Notice2022-11493
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Rockies Express Pipeline, LLC
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Published
May 27, 2022
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Abstract
PHMSA is publishing this notice to solicit public comments on a request for special permit received from Rockies Express Pipeline, LLC (REX). The special permit request is seeking 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 request.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32233-32234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11493]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2022-0044]
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Rockies Express
Pipeline, LLC
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA);
DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: PHMSA is publishing this notice to solicit public comments on
a request for special permit received from Rockies Express Pipeline,
LLC (REX). The special permit request is seeking 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 request.
DATES: Submit any comments regarding this special permit request by
June 27, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket number for this special
permit request and may be submitted in the following ways:
<bullet> E-Gov Website: <a href="http://www.Regulations.gov">http://www.Regulations.gov</a>. This site
allows the public to enter comments on any Federal Register notice
issued by any agency.
<bullet> Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
[[Page 32234]]
<bullet> 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.
<bullet> 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 <a href="http://www.Regulations.gov">http://www.Regulations.gov</a>.
Note: There is a privacy statement published on <a href="http://www.Regulations.gov">http://www.Regulations.gov</a>. Comments, including any personal information
provided, are posted without changes or edits to <a href="http://www.Regulations.gov">http://www.Regulations.gov</a>.
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) 190.343, you may 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 they 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e58e849ccb88868c938097a5818a91cb828a93"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aec5cfd780c3cdc7d8cbdceecac1da80c9c1d8">[email protected]</span></a>.
Technical: Mr. Steve Nanney by telephone at 713-272-2855, or by
email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2251564754470c4c434c4c475b62464d560c454d54"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a4d7d0c1d2c18acac5cacac1dde4c0cbd08ac3cbd2">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA received a special permit request from
REX, which is owned and operated by Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP,
seeking a waiver from the requirements of 49 CFR 192.611: Change in
class location: Confirmation or revision of maximum allowable operating
pressure.
This special permit is being requested in lieu of pipe replacement,
pressure reduction, or new pressure tests for twenty (20) gas
transmission special permit segments totaling 22,465 feet
(approximately 4.252 miles) of pipeline. These special permit segments,
which have changed from a Class 1 to Class 2 location and operate at a
stress level of 80 percent of specified minimum yield strength, are as
follows:
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Maximum allowable
Outside Year operating pressure
Special permit segment No. County, state diameter Line name Length (feet) installed (pounds per square
(inches) inch gauge)
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S1............................ Buchanan, MO............. 42 Steele City to Turney.... 938 2008 1,480
S2............................ Macon, IL................ 42 Blue Mound to Bainbridge. 705 2009 1,480
S3............................ Macon, IL................ 42 Blue Mound to Bainbridge. 3,055 2009 1,480
S4............................ Douglas, IL.............. 42 Blue Mound to Bainbridge. 454 2009 1,480
S5............................ Douglas, IL.............. 42 Blue Mound to Bainbridge. 529 2009 1,480
S6............................ Douglas, IL.............. 42 Blue Mound to Bainbridge. 1,567 2009 1,480
S7............................ Morgan, IN............... 42 Bainbridge to Hamilton... 239 2009 1,480
S8............................ Morgan, IN............... 42 Bainbridge to Hamilton... 1,671 2009 1,480
S9............................ Butler, OH............... 42 Bainbridge to Hamilton... 308 2009 1,480
S10........................... Butler, OH............... 42 Bainbridge to Hamilton... 1,261 2009 1,480
S11........................... Butler, OH............... 42 Bainbridge to Hamilton... 163 2009 1,480
S12........................... Butler, OH............... 42 Bainbridge to Hamilton... 915 2009 1,480
S13........................... Warren, OH............... 42 Bainbridge to Hamilton... 128 2009 1,480
S14........................... Warren, OH............... 42 Hamilton to 461 2009 1,480
Chandlersville.
S15........................... Pickaway, OH............. 42 Hamilton to 275 2009 1,480
Chandlersville.
S16........................... Fairfield, OH............ 42 Hamilton to 2,215 2009 1,480
Chandlersville.
S17........................... Fairfield, OH............ 42 Hamilton to 758 2009 1,480
Chandlersville.
S18........................... Fairfield, OH............ 42 Hamilton to 111 2009 1,480
Chandlersville.
S19........................... Perry, OH................ 42 Hamilton to 2,386 2009 1,480
Chandlersville.
S20........................... Muskingum, OH............ 42 Chandlersville to 4,314 2009 1,480
Clarington.
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The special permit request, proposed special permit with
conditions, and draft environmental assessment (DEA) for the above
listed REX special permit segments are available for review and public
comments in Docket No. PHMSA-2022-0044. PHMSA invites interested
persons to review and submit comments on the special permit request and
DEA in the docket. Please include any comments on potential safety and
environmental impacts that may result if the special permit is granted.
Comments may include relevant data.
Before issuing a decision on the special permit request, PHMSA will
evaluate all comments received on or before the comments 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 request.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 16, 2022, under authority
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2022-11493 Filed 5-26-22; 8:45 am]
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