Notice2026-05541
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Sable Offshore Corp. (Sable)
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Published
March 20, 2026
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Abstract
On February 24, 2026, PHMSA published a notice to solicit public comment on a request for a special permit submitted by Sable Offshore Corp. (Sable). The comment period is currently set to expire on March 26, 2026. PHMSA is issuing this notice to extend the comment period until 14 days from the date of this notice to give the public time to review the proposed special permit in light of recent developments. At the conclusion of the extended 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 54 (Friday, March 20, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13698-13699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-05541]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2026-0464]
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Sable Offshore Corp.
(Sable)
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA);
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: On February 24, 2026, PHMSA published a notice to solicit
public comment on a request for a special permit submitted by Sable
Offshore Corp. (Sable). The comment period is currently set to expire
on March 26, 2026. PHMSA is issuing this notice to extend the comment
period until 14 days from the date of this notice to give the public
time to review the proposed special permit in light of recent
developments. At the conclusion of the extended 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
April 3, 2026.
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 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 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 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 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 telephone at 202-913-3171, or by email
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ef838a8ac18c80809f8a9daf8b809bc1888099"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b2ded7d79cd1ddddc2d7c0f2d6ddc69cd5ddc4">[email protected]</span></a>.
Technical: Ms. Gabrielle St. Pierre by telephone at 907-202-0029,
or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#096e686b7b606c65656c277a7d2779606c7b7b6c496d667d276e667f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="17707675657e727b7b7239646339677e726565725773786339707861">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 22, 2026, PHMSA received a
special permit application from Sable requesting a waiver of the
requirement in 49 CFR 195.452(h)(4)(iii)(H) to remediate certain
longitudinal seam weld corrosion on hazardous liquid pipelines within
180 days of discovery. The waiver would apply to two segments of the
Santa Ynez Pipeline System, an interstate hazardous liquid pipeline
facility that transports crude oil produced on the Outer Continental
Shelf through an onshore processing facility located in Santa Barbara
County, California, to a terminal located in Kern County, California.
The two segments that would be subject to the waiver are known as Lines
CA-324 and CA-325 (including CA-325A and CA-325B). On February 24,
2026, PHMSA published a notice to solicit public comment on a request
for a special permit submitted by Sable Offshore Corp. (Sable). The
comment period is currently set to expire on March 26, 2026.
On March 13, 2026, the Secretary of Energy, acting under authority
delegated
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in Executive Order ``Adjusting Certain Delegations Under the Defense
Production Act,'' directed Sable to restart transportation of crude oil
on the pipeline segments subject to this special permit request
pursuant to the Defense Production Act (DPA). PHMSA is issuing this
notice to extend the comment period until 14 days after the date of
this notice to give the public time to review the proposed special
permit in light of the Secretary's recent action. In particular, PHMSA
is soliciting public comments on any potential impact that the DPA
order might have on this proceeding, including whether the special
permit remains necessary and, if so, whether safety or environmental
analysis should be adjusted in light of the restart of the pipeline
segments.
At the conclusion of the extended comment period, PHMSA will review
the comments received from this notice as part of its evaluation to
grant or deny the 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. 2026-05541 Filed 3-19-26; 8:45 am]
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