Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC, 67512 [2019-26560]
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Before issuing a decision on the
special permit request, 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
this request.
Issued in Washington, DC on December 4,
2019, under authority delegated in 49 CFR
1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2019–26559 Filed 12–9–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2019–0197]
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special
Permit; Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Company, LLC
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
PHMSA is publishing this
notice to solicit public comment on a
request for special permit, which is
seeking relief from compliance with
certain requirements in the Federal
pipeline safety regulations. At the
conclusion of 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 request.
DATES: Submit any comments regarding
this special permit request by January 9,
2020.
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–
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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.
Note: There is a 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.
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 Code of Federal
Regulations (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
‘‘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 Kay McIver, DOT, PHMSA–
PHP–80, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590–0001. 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 by email at
kay.mciver@dot.gov.
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Technical: Mr. Steve Nanney by
telephone at 713–272–2855, or by email
at steve.nanney@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA
received a special permit request from
the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Company, LLC (Transco), a subsidiary
of the Williams Company. Transco
operates interstate gas transmission
pipelines and is seeking a waiver from
the requirements of 49 CFR 192.611,
Change in class location: Confirmation
or revision of maximum allowable
operating pressure. The Class 1 to Class
3 location change occurred in 2018.
This special permit is being requested in
lieu of pipe replacement or pressure
reduction for one (1) special permit
segment of 0.02 miles (112 feet) located
on the 42-inch diameter Mainline D
Pipeline in Fayette County, Georgia.
Mainline D Pipeline is an 820-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, New York. Mainline D
Pipeline was installed in 1966 and
transports natural gas from the Gulf of
Mexico and the Marcellus region of
Pennsylvania to population centers,
industrial customers, and other
pipelines. The maximum allowable
operating pressure for the Mainline D
Pipeline in the special permit segment
is 800 pounds per square inch gauge.
The request, proposed special permit
with conditions, and Draft
Environmental Assessment (DEA) for
the Transco pipeline are available for
review and public comment in the
Docket No. PHMSA–2017–0197. We
invite interested persons to review and
submit comments on the special permit
request and DEA in the docket. Please
include any comments on potential
safety and environmental impacts that
may result if the special permit is
granted. Comments may include
relevant data.
Before issuing a decision on the
special permit request, 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
this request.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 4,
2019, under authority delegated in 49 CFR
1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2019–26560 Filed 12–9–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2019-0197]
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Transcontinental Gas
Pipe Line Company, LLC
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 a
request for special permit, which is seeking relief from compliance
with certain requirements in the Federal pipeline safety regulations.
At the conclusion of 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 request.
DATES: Submit any comments regarding this special permit request by
January 9, 2020.
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.
Note: There is a 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.
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 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) Sec. 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 ``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 Kay McIver, DOT, PHMSA-PHP-80, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590-0001. 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 by email
at [email protected].
Technical: Mr. Steve Nanney by telephone at 713-272-2855, or by
email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA received a special permit request from
the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC (Transco), a subsidiary
of the Williams Company. Transco operates interstate gas transmission
pipelines and is seeking a waiver from the requirements of 49 CFR
192.611, Change in class location: Confirmation or revision of maximum
allowable operating pressure. The Class 1 to Class 3 location change
occurred in 2018. This special permit is being requested in lieu of
pipe replacement or pressure reduction for one (1) special permit
segment of 0.02 miles (112 feet) located on the 42-inch diameter
Mainline D Pipeline in Fayette County, Georgia. Mainline D Pipeline is
an 820-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, New York. Mainline D Pipeline was
installed in 1966 and transports natural gas from the Gulf of Mexico
and the Marcellus region of Pennsylvania to population centers,
industrial customers, and other pipelines. The maximum allowable
operating pressure for the Mainline D Pipeline in the special permit
segment is 800 pounds per square inch gauge.
The request, proposed special permit with conditions, and Draft
Environmental Assessment (DEA) for the Transco pipeline are available
for review and public comment in the Docket No. PHMSA-2017-0197. We
invite interested persons to review and submit comments on the special
permit request and DEA in the docket. Please include any comments on
potential safety and environmental impacts that may result if the
special permit is granted. Comments may include relevant data.
Before issuing a decision on the special permit request, 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 this request.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 4, 2019, under authority
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2019-26560 Filed 12-9-19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-60-P
