Document ID: PHMSA-2022-0044-0005
Agency: phmsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Pipeline Safety; Special Permit: Rockies Express Pipeline, LLC
Posted Date: 2022-05-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32233-32234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11493]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2022-0044]

Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Rockies Express 
Pipeline, LLC

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

ACTION: Notice.

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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.

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     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 [email protected].
    Technical: Mr. Steve Nanney by telephone at 713-272-2855, or by 
email at [email protected].

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:

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                                                                                                                                       Maximum allowable
                                                               Outside                                                     Year       operating pressure
  Special permit  segment No.         County, state           diameter             Line name           Length (feet)     installed    (pounds per square
                                                              (inches)                                                                    inch gauge)
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S1............................  Buchanan, MO.............              42  Steele City to Turney....             938            2008               1,480
S2............................  Macon, IL................              42  Blue Mound to Bainbridge.             705            2009               1,480
S3............................  Macon, IL................              42  Blue Mound to Bainbridge.           3,055            2009               1,480
S4............................  Douglas, IL..............              42  Blue Mound to Bainbridge.             454            2009               1,480
S5............................  Douglas, IL..............              42  Blue Mound to Bainbridge.             529            2009               1,480
S6............................  Douglas, IL..............              42  Blue Mound to Bainbridge.           1,567            2009               1,480
S7............................  Morgan, IN...............              42  Bainbridge to Hamilton...             239            2009               1,480
S8............................  Morgan, IN...............              42  Bainbridge to Hamilton...           1,671            2009               1,480
S9............................  Butler, OH...............              42  Bainbridge to Hamilton...             308            2009               1,480
S10...........................  Butler, OH...............              42  Bainbridge to Hamilton...           1,261            2009               1,480
S11...........................  Butler, OH...............              42  Bainbridge to Hamilton...             163            2009               1,480
S12...........................  Butler, OH...............              42  Bainbridge to Hamilton...             915            2009               1,480
S13...........................  Warren, OH...............              42  Bainbridge to Hamilton...             128            2009               1,480
S14...........................  Warren, OH...............              42  Hamilton to                           461            2009               1,480
                                                                            Chandlersville.
S15...........................  Pickaway, OH.............              42  Hamilton to                           275            2009               1,480
                                                                            Chandlersville.
S16...........................  Fairfield, OH............              42  Hamilton to                         2,215            2009               1,480
                                                                            Chandlersville.
S17...........................  Fairfield, OH............              42  Hamilton to                           758            2009               1,480
                                                                            Chandlersville.
S18...........................  Fairfield, OH............              42  Hamilton to                           111            2009               1,480
                                                                            Chandlersville.
S19...........................  Perry, OH................              42  Hamilton to                         2,386            2009               1,480
                                                                            Chandlersville.
S20...........................  Muskingum, OH............              42  Chandlersville to                   4,314            2009               1,480
                                                                            Clarington.
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    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.
[FR Doc. 2022-11493 Filed 5-26-22; 8:45 am]
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