Document ID: PHMSA-2016-0004-0021
Agency: phmsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Pipeline Safety; Special Permit: Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, LLC
Posted Date: 2022-05-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32227-32231]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11499]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2016-0004]

Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Tennessee Gas 
Pipeline Company, 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 renewal received from 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

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or deny the special permit renewal 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.
     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 renewal request of a 
special permit issued on September 1, 2016, to 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, 49 CFR 192.619(a): Maximum 
allowable operating pressure: Steel or plastic pipelines, and 49 CFR 
192.5(c): Class locations.
    The September 1, 2016, special permit was granted for 192 special 
permit segments and approximately 49.00 miles of TGP natural gas 
transmission pipeline system located in the states of Kentucky, 
Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, 
Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia. This special permit renewal is 
being requested in lieu of pipe replacement, pressure reduction, or new 
pressure tests for 162 gas transmission special permit segments 
totaling 194,837.38 feet (approximately 36.901 miles). The 30 special 
permit segments that are not included in this notice nor the below 
table now meet the requirements of either 49 CFR 192.611(a) or 
192.619(a) for a Class 3 location. The 162 renewal special permit 
segments, which have changed from a Class 1 to Class 3 location, are as 
follows:

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                                                                                                                                      Maximum allowable
Renewal  special permit  segment   County or parish,      Outside                                                                     operating pressure
               No.                       state           diameter               Line name             Length (feet)  Year installed   (pounds per square
                                                         (inches)                                                                        inch gauge)
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1...............................  Madison, KY.......              24  100-1........................          526.27            1971                  750
2...............................  Madison, KY.......              24  100-1........................           12.70            1971                  750
3...............................  Madison, KY.......              24  100-1........................          168.34            1971                  750
4...............................  Bath, KY..........              26  100-2........................          606.60            1948                  750
6...............................  Bath, KY..........              26  100-2........................        1,515.30            1948                  750
7...............................  Bath, KY..........              26  100-2........................          344.20            1948                  750
8...............................  Rowan, KY.........              26  100-2........................          252.39            1948                  750
10..............................  Madison, KY.......              30  100-3........................          824.32            1950                  750
11..............................  Madison, KY.......              30  100-3........................          536.30            1950                  750
12..............................  Madison, KY.......              30  100-3........................          806.72            1950                  750
13..............................  Rowan, KY.........              26  100-3........................        1,054.07            1949                  750
14..............................  Rowan, KY.........              26  100-3........................          338.70            1949                  750
15..............................  Rowan, KY.........              26  100-3........................          912.96            1949                  750
17..............................  Boyd, KY..........              26  100-3........................          655.37            1950                  790
18..............................  Boyd, KY..........              26  100-3........................          494.40            1950                  790
19..............................  Madison, KY.......              30  100-4........................          521.39            1951                  750
20..............................  Madison, KY.......              30  100-4........................          607.56            1951                  750
21..............................  Madison, KY.......              36  800-2........................        1,690.82            1969                  936
23..............................  Sabine, LA........              24  100-1........................          598.40            1944                  750
24..............................  Natchitoches, LA..              24  100-1........................        1,118.30            1944                  750
27..............................  Sabine, LA........              30  100-2........................          272.20            1949                  750
28..............................  Natchitoches, LA..              31  100-2........................        1,121.16            1948                  604

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29..............................  Ouachita, LA......              26  100-2........................          920.80            1947                  750
31..............................  Sabine, LA........              30  100-3........................          740.50            1951                  750
32..............................  Natchitoches, LA..              30  100-3........................        1,772.33            1951                  750
33..............................  Ouachita, LA......              30  100-3........................          907.80            1949                  750
34..............................  Ouachita, LA......              30  100-4........................        1,414.14            1951                  750
36..............................  Vermillion, LA....              24  500-1........................          872.70            1956                  973
37..............................  Vermillion, LA....              24  500-1........................        3,005.66            1956                  973
