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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–RSPA–2005–20323;
Docket No. PHMSA–2008–0141]
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special
Permit; Northern Natural Gas Company
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA); DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
PHMSA is publishing this
notice to solicit public comments on
two (2) requests received from the
Northern Natural Gas Company to
renew previously issued special
permits. These special permit renewal
requests seek relief from compliance
from 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
SUMMARY:
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part of its evaluation to grant or deny
the special permit renewal requests.
DATES: Submit any comments regarding
these special permit renewal requests by
January 13, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Comments should reference
the docket number for the specific
special permit renewal 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
renewal request you are commenting on
at the beginning of your comments. If
you submit your comments by mail,
please submit two (2) 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.
Technical: Mr. Steve Nanney by
telephone at 713–272–2855, or by email
at steve.nanney@dot.gov.
PHMSA
has received the following two (2)
special permit renewal requests:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Requester
Regulation(s)
Nature of special permit
Northern Natural Gas
Company (Northern
Natural).
49 CFR 192.625(b)(1)
To reauthorize Northern Natural to continue its operation of special permit segment 2 as defined in the original special permit
issued on April 10, 2010, and renewed on April 7, 2015, for the
non-odorization of a pipeline lateral. Special permit segment 1
is not being requested for permit renewal as this pipeline was
abandoned and relocated.
The special permit renewal request seeks to continue waiving
compliance from 49 CFR 192.625(b)(1) for the exclusion from
installing and operating odorization equipment on special permit
segment 2 defined as 0.369 miles of 41⁄2-inch diameter La
Crescent Branch Line (MNB 73701) located in Houston County,
Minnesota. The special permit conditions that were imposed
would continue to remain in effect.
This special permit segment has a maximum allowable operating
pressure (MAOP) of 800 pounds per square inch gauge (psig).
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Docket No.
Requester
Regulation(s)
Nature of special permit
PHMSA–2008–0141 ..........
Northern Natural Gas
Company (Northern
Natural).
49 CFR 192.625(b)(1)
To reauthorize Northern Natural to continue its operation as defined in the original special permit issued on April 10, 2010, and
renewed on April 7, 2015, for the non-odorization of a pipeline
lateral.
The special permit renewal request seeks to waive compliance
from 49 CFR 192.625(b)(1) for the exclusion from installing and
operating odorization equipment on a 2.031-mile segment of
the 14-inch diameter Sioux Falls Pipeline located in Lincoln
County, South Dakota.
The special permit conditions that were imposed would continue
to remain in effect.
This special permit segment has a MAOP of 446 psig.
The Northern Natural Gas Company
requests for special permit renewals and
the existing special permits are available
for review and public comment in the
respective dockets. We invite interested
persons to review and submit comments
on the special permit renewal requests
in the dockets. Please include any
comments on potential safety and
environmental impacts that may result
if the renewals of the special permits are
granted.
Before issuing a decision on the
special permit renewal 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 these requests.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December
10, 2019, under authority delegated in 49
CFR 1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2019–26896 Filed 12–12–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2007–29078; Docket
No. PHMSA–2009–0319]
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special
Permit; Kern River Gas Transmission
Company
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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PHMSA is publishing this
notice to solicit public comments on
two (2) requests received from the Kern
River Gas Transmission Company to
renew previously issued special
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permits. These special permit renewal
requests are seeking relief from
compliance with certain requirements
in the Federal pipeline safety
regulations. At the conclusion of the 30day comment period, PHMSA will
review the comments received from this
notice as part of its evaluation to grant
or deny the special permit renewal
requests.
Submit any comments regarding
these special permit renewal requests by
January 13, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Comments should reference
the docket number for the specific
special permit renewal 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
renewal request you are commenting on
at the beginning of your comments. If
you submit your comments by mail,
please submit two (2) 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
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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
‘‘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, 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.
Technical: Mr. Chris Hoidal by
telephone at 303–807–8833, or by email
at chris.hoidal@dot.gov.
PHMSA
has received the following two (2)
special permit renewal requests:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-RSPA-2005-20323; Docket No. PHMSA-2008-0141]
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Northern Natural Gas
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 comments on
two (2) requests received from the Northern Natural Gas Company to
renew previously issued special permits. These special permit renewal
requests seek relief from compliance from 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
renewal requests.
DATES: Submit any comments regarding these special permit renewal
requests by January 13, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket number for the specific
special permit renewal 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 renewal request you are commenting on at the beginning of your
comments. If you submit your comments by mail, please submit two (2)
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 has received the following two (2)
special permit renewal requests:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Docket No. Requester Regulation(s) Nature of special permit
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PHMSA-RSPA-2005-20323........... Northern Natural 49 CFR 192.625(b)(1)....... To reauthorize Northern Natural
Gas Company to continue its operation of
(Northern special permit segment 2 as
Natural). defined in the original
special permit issued on April
10, 2010, and renewed on April
7, 2015, for the non-
odorization of a pipeline
lateral. Special permit
segment 1 is not being
requested for permit renewal
as this pipeline was abandoned
and relocated.
The special permit renewal
request seeks to continue
waiving compliance from 49 CFR
192.625(b)(1) for the
exclusion from installing and
operating odorization
equipment on special permit
segment 2 defined as 0.369
miles of 4\1/2\-inch diameter
La Crescent Branch Line (MNB
73701) located in Houston
County, Minnesota. The special
permit conditions that were
imposed would continue to
remain in effect.
This special permit segment has
a maximum allowable operating
pressure (MAOP) of 800 pounds
per square inch gauge (psig).
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PHMSA-2008-0141................. Northern Natural 49 CFR 192.625(b)(1)....... To reauthorize Northern Natural
Gas Company to continue its operation as
(Northern defined in the original
Natural). special permit issued on April
10, 2010, and renewed on April
7, 2015, for the non-
odorization of a pipeline
lateral.
The special permit renewal
request seeks to waive
compliance from 49 CFR
192.625(b)(1) for the
exclusion from installing and
operating odorization
equipment on a 2.031-mile
segment of the 14-inch
diameter Sioux Falls Pipeline
located in Lincoln County,
South Dakota.
The special permit conditions
that were imposed would
continue to remain in effect.
This special permit segment has
a MAOP of 446 psig.
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The Northern Natural Gas Company requests for special permit
renewals and the existing special permits are available for review and
public comment in the respective dockets. We invite interested persons
to review and submit comments on the special permit renewal requests in
the dockets. Please include any comments on potential safety and
environmental impacts that may result if the renewals of the special
permits are granted.
Before issuing a decision on the special permit renewal 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 these requests.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 10, 2019, under authority
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2019-26896 Filed 12-12-19; 8:45 am]
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