Document ID: PHMSA-2013-0181-0002
Agency: phmsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Pipeline Safety: Special Permits
Posted Date: 2013-08-26T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 165 (Monday, August 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52820-52821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20641]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2013-0181]

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 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 
September 25, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket number for the 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, 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 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: Kay McIver by telephone at 202-366-0113, or email at 
Kay.McIver@dot.gov.
    Technical: Charles Helm by telephone at 405-686-2323, or email at 
Charles.Helm@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA has received a request for a special 
permit from a pipeline operator seeking relief from compliance with 
certain pipeline safety regulations. The request includes a technical 
analysis provided by the operator. The request has been filed at http://www.Regulations.gov and assigned docket number PHMSA-2013-0181. We 
invite interested persons to participate by reviewing this special 
permit requests 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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                                                     Regulation(s)
          Docket No.                Requester           affected               Nature of special permit
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PHMSA-2013-0181...............  Fairbanks Natural  49 CFR             To authorize Fairbanks Natural Gas, LLC,
                                 Gas, LLC (FNG).    193.2155(b).       (FNG) to construct a 125,000 Barrel
                                                                       Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Single
                                                                       Containment Storage Tank at its existing
                                                                       storage and vaporization facility at 2942
                                                                       Tria Road, in Fairbanks, Alaska. The
                                                                       proposed tank will be located within 1
                                                                       mile of Metro Field Airport, a private
                                                                       airstrip with FAA identifier MTF. FNG
                                                                       requested that the Special Permit be
                                                                       valid for the 50-year life expectancy of
                                                                       the tank. 49 CFR 193.2155(b) states that
                                                                       ``An LNG storage tank must not be located
                                                                       within a horizontal distance of 1 mile
                                                                       (1.6 km) from the ends, or [frac14] mile
                                                                       (0.4 km) from the nearest point of a
                                                                       runway, whichever is longer.'' The height
                                                                       of the LNG structures in the vicinity of
                                                                       an airport must also comply with Federal
                                                                       Aviation Administration (FAA)
                                                                       requirements in 14 CFR Section 1.1. FNG
                                                                       believes that the location of the tank at
                                                                       0.84 miles from the end of the runway,
                                                                       and not directly in the traffic pattern
                                                                       of the airport represent a low risk to
                                                                       the public and airport safety. The height
                                                                       of the tank is approximately 40 feet
                                                                       lower in elevation than an existing known
                                                                       obstruction in the traffic pattern of
                                                                       Metro Field Airport, so FNG stated that
                                                                       its design will comply with requirements
                                                                       of 14 CFR 1.1.
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    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 60118 (c)(1) and 49 CFR 1.53.

    Issued in Washington, DC on August 20, 2013.
Jeffrey D. Wiese,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2013-20641 Filed 8-23-13; 8:45 am]
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