Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration July 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Material Regulations (49 CFR Part 107, Subpart B), notice is hereby given that the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety has received the application described herein. Each mode of transportation for which a particular special permit is requested is indicated by a number in the ``Nature of Application'' portion of the table below as follows: 1Motor vehicle, 2Rail freight, 3Cargo vessel, 4Cargo aircraft only, 5Passenger-carrying aircraft.

On January 5, 2011, PHMSA published a final rule under Docket Number PHMSA-2009-0410 (HM-233B) that amended the Hazardous Materials Regulations to revise the application procedures for special permits. Specifically, the revisions required an applicant to provide additional information about its operation to enable the agency to better evaluate the applicant's ability to demonstrate an equivalent level of safety and the safety impact of operations that would be authorized in the special permit. In response to appeals submitted by entities affected by the January 5 final rule, this final rule amends requirements and provides additional clarification to the January 5 final rule.

In a Federal Register notice published on May 20, 2011, (76 FR 29333) PHMSA announced that the Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee (TPSSC) and the Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards Committee (THLPSSC) would meet on August 2-3, 2011, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The meeting dates have been changed. The TPSSC and the THLPSSC will now meet on August 2, 2011, only, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The meeting will be held at The Weston Arlington Gateway, 801 North Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22203. Please refer to the May 20, 2011, (76 FR 29333) notice for more details about the meeting. The TPSSC and THLPSSC will consider a draft pipeline safety report to the nation. The meeting will be open to the public.

This notice advises owners and operators of liquefied natural gas facilities and other interested parties that the Administrator has issued a Draft Decision on Det Norske Veritas (DNV) (USA), Inc.'s petition for approval of the Process Hazard Analysis Software Tool Unified Dispersion Model (PHAST-UDM). The Draft Decision is available for public inspection at Docket No. PHMSA-2011-0075 at https:// www.regulations.gov. Any comments received by August 11, 2011, will be considered before a Final Decision is issued. Late comments will be considered to the extent practicable.