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trihwy/Pages/Project-MeetingMaterials.aspx. 

This notice does not apply to the U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineering (U.S.A.C.E.) 

permitting process for this project, 

because no U.S.A.C.E. permits have 

been issued the project to date. This 

notice applies to all Federal agency 

decisions as of the issuance date of this 

notice and all laws under which such 

actions were taken, including but not 

limited to: 

1. General: National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) [42 U.S.C. 4321– 

4375]; Federal-Aid Highway Act [23 

U.S.C. 109]. 

2. Air: Clean Air Act [42 U.S.C. 7401– 

7671(q)] 

3. Land: Uniform Relocation and Real 

Property Acquisition Policies Act of 

1970 [42 U.S.C. 4601–4655]; Section 4(f) 

of the Department of Transportation Act 

of 1966 [Pub. L. No. 111–212, Section 

405 (a)(b)]. 

4. Wildlife: Endangered Species Act 

[16 U.S.C. 1531–1544]; Migratory Bird 

Treaty Act [16 U.S.C. 703–712]; Bald 

and Golden Eagle Protection Act of 1940 

[16 U.S.C. 668]; Fish and Wildlife 

Coordination Act [16 U.S.C. 661– 

666(c)]. 

5. Social and Economic: Civil Rights 

Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2000(d)– 

2000(d)(1)]; Section 504 of the 

Americans with Disability Act; 

Farmland Protection Policy Act (FPPA) 

[7 U.S.C. 4201–4209]. 

6. Wetlands and Water Resources: 

Clean Water Act [33 U.S.C. 1251–1342 

(Sections 303(d), 305(b), and 402)]; 

Section 9 of the Rivers and Harbors Act 

of 1899 [33 U.S.C. 401], as modified by 

the General Bridge Act of 1946 [33 

U.S.C. 525]; Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 

[16 U.S.C. 1271–1287]; Safe Drinking 

Water Act of 1996 [42 U.S.C. 300(f)– 

300(j)(6)]; Section 6(f) of the Land and 

Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Act 

[16 U.S.C. 460l–4 et seq.]. 

7. Executive Orders: E.O. 11990 

Protection of Wetlands; E.O. 11988 

Floodplain Management; E.O. 13112 

Invasive Species; E.O. 12898 Federal 

Actions to Address Environmental 

Justice in Minority Populations and Low 

Income Populations; E.O. 13166 

Improving Access to Services for 

Persons with Limited English 

Proficiency (LEP). 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning 

and Construction. The regulations 

implementing Executive Order 12372 

regarding intergovernmental consultation on 

Federal programs and activities apply to this 

program.) 

Authority: 23 U.S.C. § 139(l)(1) 

Issued on: April 3, 2015. 

Achille Alonzi, 

Division Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2015–08140 Filed 4–8–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–RY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2014–0014] 

Pipeline Safety: Public Workshop on 

Pipeline Safety Management Systems 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice is announcing a 

one-day public workshop to discuss the 

recent Pipeline Safety Management 

Systems (SMS) national consensus 

standard. The meeting will include 

participation from all major pipeline 

sectors, state and Federal regulators, and 

public safety advocates. This workshop 

will detail the development process of 

the SMS standard. The workshop will 

also emphasize the core elements of the 

standard including: Leadership and 

management commitment; risk 

management; emergency preparedness 

and response; competence awareness 

and training; management review and 

continuous commitment, and the 

critical role of safety culture. 

DATES: The public workshop will held 

on Wednesday, April 22, 2015, from 

8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST. Written 

comments must be received by June 8, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held 

at the Westin Galleria, 5060 West 

Alabama Street, Houston, TX 77056. 

Hotel reservations can be made under 

the room block ‘‘PHMSA—Pipeline 

Safety Management System 

Workshop/’’. 

The meeting agenda and any 

additional information will be 

published on the PHMSA home page 

Web site at (http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/ 

pipeline), and on the PHMSA meeting 

page Web site https://

primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/

MtgHome.mtg?mtg=102. 

