Railroad Safety,
Chief Safety Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019–25023 Filed 11–18–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–06–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special
Permits
[Docket No. PHMSA–2019–0080] Williams—
Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Company
[Docket No. PHMSA–2019–0081] Williams—
Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Company
[Docket No. PHMSA–2019–0082] Williams—
Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Company
[Docket No. PHMSA–2019–0083] Williams—
Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Company
[Docket No. PHMSA–2019–0084] Williams—
Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Company
[Docket No. PHMSA–2019–0085] Williams—
Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Company
[Docket No. PHMSA–2019–0142] Williams—
Northwest Pipeline Company
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA); DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
PHMSA is publishing this
notice to solicit public comment on
several requests for special permit from
Williams —Transcontinental Gas
Pipeline Company (Transco) and
Williams—Northwest Pipeline
Company (Northwest), seeking relief
from compliance with certain
requirements in the Federal Pipeline
Safety Regulations. After the 30-day
comment period, PHMSA will review
the comments received from this notice
as part of its evaluation to grant or deny
the special permit requests.
DATES: Submit any comments regarding
these special permit requests by
December 19, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Comments should reference
the docket number for the specific
special permit request and may be
submitted in the following ways:
• E-Gov Website: https://
www.Regulations.gov. This site allows
the public to enter comments on any
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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: 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
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.
Privacy Act: There is a privacy
statement published on https://
www.Reglations.gov. Comments,
including any personal information
provided, are posted without changes or
edits to https://www.Regulations.gov.
Confidential Business Information:
Confidential Business Information (CBI)
is commercial or financial information
that is both customarily and actually
treated as private by its owner. Under
the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
(5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt from
public disclosure. If your comments
responsive to this notice contain
commercial or financial information
that is customarily treated as private,
that you actually treat as private, and
that is relevant or responsive to this
notice, it is important that you clearly
designate the submitted comments as
CBI. Pursuant to 49 CFR 190.343, you
may ask PHMSA to give confidential
treatment to information you give to the
agency by taking the following steps: (1)
Mark each page of the original
document submission containing CBI as
‘‘PROPIN’’ or ‘‘Confidential’’; (2) send
PHMSA, along with the original
document, a second copy of the original
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document with the CBI deleted; and (3)
explain why the information you are
submitting is CBI. Unless you are
notified otherwise, PHMSA will treat
such marked submissions as
confidential under the FOIA, and they
will not be placed in the public docket
of this notice. Submissions containing
CBI should be sent to Ms. Kay McIver
at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, E24–
443, Washington, DC 20590, or emailed
to her at kay.mciver@dot.gov. Any
commentary PHMSA receives that is not
specifically designated as CBI will be
placed in the public docket for this
matter.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
General: Ms. Kay McIver by telephone
at 202–366–0113, or email at
kay.mciver@dot.gov.
Technical: Mr. Steve Nanney by
telephone at 713–272–2855, or by email
at steve.nanney@dot.gov.
PHMSA
received six (6) special permit requests
from the Transcontinental Gas Pipeline
Transco, and one (1) special permit
request from Northwest. Transco and
Northwest are subsidiaries of the
Williams Company. Transco and
Northwest operate interstate gas
transmission pipelines and both are
seeking waivers from 49 CFR 192.611
for segments where the class location
has changed from a Class 1 to a Class
3 location.
The requests, proposed special
permits with conditions, and Draft
Environmental Assessments (DEAs) for
the Transco and Northwest pipelines are
available for public view and comments
in the respective dockets at https://
www.Regulations.gov. We invite
interested persons to participate by
reviewing the special permit requests
and DEAs at https://
www.Regulations.gov, and by
submitting written comments, data, or
other views. Please include any
comments on potential safety and
environmental impacts that may result
if the special permit is granted.
Details of the six (6) Transco and one
(1) Northwest requested special permits
are as follows:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Docket No.
