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 Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration [Docket No. PHMSA-2022-0044]
 AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA); DOT.
 ACTION: Notice.
 SUMMARY: PHMSA is publishing this notice to solicit public comments on a request for special permit received from Rockies Express Pipeline, LLC (REX). 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 June 27, 2022.
 ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket number for this special permit request and may be submitted in the following ways: *E-Gov Website: 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.
                        ( print page 32234)
                    *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: 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 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 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 
                        *http://www.Regulations.gov.* Note: There is a privacy statement published on 
                        *http://www.Regulations.gov.*
                         Comments, including any personal information provided, are posted without changes or edits to 
                        *http://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) 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 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 
                        *kay.mciver@dot.gov.* *Technical:*
                         Mr. Steve Nanney by telephone at 713-272-2855, or by email at 
                        *steve.nanney@dot.gov.*


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA received a special permit request from REX, which is owned and operated by Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP, seeking a waiver from the requirements of 49 CFR 192.611: Change in class location: Confirmation or revision of maximum allowable operating pressure. This special permit is being requested in lieu of pipe replacement, pressure reduction, or new pressure tests for twenty (20) gas transmission special permit segments totaling 22,465 feet (approximately 4.252 miles) of pipeline. These special permit segments, which have changed from a Class 1 to Class 2 location and operate at a stress level of 80 percent of specified minimum yield strength, are as follows: Special permit 
                             segment No.
County, state
Outside 
                             diameter 
                             (inches)
Line name
Length
                             (feet)
Year 
                             installed
Maximum allowable operating pressure
                             (pounds per square inch gauge)S1
Buchanan, MO
42
Steele City to Turney
938
2008
1,480S2
Macon, IL
42
Blue Mound to Bainbridge
705
2009
1,480S3
Macon, IL
42
Blue Mound to Bainbridge
3,055
2009
1,480S4
Douglas, IL
42
Blue Mound to Bainbridge
454
2009
1,480S5
Douglas, IL
42
Blue Mound to Bainbridge
529
2009
1,480S6
Douglas, IL
42
Blue Mound to Bainbridge
1,567
2009
1,480S7
Morgan, IN
42
Bainbridge to Hamilton
239
2009
1,480S8
Morgan, IN
42
Bainbridge to Hamilton
1,671
2009
1,480S9
Butler, OH
42
Bainbridge to Hamilton
308
2009
1,480S10
Butler, OH
42
Bainbridge to Hamilton
1,261
2009
1,480S11
Butler, OH
42
Bainbridge to Hamilton
163
2009
1,480S12
Butler, OH
42
Bainbridge to Hamilton
915
2009
1,480S13
Warren, OH
42
Bainbridge to Hamilton
128
2009
1,480S14
Warren, OH
42
Hamilton to Chandlersville
461
2009
1,480S15
Pickaway, OH
42
Hamilton to Chandlersville
275
2009
1,480S16
Fairfield, OH
42
Hamilton to Chandlersville
2,215
2009
1,480S17
Fairfield, OH
42
Hamilton to Chandlersville
758
2009
1,480S18
Fairfield, OH
42
Hamilton to Chandlersville
111
2009
1,480S19
Perry, OH
42
Hamilton to Chandlersville
2,386
2009
1,480S20
Muskingum, OH
42
Chandlersville to Clarington
4,314
2009
1,480
 The special permit request, proposed special permit with conditions, and draft environmental assessment (DEA) for the above listed REX special permit segments are available for review and public comments in Docket No. PHMSA-2022-0044. PHMSA invites interested persons to review and submit comments on the special permit request and DEA in the docket. Please include any comments on potential safety and environmental impacts that may result if the special permit is granted. Comments may include relevant data. Before issuing a decision on the special permit request, PHMSA will evaluate all comments received on or before the comments 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, on May 16, 2022, under authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.97. Alan K. Mayberry, Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.


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