38..............................  IBERIA, LA........              24  500-1........................          858.45            1956                  973
41..............................  Franklin, LA......              30  800-1........................          102.57            1954                  936
42..............................  Franklin, LA......              30  800-1........................        1,259.31            1954                  936
43..............................  Franklin, LA......              30  800-1........................           75.63            1954                  936
44..............................  Washington, MS....              24  100-1........................          731.04            1944                  750
45..............................  Washington, MS....              24  100-1........................          964.23            1944                  750
46..............................  Washington, MS....              26  100-2........................          112.40            1948                  750
47..............................  Washington, MS....              26  100-2........................        2,073.94            1948                  750
48..............................  Benton, MS........              30  100-3........................        1,198.98            1949                  750
49..............................  Benton, MS........              30  100-4........................        1,234.46            1952                  750
50..............................  Hancock, MS.......              30  500-1........................        1,471.05            1959                  936
51..............................  Forrest, MS.......              30  500-1........................          482.40            1959                  936
52..............................  Forrest, MS.......              30  500-1........................        1,370.49            1959                  936
53..............................  Lauderdale, MS....              30  500-1........................        1,474.90            1959                  936
55..............................  Lauderdale, MS....              30  500-1........................          257.20            1959                  936
58..............................  Lowndes, MS.......              30  500-1........................          959.21            1959                  936
59..............................  Lowndes, MS.......              30  500-1........................        1,581.69            1959                  936
60..............................  Hancock, MS.......              36  500-2........................        1,488.68            1965                  936
61..............................  Forrest, MS.......              36  500-2........................        1,909.29            1966                  936
62..............................  Lauderdale, MS....              36  500-2........................        1,439.84            1966                  936
64..............................  Lowndes, MS.......              36  500-2........................        1,585.26            1964                  936
65..............................  Hancock, MS.......              36  500-3........................        1,347.37            1972                  936
66..............................  Sussex, NJ........              24  300-1........................        2,953.04            1955                 1170
67..............................  Sussex, NJ........              24  300-1........................          638.57            1955                 1170
68..............................  Sussex, NJ........              24  300-1........................          471.55            1955                 1170
69..............................  Sussex, NJ........              24  300-1........................        1,121.11            1955                 1170
70..............................  Sussex, NJ........              24  300-1........................          811.71            1955                 1170
71..............................  Sussex, NJ........              24  300-1........................          373.70            1955                 1170
72..............................  Sussex, NJ........              24  300-1........................        1,729.51            1955                 1170
75..............................  Ontario, NY.......              24  200-1........................          654.33            1951                  760
77..............................  Madison, KY.......              24  200-1........................        1,478.51            1951                  760
79..............................  Albany, NY........              24  200-1........................        1,153.88            1951                  760
80..............................  Albany, NY........              24  200-1........................        1,059.96            1951                  760
82..............................  Carroll, OH.......              26  200-1........................        2,658.16            1950                  790
83..............................  Columbiana, OH....              26  200-1........................        2,044.66            1950                  790
84..............................  Columbiana, OH....              26  200-1........................        1,270.10            1950                  790
85..............................  Columbiana, OH....              26  200-1........................        1,382.31            1950                  790
86..............................  ATHENS, OH........              26  200-2........................        1,513.05            1952                  790
88..............................  Carroll, OH.......              26  200-2........................        2,680.73            1952                  790
89..............................  Columbiana, OH....              26  200-2........................        1,296.36            1954                  790
90..............................  Carroll, OH.......              26  200-3........................        1,081.17            1956                  790
92..............................  Carroll, OH.......              26  200-3........................          974.20            1956                  790
94..............................  Carroll, OH.......              36  200-4........................        2,648.75            1963                  790
95..............................  Columbiana, OH....              36  200-4........................        1,950.62            1963                  790
96..............................  Columbiana, OH....              36  200-4........................        1,248.52            1963                  790
97..............................  Columbiana, OH....              36  200-4........................        1,358.28            1963                  790
