Notice2023-08207
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC
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Published
April 19, 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 the Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC (FGT). 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 75 (Wednesday, April 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24266-24267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08207]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. 2023-0022]
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Florida Gas
Transmission 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 received from the Florida Gas Transmission
Company, LLC (FGT). 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 May
19, 2023.
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#a6cdc7df88cbc5cfd0c3d4e6c2c9d288c1c9d0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e78c869ec98a848e918295a7838893c9808891">[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#ec9f98899a89c2828d82828995ac888398c28b839a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0675726370632868676868637f4662697228616970">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA received a special permit request from
FGT on March 27, 2023, seeking a waiver from the requirements of 49 CFR
192.611(a)(3)(iii): Change in class location: Confirmation or revision
of maximum allowable operating pressure. Section 49 CFR
192.611(a)(3)(iii) requires a pressure test of 0.667 times the
alternative maximum allowable operating (Alternative MAOP) for a Class
3 location.
This special permit is being requested in lieu of a pressure
reduction or new pressure tests for Class 1 or 2 to Class 3 location
changes on four (4) gas transmission special permit segments totaling
3,135 feet (approximately 0.594 miles). The proposed special permit
segments have been previously pressure tested to either 1,899 pounds
per square inch gauge (psig) or 1,900 psig. An Alternative MAOP of
1,333 psig in a Class 3 location requires a pressure test of 2,000
psig. The pipe wall thickness and strength meet the requirements of 49
CFR 192.611(a) for a Class 1 or 2 to Class 3 location change. The
pipeline segments are as follows:
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Current Required
Outside Length Number Year Seam Alternative test test
Proposed special permit segment No. diameter Line name (feet) Class location change County, State dwellings installed type MAOP (psig) pressure pressure
(inches) (psig) (psig)
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201350............................. 18 St. Petersburg 703 Class 1 to Class 3.... Hillsborough, Florida 2 1992 DSAW 1,333 1,899 2,000
Sarasota Connector.
188251............................. 30 West Leg Station 27 to 783 Class 2 to Class 3.... Hillsborough, Florida 8 2000 DSAW 1,333 1,900 2,000
Ft Myers.
188253............................. 30 West Leg Station 27 to 1,255 Class 1 to Class 3.... Hillsborough, Florida 2 2000 DSAW 1,333 1,900 2,000
Ft Myers.
188257............................. 30 West Leg Station 27 to 394 Class 1 to Class 3.... Hillsborough, Florida 36 2000 DSAW 1,333 1,900 2,000
Ft Myers.
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Note: DSAW is double submerged arc welded longitudinal seam pipe. The pipe is externally coated with fusion bonded epoxy coating.
The special permit request, proposed special permit with
conditions, and draft environmental assessment (DEA) for the above
listed FGT pipeline segments are available for review and public
comments in Docket Number PHMSA-2023-0022. PHMSA invites interested
persons to review and submit comments on the special permit request
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and DEA in the docket. Please submit comments on any potential safety,
environmental, and other relevant considerations implicated by the
special permit request. 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, under authority delegated in 49 CFR
1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2023-08207 Filed 4-18-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-60-P
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