Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation, 28187 [2021-10999]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2021–0042]
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special
Permit; National Fuel Gas Supply
Corporation
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 National Fuel Gas Supply
Corporation (NFG). The special permit
request is 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 request.
DATES: Submit any comments regarding
this special permit request by June 24,
2021.
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 (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.
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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
NFG, to deviate from the Federal
pipeline safety regulations at 49 CFR
192.53, 192.55, 192.105, 192.107,
192.109, 192.111, 192.113, 192.144,
192.149, 192.150, 192.327, 192.463, and
192.619, for the use of FlexSteel pipe
and fittings in a regulated interstate gas
transmission pipeline located in a Class
1 location. NFG proposes to insert
FlexSteel pipe, 5.60-inch inside
diameter and 7.05-inch outside
diameter, into an existing 12.75-inch
outside diameter steel pipeline, known
as NFG’s FM120 Pipeline. The FlexSteel
pipe will have a maximum allowable
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operating pressure of 720 pounds per
square inch gauge (psig).
The existing 12.75-inch outside
diameter steel FM120 Pipeline is
located in McKean, Elk, and Cameron
Counties, Pennsylvania. The FlexSteel
pipe is comprised of high-density
polyethylene PE4710 inner and outer
layers with a steel middle layer. The
FlexSteel pipe will have a rating of
1,500 psig, empty weight of 12.9 pounds
per foot, maximum pipe operating
temperature of 150 degrees Fahrenheit,
and maximum installation tension of
30,000 pounds. The existing 12.75-inch
diameter FM120 Pipeline is not
externally coated.
The special permit request, proposed
special permit with conditions, and
Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA)
for the NFG FM120 Pipeline are
available for review and public
comment in the Docket No. PHMSA–
2021–0042. PHMSA invites 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 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 it receives in
making its decision to grant or deny this
request.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 19,
2021, under authority delegated in 49 CFR
1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2021-0042]
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; National Fuel Gas
Supply Corporation
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 National Fuel Gas Supply
Corporation (NFG). 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
June 24, 2021.
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 (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 received a special permit request from
NFG, to deviate from the Federal pipeline safety regulations at 49 CFR
192.53, 192.55, 192.105, 192.107, 192.109, 192.111, 192.113, 192.144,
192.149, 192.150, 192.327, 192.463, and 192.619, for the use of
FlexSteel pipe and fittings in a regulated interstate gas transmission
pipeline located in a Class 1 location. NFG proposes to insert
FlexSteel pipe, 5.60-inch inside diameter and 7.05-inch outside
diameter, into an existing 12.75-inch outside diameter steel pipeline,
known as NFG's FM120 Pipeline. The FlexSteel pipe will have a maximum
allowable operating pressure of 720 pounds per square inch gauge
(psig).
The existing 12.75-inch outside diameter steel FM120 Pipeline is
located in McKean, Elk, and Cameron Counties, Pennsylvania. The
FlexSteel pipe is comprised of high-density polyethylene PE4710 inner
and outer layers with a steel middle layer. The FlexSteel pipe will
have a rating of 1,500 psig, empty weight of 12.9 pounds per foot,
maximum pipe operating temperature of 150 degrees Fahrenheit, and
maximum installation tension of 30,000 pounds. The existing 12.75-inch
diameter FM120 Pipeline is not externally coated.
The special permit request, proposed special permit with
conditions, and Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) for the NFG FM120
Pipeline are available for review and public comment in the Docket No.
PHMSA-2021-0042. PHMSA invites 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 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 it receives in making its
decision to grant or deny this request.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 19, 2021, under authority
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2021-10999 Filed 5-24-21; 8:45 am]
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