Requester
Regulation(s)
Nature of special permit
To authorize Transco a special permit to waive compliance with the requirements of 49 CFR 192.611 ‘‘Change in Class Location: Confirmation or Revision of Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure’’. This special permit is
being requested in lieu of pipe replacement or pressure reduction for three
(3) special permit segments of 0.19 miles of 30-inch diameter pipeline located on Mainline ‘‘A’’ in Guilford County, North Carolina, where the class
location has changed from Class 1 to Class 3 location in 2017. Mainline ‘‘A’’
is a 1,750-mile interstate pipeline in the 10,500-mile Transco system that
begins in Texas and runs northeast along the eastern side of the Appalachian Mountains to the New York City metropolitan area. Mainline ‘‘A’’
was installed in 1950 and transports natural gas from the Gulf of Mexico
and the Marcellus region of Pennsylvania to population centers, industrial
customers, and other pipelines.
Transco operates the Mainline ‘‘A’’ proposed special permit segments in the
Guilford County, North Carolina area at a maximum allowable operating
pressure (MAOP) of 780 pounds per square inch gauge (psig).
To authorize Transco a special permit to waive compliance with the requirements of 49 CFR 192.611 ‘‘Change in Class Location: Confirmation or Revision of Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure’’. This special permit is
being requested in lieu of pipe replacement or pressure reduction for one
(1) special permit segment of 0.36 miles of 30-inch diameter pipeline located on Mainline ‘‘A’’ in Hartford County, Maryland, where the class location has changed from Class 1 to Class 3 location in 2017. Mainline ‘‘A’’ is
a 1,750-mile interstate pipeline in the 10,500-mileTransco system that begins in Texas and runs northeast along the eastern side of the Appalachian
Mountains to New York City metropolitan area. Mainline ‘‘A’’ was installed in
1950 and transports natural gas from the Gulf of Mexico and the Marcellus
region of Pennsylvania to population centers, industrial customers and other
pipelines.
The MAOP for Mainline ‘‘A’’ in the special permit segment is 780 psig.
To authorize Transco a special permit to waive compliance with the requirements of 49 CFR 192.611 ‘‘Change in Class Location: Confirmation or Revision of Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure’’. This special permit is
being requested in lieu of pipe replacement or pressure reduction for one
(1) special permit segment of 0.35 miles of 30-inch diameter pipeline located on Mainline ‘‘B’’ in Hartford County, Maryland, where the class location has changed from Class 1 to Class 3 location in 2017. Mainline ‘‘B’’ is
a 1,525-mile interstate pipeline in the 10,500-mile Transco system that begins in Texas and runs northeast along the eastern side of the Appalachian
Mountains to New York City metropolitan area. Mainline ‘‘B’’ was installed in
1955 and transports natural gas from the Gulf of Mexico and the Marcellus
region of Pennsylvania to population centers, industrial customers and other
pipelines.
The MAOP for Mainline ‘‘B’’ in the special permit segment is 780 psig.
To authorize Transco a special permit to waive compliance with the requirements of 49 CFR 192.611 ‘‘Change in Class Location: Confirmation or Revision of Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure’’. This special permit is
being requested in lieu of pipe replacement or pressure reduction for one
(1) special permit segment where the class location has changed from
Class 1 to Class 3 location in 2017, and eleven (11) additional special permit segments that experienced class changes in 2008 and 2015. The total
mileage of all special permit segments is 2.36 miles of 30-inch diameter
pipeline. These changes are on the pipeline segments located on Mainline
‘‘A’’ in Greenville County, South Carolina. Mainline ‘‘A’’ is a 1,750-mile interstate pipeline in the 10,500-mile Transco system that begins in Texas and
runs northeast along the eastern side of the Appalachian Mountains to New
York City metropolitan area. Mainline ‘‘A’’ was installed in 1950 and transports natural gas from the Gulf of Mexico and the Marcellus region of Pennsylvania to population centers, industrial customers, and other pipelines.
