Document ID: PHMSA-2013-0119-0050
Agency: phmsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Pipeline Safety: Public Workshop on Integrity Verification Process, Comment Extension
Posted Date: 2013-09-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 177 (Thursday, September 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56268-56269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-22161]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2013-0119]

Pipeline Safety: Public Workshop on Integrity Verification 
Process, Comment Extension

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On May 28, 2013, PHMSA published in the Federal Register a 
notice announcing a public workshop on ``Integrity Verification 
Process'' which took place on August 7, 2013. The notice also sought 
comments on the proposed ``Integrity Verification Process.'' In 
response to the comments received, PHMSA has made some revisions to the 
proposed ``Integrity

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Verification Process'' flowchart. PHMSA is using this notice to 
announce the revised ``Integrity Verification Process'' flowchart and 
extend the comment period from September 9, 2013, to October 7, 2013.

DATES: The closing date for filing comments is extended from September 
9, 2013, to October 7, 2013.

COMMENTS: Comments should reference Docket No. PHMSA-2013-0119. 
Comments 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. Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Management System, U.S. Department of 
Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W12-140, 
Washington, DC 20590.
    Hand Delivery: DOT Docket Management System, Room W12-140, on the 
ground floor of the West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 
Washington, DC between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays.
    Instructions: Identify the docket number at the beginning of your 
comments. If you submit your comments by mail, submit two copies. If 
you wish to receive confirmation that PHMSA has received your comments, 
include a self-addressed stamped postcard. Internet users may submit 
comments at http://www.regulations.gov.

    Note: Comments will be posted without changes or edits to http://www.regulations.gov including any personal information provided. 
Please see the Privacy Act Statement heading below for additional 
information.

    Privacy Act Statement: Anyone may search the electronic form of all 
comments received for any of our dockets. You may review DOT's complete 
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published April 11, 2000, 
(65 FR 19477).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cameron Satterthwaite, Office of 
Pipeline Safety, at 202-366-1319 or by email at 
cameron.satterthwaite@dot.gov, regarding the subject matter of this 
notice.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 28, 2013, PHMSA published in the 
Federal Register a notice (78 FR 32010) to solicit comments and 
announce a public workshop regarding an ``Integrity Verification 
Process.'' The public workshop was held on August 7, 2013. At the 
workshop, PHMSA, the National Association of State Pipeline Safety 
Representatives and various other stakeholders presented information 
regarding the ``Integrity Verification Process'' that will help address 
several mandates set forth in Section 23, Maximum Allowable Operating 
Pressure, of the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job 
Creation Act of 2011. Presentations, archived webcast, charts, and 
other pertinent information have been made available online at http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/pipeline.
    In response to stakeholder feedback, PHMSA has made some revisions 
to the proposed ``Integrity Verification Process.'' The revised 
``Integrity Verification Process'' is available in the docket at 
www.regulations.gov, Docket Number ``PHMSA-2013-0119''. In an effort to 
provide the public with adequate time to comment on the proposed 
revision, PHMSA is extending the comment period from September 9, 2013, 
to October 7, 2013.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 6, 2013, under delegated 
authority in 49 CFR 1.97.
Jeffrey D. Wiese,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2013-22161 Filed 9-11-13; 8:45 am]
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