Document ID: PHMSA-2008-0257-0256
Agency: phmsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Pipeline Safety; Request for Special Permit: Texas Eastern Transmission, LP
Posted Date: 2020-05-19T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 97 (Tuesday, May 19, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30019-30020]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10673]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2008-0257]

Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Texas Eastern 
Transmission, L.P.

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 from Texas Eastern Transmission, L.P. (TETLP) to renew a 
previously issued special permit. The special permit renewal request is 
seeking continued relief from compliance with certain requirements in 
the Federal pipeline safety regulations. At the conclusion of the 30-
day comment period, PHMSA will evaluate the comments and the technical 
analysis of the renewal request, to determine whether to grant or deny 
the renewal.

DATES: Submit any comments regarding this special permit request by 
June 18, 2020.

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) Sec.  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

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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. Joshua Johnson by telephone at 816-329-3825, or by 
email at joshua.johnson@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA received a special permit renewal 
request from TETLP, owned by Enbridge, Inc., to continue its pipeline 
operation as defined in the special permit renewal issued on February 
11, 2016. The present special permit term ends October 28, 2020, and 
the original special permit was issued on October 28, 2010. TETLP's 
special permit renewal request of March 11, 2020, seeks to waive 
compliance from requirements of 49 CFR 192.112(a)(1), 192.112(c)(1), 
192.112(c)(2), 192.112(d)(2)(i), 192.112(f)(1), 192.620(d)(5)(iii), and 
192.620(d)(11)(ii)(A). This special permit renewal allows TETLP to 
continue its operation of the 36-inch diameter pipeline system, as 
defined in the original special permit issued on October 28, 2010, and 
renewed on February 11, 2016, up to a maximum allowable operating 
pressure (MAOP) of 1,112 pounds per square inch gauge. This MAOP is 
based upon a pipeline design factor for the pipe steel of 80 percent of 
the specified minimum yield strength (SMYS) in Class 1 locations, 67 
percent of the SMYS in Class 2 locations, and 56 percent of the SMYS in 
Class 3 locations of the 36-inch diameter pipeline system. The special 
permit applies to 267.48 miles of 36-inch diameter pipeline system 
which consists of 97.94 miles of 36-inch Line 1 and 169.54 miles of 36-
inch Line 2. The special permit segments are located in Fayette, 
Somerset, Bedford, Fulton, Franklin, Adams, York, and Lancaster 
Counties in Pennsylvania.
    The special permit renewal request, existing special permit with 
conditions, and environmental assessment for the TETLP 36-inch diameter 
pipeline system are available for review and public comments in the 
Docket No. PHMSA-2008-0257. We invite interested persons to review and 
submit comments on the special permit renewal request in the docket. 
Please include any comments on potential safety and environmental 
impacts that may result if the special permit renewal 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 comment 
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 renewal 
request.

    Issued in Washington, DC, under authority delegated in 49 CFR 
1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2020-10673 Filed 5-18-20; 8:45 am]
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