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• Use qualified personnel for locating 

and marking pipelines. At a minimum, 

they should have received appropriate 

training such as that outline in the 

National Utility Locating Contractors 

Association locator training standards 

and practices. 

• Make sure excavators have 

sufficient information about 

underground pipelines at the 

construction site to avoid damage to the 

pipeline. Facilitate communication 

during the construction activity. 

• Calibrate tools and equipment used 

for line locating and make sure they are 

in proper working order. 

• Individually mark pipelines located 

within the same trench where possible. 

• Follow the best practices on 

locating and marking pipelines 

developed by the Common Ground 

Alliance. 

• When pipelines are hit or almost 

his during excavation, evaluate the 

practices and procedures in use before 

continuing the construction activity. 

Operators should use the full range of 

safe locating excavation practices. In 

particular, pipeline operators should 

ensure the use of qualified personnel to 

accurately locate and mark the location 

of its underground pipelines. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. chapter 601; 49 CFR 

1.53. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on November 

17, 2006. 

Jeffrey D. Wiese, 

Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for 

Pipeline Safety 

[FR Doc. 06–9354 Filed 11–17–06; 3:36 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4910–10–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2006–25803; Notice 1] 

Pipeline Safety: Request for Waiver; 

Kinder Morgan Louisiana Pipeline, 

L.L.C. 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA); DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Consider 

Waiver Requests. 

SUMMARY: Kinder Morgan Louisiana 

Pipeline L.L.C. (KMLP) requests a 

waiver to use a 0.80 design factor in the 

steel pipe design formula for Class 1 

locations on Leg 1 of its proposed 

natural gas interstate Kinder Morgan 

Louisiana Pipeline. The waiver will 

allow KMLP to design, construct and 

operate Leg 1 of its pipeline at hoop 

stresses up to 80 percent of the specified 

minimum yield strength (SMYS) in 

Class 1 locations. KMLP seeks relief 

from the related capacity design 

requirements for pressure relieving and 

pressure limiting stations on the same 

segment of the proposed pipeline. 

DATES: Persons interested in submitting 

comments regarding this waiver request 

must do so by December 22, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference 

Docket No. PHMSA–2006–25803 and 

may be submitted in the following ways: 

• The DOT Web site: http:// 

dms.dot.gov. To submit comments on 

the DOT electronic docket site, click 

‘‘Comments/Submissions,’’ click 

‘‘Continue,’’ fill in the requested 

information, click ‘‘Continue,’’enter 

your comment, then click ‘‘Submit.’’

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management System: 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, 

Room PL–401, Washington, DC 20590–

0001. 

• Hand Delivery: DOT Docket 

Management System; Room PL–401 on 

the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 

DC between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• 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. 

Instructions for submitting comments: 

You should identify the docket number 

(PHMSA–2006–25803) at the beginning 

of your comments. If you submit your 

comments by mail, please submit two 

copies. If you wish to receive 

confirmation that PHMSA received your 

comments, please include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Internet 

users may submit comments at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, and may access all 

comments received by DOT at 

http://dms.dot.gov by performing a 

simple search for the docket number. 

Note: All comments will be posted without 

changes or edits to http://dms.dot.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided. 

Privacy Act Statement: Anyone may 

search the electronic form of all 

comments received for any of our 

dockets. You may review DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement in the 

Federal Register published on April 11, 

2000 (65 FR 19477) or you may visit 

http://dms.dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alan Mayberry by telephone at (202) 

366–5124; by fax at (202) 366–4566; by 

mail at DOT, Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration, 

Pipeline Safety Program, 400 Seventh 

Street, SW., Room 2103, Washington, 

DC 20590; or by e-mail at 

alan.mayberry@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Kinder Morgan Louisiana Pipeline 

L.L.C. (KMLP) requests a waiver of 

compliance from certain regulatory 

requirements in 49 CFR 192.111 and 

192.201 for Class 1 locations on Leg 1 

only of its proposed natural gas 

interstate pipeline. KMLP specifically 

requests a waiver to allow the use of a 

0.80 design factor in the steel pipe 

design formula in § 192.105 in lieu of 

the design factor of 0.72 specified 

§ 192.111 for Class 1 locations. The 

waiver will allow KMLP to design, 

construct and operate Leg 1 of its 

pipeline at hoop stresses up to 80 

percent of the specified minimum yield 

strength (SMYS) in Class 1 locations. 

