Notice2023-11459
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Florida Gas Transmission Company, LLC
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Published
May 31, 2023
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Abstract
PHMSA is publishing this notice to solicit public comments on a request for a special permit received from 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 104 (Wednesday, May 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34926-34927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11459]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2020-0044]
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 a special permit received from 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
June 30, 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
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#1a717b63347779736c7f685a7e756e347d756c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="701b11095e1d131906150230141f045e171f06">[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#d5a6a1b0a3b0fbbbb4bbbbb0ac95b1baa1fbb2baa3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6112150417044f0f000f0f041821050e154f060e17">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA received a special permit request on
March 24, 2023, from FGT 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
2 to Class 3 location change. The requested pipeline segment extensions
are proposed to be added to special permit Docket Number PHMSA-2020-
0044, due to the pipeline segments being contiguous to existing special
permit segments.
This special permit is being requested for extending class location
changes in lieu of pressure testing or pressure reduction for five (5)
special permit segment extensions totaling 10,219 feet (approximately
1.935 miles) of the FGT pipeline system. The proposed special permit
segments have been previously pressure tested to either 1,899 pounds
per square inch gauge (psig), 1,920 psig, or 1,925 psig. The pipe wall
thickness and strength meet the requirements of 49 CFR
192.611(a)(1)(ii) for a Class 2 to Class 3 location change. The
pipeline segments are as follows:
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Proposed
Outside special permit Alternative MAOP/ Pressure
Special permit segment No. diameter Line name segment County, state Class Year test pressure test to
(inches) extension summary installed (psig) alternative
(feet) MAOP factor
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166347....................... 18 St. Petersburg 269 Hillsborough, FL..... 2 to 3.... 1992 1,333/1,899 1.424
Sarasota
Connector.
166349....................... 18 St. Petersburg 3,537 Hillsborough, FL..... 2 to 3.... 1992 1,333/1,899 1.424
Sarasota
Connector.
166250....................... 30 West Leg Station 5,799 Hernando, FL......... 2 to 3.... 1994 1,322/1,920 1.452
26-27 MP 160.2.
166256....................... 30 West Leg Station 404 Pasco, FL............ 2 to 3.... 1994 1,322/1,920 1.452
26-27 MP 160.2.
166129....................... 36 West Leg Loop... 210 Hernando, FL......... 2 to 3.... 2007 1,322/1,925 1.456
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The FGT pipeline segments have not been pressure tested to a high
enough pressure to meet the requirements in 49 CFR 192.611(a)(3)(iii).
The special permit segments are included in an existing Alternative
MAOP special permit (PHMSA-2008-0077) that allows the special permit
segments to operate at class location stress levels that meet 49 CFR
192.620(a)(1).
The special permit request, proposed special permit with
conditions, and draft environmental assessment (DEA) for the FGT
pipelines are available for review and public comment in Docket No.
PHMSA-2020-0044. We invite interested persons to review and submit
comments on the special permit request, proposed special permit with
conditions, 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 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 a decision to
grant or deny this request.
Issued in Washington, DC, under authority delegated in 49 CFR
1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2023-11459 Filed 5-30-23; 8:45 am]
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