Notice2024-30981
Pipeline Safety: Meeting of the Liquid and Gas Pipeline Advisory Committees.
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Published
December 30, 2024
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Transportation DepartmentPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Abstract
This notice announces a public meeting of the Technical Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards Committee, also known as the Liquid Pipeline Advisory Committee (LPAC), and the Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee, also known as the Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee (GPAC), to discuss the notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRMs) titled "Periodic Standards Update II" and "Cost Recovery for Siting Reviews for LNG Facilities."
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 249 (Monday, December 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 106744-106745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30981]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2024-0005]
Pipeline Safety: Meeting of the Liquid and Gas Pipeline Advisory
Committees.
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA);
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of advisory committee meeting.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces a public meeting of the Technical
Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards Committee, also known as the
Liquid Pipeline Advisory Committee (LPAC), and the Technical Pipeline
Safety Standards Committee, also known as the Gas Pipeline Advisory
Committee (GPAC), to discuss the notices of proposed rulemaking (NPRMs)
titled ``Periodic Standards Update II'' and ``Cost Recovery for Siting
Reviews for LNG Facilities.''
DATES: PHMSA will hold a public meeting on Thursday, January 16, 2025.
The LPAC and GPAC (Committees) will meet from 10:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
EST to discuss the NPRMs. However, the meeting may end early or late
depending on when the Committees complete their review of the proposed
rules. Members of the public who wish to attend are asked to register
no later than January 2, 2025. PHMSA requests that individuals who
require accommodations because of a disability notify Joe Berry by
email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5c36332f392c34723e392e2e256d1c383328723b332a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3852574b5d4850165a5d4a4a4109785c574c165f574e">[email protected]</span></a> at least five days prior to the meeting.
Public comments on the proceedings of this meeting must be submitted by
February 20, 2025.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held virtually. The agenda and any
additional information, including information on how to participate in
the meeting, will be published on the meeting website at Liquid
Pipeline Advisory Committee (LPAC) and Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee
(GPAC) Meeting--PHMSA Public Meetings. Presentations will be available
on the meeting website and at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> in docket
number PHMSA-2024-0005 no later than 30 days following the meeting. You
may submit comments, identified by Docket No. PHMSA-2024-0005, 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: 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. EST, Monday through Friday,
except federal holidays.
<bullet> Instructions: Identify Docket No. PHMSA-2024-0179 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 labeled
``Comments on PHMSA-2024-0005.'' The docket clerk will date stamp the
postcard prior to returning it to you via 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 DOT Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register at 65 FR 19477 or the
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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 Joseph Berry, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001. Submissions containing
CBI can also be emailed to Joseph Berry by encrypted email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#85efeaf6e0f5edabe7e0f7f7fcb4c5e1eaf1abe2eaf3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5d37322e382d35733f382f2f246c1d393229733a322b">[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. EST, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe Berry, Office of Pipeline Safety,
by phone at 202-366-3593 or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f59f9a8690859ddb979087878cc4b5919a81db929a83"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ec86839f899c84c28e899e9e95ddac888398c28b839a">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Meeting Agenda
The Committees will meet virtually on Thursday, January 16, 2025,
to discuss the ``Periodic Standards Update II'' NPRM that PHMSA
published in the Federal Register on August 29, 2022, (87 FR 52713),\1\
and the ``Cost Recovery for Siting Reviews for LNG Facilities'' NPRM
that PHMSA published in the Federal Register on August 19, 2024, (89 FR
67040).\2\ The Committees will review the NPRMs and their associated
regulatory analyses, including, but not limited to, the preamble
discussions of the proposals within each NPRM; regulatory impact
analyses; environmental assessments; and other materials pertaining to
the NPRMs provided in the respective public dockets. The committees
will discuss the Cost Recovery for Siting Reviews for LNG facilities
NPRM first. While the meeting is scheduled from 10:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
EST, the Committees may complete their review of the proposed rules
before or after 6:00 p.m. EST. PHMSA will post additional details on
the meeting website in advance of the meeting as they become available.
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\1\ The public docket for the Periodic Standards Update II NPRM
can be found at <a href="https://regulations.gov">https://regulations.gov</a> in Docket No. PHMSA-2020-
0013.
\2\ The public docket for the Cost Recovery for Siting Reviews
for LNG Facilities Notice can be found at <a href="https://regulations.gov">https://regulations.gov</a> in
Docket No. PHMSA-2022-0118.
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In the ``Periodic Standards Update II'' NPRM, PHMSA proposes
amendments that would incorporate by reference all or parts of updated
editions of some of those standards. The NPRM also proposes non-
substantive edits and clarifications to certain other provisions of the
federal pipeline safety regulations.
In the ``Cost Recovery for Siting Reviews for LNG Facilities''
NPRM, PHMSA proposes a new fee for cost recovery for siting reviews of
liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility project applications where the
design and construction costs total $2.5 billion or more. This proposed
rule is necessary to implement section 103 of the Protecting our
Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 2020 (PIPES Act
of 2020), and to help provide adequate resources for siting reviews to
promote PHMSA's public safety and environmental protection objectives.
This proposed rule also revises current regulations authorizing PHMSA's
cost recovery for design safety reviews of gas, hazardous liquid, and
carbon dioxide pipeline facilities to improve the clarity of the
regulations and reduce unnecessary administrative burdens.
Following the LPAC and GPAC meeting, PHMSA will evaluate the
Committees' recommendations and publish final rules that address the
comments received and relevant information from the meeting report.
II. Background
The Committees are statutorily mandated advisory committees that
provide PHMSA and the Secretary of Transportation with recommendations
on proposed standards for the transportation of hazardous liquid and
gas by pipelines. The Committees were established in accordance with 49
U.S.C. 60115 and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C.
Ch. 10) to review PHMSA's regulatory initiatives and determine their
technical feasibility, reasonableness, cost-effectiveness, and
practicability. Each 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 must register on the meeting website and include their
names and affiliations. PHMSA will provide members of the public
reasonable opportunity 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. Public comments on the proceedings of the
LPAC and GPAC meeting must be submitted by February 20, 2025.
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 Joe
Berry regarding any possible changes.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 20, 2024, under authority
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2024-30981 Filed 12-27-24; 8:45 am]
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