Notice2022-28653
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; East Tennessee Natural Gas Transmission, LLC
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Published
January 5, 2023
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 East Tennessee Natural Gas Transmission, LLC (ETNG). 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 88, Number 3 (Thursday, January 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 909-910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28653]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2022-0167]
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; East Tennessee
Natural Gas Transmission, 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 East Tennessee Natural Gas
Transmission, LLC (ETNG). 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
February 6, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket number for the specific
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
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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#c3a8a2baedaea0aab5a6b183a7acb7eda4acb5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0368627a2d6e606a75667143676c772d646c75">[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#7d0e09180b1853131c131318043d191209531a120b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4734332231226929262929223e0723283369202831">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA received a special permit request from
ETNG, owned and operated by Enbridge Inc., seeking a waiver from the
requirements of 49 CFR 192.53(c), 192.121, 192.144, 192.149, 192.150,
192.619(a), 192.624, 192.710, and 192.714, for the use of composite
pipe (Smartpipe[supreg]) and fittings to replace approximately 0.64
miles of an interstate gas transmission pipeline located in a Class 3
location in Roanoke County, Virginia. Smartpipe[supreg] is a flexible
reinforced thermoplastic pipe that is not authorized by 49 CFR part
192. ETNG proposes to insert the Smartpipe[supreg], 6-inch inside
diameter and 7.6-inch outside diameter, into the existing 8.625-inch
outside diameter steel pipeline, known as ETNG's Line No. 3320A-100
Pipeline. ETNG's request proposes the pipe pulling tensile force would
be limited to 40,000 pounds during installation of the
Smartpipe[supreg], which is 44 percent of the Smartpipe[supreg] rating
of 90,000 pounds. The request also proposes that the Line No. 3320A-100
Pipeline would have a maximum allowable operating pressure of 813
pounds per square inch gauge after installation of the
Smartpipe[supreg]. The existing Line No. 3320A-100 Pipeline is
externally coated with coal tar enamel.
The special permit request, proposed special permit with
conditions, and draft environmental assessment (DEA) for the ETNG Line
No. 3320A-100 Pipeline are available for review and public comment in
the Docket No. PHMSA-2022-0167. PHMSA invites interested persons to
review and submit comments on the special permit request, proposed
special permit with conditions, 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 requests, PHMSA
will evaluate all comments received on or before the comment 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 request.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 28, 2022, under authority
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2022-28653 Filed 1-4-23; 8:45 am]
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