# Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Rockies Express Pipeline, LLC > Briefs, arguments, decisions, and more. URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A2022-11493 ## Record - **Collection:** Federal Register - **Document type:** Notice - **Published:** May 27, 2022 - **Citation:** 87 FR 32233 ## Text DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration [Docket No. PHMSA-2022-0044] Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Rockies Express Pipeline, LLC AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA); DOT. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: PHMSA is publishing this notice to solicit public comments on a request for special permit received from Rockies Express Pipeline, LLC (REX). 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 27, 2022. ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket number for this special permit request and may be submitted in the following ways: • E-Gov Website: http://www.Regulations.gov. This site allows the public to enter comments on any Federal Register notice issued by any agency. • Fax: 1-202-493-2251. • 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. • 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 http://www.Regulations.gov. Note: There is a privacy statement published on http://www.Regulations.gov. Comments, including any personal information provided, are posted without changes or edits to http://www.Regulations.gov. 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 kay.mciver@dot.gov. Technical: Mr. Steve Nanney by telephone at 713-272-2855, or by email at steve.nanney@dot.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA received a special permit request from REX, which is owned and operated by Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP, seeking a waiver from the requirements of 49 CFR 192.611: Change in class location: Confirmation or revision of maximum allowable operating pressure. This special permit is being requested in lieu of pipe replacement, pressure reduction, or new pressure tests for twenty (20) gas transmission special permit segments totaling 22,465 feet (approximately 4.252 miles) of pipeline. These special permit segments, which have changed from a Class 1 to Class 2 location and operate at a stress level of 80 percent of specified minimum yield strength, are as follows: Special permit segment No. County, state Outside diameter (inches) Line name Length (feet) Year installed Maximum allowable operating pressure (pounds per square inch gauge) S1 Buchanan, MO 42 Steele City to Turney 938 2008 1,480 S2 Macon, IL 42 Blue Mound to Bainbridge 705 2009 1,480 S3 Macon, IL 42 Blue Mound to Bainbridge 3,055 2009 1,480 S4 Douglas, IL 42 Blue Mound to Bainbridge 454 2009 1,480 S5 Douglas, IL 42 Blue Mound to Bainbridge 529 2009 1,480 S6 Douglas, IL 42 Blue Mound to Bainbridge 1,567 2009 1,480 S7 Morgan, IN 42 Bainbridge to Hamilton 239 2009 1,480 S8 Morgan, IN 42 Bainbridge to Hamilton 1,671 2009 1,480 S9 Butler, OH 42 Bainbridge to Hamilton 308 2009 1,480 S10 Butler, OH 42 Bainbridge to Hamilton 1,261 2009 1,480 S11 Butler, OH 42 Bainbridge to Hamilton 163 2009 1,480 S12 Butler, OH 42 Bainbridge to Hamilton 915 2009 1,480 S13 Warren, OH 42 Bainbridge to Hamilton 128 2009 1,480 S14 Warren, OH 42 Hamilton to Chandlersville 461 2009 1,480 S15 Pickaway, OH 42 Hamilton to Chandlersville 275 2009 1,480 S16 Fairfield, OH 42 Hamilton to Chandlersville 2,215 2009 1,480 S17 Fairfield, OH 42 Hamilton to Chandlersville 758 2009 1,480 S18 Fairfield, OH 42 Hamilton to Chandlersville 111 2009 1,480 S19 Perry, OH 42 Hamilton to Chandlersville 2,386 2009 1,480 S20 Muskingum, OH 42 Chandlersville to Clarington 4,314 2009 1,480 The special permit request, proposed special permit with conditions, and draft environmental assessment (DEA) for the above listed REX special permit segments are available for review and public comments in Docket No. PHMSA-2022-0044. PHMSA invites interested persons to review and submit comments on the special permit request and DEA in the docket. Please include any comments on potential safety and environmental impacts that may result if the special permit is granted. 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, on May 16, 2022, under authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.97. Alan K. Mayberry, Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety. [FR Doc. 2022-11493 Filed 5-26-22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-60-P --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A2022-11493. Public record. 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