Notice2022-11495
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; El Paso Natural Gas Company, 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 renewal received from El Paso Natural Gas Company, LLC (EPNG). 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 renewal request.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32231-32232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11495]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2016-0007]
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; El Paso Natural Gas
Company, 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 renewal received from El Paso Natural Gas
Company, LLC (EPNG). 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 renewal 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.
<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#ec878d95c2818f859a899eac888398c28b839a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6308021a4d0e000a15061123070c174d040c15">[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#5023243526357e3e313e3e352910343f247e373f26"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4231362734276c2c232c2c273b02262d366c252d34">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA received a renewal request of a
special permit issued on September 1, 2016, to EPNG, a subsidiary of
Kinder Morgan, Inc., seeking a waiver from the requirements of 49 CFR
192.611(a) and (d): Change in class location: Confirmation or revision
of maximum allowable operating pressure, 49 CFR 192.619(a): Maximum
allowable operating pressure: Steel or plastic pipelines, and 49 CFR
192.5(c): Class locations.
The September 1, 2016, special permit was granted for 29 special
permit segments totaling approximately 6.56 miles of pipeline located
in the states of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. This special permit
renewal is being requested in lieu of pipe replacement, pressure
reduction, or new pressure tests for 17 gas transmission special permit
segments totaling 23,662.95 feet (approximately 4.482 miles). The 12
special permit segments that are not included in this notice nor the
below table now meet the requirements of either 49 CFR 192.611(a) or
192.619(a) for a Class 3 location. The 17 renewal special permit
segments, which have changed from a Class 1 to Class 3 location, are as
follows:
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Maximum allowable
Outside Year operating pressure
Renewal special permit segment No. County, state diameter Line name Length (feet) installed (pounds per square
(inches) inch gauge)
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1................................... Cochise, AZ................... 26 1100 1,412.75 1947 837
2................................... Cochise, AZ................... 26 1100 3,381.29 1947 837
3................................... Cochise, AZ................... 26 1100 1,456.14 1947 837
4................................... Pima, AZ...................... 26 1100 301.74 1947 809
5................................... Cochise, AZ................... 30 1103 1,448.51 1950 837
6................................... Coconino, AZ.................. 24 1200 1,363.19 1950 845
13.................................. Coconino, AZ.................. 34 1204 2,454.82 1956 894
16.................................. Coconino, AZ.................. 36 1208 1,371.77 1992 845
17.................................. San Juan, NM.................. 24 1200 87.04 1950 845
18.................................. San Juan, NM.................. 24 1200 620.54 1950 845
19.................................. San Juan, NM.................. 24 1201 2,571.93 1966 845
21.................................. McKinley, NM.................. 30 1300 831.24 1954 836
25.................................. El Paso, TX................... 26 1100 2,180.94 1947 809
26.................................. El Paso, TX................... 30 1103 710.25 1950 809
27.................................. El Paso, TX................... 30 1103 924.93 1950 809
28.................................. El Paso, TX................... 30 2000 1,182.64 2003 944
29.................................. El Paso, TX................... 30 2000 1,363.23 2003 944
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The special permit renewal request, proposed special permit with
conditions, draft environmental assessment (DEA), and annual report
findings for pipeline integrity and reportable incidents for the above
listed EPNG special permit segments are available for review and public
comments in Docket No. PHMSA-2016-0007. PHMSA invites interested
persons to review and submit comments on the special permit renewal
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 renewal 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. 2022-11495 Filed 5-26-22; 8:45 am]
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