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increase from 85 psi to 100 psi within 

25 seconds. Vehicles subject to the 

condition that has resulted in the 

noncompliance to paragraph S5.1.2.1 

could increase air pressure from 85 psi 

to 100 psi in less than 6 seconds, well 

within the requirement of 24.14 

seconds. Further, vehicles subject to this 

condition have a cut in pressure set at, 

or greater than, the minimum 

requirement of 100 psi. 

The impact of having 2.7% to 2.8% 

less air reservoir capacity than required, 

the difference in the cut in pressure 

requirement of only 1 second, would 

appear to have an adverse consequence 

of a slight increase in air compressor 

cycling. However, this would be 

dependent on application of the service 

brakes. 

3. Emergency Vehicle Duty Cycle: The 

vocational duty cycle of a fire apparatus 

requires the emergency vehicle to 

respond to emergency situations that are 

predominantly short distances away, 

notwithstanding trips to a dealer or 

service provider. The number of times 

will vary between fire departments; 

however, the duty cycle for a fire 

apparatus is intermittent when 

compared to an over-the-road vehicle. 

While the braking applications in these 

short distances may be frequent, the air 

compressor would be able to maintain 

adequate air pressure in the air reservoir 

system. With the minimal lowered 

capacity, with the slightly less than a 1 

second difference in filling the air 

reservoir system, the slightly lower than 

required capacity would likely not be 

noticeable to the driver. 

4. Vocational Requirements: The 

National Fire Protection Association 

(NFPA) promulgates a vocational 

standard that defines requirements 

specific to the vocational aspect of the 

emergency vehicle. Within NFPA 1901 

Standard for Automotive Fire Apparatus 

(NFPA 1901), emergency vehicles 

subject to the requirements of the 

standard are required to be equipped 

with a quick build up section in the air 

reservoir system so that if the vehicle 

has a completely discharged air system, 

the apparatus would be able to be 

moved within 60 seconds. For those 

emergency vehicles that cannot be 

equipped with the quick build up 

section, they are required to be 

equipped with an on-board automatic 

electric compressor or shoreline hook 

up. 

Additionally, NFPA 1901 requires all 

vehicles that have a gross vehicle weight 

rating (GVWR) greater than 36,000 

pounds be equipped with an auxiliary 

braking system. This may be, depending 

on the option of the purchaser, a 

transmission retarder, an inline retarder, 

or exhaust restriction device. All but 16 

vehicles subject to this noncompliance 

have a GVWR of more than 36,000 

pounds. 

5. Air System Warning: The 

completed emergency vehicles subject 

to this condition are equipped with two 

air gauges that monitor the air system 

pressure in both System 1 and System 

2. In addition to the air gauges, there are 

both a warning light and audible alarm 

to alert the driver of a low air condition. 

6. Conclusion: The actual air reservoir 

capacity in the affected emergency 

response chassis cabs and emergency 

vehicles may be between 2.7% and 

2.8% less than the calculated required 

amount. However, due to the duty cycle 

of an emergency vehicle, the vocational 

requirements, and the air compressor 

cycling that is well within the required 

time using the equation from FMVSS 

No. 121, Spartan believes the 

noncompliance is inconsequential to 

motor vehicle safety. The less-thanrequired capacity does not appear to 

impact vehicle braking performance 

(e.g., stopping distance, brake 

application, and release timing). The 

completed vehicles are equipped with 

dual air gauges and a visual and audible 

warning system to alert the driver to a 

loss of air in the air brake system. 

Spartan concludes that the subject 

noncompliance is inconsequential as it 

relates to motor vehicle safety and that 

its petition to be exempted from 

providing notification of the 

noncompliance, as required by 49 

U.S.C. 30118, and a remedy for the 

noncompliance, as required by 49 

U.S.C. 30120, should be granted. 

NHTSA notes that the statutory 

provisions (49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and 

30120(h)) that permit manufacturers to 

file petitions for a determination of 

inconsequentiality allow NHTSA to 

exempt manufacturers only from the 

duties found in sections 30118 and 

30120, respectively, to notify owners, 

purchasers, and dealers of a defect or 

noncompliance and to remedy the 

defect or noncompliance. Therefore, any 

decision on this petition only applies to 

the subject vehicles that Spartan no 

longer controlled at the time it 

determined that the noncompliance 

existed. However, any decision on this 

petition does not relieve vehicle 

distributors and dealers of the 

prohibitions on the sale, offer for sale, 

or introduction or delivery for 

introduction into interstate commerce of 

the noncompliant vehicles under their 

control after Spartan notified them that 

the subject noncompliance existed. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120: 

delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and 

501.8. 

