Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 42 / Thursday, March 3, 2011 / Notices 11853 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c); delegation of 

authority at 49 CFR 1.50. 

Issued on: February 28, 2011. 

Joseph S. Carra, 

Acting, Associate Administrator for 

Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4785 Filed 3–2–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2011–0027] 

Pipeline Safety: Request for Special 

Permit 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA); DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

pipeline safety laws, PHMSA is 

publishing this notice of special permit 

requests we have received from several 

natural gas and hazardous liquid 

pipeline operators, seeking relief from 

compliance with certain requirements 

in the Federal pipeline safety 

regulations. This notice seeks public 

comments on these requests, including 

comments on any safety or 

environmental impacts. At the 

conclusion of the 30-day comment 

period, PHMSA will evaluate the 

requests and determine whether to grant 

or deny a special permit. 

DATES: Submit any comments regarding 

these special permit requests by April 4, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference 

the docket numbers for the specific 

special permit request and may be 

submitted in the following ways: 

• E-Gov Web Site: http:// 

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: DOT 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 a.m. and 5 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 copies. To receive 

confirmation that PHMSA has received 

your comments, please include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Internet 

users may submit comments at http:// 

www.Regulations.gov. 

Note: Comments are posted without 

changes or edits to http:// 

www.Regulations.gov, including any personal 

information provided. There is a privacy 

statement published on http:// 

www.Regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

General: Dana Register by telephone 

at 202–366–0490 or e-mail at 

dana.register@dot.gov. 

Technical: Steve Nanney by telephone 

at 713–272–2855 or e-mail at 

steve.nanney@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA 

has received requests for special permits 

from pipeline operators who seek relief 

from compliance with certain pipeline 

safety regulations. Each request includes 

a technical analysis provided by the 

respective operator. Each request is filed 

at http://www.Regulations.gov, and has 

been assigned a separate docket number. 

We invite interested persons to 

participate by reviewing these special 

permit requests at http:// 

www.Regulations.gov, and by 

submitting written comments, data or 

other views. Please include any 

comments on potential environmental 

impacts that may result if these special 

permits are granted or denied. 

Before acting on these special permit 

requests, PHMSA will evaluate all 

comments received on or before the 

comments closing date. Comments will 

be evaluated after this date 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 a request. 

PHMSA has received the following 

special permit requests: 

Docket No. Requester Regulation(s) Nature of special permit 

PHMSA–RSPA–2003– 

15733.

TransCanada Pipelines Limited (TCPL) 

(Operator of Portland Natural Gas 

Transmission System (PNGTS).

49 CFR 192.611(a) .... TCPL petitions PHMSA for modification of an existing special permit, PHMSA–RSPA–2003–15733, issued to PNGTS on March 4, 

2004. TCPL proposes modification of special permit conditions (1) 

through (6) with alternative special permit conditions. The special 

permit area of PHMSA–RSPA–2003–15733 is located in Coos 

County, New Hampshire and is a 24-inch mainline natural gas 

pipeline, 595 feet in length. The first segment of the special permit 

area is located at Survey Station 148+52 feet (Mile Post 2.81) to 

Survey Station 152+92 feet (Mile Post 2.90). The second special 

permit segment is located at Survey Station 174 + 25 feet (Mile 

Post 3.30) to Survey Station 175+80 feet (Mile Post 3.33). Both 

special permit segments are located in Coos County, New Hampshire. Proposed new special permit segment 3 (new segment application on June 9, 2010) is defined as the PNGTS 24-inch Mainline pipeline beginning at Survey Station 171+17 feet (Mile Post 

3.24). The special permit segment extends for 308 feet along the 

PNGTS 24-inch Mainline and concludes at Survey Station 174 + 

25 feet (Mile Post 3.30). The special permit segment 3 is located 

in Coos County, New Hampshire. 


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Docket No. Requester Regulation(s) Nature of special permit 

PHMSA–2010–0148 .... TCPL (Operator of 

PNGTS).

49 CFR 192.611(a) .... To authorize TCPL to engage in an alternative approach to conduct 

risk control activities based on Integrity Management Program 

principles rather than lowering the Maximum Allowable Operating 

Pressure (MAOP) or replacing the subject pipe segment. This application is for one segment of the PNGTS natural gas mainline in 

Coos County, New Hampshire. This segment has changed from a 

Class 2 location (original Class 1 location) to a Class 3 location 

due to construction of new single family homes within 660 feet of 

the pipeline. The pipeline is 24 inches in diameter and has a 

MAOP of 1,440 psig. The segment that has changed class location is 114 feet in length and is located from Survey Station 3705 

+ 59 feet (Mile Post 70.18), to Survey Station 3706 + 73 feet (Mile 

Post 70.20). 

PHMSA–2010–0261 .... Buckeye Partners, 

L.P. (Buckeye).

49 CFR 195.452(h)(4) 

(i)(D).

To authorize Buckeye a waiver from the Federal regulations to repair requirements for a dent on the top of pipe greater than 6% of 

the nominal pipe diameter. The 8.2 percent deep dent (5.3 inches 

long by 7 inches wide at the 12:45 o’clock position) is located 75 

feet off the north bank of the Delaware River. The 8.625-inch diameter pipe is installed in a 12-inch casing pipe. This request is 

for the 2.64 miles long, 8-inch PY742PL pipeline that connects 

from the Paulsboro refinery in New Jersey to the Philadelphia Airport. The pipeline is operated to a MAOP of 274 psig. This 8.625- 

inch diameter by 0.322-inch pipeline transports jet fuel. 

