Document ID: PHMSA-2009-0049-0001
Agency: phmsa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit
Posted Date: 2009-03-09T04:00Z

[Federal Register: March 9, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 44)]
[Notices]               
[Page 10125]
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-2009-0049]

 
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 a hazardous liquid pipeline operator, seeking relief from 
compliance with certain tank inspection requirements in the Federal 
pipeline safety regulations. This notice seeks public comments on this 
request, including comments on any 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 
April 8, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket number for the 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: 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, submit two copies. To receive 
confirmation that PHMSA received your comments, 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) 272-2855; or, e-mail 
at steve.nanney@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA has filed in the Federal Docket 
Management System (FDMS) this request for special permit we have 
received from a pipeline operator seeking relief from compliance with 
certain pipeline safety regulations along with technical analysis 
provided by the requester. The request has been assigned a separate 
docket number in the FDMS. 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 environmental impacts granting the special permit may 
have.
    Before acting on this special permit request, PHMSA will evaluate 
all comments received on or before the comment closing date. We will 
consider comments received after this date if it is possible to do so 
without incurring additional expense or delay. PHMSA will consider any 
comments 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(s)        Nature of special permit
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PHMSA-2009-0043....................  Plains Pipeline, L.P..  49 CFR 195.432 (d)....  To authorize Plains
                                                                                      Pipeline, L.P., an 18
                                                                                      months extension of the
                                                                                      requirement to perform API
                                                                                      653 out of service (OOS)
                                                                                      inspections on (33) thirty-
                                                                                      three above ground storage
                                                                                      tanks. Total BBL of
                                                                                      3,197,180 barrels. These
                                                                                      tanks are located in
                                                                                      Louisiana, Alabama,
                                                                                      Mississippi, Oklahoma, New
                                                                                      Mexico and Texas. The
                                                                                      completion of inspection
                                                                                      service is due by May 3,
                                                                                      2009.
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    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60118(c)(1) and 49 CFR 1.53.

    Issued in Washington, DC on February 27, 2009.
Jeffrey D. Wiese,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. E9-5011 Filed 3-6-09; 8:45 am]

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