Registration: Members of the public 

may attend this free workshop. To help 

assure that adequate space is provided, 

all attendees should register for the 

workshop in advance at https://

primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/

MtgHome.mtg?mtg=102. 

Comments: Members of the public 

may also submit written comments 

either before or after the workshop. 

Comments should reference Docket No. 

PHMSA–2014–0014. Comments 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. Follow the instructions for 

submitting comments. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management System, 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

(DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Room W12–140, Washington, DC 20590. 

Hand Delivery: DOT Docket 

Management System, Room W12–140, 

on the ground floor of the West 

Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE. 

Washington, DC between 9:00 a.m. and 

5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: Identify the docket 

number at the beginning of your 

comments. If you submit your 

comments by mail, submit two copies. 

If you wish to receive confirmation that 

PHMSA has received your comments, 

include a self-addressed stamped 

postcard. Internet users may submit 

comments at http://

www.regulations.gov. 

Note: Comments will be posted without 

changes or edits to http://

www.regulations.gov including any personal 

information provided. Please see the Privacy 

Act Statement heading below for additional 

information. 

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 April 11, 

2000, (65 FR 19476). 

Information on Services for Individuals 

With Disabilities 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with 

disabilities, or to request special 

assistance at the meeting, please contact 

Nancy White, Office of Pipeline Safety, 

at 202–366–1419 or by email at 

nancy.white@dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Nancy White, Office of Pipeline Safety, 

at 202–366–1419 or by email at 

nancy.white@dot.gov, regarding the 

subject matter of this notice. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

details on this meeting, including the 

location, times and agenda items, will 

be available on the meeting page 

(https:// 

primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/

MtgHome.mtg?mtg=102) as they become 

available. Please note that the public 


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workshop will be webcast. Attendees, 

both in person and by webcast, are 

strongly encouraged to register to help 

ensure accommodations are adequate. 

Presentations will be available online 

at the meeting page and also be posted 

in the E-Gov Web site: http://

www.regulations.gov, at docket number 

PHMSA–2014–0014 within 30 days 

following the meeting. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. Chapter 601 and 49 

CFR 1.97. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 3, 

2015. 

Jeffrey D. Wiese, 

Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety. 

[FR Doc. 2015–08115 Filed 4–8–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2015–0105] 

Pipeline Safety: Potential for Damage 

to Pipeline Facilities Caused by 

Flooding, River Scour, and River 

Channel Migration 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA); DOT. 

ACTION: Notice; Issuance of Advisory 

Bulletin. 

SUMMARY: PHMSA is issuing this 

updated advisory bulletin to all owners 

and operators of gas and hazardous 

liquid pipelines to communicate the 

potential for damage to pipeline 

facilities caused by severe flooding. This 

advisory includes actions that operators 

should consider taking to ensure the 

integrity of pipelines in the event of 

flooding, river scour, and river channel 

migration. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Operators of pipelines subject to 

regulation by PHMSA should contact 

the appropriate PHMSA Region Office. 

The PHMSA Region Offices and their 

contact information are as follows: 

• Central Region: 816–329–3800, 

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, 

Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, 

Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, 

and Wisconsin 

• Eastern Region: 609–989–2171, 

Connecticut, Delaware, District of 

Columbia, Maine, Maryland, 

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New 

Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, 

Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and 

West Virginia 

• Southern Region: 404–832–1147, 

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, 

Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto 

Rico, South Carolina, and Tennessee 

• Southwest Region: 713–272–2859, 

Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, 

Oklahoma, and Texas 

• Western Region: 720–963–3160, 

Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, 

Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, 

Oregon, Utah, Washington, and 

Wyoming 

Intrastate pipeline operators should 

contact the appropriate state pipeline 

safety authority. A list of state pipeline 

safety authorities is provided at: 

www.napsr.org 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

Section 192.613(a) of the Pipeline 

Safety Regulations (49 CFR parts 190– 

199) states that ‘‘[e]ach operator shall 

have a procedure for continuing 

surveillance of its facilities to determine 

and take appropriate action concerning 

changes in class location, failures, 

leakage history, corrosion, substantial 

changes in cathodic protection 

requirements, and other unusual 

operating and maintenance conditions.’’ 

