Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration March 22, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Pipeline Safety: Request for Waiver; Rockies Express Pipeline
Document Number: 06-2831
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-03-22
Agency: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
The Rockies Express Pipeline LLC (Rockies Express) has requested a waiver of compliance from the pipeline safety regulation that prescribes the design factor to be used in the design formula for steel pipe. The waiver will allow Rockies Express to operate at hoop stresses up to 80 percent specified minimum yield strength (SMYS) in Class 1 locations.
Pipeline Safety: Request for Waiver; Alliance Pipeline L.P.
Document Number: 06-2830
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-03-22
Agency: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
Alliance Pipeline L.P. (APL) requested a waiver of compliance for the U.S. portion of its pipeline system in Class 1 and Class 2 locations to operate its pipeline at stress levels up to 80 percent of the pipeline's specified minimum yield strength (SMYS), and increase the design factor for its compressor station piping. APL also requested relief from the hydrostatic testing requirements for its compressor station piping and pressure relieving and limiting station equipment requirements.
Pipeline Safety: Request for Waiver; Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C.
Document Number: 06-2829
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-03-22
Agency: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline, L.L.C. (M&N) requests a waiver of compliance for the U.S. portion of its pipeline system in Class 1, 2, and 3 locations to operate at stress levels up to 80 percent; 67 percent; and 56 percent respectively, of the pipeline's specified minimum yield strength (SMYS).
Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Application for Special Permits
Document Number: 06-2746
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-03-22
Agency: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
In accordance with the procedures governing the application for, and the processing of, special permits from the Department of Transportation's Hazardous Materials 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.
Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Applications for Modification of Special Permit
Document Number: 06-2745
Type: Notice
Date: 2006-03-22
Agency: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
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. This notice is abbreviated to expedite docketing and public notice. Because the sections affected, modes of transportation, and the nature of application have been shown in earlier Federal Register publications, they are not repeated here. Request of modifications of special permits (e.g. to provide for additional hazardous materials, packaging design changes, additional mode of transportation, etc.) are described in footnotes to the application number. Application numbers with the suffix ``M'' denote a modification request. There applications have been separated from the new applications for special permits to facilitate processing.
Hazardous Materials: Revision of Requirements for Carriage by Aircraft
Document Number: 06-2596
Type: Rule
Date: 2006-03-22
Agency: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
This final rule amends the requirements in the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) for the transportation of hazardous materials by aircraft. This final rule clarifies the applicability of part 175; clarifies the exceptions from regulation for operator equipment and supplies, special aircraft operations, and passengers and crewmembers; revises separation distances for the shipment of radioactive materials by cargo aircraft; and updates the regulations to comply with security requirements for explosive special permits. These changes are being made to finalize outstanding petitions for rulemaking, convert certain special permits into regulations, and promote international harmonization, where appropriate.
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