The MAOP for Mainline ‘‘A’’ special permit segments are either 780 psig or
650 psig. Transco is proposing to uprate the MAOPs of eleven (11) special
permit segments that operate at 650 psig to 780 psig.
To authorize Transco a special permit to waive compliance with the requirements of 49 CFR 192.611 ‘‘Change in Class Location: Confirmation or Revision of Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure’’. This special permit is
being requested in lieu of pipe replacement or pressure reduction for one
(1) special permit segment of pipeline located on Mainline ‘‘B’’ in Greenville
County, South Carolina where the class location has changed from Class 1
to Class 3 location in 2017, and twelve (12) additional segments that experienced class changes in 2008 and 2015. The total mileage of all special permit segments is 2.18 miles of 36-inch diameter pipeline. Mainline ‘‘B’’ is a
1,525-mile interstate pipeline in the 10,500-mile Transco natural gas system
that begins in Texas and runs northeast along the eastern side of the Appalachian Mountains to New York City metropolitan area. Mainline ‘‘B’’ was installed in 1957 and transports natural gas from the Gulf of Mexico and the
Marcellus region of Pennsylvania to population centers, industrial customers, and other pipelines.
The MAOPs for Mainline ‘‘B’’ in the special permit segments are either 780
psig or 704 psig. Transco is proposing to uprate the MAOPs for twelve (12)
special permit segments that operate at 704 psig to 780 psig.
PHMSA–2019–0080 ...........
Transcontinental Gas
Pipe Line Company,
LLC (Transco).
49 CFR 192.611 ..............
PHMSA–2019–0081 ...........
Transcontinental Gas
Pipe Line Company,
LLC (Transco).
49 CFR 192.611 ..............
PHMSA–2019–0082 ...........
Transcontinental Gas
Pipe Line Company,
LLC (Transco).
49 CFR 192.611 ..............
PHMSA–2019–0083 ...........
Transcontinental Gas
Pipe Line Company,
LLC (Transco).
49 CFR 192.611 ..............
PHMSA–2019–0084 ...........
Transcontinental Gas
Pipe Line Company,
LLC (Transco).
49 CFR 192.611 ..............
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Docket No.
Requester
Nature of special permit
To authorize Transco a special permit to waive compliance with the requirements of 49 CFR 192.611 ‘‘Change in Class Location: Confirmation or Revision of Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure’’. This special permit is
being requested in lieu of pipe replacement or pressure reduction for two
(2) special permit segment of 0.26 miles of 36-inch diameter pipeline located on Mainline ‘‘C’’ in Greenville County, South Carolina, where the
class location has changed from Class 1 to Class 3 location in 2017 and
2018. Mainline ‘‘C’’ is a 1,345-mile interstate pipeline in the 10,500-mile
Transco system that begins in Texas and runs northeast along the eastern
side of the Appalachian Mountains to New York City metropolitan area.
Mainline ‘‘C’’ was installed in 1961 and transports natural gas from the Gulf
of Mexico and the Marcellus region of Pennsylvania to population centers,
industrial customers, and other pipelines.
The MAOP for Mainline ‘‘C’’ in the special permit segment is 780 psig.
To authorize Northwest a special permit to waive compliance with the requirements of 49 CFR 192.611 ‘‘Change in Class Location: Confirmation or Revision of Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure’’. This special permit is
being requested in lieu of pipe replacement or pressure reduction for one
(1) special permit segment of 0.13 miles of 20-inch diameter pipeline located on the Spokane Lateral in Franklin County, Washington, where the
class location has changed from Class 1 to Class 3 location in 2018. The
Spokane Lateral is a 165- mile interstate transmission pipeline and transports natural gas from Plymouth, Washington to the Spokane, Washington
area.
The MAOP for the Spokane Lateral in the special permit segment is 811 psig.
Transcontinental Gas
Pipe Line Company,
LLC (Transco).
