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 Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration [Docket No. PHMSA-2016-0006]
 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 renewal received from Southern Natural Gas Company, LLC (SNG). 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 renewal 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.
                    *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 
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                    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 renewal request of a special permit issued on September 1, 2016, to SNG, a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan, Inc., seeking a waiver from the requirements of 49 CFR 192.611(a) and (d): Change in class location: Confirmation or revision of maximum allowable operating pressure, 49 CFR 192.619(a): Maximum allowable operating pressure: Steel or plastic pipelines, and 49 CFR 192.5(c): Class locations. The September 1, 2016, special permit was granted for 26 special permit segments and approximately 5.90 miles of the SNG natural gas transmission pipeline system located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi. This special permit renewal is being requested in lieu of pipe replacement, pressure reduction, or new pressure tests for 17 gas transmission special permit segments totaling 17,864.41 feet (approximately 3.383 miles). The nine (9) special permit segments that are not included in this notice nor the below table now meet the requirements of either 49 CFR 192.611(a) or 192.619(a) for a Class 3 location. The 17 renewal special permit segments, which have changed from a Class 1 to Class 3 location, are as follows: Renewal 
                             special permit  
                             segment No.
County or parish, state
Outside 
                             diameter  
                             (inches)
Line name
Length 
                             (feet)
Year 
                             installed
Maximum 
                             allowable  
                             operating  
                             pressure  
                             (pounds per square inch gauge)1
Autauga, AL
30
South Main 2nd Loop Line
1,847.74
1981
1,2003
Lee, AL
30
South Main 2nd Loop Line
512.00
1969
1,2004
Autauga, AL
18
South Main Line
1,130.20
1951
1,2005
Autauga, AL
24
South Main Loop Line
1,673.15
1958
1,2006
Autauga, AL
24
South Main Loop Line
1,008.21
1958
1,2007
Lee, AL
24
South Main Loop Line
662.00
1958
1,2008
Lee, AL
24
South Main Loop Line
1,291.96
1958
1,2009
Harris, GA
30
South Main 2nd Loop Line
796.04
1981
1,20010
Harris, GA
26
South Main 2nd Loop Line
2,246.00
1967
1,20012
Jones, GA
16
South Main Line
199.57
1953
1,20013
Harris, GA
24
South Main Loop Line
1,027.11
1958
1,20014
Harris, GA
20
South Main Loop Line
2,432.59
1958
1,20015
Spalding, GA
20
Thomaston Griffin 2nd Loop Line
176.67
1981
1,20018
East Baton Rouge, LA
20
Duck Lake Franklinton Line
704.54
1953
1,20019
Livingston, LA
20
Duck Lake Franklinton Line
1,297.63
1953
1,20022
East Baton Rouge, LA
24
White Castle Franklinton Loop Line
125.66
1968
1,20026
Livingston, LA
30
White Castle Franklinton Loop Line
733.34
1970
1,200
 The special permit renewal request, proposed special permit with conditions, draft environmental assessment (DEA), and annual report findings for pipeline integrity and reportable incidents for the above listed SNG special permit segments are available for review and public comments in Docket No. PHMSA-2016-0006. PHMSA invites interested persons to review and submit comments on the special permit renewal 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 renewal 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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