Otto G. Matheke III, 

Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2021–12339 Filed 6–11–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2021–0019] 

Pipeline Safety: Request for Special 

Permit; Tennessee Gas Pipeline 

Company, LLC 

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 

the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, 

LLC (TGP). 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 July 14, 

2021. 

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 


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submit your comments by mail, please 

submit two (2) copies. To receive 

confirmation that PHMSA has received 

your comments, please include a selfaddressed 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 

TGP, 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, and 49 

CFR 192.619(a): Maximum allowable 

operating pressure: Steel or plastic 

pipelines. This special permit is being 

requested in lieu of pipe replacement, 

pressure reduction, or new pressure 

tests for seven (7) special permit 

segments totaling 9,544.37 feet 

(approximately 1.808 miles) of pipeline. 

The TGP pipeline special permit 

segments consist of the following: 

• Harris County, Texas—3,819.26 feet 

of 30-inch diameter Line 100–2 

Pipeline, Class 1 to 3 location change, 

operates at a maximum allowable 

operating pressure (MAOP) of 750 

pounds per square inch gauge (psig) and 

was constructed in 1948. 

• Sabine Parish, Louisiana—39.30 

feet of 30-inch diameter Line 100–2 

Pipeline, Class 1 to 3 location change, 

operates at a MAOP of 750 psig and was 

constructed in 1949. 

• Ouachita Parish, Louisiana—355.33 

feet of 30-inch diameter Line 100–3 

Pipeline, Class 1 to 3 location change, 

operates at a MAOP of 750 psig and was 

constructed in 1949. 

• Ouachita Parish, Louisiana—347.46 

feet of 30-inch diameter Line 100–4 

Pipeline, Class 1 to 3 location change, 

operates at a MAOP of 750 psig and was 

constructed in 1951. 

• Cheatham County, Tennessee— 

1,496.23 feet of 30-inch diameter Line 

500–1 Pipeline, Class 1 to 3 location 

change, operates at a MAOP of 936 psig 

and was constructed in 1959. 

• Lewis County, Tennessee—647.49 

feet of 36-inch diameter Line 557–3 

Pipeline, Class 1 to 3 location change, 

operates at a MAOP of 938 psig and was 

constructed in 1972. 

• Barren County, Kentucky—2,839.30 

feet of 30-inch diameter Line 800–1 

Pipeline, Class 1 to 3 location change, 

operates at a MAOP of 936 psig and was 

constructed in 1959. 

The special permit request, proposed 

special permit with conditions, and 

Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) 

for the above listed TGP pipeline 

segments are available for review and 

public comments in Docket No. 

PHMSA–2021–0019. 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 19, 

2021, under authority delegated in 49 CFR 

1.97. 

Alan K. Mayberry, 

Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety. 

[FR Doc. 2021–12363 Filed 6–11–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DOT–OST–2021–0056] 

Extension of the Comment Deadline 

Date; Request for Information on 

Transportation Equity Data 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of extension for request 

for information (RFI). 

SUMMARY: On May 25, 2021, DOT 

published in the Federal Register a 

request for information (RFI) regarding 

an potential data and assessment tools 

that could assist in the ongoing and 

continuous evaluation of Federal 

policies and programs concerning 

equitable services and safety in the 

transportation sector. The RFI is 

assisting the DOT in responding to the 

Executive Order 13985, ‘‘Advancing 

Racial Equity and Support for 

Underserved Communities Through the 

Federal Government’’ (Equity E.O.). 

This notice extends the deadline date 

for receiving comments until July 22, 

2021 at 5:00 p.m. (ET). 

DATES: Responses to the RFI must be 

received by July 22, 2021, no later than 

5:00 p.m. (ET) to ensure consideration 

of your views. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted using any one of the 

following methods: 

• Electronic mail: Email comments to 

transportationequity@dot.gov. 

Responses must be provided as 

attachments to an email. It is 

recommended that attachments with file 

sizes exceeding 25MB be compressed 

(i.e., zipped) to ensure message delivery. 

Responses must be provided as a 

Microsoft Word (.docx) attachment to 

the email, and be no more than 5 pages 

in length, with 12-point font and 1-inch 

margins. 

• Internet: To submit comments 

electronically, go to the Federal 

regulations website at http://

www.regulations.gov. Search by using 

the docket number (DOT–OST–2021– 

0056). Follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments. 


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