49 CFR 192.611 ..............
PHMSA–2019–0142 ...........
Northwest Pipeline Company, LLC (Northwest).
49 CFR 192.611 ..............
Issued in Washington, DC, under authority
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2019–25045 Filed 11–18–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–60–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Extension of Information
Collection Request Submitted for
Public Comment; Comment Request
for the IRS Taxpayer Burden Surveys
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The Internal Revenue Service,
as part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
invites the public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. Currently, the IRS is
soliciting comments concerning the
2019, 2020, and 2021 IRS Taxpayer
Burden Surveys.
SUMMARY:
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Regulation(s)
PHMSA–2019–0085 ...........
Before issuing a decision on the
special permit requests, PHMSA will
evaluate all comments received on or
before the comment closing date.
Comments received after the closing
date will be evaluated 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.
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Written comments should be
received on or before January 21, 2020
to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Philippe Thomas, Internal Revenue
Service, Room 6529, 1111 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224.
Requests for additional information or
copies of the regulations should be
directed to R. Joseph Durbala, at Internal
Revenue Service, Room 6129, 1111
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20224, or through the internet, at
RJoseph.Durbala@irs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: IRS Taxpayer Burden Surveys.
OMB Number: 1545–2212.
Regulatory Number: N/A.
Abstract: Each year, individual
taxpayers in the United States submit
more than 140 million tax returns to the
Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The IRS
uses the information in these returns,
recorded on roughly one hundred
distinct forms and supporting
schedules, to administer a tax system
whose rules span thousands of pages.
Managing such a complex and broadbased tax system is costly but represents
only a fraction of the total burden of the
tax system. Equally, if not more
burdensome, is the time and out-ofpocket expenses that taxpayers spend in
order to comply with tax laws and
regulations.
Changes in tax regulations, tax
administration, tax preparation
methods, and taxpayer behavior
continue to alter the amount and
distribution of taxpayer burden. Data
from updated surveys will better reflect
the current tax rules and regulations, the
increased usage of tax preparation
software, increased efficiency of such
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software, changes in tax preparation
regulations, the increased use of
electronic filing, the behavioral
response of taxpayers to the tax system,
the changing use of services, both IRS
and external, and related information
collection needs.
Current Actions: The IRS will be
revising and replacing various surveys.
The survey scope is expanded to
include burden for surveys associated
with all taxpayer segments. This effort
represents a continuation of the IRS’s
strategy to gather taxpayer burden data
for all types of tax returns and
information reporting documents in
order to support Wage and Investment’s
OMB Improvement Strategy to
transition burden estimates for all
taxpayers to the preferred RAAS burden
estimation methodology. These surveys
will allow RAAS to update and validate
the IRS Taxpayer Burden Model which
will be used to provide estimates for
consolidated taxpayer segments, like
what is currently done for OMB
numbers 1545–0074, 1545–0123, and
1545–0047. This form is being
submitted for revision purposes.
Data Collections Covered Under This
Clearance Request
Individual Taxpayers
2019 Individual Taxpayer Burden Survey
(Data collection 6/1/2020–5/31/2021)
2019 Individual Taxpayer Compliance
(Post-Filing) Burden Survey (Data
collection 3/1/2020–5/31/2021)
2020 Individual Taxpayer Special Study
(Data collection 1/1/2020–9/31/2020)
2020 Individual Taxpayer Special Survey
(Data collection 10/1/2020–12/31/2020)
2020 Individual Taxpayer Burden Survey
(Data collection 6/1/2021–5/31/2022)
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permits
[Docket No. PHMSA-2019-0080] Williams--Transcontinental Gas Pipeline
Company
[Docket No. PHMSA-2019-0081] Williams--Transcontinental Gas Pipeline
Company
[Docket No. PHMSA-2019-0082] Williams--Transcontinental Gas Pipeline
Company
[Docket No. PHMSA-2019-0083] Williams--Transcontinental Gas Pipeline
Company
[Docket No. PHMSA-2019-0084] Williams--Transcontinental Gas Pipeline
Company
[Docket No. PHMSA-2019-0085] Williams--Transcontinental Gas Pipeline
Company
[Docket No. PHMSA-2019-0142] Williams--Northwest Pipeline Company
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA);
DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: PHMSA is publishing this notice to solicit public comment on
several requests for special permit from Williams --Transcontinental
Gas Pipeline Company (Transco) and Williams--Northwest Pipeline Company
(Northwest), seeking relief from compliance with certain requirements
in the Federal Pipeline Safety Regulations. After the 30-day comment
period, PHMSA will review the comments received from this notice as
part of its evaluation to grant or deny the special permit requests.
