Document ID: PHMSA-RSPA-2003-15122-0038
Agency: phmsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Pipeline Safety; Request for Special Permit: Texas Eastern Transmission, L.P.
Posted Date: 2020-03-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 60 (Friday, March 27, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17376-17377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06378]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-RSPA-2003-15122]

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 comment on a 
request from Texas Eastern Transmission L.P., (TET) to renew a 
previously issued special permit. TET 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 
review the comments received from this notice as part of its evaluation 
to grant or deny the special permit renewal request.

DATES: Submit any comments regarding this special permit request by 
April 27, 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

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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 these items 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 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 TET, owned by Enbridge, Inc., to continue its pipeline 
operation as described in the special permit renewal issued on May 15, 
2015. The current special permit term ends May 15, 2020. The original 
special permit was issued to TET by PHMSA on August 27, 2004. TET's 
special permit renewal request submitted to PHMSA on November 6, 2019, 
seeks to waive compliance from the requirements of 49 CFR 192.611, 
``Change in class location: Confirmation or revision of maximum 
allowable operating pressure.'' TET requests a renewal of this special 
permit in lieu of pipe replacement or pressure reduction for 42 special 
permit segments. The 42 special permit segments include 22 segments 
containing 6.76 miles of 24-inch diameter pipe designated as Line 12 
and 20 segments containing 5.86 miles of 30-inch diameter pipe 
designated as Line 19. The special permit segments are located in 
Perry, Berks, Huntingdon, Juniata, Montgomery and Bucks Counties 
located in Pennsylvania, and in Hunterdon County in New Jersey. The 
special permit renewal will allow for the continued operation of the 
original Class 1 pipe in the Class 2 locations.
    The TET Line 12 and Line 19 pipelines have a maximum allowable 
operating pressure of 1,050 pounds per square inch gauge in the special 
permit segments.
    TET's special permit renewal request and existing special permit 
with conditions are available for review and public comment in the 
Docket No. PHMSA-RSPA-2003-15122. PHMSA invites 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. 2020-06378 Filed 3-26-20; 8:45 am]
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