Document ID: PHMSA-2008-0067-0003
Agency: phmsa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Pipeline Safety: Requests for Special Permit
Posted Date: 2008-04-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register: April 29, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 83)]
[Notices]               
[Page 23305-23306]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2007-28505]

 
Pipeline Safety: Requests for Special Permit

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal pipeline safety laws allow a pipeline operator to 
request PHMSA to waive compliance with any part of the Federal pipeline 
safety regulations by granting a special permit to the operator. PHMSA 
is publishing this notice to provide a list of special permit requests 
we have received from pipeline operators seeking relief from compliance 
with certain pipeline safety regulations. This notice seeks public 
comment on these requests, including comments on any environmental 
impacts. At the conclusion of the comment period, PHMSA will evaluate 
each request individually to determine whether to grant or deny a 
special permit.

DATES: Submit any comments regarding any of these special permit 
requests by May 29, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket number for the special 
permit request and 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.
     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: DOT 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

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request you are commenting on at the beginning of your comments. If you 
submit your comments by mail, submit two copies. To receive 
confirmation that PHMSA received your comments, include a self-
addressed stamped postcard. Internet users may submit comments at 
http://www.regulations.gov.

    Note: Comments are posted without changes or edits to http://
www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. 
There is a privacy statement published on http://
www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wayne Lemoi by telephone at (404) 832-
1160; or, e-mail at wayne.lemoi@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA has filed in the Federal docket 
management system at http://www.regulations.gov requests for special 
permits we have received from pipeline operators seeking relief from 
compliance with certain pipeline safety regulations. Each request has 
been assigned a separate docket number. We invite interested persons to 
participate by reviewing these special permit requests and by 
submitting written comments, data or other views. Please include any 
comments on environmental impacts granting the special permit may have.
    Before acting on any special permit request, PHMSA will evaluate 
all comments received on or before the comment closing date. We will 
consider comments received after this date if it is possible to do so 
without incurring additional expense or delay. We may grant a special 
permit or deny a request based on the comments we receive.
    PHMSA has received the following special permit requests:

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           Docket No.                    Requester              Regulation(s)         Nature of special permit
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 PHMSA-2008-0066...............   Columbia Gulf             49 CFR 195.452(h).....   To authorize CGT to operate
                                  Transmission Company                               nine pipeline segments in
                                  (CGT).                                             three sections of Mainline
                                                                                     100, 200 and 300 in
                                                                                     Williamson and Davidson
                                                                                     Counties, Tennessee without
                                                                                     reducing the operating
                                                                                     pressure as a result of
                                                                                     changes from Class 1 and
                                                                                     Class 2 locations to Class
                                                                                     3 locations.
 PHMSA-2008-0067...............   Boardwalk Pipeline        49 CFR 192.111, 49 CFR   To authorize Boardwalk to
                                  Partners, LP              192.201.                 construct and operate
                                  (Boardwalk).                                       approximately 262.6 miles
                                                                                     of two, 36-inch, natural
                                                                                     gas transmission lateral
                                                                                     pipelines at a maximum
                                                                                     allowable operating
                                                                                     pressure (MAOP) of 1250
                                                                                     pounds per square inch
                                                                                     gauge (psig), which
                                                                                     corresponds to a pipe
                                                                                     stress level up to 80
                                                                                     percent of the steel pipe's
                                                                                     specified minimum yield
                                                                                     strength (SMYS) in Class 1
                                                                                     locations, 67 percent SMYS
                                                                                     in Class 2 locations, and
                                                                                     56 percent SMYS in Class 3
                                                                                     locations. The pipelines
                                                                                     are the 166.2-mile
                                                                                     Fayetteville Lateral
                                                                                     located primarily in
                                                                                     Arkansas but crosses the
                                                                                     Mississippi River into
                                                                                     western Mississippi and the
                                                                                     96.4-mile Greenville
                                                                                     Lateral located entirely in
                                                                                     Mississippi.
 PHMSA-2008-0068...............   Gulf Crossing Pipeline    49 CFR 192.111, 49 CFR   To authorize GCPC to
                                  Company (GCPC).           192.201.                 construct and operate
                                                                                     approximately 353.2 miles
                                                                                     of a new 42-inch natural
                                                                                     gas transmission pipeline
                                                                                     running from Grayson
                                                                                     County, Texas to Madison
                                                                                     Parish, Louisiana at an
                                                                                     MAOP of 1480 psig, which
                                                                                     corresponds to a pipe
                                                                                     stress level up to 80
                                                                                     percent of SMYS in Class 1
                                                                                     locations, 67 percent SMYS
                                                                                     in Class 2 locations and 56
                                                                                     percent SMYS in Class 3
                                                                                     locations. The special
                                                                                     permit request also
                                                                                     includes a 17.8-mile, 42-
                                                                                     inch, loop line from Hinds
                                                                                     County to Simpson County,
                                                                                     MS, which is part of the
                                                                                     Gulf Crossing project.
 PHMSA-2008-0077...............   Florida Gas               49 CFR 192.111, 49 CFR   To authorize FGT to operate
                                  Transmission Company      192.201, 49 CFR          certain pipeline segments
                                  (FGT).                    192.505, 49 CFR          along its approximately
                                                            192.611, 49 CFR          741.2-mile mainline natural
                                                            192.619.                 gas transmission pipeline
                                                                                     system running from Mobile
                                                                                     County, Alabama to Lee
                                                                                     County, Florida at an MAOP
                                                                                     of up to 1333 psig, which
                                                                                     corresponds to a pipe
                                                                                     stress level up to 80
                                                                                     percent of SMYS in Class 1
                                                                                     locations, 67 percent SMYS
                                                                                     in Class 2 locations and 56
                                                                                     percent SMYS in Class 3
                                                                                     locations.
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    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60118(c)(1) and 49 CFR 1.53.

     Issued in Washington, DC on April 21, 2008.
Barbara Betsock,
Acting Director, Office of Regulations.
 [FR Doc. E8-9259 Filed 4-28-08; 8:45 am]

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