DATES: Submit any comments regarding these special permit requests by
December 19, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket number for the specific
special permit request and may be submitted in the following ways:
E-Gov Website: 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: 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 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.
Privacy Act: There is a privacy statement published on https://www.Reglations.gov. Comments, including any personal information
provided, are posted without changes or edits to https://www.Regulations.gov.
Confidential Business Information: Confidential Business
Information (CBI) is commercial or financial information that is both
customarily and actually treated as private by its owner. Under the
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt from
public disclosure. If your comments responsive to this notice contain
commercial or financial information that is customarily treated as
private, that you actually treat as private, and that is relevant or
responsive to this notice, it is important that you clearly designate
the submitted comments as CBI. Pursuant to 49 CFR 190.343, you may ask
PHMSA to give confidential treatment to information you give to the
agency by taking the following steps: (1) Mark each page of the
original document submission containing CBI as ``PROPIN'' or
``Confidential''; (2) send PHMSA, along with the original document, a
second copy of the original document with the CBI deleted; and (3)
explain why the information you are submitting is CBI. Unless you are
notified otherwise, PHMSA will treat such marked submissions as
confidential under the FOIA, and they will not be placed in the public
docket of this notice. Submissions containing CBI should be sent to Ms.
Kay McIver at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, E24-443, Washington, DC 20590,
or emailed to her at [email protected]. Any commentary PHMSA receives
that is not specifically designated as CBI will be placed in the public
docket for this matter.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
General: Ms. Kay McIver by telephone at 202-366-0113, or email at
[email protected].
Technical: Mr. Steve Nanney by telephone at 713-272-2855, or by
email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA received six (6) special permit
requests from the Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Transco, and one (1)
special permit request from Northwest. Transco and Northwest are
subsidiaries of the Williams Company. Transco and Northwest operate
interstate gas transmission pipelines and both are seeking waivers from
49 CFR 192.611 for segments where the class location has changed from a
Class 1 to a Class 3 location.
The requests, proposed special permits with conditions, and Draft
Environmental Assessments (DEAs) for the Transco and Northwest
pipelines are available for public view and comments in the respective
dockets at https://www.Regulations.gov. We invite interested persons to
participate by reviewing the special permit requests and DEAs at
https://www.Regulations.gov, and by submitting written comments, data,
or other views. Please include any comments on potential safety and
environmental impacts that may result if the special permit is granted.
Details of the six (6) Transco and one (1) Northwest requested
special permits are as follows:
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Docket No. Requester Regulation(s) Nature of special permit
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PHMSA-2019-0080.................. Transcontinental Gas 49 CFR 192.611..... To authorize Transco a special
Pipe Line Company, permit to waive compliance with
LLC (Transco). the requirements of 49 CFR
192.611 ``Change in Class
Location: Confirmation or
Revision of Maximum Allowable
Operating Pressure''. This
special permit is being requested
in lieu of pipe replacement or
pressure reduction for three (3)
special permit segments of 0.19
miles of 30-inch diameter
pipeline located on Mainline
``A'' in Guilford County, North
Carolina, where the class
location has changed from Class 1
to Class 3 location in 2017.