98..............................  Lawrence, PA......              26  200-1........................        1,935.75            1950                  790
99..............................  Mercer, PA........              24  300-1........................          839.87            1953                  877
100.............................  Mercer, PA........              24  300-1........................          491.70            1953                  877
101.............................  Mercer, PA........              30  300-2........................          875.56            1965                  877
102.............................  Mercer, PA........              30  300-2........................          573.79            1965                  877
103.............................  Dickson, TN.......              24  100-1........................          533.33            1944                  750
104.............................  Cheatham, TN......              24  100-1........................        2,782.53            1944                  750
105.............................  Cheatham, TN......              24  100-1........................        1,490.60            1944                  750
106.............................  Cheatham, TN......              24  100-1........................           28.61            1944                  750
107.............................  Robertson, TN.....              24  100-1........................          668.38            1944                  750
108.............................  Robertson, TN.....              24  100-1........................        1,953.93            1944                  750
109.............................  Dickson, TN.......              26  100-2........................          554.05            1948                  750
110.............................  Dickson, TN.......              26  100-2........................          177.44            1948                  750
111.............................  Lewis, TN.........              30  500-1........................          566.83            1959                  936
112.............................  Lewis, TN.........              30  500-1........................          686.45            1959                  936
113.............................  Lewis, TN.........              30  500-1........................        1,376.94            1959                  936
114.............................  Cheatham, TN......              30  500-1........................          732.13            1959                  936
115.............................  Cheatham, TN......              30  500-1........................        1,006.00            1959                  936

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116.............................  Cheatham, TN......              30  500-1........................          757.26            1959                  936
117.............................  Cheatham, TN......              30  500-1........................        1,332.21            1959                  936
118.............................  Cheatham, TN......              30  500-1........................          633.98            1959                  936
119.............................  Cheatham, TN......              30  500-1........................          994.45            1959                  936
120.............................  Cheatham, TN......              30  500-1........................            9.90            1959                  936
121.............................  Cheatham, TN......              30  500-1........................        1,339.84            1959                  936
122.............................  Robertson, TN.....              30  500-1........................        2,474.52            1959                  936
123.............................  Robertson, TN.....              30  500-1........................        4,358.19            1959                  936
124.............................  Robertson, TN.....              30  500-1........................        1,929.95            1959                  936
125.............................  Robertson, TN.....              30  500-1........................        3,262.84            1959                  936
126.............................  Lewis, TN.........              36  500-2........................          469.38            1964                  936
127.............................  Lewis, TN.........              36  500-2........................          738.42            1964                  936
128.............................  Cheatham, TN......              36  500-2........................        1,318.68            1968                  936
129.............................  Cheatham, TN......              36  500-2........................          381.21            1968                  936
130.............................  Cheatham, TN......              36  500-2........................          420.56            1968                  936
131.............................  Cheatham, TN......              36  500-2........................          502.70            1963                  936
132.............................  Cheatham, TN......              36  500-2........................           16.90            1963                  936
133.............................  Cheatham, TN......              36  500-2........................        2,062.21            1963                  936
134.............................  Robertson, TN.....              36  500-2........................        1,001.81            1965                  936
135.............................  Robertson, TN.....              36  500-2........................        1,426.43            1965                  936
136.............................  Robertson, TN.....              36  500-2........................          303.70            1965                  936
137.............................  Robertson, TN.....              36  500-2........................        3,257.08            1965                  936
138.............................  Robertson, TN.....              36  500-2........................        1,899.22            1965                  936
139.............................  Robertson, TN.....              36  500-2........................          219.10            1965                  936
140.............................  Robertson, TN.....              36  500-2........................        2,970.93            1965                  936
141.............................  Cheatham, TN......              30  800-1........................          384.62            1954                  936
142.............................  Cheatham, TN......              30  800-1........................          581.50            1954                  936
