Document ID: PHMSA-2010-0042-0001
Agency: phmsa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit
Posted Date: 2010-07-26T04:00Z

[Federal Register: July 26, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 142)]
[Notices]               
[Page 43612-43613]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2010-0042]

 
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Pipeline Safety Laws, PHMSA is 
publishing this notice of a special permit request we have received 
from Dominion Transmission, Inc., a natural gas pipeline operator, 
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 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 this special permit request by 
August 25, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket number for this 
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 (DOT), Docket Operations, M-30, West Building Ground 
Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery: DOT 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: Dana Register by telephone at 
202-366-0490; or, e-mail at dana.register@dot.gov.
    Technical: Joshua Johnson by telephone at 816-329-3825; or, e-mail 
at joshua.johnson@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA has received this request for a 
special permit from Dominion Transmission Inc., seeking relief from 
compliance

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with certain pipeline safety regulations. Dominion's request includes a 
technical analysis. This request can be found at Regulations.gov under 
docket number PHMSA-2010-0121. 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 comments 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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          Docket No.                Requester          Regulation              Nature of special permit
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PHMSA-2010-0121...............  Dominion           49 CFR 192.611...  To authorize DTI to engage in an
                                 Transmission                          alternative approach to conduct risk
                                 Incorporated                          control activities based on Integrity
                                 (DTI).                                Management Program principles rather than
                                                                       lowering the MAOP or replacing the
                                                                       subject pipe segment. This application is
                                                                       for one segment of the DTI Line TL-465 in
                                                                       Prince William County, Virginia. This
                                                                       segment has changed from a Class 1
                                                                       location to a Class 3 location due to an
                                                                       expanded housing development. The
                                                                       pipeline is 24-inches in diameter and has
                                                                       a MAOP of 1,250 psig. The segment that
                                                                       has changed Class Location is 3,478 feet
                                                                       in length and is located at MP 1085+81
                                                                       ft. to MP 1,120+59 ft.
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    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60118(c)(1) and 49 CFR 1.53.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 16, 2010.
Linda Daugherty,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy and Programs.
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