Section 192.613(b) further states that 

‘‘[i]f a segment of pipeline is determined 

to be in unsatisfactory condition but no 

immediate hazard exists, the operator 

shall initiate a program to recondition or 

phase out the segment involved, or, if 

the segment cannot be reconditioned or 

phased out, reduce the maximum 

allowable operating pressure in 

accordance with § 192.619(a) and (b).’’ 

Likewise, § 195.401(b)(1) of the 

Pipeline Safety Regulations states that 

‘‘[w]henever an operator discovers any 

condition that could adversely affect the 

safe operation of its pipeline system, it 

must correct the condition within a 

reasonable time. However, if the 

condition is of such a nature that it 

presents an immediate hazard to 

persons or property, the operator may 

not operate the affected part of the 

system until it has corrected the unsafe 

condition.’’ Section 195.401(b)(2) 

further states that ‘‘[w]hen an operator 

discovers a condition on a pipeline 

covered under [the integrity 

management requirements in] § 195.452, 

the operator must correct the condition 

as prescribed in § 195.452(h).’’ Severe 

flooding, river scour, and river channel 

migration are the types of unusual 

operating conditions that can adversely 

affect the safe operation of a pipeline 

and require corrective action under 

§§ 192.613(a) and 195.401(b). 

In addition, Part 194 requires 

operators of onshore oil pipelines to 

‘‘include procedures and a list of 

resources for responding, to the 

maximum extent practicable, to a worst 

case discharge and to a substantial 

threat of such a discharge’’ under 

§ 194.107(a). Per § 194.115, the operator 

must ‘‘identify, and ensure, by contract 

or other approved means, the resources 

necessary to remove, to the maximum 

extent practicable, a worst case 

discharge and to mitigate or prevent a 

substantial threat of a worst case 

discharge’’. 

Furthermore, an operator must take 

additional preventative and mitigative 

measures beyond those already required 

in Parts 192, 194, and 195 to prevent a 

pipeline failure and to mitigate the 

consequences of a pipeline failure per 

§§ 192.935, 194.107(a) and 195.452(i). 

An operator must base the additional 

measures on the threats the operator has 

identified for each pipeline segment. If 

an operator determines outside force 

damage (e.g., earth movement, floods) is 

a threat to the pipeline, the operator 

must take steps to minimize the 

probability of damage and the 

consequences of a release. 

PHMSA has released five Advisory 

Bulletins on this subject, with the 

earliest issued July 29, 1993, (ADB–93– 

03), and the most recent on July 27, 

2011, (ADB–11–04; 76 FR 44985). Each 

of these bulletins followed an event that 

involved severe flooding that affected 

pipelines in the areas of rising waters. 

Four of the more notable events are 

briefly described below: 

On August 13, 2011, Enterprise 

Products Operating, LLC discovered a 

release of 28,350 gallons (675 barrels) of 

natural gasoline in the Missouri River in 

Iowa. The rupture, according to the 

metallurgical report, was the result of 

fatigue crack growth driven by 

vibrations in the pipe from vortex 

shedding. 

On July 1, 2011, ExxonMobil Pipeline 

Company experienced a pipeline failure 

near Laurel, Montana, resulting in the 

release of 63,000 gallons (1,500 barrels) 

of crude oil into the Yellowstone River. 

According to the results of PHMSA’s 

accident investigation, the rupture was 

caused by channel migration and river 

bottom scour, leaving a large span of the 

pipeline exposed to prolonged current 

forces and debris washing downstream 

in the river. Those external forces 

damaged the exposed pipeline. 

On July 15, 2011, NuStar Pipeline 

Operating Partnership, L.P. reported a 

4,200 gallon (100 barrels) anhydrous 

ammonia spill in the Missouri River in 

Nebraska requiring extensive 

environmental response and causing 

supply disruption. The 6-inch-diameter 

pipeline was exposed by scouring 

during extreme flooding. 


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