Mainline ``A'' is a 1,750-mile
interstate pipeline in the 10,500-
mile Transco system that begins
in Texas and runs northeast along
the eastern side of the
Appalachian Mountains to the New
York City metropolitan area.
Mainline ``A'' was installed in
1950 and transports natural gas
from the Gulf of Mexico and the
Marcellus region of Pennsylvania
to population centers, industrial
customers, and other pipelines.
Transco operates the Mainline
``A'' proposed special permit
segments in the Guilford County,
North Carolina area at a maximum
allowable operating pressure
(MAOP) of 780 pounds per square
inch gauge (psig).
PHMSA-2019-0081.................. Transcontinental Gas 49 CFR 192.611..... To authorize Transco a special
Pipe Line Company, permit to waive compliance with
LLC (Transco). the requirements of 49 CFR
192.611 ``Change in Class
Location: Confirmation or
Revision of Maximum Allowable
Operating Pressure''. This
special permit is being requested
in lieu of pipe replacement or
pressure reduction for one (1)
special permit segment of 0.36
miles of 30-inch diameter
pipeline located on Mainline
``A'' in Hartford County,
Maryland, where the class
location has changed from Class 1
to Class 3 location in 2017.
Mainline ``A'' is a 1,750-mile
interstate pipeline in the 10,500-
mileTransco system that begins in
Texas and runs northeast along
the eastern side of the
Appalachian Mountains to New York
City metropolitan area. Mainline
``A'' was installed in 1950 and
transports natural gas from the
Gulf of Mexico and the Marcellus
region of Pennsylvania to
population centers, industrial
customers and other pipelines.
The MAOP for Mainline ``A'' in the
special permit segment is 780
psig.
PHMSA-2019-0082.................. Transcontinental Gas 49 CFR 192.611..... To authorize Transco a special
Pipe Line Company, permit to waive compliance with
LLC (Transco). the requirements of 49 CFR
192.611 ``Change in Class
Location: Confirmation or
Revision of Maximum Allowable
Operating Pressure''. This
special permit is being requested
in lieu of pipe replacement or
pressure reduction for one (1)
special permit segment of 0.35
miles of 30-inch diameter
pipeline located on Mainline
``B'' in Hartford County,
Maryland, where the class
location has changed from Class 1
to Class 3 location in 2017.
Mainline ``B'' is a 1,525-mile
interstate pipeline in the 10,500-
mile Transco system that begins
in Texas and runs northeast along
the eastern side of the
Appalachian Mountains to New York
City metropolitan area. Mainline
``B'' was installed in 1955 and
transports natural gas from the
Gulf of Mexico and the Marcellus
region of Pennsylvania to
population centers, industrial
customers and other pipelines.
The MAOP for Mainline ``B'' in the
special permit segment is 780
psig.
PHMSA-2019-0083.................. Transcontinental Gas 49 CFR 192.611..... To authorize Transco a special
Pipe Line Company, permit to waive compliance with
LLC (Transco). the requirements of 49 CFR
192.611 ``Change in Class
Location: Confirmation or
Revision of Maximum Allowable
Operating Pressure''. This
special permit is being requested
in lieu of pipe replacement or
pressure reduction for one (1)
special permit segment where the
class location has changed from
Class 1 to Class 3 location in
2017, and eleven (11) additional
special permit segments that
experienced class changes in 2008
and 2015. The total mileage of
all special permit segments is
2.36 miles of 30-inch diameter
pipeline. These changes are on
the pipeline segments located on
Mainline ``A'' in Greenville
County, South Carolina. Mainline
``A'' is a 1,750-mile interstate
pipeline in the 10,500-mile
Transco system that begins in
Texas and runs northeast along
the eastern side of the
Appalachian Mountains to New York
City metropolitan area. Mainline
``A'' was installed in 1950 and
transports natural gas from the
Gulf of Mexico and the Marcellus
region of Pennsylvania to
population centers, industrial
customers, and other pipelines.