KMLP neither seeks a waiver from any 

other design factors, nor for any other 

segments of its pipeline. 

A waiver allowing an increase of the 

design factor from 0.72 to 0.80 in the 

steel pipe design formula in § 192.105 

requires a modification in the required 

design capacities of pressure relieving 

and limiting stations installed to protect 

the pipeline. Therefore, KMLP also 

requests a waiver of § 192.201(a)(2)(i), 

which prescribes the design capacity 

requirements for pressure relieving and 

limiting stations on pipelines with a 

maximum allowable operating pressure 

(MAOP) of 60 pounds per square inch 

gauge (psig) or more. KMLP specifically 

wants to design the pressure relieving 

and pressure limiting stations on Leg 1 

of its pipeline such that the maximum 

pressure will not exceed the MAOP plus 

4 percent or the pressure that produces 

a hoop stress of 83 percent of SMYS, 

whichever is lower. 

System Description 

KMLP plans to construct and operate 

its pipeline to deliver approximately 

3,395,000 Dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of 

regasified liquefied natural gas (LNG) 

from the Sabine Pass LNG terminal 

(currently under development) in 

Cameron Parish, Louisiana (LA), to 

markets in the eastern half of the United 

States. The pipeline will consist of two 

legs and two laterals. The pressure to 

operate the pipeline will be supplied by 

the LNG terminal so the proposed 

project does not include the 

construction of compressor stations. 

Four major segments comprise the 

KMLP pipeline project as follows: 

• Leg 1 is a 137-mile, 42-inch 

diameter, pipeline running 


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1A redacted version of the trackage rights 

agreement between PNWR and BNSF was filed with 

the notice of exemption. The full version of the 

agreement, as required by 49 CFR 1180.6(a)(7)(ii), 

was concurrently filed under seal along with a 

motion for protective order. The request for a 

protective order is being addressed in a separate 

decision. 

2The petition for partial revocation will be 

handled in a separate Sub-No. 1 docket in this 

proceeding. 

3To accomplish this shift, PNWR will also use 

trackage rights between Labish, OR, and Portland, 

OR. See Portland & Western Railroad, Inc.—

Trackage Rights Exemption—Union Pacific 

Railroad Company, STB Finance Docket No. 34883 

(STB served July 19, 2006). 

northeasterly from within the LNG 

terminal in Cameron Parish, LA, to an 

interconnection with a Columbia Gulf 

Transmission Company pipeline in 

Evangeline Parish, LA. Along this route, 

the pipeline connects to ten or more 

interstate and intrastate transmission 

pipelines and has a peak day capacity 

of approximately 2,130,000 Dth/d. This 

is the only leg of the pipeline to which 

the waiver will apply. 

• Leg 2, is a 1-mile, 36-inch diameter 

pipeline, running northerly from the 

LNG terminal to an interconnection 

with a Natural Gas Pipeline Company of 

America (NGPL) pipeline, located 

approximately 0.41 miles north of the 

terminal. This leg is entirely within 

Cameron Parish, LA. 

• The Florida Gas Transmission 

(FGT) lateral is 2.2-mile, 24-inch 

diameter, lateral pipeline extending 

from Leg 1 to an existing compressor 

station owned by FGT in Acadia Parish, 

LA. 

• The Bi-Directional Tie-in line is an 

interconnection between Leg 1 and Leg 

2. The tie-in allows Leg 1 to receive gas 

from NGPL when not receiving gas from 

the LNG terminal. 

Pipeline Design, Specifications and 

Quality Control 

KMLP’s waiver petition describes 

various qualitative characteristics of its 

proposed pipeline system and it 

believes the proposed pipeline system 

meets and/or exceeds current PHMSA 

pipeline safety regulations. KMLP plans 

to design and construct the pipeline 

using steel pipe that conforms to Kinder 

Morgan’s Material Standard M8270. 

KMLP also states that the Class 1 

location line pipe for its proposed 

pipeline conforms to American 

Petroleum Institute’s (API) 5L Grade 

X80 and X70 longitudinal or helical 

seam submerged are welded pipe. This 

specific pipe is externally coated with 

plan fusion bonded epoxy (FBE) as 

specified in Kinder Morgan’s 

Engineering Standard (M8370). 

