[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83085-83086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23765]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2024-0055]


Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; TC Energy for Gas 
Transmission Northwest LLC

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), 
DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: PHMSA is publishing this notice to solicit public comment on a 
request for a special permit received from TC Energy on behalf of Gas 
Transmission Northwest LLC (GTN). 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 
November 14, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket number for this 
specific special permit request and may be submitted in the following 
ways:
    <bullet> E-Gov Website: https://www.Regulations.gov. This site 
allows the public to enter comments on any Federal Register notice 
issued by any agency.
    <bullet> Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
    <bullet> 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.
    <bullet> 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 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 (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

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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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fd969c84d3909e948b988fbd999289d39a928b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d3b8b2aafdbeb0baa5b6a193b7bca7fdb4bca5">[email protected]</span></a>.
    Technical: Mr. Zaid Obeidi by telephone at 202-366-5267, or by 
email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ccb6ada5a8e2a3aea9a5a8a58ca8a3b8e2aba3ba"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c2b8a3aba6ecada0a7aba6ab82a6adb6eca5adb4">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA received a special permit request from 
GTN dated March 27, 2024, seeking a waiver from the federal pipeline 
safety regulations in 49 CFR 192.611 and 192.619, where gas 
transmission pipeline segments have undergone changes from Class 2 to 
Class 3 locations. The special permit request is for two segments of 
GTN's 36-inch diameter Mainline A natural gas transmission pipeline, 
approximately 2.075 miles (10,954 feet) in length, in Idaho. This 
special permit request, if granted, would allow GTN to operate the two 
segments at the current operating pressure of 911 pounds per square 
inch gauge by implementing enhanced integrity management procedures in 
lieu of confirming or revising the maximum allowable operating pressure 
of the affected segments when there is a class location change under 49 
CFR 192.611.
    The special permit request, proposed special permit with 
conditions, and draft environmental assessment (DEA) for the above 
described GTN pipeline segments are available for review and public 
comment in Docket No. PHMSA-2024-0055. PHMSA invites interested persons 
to review and submit comments on the special permit request and DEA in 
the docket. Please submit comments on any potential safety, 
environmental, and other relevant considerations implicated by the 
special permit request. Comments may include relevant data.
    Before issuing a decision on the special permit request, 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 special permit request.

    Issued in Washington, DC, under authority delegated in 49 CFR 
1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2024-23765 Filed 10-11-24; 8:45 am]
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