The MAOP for Mainline ``A''
special permit segments are
either 780 psig or 650 psig.
Transco is proposing to uprate
the MAOPs of eleven (11) special
permit segments that operate at
650 psig to 780 psig.
PHMSA-2019-0084.................. Transcontinental Gas 49 CFR 192.611..... To authorize Transco a special
Pipe Line Company, permit to waive compliance with
LLC (Transco). the requirements of 49 CFR
192.611 ``Change in Class
Location: Confirmation or
Revision of Maximum Allowable
Operating Pressure''. This
special permit is being requested
in lieu of pipe replacement or
pressure reduction for one (1)
special permit segment of
pipeline located on Mainline
``B'' in Greenville County, South
Carolina where the class location
has changed from Class 1 to Class
3 location in 2017, and twelve
(12) additional segments that
experienced class changes in 2008
and 2015. The total mileage of
all special permit segments is
2.18 miles of 36-inch diameter
pipeline. Mainline ``B'' is a
1,525-mile interstate pipeline in
the 10,500-mile Transco natural
gas system that begins in Texas
and runs northeast along the
eastern side of the Appalachian
Mountains to New York City
metropolitan area. Mainline ``B''
was installed in 1957 and
transports natural gas from the
Gulf of Mexico and the Marcellus
region of Pennsylvania to
population centers, industrial
customers, and other pipelines.
The MAOPs for Mainline ``B'' in
the special permit segments are
either 780 psig or 704 psig.
Transco is proposing to uprate
the MAOPs for twelve (12) special
permit segments that operate at
704 psig to 780 psig.
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PHMSA-2019-0085.................. Transcontinental Gas 49 CFR 192.611..... To authorize Transco a special
Pipe Line Company, permit to waive compliance with
LLC (Transco). the requirements of 49 CFR
192.611 ``Change in Class
Location: Confirmation or
Revision of Maximum Allowable
Operating Pressure''. This
special permit is being requested
in lieu of pipe replacement or
pressure reduction for two (2)
special permit segment of 0.26
miles of 36-inch diameter
pipeline located on Mainline
``C'' in Greenville County, South
Carolina, where the class
location has changed from Class 1
to Class 3 location in 2017 and
2018. Mainline ``C'' is a 1,345-
mile interstate pipeline in the
10,500-mile Transco system that
begins in Texas and runs
northeast along the eastern side
of the Appalachian Mountains to
New York City metropolitan area.
Mainline ``C'' was installed in
1961 and transports natural gas
from the Gulf of Mexico and the
Marcellus region of Pennsylvania
to population centers, industrial
customers, and other pipelines.
The MAOP for Mainline ``C'' in the
special permit segment is 780
psig.
PHMSA-2019-0142.................. Northwest Pipeline 49 CFR 192.611..... To authorize Northwest a special
Company, LLC permit to waive compliance with
(Northwest). the requirements of 49 CFR
192.611 ``Change in Class
Location: Confirmation or
Revision of Maximum Allowable
Operating Pressure''. This
special permit is being requested
in lieu of pipe replacement or
pressure reduction for one (1)
special permit segment of 0.13
miles of 20-inch diameter
pipeline located on the Spokane
Lateral in Franklin County,
Washington, where the class
location has changed from Class 1
to Class 3 location in 2018. The
Spokane Lateral is a 165- mile
interstate transmission pipeline
and transports natural gas from
Plymouth, Washington to the
Spokane, Washington area.
The MAOP for the Spokane Lateral
in the special permit segment is
811 psig.
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Before issuing a decision on the special permit requests, PHMSA
will evaluate all comments received on or before the comment closing
date. Comments received after the closing date will be evaluated 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.
Issued in Washington, DC, under authority delegated in 49 CFR
1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2019-25045 Filed 11-18-19; 8:45 am]
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