In its waiver request, KMLP states all 

pipeline welds will undergo 

nondestructive testing during 

construction. Crews will repair or 

remove and replace any weld 

imperfections discovered during testing 

that do not meet the pipeline safety 

regulations. To help and inspect the 

pipeline, KMLP will install pig 

launchers and receivers designed to 

allow the use of inline inspection (ILI) 

tools. KMLP will survey the pipeline 

with a multi-channel geometry ILI 

‘‘smart’’ tool capable of detecting 

anomalies (including dents and buckles) 

before commissioning the pipeline for 

nature gas service. KMLP will also 

conduct a hydrostatic test of the 

pipeline to no less than 100 percent of 

SMYS before the pipeline is placed into 

service. 

Risk Analysis 

KMLP stated it conducted a risk 

analysis for the pipeline project using a 

proprietary risk assessment program to 

compare the risks associated with using 

a 0.80 design criteria for a Class 1 

location pipeline with the risks 

associated with the 0.72 design criteria 

required by § 192.111. The analysis 

determined there was no significant 

increase in the risk associated with 

using the 0.80 design criteria for this 

pipeline design and location. The risk 

analysis considered the following nine 

risk areas: (1) Stress corrosion cracking, 

(2) manufacturing defects, (3) weather/ 

outside factors, (4) welding and 

fabrication defects, (5) equipment 

failure, (6) equipment impact (third 

party damage), (7) external corrosion, (8) 

external corrosion and (9) incorrect 

operation. For the first five of these risk 

areas, the analysis showed zero or a 

negligible increase in the risk of failure 

between 0.70 and 0.80 design factor 

pipelines. 

Though KMLP’s risk analysis did not 

show a significant risk increase, it did 

find a slightly higher degree of risk in 

the areas of external and internal 

corrosion when using a 0.80 design 

factor as compared to a 0.72 design 

factor. KMLP attributes this to the 

thinner pipe wall designed using a 0.80 

design factor as compared to a pipe wall 

using a 0.72 design factor. Additionally, 

the risk analysis shows a slightly higher 

risk for incorrect operation because a 

pipe designed with a 0.80 design factor 

operates a higher stress levels and with 

a smaller margin between MAOP and 

SMYS. KMLP plans to employ several 

control and prevention programs to 

mitigate these slightly higher risks, 

PHMSA will consider a KMLP’s 

waiver request and whether its proposal 

will yield an equivalent or greater 

degree of safety than currently provided 

by the regulations. After considering 

any comments received, PHMSA may 

grant a waiver to KMLP as proposed, 

with modifications and conditions, or 

deny the request. If PHMSA grants a 

waiver and subsequently determines the 

effects of the waiver are inconsistent 

with pipeline safety, PHMSA reserves 

the right to revoke the waiver at any 

time. 

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

1.53. 

Issued in Washington, DC on November 16, 

2006. 

Theodore L. Willke, 

Acting Associate Administrator for Pipeline 

Safety. 

[FR Doc. 06–9355 Filed 11–17–06; 3:36 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–M 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[STB Finance Docket No. 34951] 

Portland & Western Railroad, Inc.—

Trackage Rights Exemption—BNSF 

Railway Company 

Pursuant to a trackage rights 

agreement dated October 30, 2006, 

between Portland & Western Railroad, 

Inc. (PNWR), and BNSF Railway 

Company (BNSF), BNSF has agreed to 

grant PNWR overhead trackage rights: 

(a) Between milepost 10.0 in Vancouver, 

WA, on the BNSF Fallbridge 

Subdivision, and milepost 0.69 (Main 

Track 1) and milepost 0.91 (Main Track 

2) in Portland, OR; and (b) between 

milepost 132.5 and milepost 136.5 in 

Vancouver, WA, on the BNSF Seattle 

Subdivision, a total distance of 

approximately 13.31 miles.1

The transaction was scheduled to be 

consummated on or after November 13, 

2006. On November 13, 2006, PNWR 

filed a petition for partial revocation to 

permit the expiration of the trackage 

rights on May 30, 2016, the termination 

date agreed to by the parties.2 The 

purpose of the trackage rights is to allow 

PNWR and BNSF to shift their 

interchange from Salem or Albany, OR, 

to Vancouver, WA.3

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee affected by the trackage rights 

will be protected by the conditions 

imposed in Norfolk and Western Ry. 

Co.—Trackage Rights—BN, 354 I.C.C. 

605 (1978), as modified in Mendocino 

Coast Ry., Inc.—Lease and Operate, 360 

I.C.C. 653 (1980). 

This notice is filed under 49 CFR 

1180.2(d)(7). If it contains false or 


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