PHMSA–2010–0262 .... Wyoming Interstate 

Company (WIC).

49 CFR 192.11 (c)(1), 

192.112(c) (2), 

192.620(a)(2)(ii).

To authorize WIC to operate 60.23 miles of the 24-inch 123.9 miles 

Kanda Lateral at an alternate MAOP. The request is to operate 

32.85 miles at 77.7% of specified maximum yield strength (SMYS) 

and to operate 27.38 miles at 75.2% SMYS. The entire length of 

the pipeline is in a Class 1 location with seven dwellings intended 

for human occupancy, located within 660 feet of the existing pipeline route. Presently, 49 CFR Part 192 limits this pipeline to an 

operating stress of 72% SMYS in Class 1 locations. The Kanda 

Lateral begins in Uintah County, Utah with a northerly route into 

Southwestern Wyoming and terminates in Sweetwater County, 

Wyoming. The pipeline was constructed and placed into service in 

2007. 

PHMSA–2010–0041 .... Williams Gas Pipeline 

(WGP), owner and 

operator of the 

Transcontinental 

Gas Pipeline 

(Transco).

49 CFR 192.150 ......... WGP has petitioned PHMSA for relief from the Federal pipeline 

safety regulations in 49 CFR § 192.150 for one 2,100-foot 30-inch 

segment of the Transco natural gas system where a portion of 

Mainline ‘‘A’’ is currently unable to pass internal inspection devices. This is due to WGP’s inability to replace the 2,100-foot 30- 

inch section of the Transco pipeline crossing the Brandywine 

Creek with 42-inch pipe. This 2,100-foot segment of 30-inch pipeline is part of the Downingtown Replacement Project and is located from Mile Post 1715.62 (Survey Station 2274 + 55) to Mile 

Post 1716.03 (Survey Station 2296+06) in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The Downingtown Replacement Project included the replacement of a total of approximately 7.15 miles of 30-inch pipe 

with 42-inch pipe on the Transco Mainline ‘‘A’’ from Mile Post 

1715.09 (Downingtown Meter Station) to Mile Post 1722.24 (Compressor Station 200) located in Chester County, Pennsylvania. 

WGP proposes to use alternative integrity management methods 

to provide a level of safety equivalent to those provided by Federal safety regulations for this 2,100-foot section of 30-inch pipeline, until it can be replaced with 42-inch pipe. To confirm the integrity of the 30-inch pipeline, WGP has hydrostatically retested 

the existing 30-inch pipeline from Mile Post 1715.62 to Mile Post 

1716.03 for eight hours at 910 psig. 

PHMSA–2010–0192 .... TCPL–American Natural Resources 

(ANR).

49 CFR 192.611(a) .... To authorize TCPL-ANR to engage in an alternative approach to 

conduct risk control activities based on Integrity Management Program principles rather than lowering the MAOP or replacing the 

subject pipe segment. This application is for one segment of the 

TCPL–ANR Lateral Loop 2–716 located in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. This segment has changed from a Class 2 location (original Class 1 location) to a Class 3 location due to new single family dwellings built within 660 feet of the pipeline. The pipeline is 30 

inches in diameter and has a MAOP of 1,050 psig. The segment 

that has changed class location is 3,149 feet in length and is located at Station 584 + 66 feet to Station 616+15 feet in St. Martin 

Parish, Louisiana. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 42 / Thursday, March 3, 2011 / Notices 11855 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60118 (c)(1) and 49 

CFR 1.53. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 24, 

2011. 

Jeffrey D. Wiese, 

Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4708 Filed 3–2–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Advisory Committee on Disability 

Compensation; Notice of Meeting 

The Department of Veterans Affairs 

(VA) gives notice under Public Law 92– 

463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) 

that the Advisory Committee on 

Disability Compensation will meet on 

March 21–22, 2011, at the Saint Regis 

Hotel, 923 16th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 

p.m. The meeting is open to the public. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

advise the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 

on the maintenance and periodic 

readjustment of the VA Schedule for 

Rating Disabilities. The Committee is to 

assemble and review relevant 

information relating to the nature and 

character of disabilities arising from 

service in the Armed Forces, provide an 

ongoing assessment of the effectiveness 

of the rating schedule, and give advice 

on the most appropriate means of 

responding to the needs of Veterans 

relating to disability compensation. 

The Committee will receive briefings 

on issues related to compensation for 

Veterans with service-connected 

disabilities and other VA benefits 

programs. Public comments will be 

received at 3 p.m. each day. Public 

comments will be limited to three 

minutes each. Individuals wishing to 

make oral statements before the 

Committee will be accommodated on a 

first-come, first-served basis. 

Individuals who speak are invited to 

submit 1–2 page summaries of their 

comments at the time of the meeting for 

inclusion in the official meeting record. 

The public may submit written 

statements for the Committee’s review 

to Dr. Corina Negrescu, Designated 

Federal Officer, Department of Veterans 

Affairs, Veterans Benefits 

Administration, Compensation and 

Pension Service, Regulation Staff 

(211D), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20420 or e-mail at 

Corina.Negrescu@va.gov. Any member 

of the public wishing to attend the 

meeting or seeking additional 

information should contact Dr. Negrescu 

at (202) 461–9752. 

Dated: February 28, 2011. 

By Direction of the Secretary. 

William F. Russo, 

Director of Regulations Management, Office 

of the General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4768 Filed 3–2–11; 8:45 am] 

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