Document ID: PHMSA-2011-0063-0002
Agency: phmsa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Pipeline Safety; Special Permit Requests
Posted Date: 2011-05-09T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 89 (Monday, May 9, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26793-26794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-11172]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2011-0063]

Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal pipeline safety laws, PHMSA is re-
publishing this notice to clarify the particulars of a special permit 
request we have received from the Belle Fourche Pipeline Company (Belle 
Fourche). Belle Fourche is seeking relief from compliance with certain 
requirements in the Federal pipeline safety regulations. This notice 
seeks public comments on this request, including comments on any safety 
or environmental impacts. At the

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conclusion of the 30-day comment period, PHMSA will evaluate the 
request and determine whether to grant or deny a special permit.

DATES: Submit any comments regarding these special permit requests by 
June 8, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket number for the specific 
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: 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 request you are commenting on at the beginning of your comments. 
If you submit your comments by mail, please submit two 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:  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: General: Kay McIver by telephone at 
202-366-0113, or e-mail at kay.mciver@dot.gov.
    Technical: Steve Nanney by telephone at 713-628-7479, or e-mail at 
Steve.Nanney@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    PHMSA has received a request for a special permit from the Belle 
Fourche Pipeline Company. Belle Fourche seeks relief from compliance 
with certain pipeline safety regulations. The request includes a 
technical analysis provided by the operator. The request has been filed 
at http://www.Regulations.gov, and assigned a separate docket number, 
PHMSA-2010-0300. We invite interested persons to participate by 
reviewing this special permit request at http://www.Regulations.gov, 
and by submitting written comments, data, or other views. Please 
include any comments on potential environmental impacts that may result 
if this special permit is granted.
    Before acting on this special permit request, PHMSA will evaluate 
all comments received on or before the 30-day comment period closing 
date. Comments will be evaluated after this date if it is possible to 
do so without incurring additional expense or delay. PHMSA will 
consider each relevant comment we receive in making our decision to 
grant or deny a request.
    PHMSA has received the following special permit request:

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                                                     Regulation(s)
          Docket No.                Requester           affected               Nature of special permit
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PHMSA-2010-0300...............  Belle Fourche....  49 CFR 195.106,    To authorize Belle Fourche an exemption
                                                    195.112(a)(b),     from certain requirements in Subpart A,
                                                    195.120,           Subpart C, and Subpart H of 49 CFR Part
                                                    195.200,           195. Belle Fourche seeks exception in two
                                                    195.406(a)(1),     general categories: First for permission
                                                    and 195.653.       to allow flexible steel pipe in Federally
                                                                       regulated service, and second, to adopt
                                                                       the use of requirements and standards
                                                                       appropriate for flexible steel pipes.
                                                                       Belle Fourche further seeks permission to
                                                                       install 4-inch FlexSteelTM pipe into
                                                                       existing 6-inch out-of-service pipelines
                                                                       where feasible. Due to size restrictions,
                                                                       Belle Fourche would not be able to insert
                                                                       the FlexSteel into the 4-inch steel pipe,
                                                                       but proposes to do so along some of the
                                                                       proposed route where there is out-of-
                                                                       service 6-inch steel that would
                                                                       accommodate insertion. Belle Fourche is
                                                                       proposing approximately 14 miles of
                                                                       insertion. This project is for the
                                                                       transport of diesel fuel from Belle
                                                                       Fourche's Hawk Point station to the Arch
                                                                       Coal Mine diesel tank in Campbell County,
                                                                       Wyoming.
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    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 60118 (c)(1) and 49 CFR 1.53.

    Issued in Washington, DC on May 2, 2011.
Jeffrey D. Wiese,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2011-11172 Filed 5-6-11; 8:45 am]
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