143.............................  Cheatham, TN......              30  800-1........................        1,104.30            1954                  936
144.............................  Cheatham, TN......              30  800-1........................        1,366.34            1954                  936
145.............................  Robertson, TN.....              30  800-1........................          968.97            1954                  936
146.............................  Robertson, TN.....              30  800-1........................        1,797.26            1954                  936
147.............................  Robertson, TN.....              30  800-1........................        4,253.00            1954                  936
148.............................  Robertson, TN.....              30  800-1........................        1,978.36            1954                  936
149.............................  Robertson, TN.....              30  800-1........................        3,133.48            1954                  936
151.............................  Waller, TX........              24  100-1........................        1,677.99            1944                  750
152.............................  Harris, TX........              24  100-1........................          753.70            1944                  750
153.............................  Sabine, TX........              24  100-1........................          675.00            1944                  750
154.............................  Sabine, TX........              24  100-1........................        1,539.30            1964                  750
155.............................  Sabine, TX........              24  100-1........................          573.40            1964                  750
156.............................  Waller, TX........              30  100-2........................        1,574.15            1948                  750
157.............................  Harris, TX........              30  100-2........................        1,220.90            1948                  750
158.............................  Harris, TX........              30  100-2........................        1,962.45            1948                  750
159.............................  Sabine, TX........              30  100-2........................        2,597.70            1949                  750
160.............................  Waller, TX........              30  100-3........................        1,531.99            1952                  750
161.............................  Waller, TX........              30  100-3........................        1,727.52            1952                  750
162.............................  Harris, TX........              30  100-3........................        1,024.50            1952                  750
163.............................  Harris, TX........              30  100-3........................          217.00            1952                  750
164.............................  Harris, TX........              30  100-3........................        1,733.65            1952                  750
165.............................  Harris, TX........              30  100-3........................        1,101.34            1952                  750
166.............................  Sabine, TX........              30  100-3........................        1,502.40            1964                  750
169.............................  Hidalgo, TX.......              24  409A-100 Donna Line..........        1,237.01            1950                  933
171.............................  Hidalgo, TX.......              24  409A-100 Donna Line..........        1,523.74            1950                  933
172.............................  Hidalgo, TX.......              24  409A-100 Donna Line..........        1,787.31            1950                  933
173.............................  Kanawha, WV.......              20  100-1........................        1,349.06            1984                  910
174.............................  Kanawha, WV.......              20  100-1........................        1,228.73            1984                  910
175.............................  Kanawha, WV.......              20  100-1........................          584.46            1984                  910
176.............................  Kanawha, WV.......              20  100-1........................        2,249.91            1984                  936
177.............................  Wayne, WV.........              24  100-2........................        2,657.51            1948                  973
178.............................  Putnam, WV........              24  100-2........................        1,833.55            1948                  938
181.............................  Cabell, WV........              26  100-3........................          438.10            1966                  910
182.............................  Putnam, WV........              30  100-3........................        1,415.75            1972                  910
183.............................  Putnam, WV........              30  100-3........................          891.20            1972                  910
185.............................  Harris, TX........              24  100-1........................        1,181.70            1944                  750
186.............................  Harris, TX........              24  100-1........................        1,351.66            1966                  750
187.............................  Kanawha, WV.......              24  100-2........................        1,233.70            1948                  910
188.............................  Cheatham, TN......              30  100-4........................          497.50            1952                  750
189.............................  Madison, KY.......              30  100-4........................        1,342.49            1951                  750
190.............................  Madison, KY.......              30  100-4........................          242.74            1951                  750
191.............................  Lauderdale, MS....              36  500-2........................          311.51            1963                  936
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    The special permit renewal request, proposed special permit with 
conditions, draft environmental assessment (DEA), and annual report 
findings for pipeline integrity and reportable incidents for the above 
listed TGP special permit segments are available for review and public 
comments in Docket No. PHMSA-2016-0004. PHMSA invites interested 
persons to review and submit comments on the special permit renewal 
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 renewal 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. 2022-11499 Filed 5-26-22; 8:45 am]
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