Notice2026-02167
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Kinder Morgan Liquid Terminals, LLC
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Published
February 3, 2026
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Abstract
PHMSA is publishing this notice to solicit public comment on a request for a special permit received from Kinder Morgan Liquid Terminals, LLC (KMLT). 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 91, Number 22 (Tuesday, February 3, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 5031]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-02167]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2025-0015]
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Kinder Morgan Liquid
Terminals, LLC
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA);
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: PHMSA is publishing this notice to solicit public comment on a
request for a special permit received from Kinder Morgan Liquid
Terminals, LLC (KMLT). 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
March 5, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket number for this
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 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. Code 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) Sec. 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 FOIA, and they will not be placed in
the public docket of this notice. Submissions containing CBI should be
sent to Lee Cooper, 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: Mr. Lee Cooper by phone at 202-913-3171, or by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#94f8f1f1baf7fbfbe4f1e6d4f0fbe0baf3fbe2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="92fef7f7bcf1fdfde2f7e0d2f6fde6bcf5fde4">[email protected]</span></a>.
Technical: Mr. Zaid Obeidi by phone at 202-366-5267, or by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#542e353d307a3b36313d303d14303b207a333b22"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="265c474f42084944434f424f6642495208414950">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA received a special permit request from
KMLT dated December 13, 2024, seeking a waiver from the Federal
pipeline safety regulations in 49 CFR 195.563(a) and (d) and 195.565
requiring cathodic protection on three breakout tanks in Middlesex
County, New Jersey. Under the requested special permit, KMLT would
implement the use of vapor phase corrosion inhibitors to protect the
tank bottom against bottom-side corrosion.
The special permit request, draft proposed special permit
conditions, and draft environmental assessment for the above-described
KMLT facility are available for review and public comment in Docket No.
PHMSA-2025-0015. PHMSA invites interested persons to review and submit
comments on the special permit request. 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.
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.
Linda Daugherty,
Acting Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2026-02167 Filed 2-2-26; 8:45 am]
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