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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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[Docket No. FRA–2000–7257, Notice No. 89]
Railroad Safety Advisory Committee;
Notice of Meeting
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ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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Office of Railroad Safety, (202) 493–
6286 or kenton.kilgore@dot.gov; or Larry
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Quintin Kendall,
Deputy Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2019–0202]
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special
Permit; Columbia Gas Transmission,
LLC
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA); DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
PHMSA is publishing this
notice to solicit public comments on a
request for special permit received from
the Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC
(TCO). The special permit request 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 October 8,
2020.
ADDRESSES: Comments should reference
the docket number for this 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 (2) copies. To receive
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confirmation that PHMSA has received
your comments, please include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Internet
users may submit comments at https://
www.Regulations.gov.
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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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA
received a special permit request from
TCO seeking a waiver from the
requirements of 49 CFR 192.611: Change
in class location: Confirmation or
revision of maximum allowable
operating pressure, and § 192.619:
Maximum allowable operating pressure:
Steel or plastic pipelines. This special
permit is being requested in lieu of pipe
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replacement or pressure reduction for
four (4) special permit segments totaling
2.046 miles of the 30-inch diameter TCO
Montgomery County (MC) Pipeline. The
proposed special permit segments are
located in Montgomery County,
Maryland. The pipeline class locations
in the special permit segments have
changed from a Class 1 to Class 3
location. The TCO MC Pipeline special
permit segments are not contiguous and
are comprised of 30-inch diameter pipe
with existing maximum allowable
operating pressures of 898 pounds per
square inch gauge (psig). The
installation of the special permit
segments occurred in 1962.
The special permit request, proposed
special permit with conditions, and
Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA)
for the TCO MC Pipeline are available
for review and public comment in
Docket No. PHMSA–2019–0202. We
invite interested persons to review and
submit comments on the special permit
request, proposed special permit with
conditions, 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 it receives in
making its decision to grant or deny this
special permit request.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2016–0136]
Pipeline Safety: Meeting of the Gas
Pipeline Safety Advisory Committee
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA); DOT.
ACTION: Notice of advisory committee
meeting.
AGENCY:
This notice announces a
virtual public meeting of the Technical
Pipeline Safety Standards Committee,
also known as the Gas Pipeline
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Advisory Committee (GPAC), to discuss
the Gas Pipeline Regulatory Reform
notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
DATES: PHMSA will hold a virtual
public meeting on October 7, 2020.
GPAC will meet from 10:30 a.m. to 6:00
p.m. ET on Wednesday, October 7,
2020. Members of the public who want
to attend are asked to register no later
than September 30, 2020. PHMSA
requests that individuals who require
disability accommodations notify
Tewabe Asebe by September 30, 2020.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
virtually. The agenda and any
additional information, including
information on how to participate in the
meeting, will be published on the
meeting website at https://
primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/
MtgHome.mtg?mtg=151. Presentations
will be available on the meeting website
and on the E-Gov website, https://
www.regulations.gov/, under docket
number PHMSA–2016–0136 no later
than 30 days following the meetings.
You may submit comments, identified
by Docket No. PHMSA–2016–0136, by
any of the following methods:
• E-Gov Web: https://
www.regulations.gov. This site allows
the public to enter comments on any
Federal Register notice issued by any
agency. Follow the online instructions
for submitting comments.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building:
Room W12–140, Washington, DC
20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, West Building: Room W12–
140, Washington, DC 20590–0001,
between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET
Monday through Friday, except federal
holidays.
• Instructions: Identify Docket No.
PHMSA–2016–0136 at the beginning of
your comments. If you submit your
comments by mail, submit two copies.
Internet users may submit comments at
https://www.regulations.gov. If you
would like confirmation that PHMSA
received your comments, please include
a self-addressed stamped postcard that
is labeled ‘‘Comments on PHMSA–
2016–0136.’’ The docket clerk will date
stamp the postcard prior to returning it
to you via the U.S. mail.
• Note: All comments received will
be posted without edits to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. Please
see the Privacy Act heading for more
information. Anyone can use the site to
search all comments by the name of the
submitting individual or, if the
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2019-0202]
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Columbia Gas
Transmission, 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 comments on
a request for special permit received from the Columbia Gas
Transmission, LLC (TCO). The special permit request 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
October 8, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket number for this
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 (2) copies. To
receive
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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) 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
TCO seeking a waiver from the requirements of 49 CFR 192.611: Change in
class location: Confirmation or revision of maximum allowable operating
pressure, and Sec. 192.619: Maximum allowable operating pressure:
Steel or plastic pipelines. This special permit is being requested in
lieu of pipe replacement or pressure reduction for four (4) special
permit segments totaling 2.046 miles of the 30-inch diameter TCO
Montgomery County (MC) Pipeline. The proposed special permit segments
are located in Montgomery County, Maryland. The pipeline class
locations in the special permit segments have changed from a Class 1 to
Class 3 location. The TCO MC Pipeline special permit segments are not
contiguous and are comprised of 30-inch diameter pipe with existing
maximum allowable operating pressures of 898 pounds per square inch
gauge (psig). The installation of the special permit segments occurred
in 1962.
The special permit request, proposed special permit with
conditions, and Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) for the TCO MC
Pipeline are available for review and public comment in Docket No.
PHMSA-2019-0202. We invite interested persons to review and submit
comments on the special permit request, proposed special permit with
conditions, 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 it receives in making its decision
to grant or deny this special permit request.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2020-19794 Filed 9-4-20; 8:45 am]
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