Notice2022-15299
Pipeline Safety: Meeting of the Liquid Pipeline Advisory Committee
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Published
July 19, 2022
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Abstract
This notice announces a virtual public meeting of the Liquid Pipeline Advisory Committee (LPAC) to discuss the interim final rule (IFR) titled: "Unusually Sensitive Areas for the Great Lakes, Coastal Beaches, and Certain Coastal Waters."
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 137 (Tuesday, July 19, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43108-43109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15299]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2022-0077]
Pipeline Safety: Meeting of the Liquid Pipeline Advisory
Committee
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of advisory committee meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a virtual public meeting of the Liquid
Pipeline Advisory Committee (LPAC) to discuss the interim final rule
(IFR) titled: ``Unusually Sensitive Areas for the Great Lakes, Coastal
Beaches, and Certain Coastal Waters.''
DATES: PHMSA will hold a virtual public meeting on August 17, 2022. The
LPAC will meet from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. ET to discuss the IFR.
Members of the public who wish to attend are asked to register no later
than August 12, 2022. PHMSA requests that individuals who require
accommodations because of a disability notify Tewabe Asebe at least
five days prior to the meeting. Public comments on the proceedings of
the LPAC meeting must be submitted by September 19, 2022.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held virtually. The agenda and any
additional information, including information on how to participate in
the virtual meeting will be published on the meeting website at <a href="https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/MtgHome.mtg?mtg=160">https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/MtgHome.mtg?mtg=160</a>. Presentations will
be available on the meeting website and on <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/">https://www.regulations.gov/</a>
, in docket number PHMSA-2022-0077 no later than 30 days following the
meeting. You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. PHMSA-2022-
0077, by any of the following methods:
<bullet> Web: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. This site allows the
public to enter comments on any Federal Register notice issued by any
agency. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
<bullet> Fax: 1 (202) 493-2251.
<bullet> Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building: Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
<bullet> Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, West Building: Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-
0001, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, except
federal holidays.
<bullet> Instructions: Identify Docket No. PHMSA-2022-0077 at the
beginning of your comments. If you submit your comments by mail, submit
two copies. Internet users may submit comments at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. If you would like confirmation that PHMSA received
your comments, please include a self-addressed stamped postcard that is
labeled ``Comments on PHMSA-2022-0077.'' The docket clerk will date
stamp the postcard prior to returning it to you via the U.S. mail.
<bullet> Note: All comments received will be posted without edits
to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, including any personal information
provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading for more information.
Anyone can use the site to search all comments by the name of the
submitting individual or, if the comment was submitted on behalf of an
association, business, labor union, etc., the name of the signing
individual. Therefore, please review the complete U.S. Department of
Transportation Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register (65 FR
19477) or the Privacy Notice at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> before
submitting comments.
<bullet> Privacy Act Statement: DOT may solicit comments from the
public regarding certain general notices. DOT posts these comments,
without edit, including any personal information the commenter
provides, to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>, as described in the system of records
notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at <a href="http://www.dot.gov/privacy">www.dot.gov/privacy</a>.
<bullet> 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 (5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt from public
disclosure. If your comments in response 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 CFR 190.343, you may ask
PHMSA to provide 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 a copy of the original document with the CBI deleted along
with the original, unaltered document; and (3) explain why the
information you are submitting is CBI. Submissions containing CBI
should be sent to Tewabe Asebe, DOT, PHMSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
PHP-30, Washington, DC 20590-0001. Also, submission containing CBI can
be emailed to Tewabe Asebe by encrypted email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#add9c8dacccfc883ccdec8cfc8edc9c2d983cac2db"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="641001130506014a051701060124000b104a030b12">[email protected]</span></a>.
Any commentary PHMSA receives that is not specifically designated as
CBI will be placed in the public docket.
<bullet> Docket: For access to the docket or to read background
documents or comments, go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the
online instructions for accessing the dockets. Alternatively, this
information is available by visiting DOT at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
West Building: Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001, between 9:00
a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, except federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tewabe Asebe, Office of Pipeline
Safety, by phone at 202-366-5523 or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3a4e5f4d5b585f145b495f585f7a5e554e145d554c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4d39283a2c2f28632c3e282f280d292239632a223b">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Meeting Agenda
On August 17, 2022, the LPAC will meet to discuss the IFR titled:
``Unusually Sensitive Areas for the Great Lakes, Coastal Beaches, and
Certain Coastal Waters'' that PHMSA published in the Federal Register
on December 27, 2021, (86 FR 73173). Comments that have been submitted
on the IFR can be found on <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> in Docket No.
PHMSA-2017-0152. The LPAC will review the IFR and its associated
regulatory analyses (including, but not limited to, the cost-benefit
and risk assessment analyses within the IFR and the regulatory impact
analysis; the environmental assessment; and other materials pertaining
to the IFR provided in the public docket under PHMSA-2017-0152. PHMSA
will post additional
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details on the meeting website in advance of the meeting.
In the IFR, PHMSA amended the pipeline safety regulations in 49 CFR
part 195 to explicitly state that certain coastal waters, the Great
Lakes, and coastal beaches are classified as unusually sensitive areas
for the purpose of compliance with the hazardous liquid integrity
management regulations. The amendment implemented mandates contained in
the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety
(PIPES) Act of 2016, as amended by the PIPES Act of 2020. Under the
IFR, a hazardous liquid pipeline that could affect these newly
designated areas would have been included in an operator's integrity
management program. PHMSA requested public comments with a submission
deadline of February 25, 2022. PHMSA received four comments on the IFR.
Following the meeting, PHMSA will publish a final rule that addresses
the comments received and relevant information from the LPAC meeting
report.
II. Background
The LPAC is a statutorily mandated advisory committee that provides
PHMSA and the Secretary of Transportation with recommendations on
proposed standards for the transportation of hazardous liquids by
pipeline. The committee was established in accordance with 49 U.S.C.
60115 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.
2), to review PHMSA's regulatory initiatives and determine their
technical feasibility, reasonableness, cost-effectiveness, and
practicability. The committee consists of 15 members, with membership
evenly divided among federal and state governments, regulated industry,
and the general public.
III. Public Participation
The meeting will be open to the public. Members of the public who
wish to attend virtually must register on the meeting website and
include their names and affiliations. PHMSA will provide members of the
public with opportunities to make a statement during this meeting.
Additionally, PHMSA will record the meeting and post a record to the
public docket. PHMSA is committed to providing all participants with
equal access to this meeting. If you need an accommodation because of a
disability, please contact Tewabe Asebe by phone at 202-366-5523 or by
email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#285c4d5f494a4d06495b4d4a4d684c475c064f475e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d7a3b2a0b6b5b2f9b6a4b2b5b297b3b8a3f9b0b8a1">[email protected]</span></a>.
PHMSA is not always able to publish a notice in the Federal
Register quickly enough to provide timely notice regarding last-minute
issues that impact a previously announced advisory committee meeting.
Therefore, individuals should check the meeting website or contact
Tewabe Asebe regarding any possible changes.
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 13, 2022, under authority
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2022-15299 Filed 7-18-22; 8:45 am]
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