Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, LLC

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2016-0004]

Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, 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 renewal received from Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, LLC (TGP). 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 renewal 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 renewal request of a special permit issued on September 1, 2016, to TGP, a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan, Inc., seeking a waiver from the requirements of 49 CFR 192.611(a) and (d): Change in class location: Confirmation or revision of maximum allowable operating pressure, 49 CFR 192.619(a): Maximum allowable operating pressure: Steel or plastic pipelines, and 49 CFR 192.5(c): Class locations.

The September 1, 2016, special permit was granted for 192 special permit segments and approximately 49.00 miles of TGP natural gas transmission pipeline system located in the states of Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia. This special permit renewal is being requested in lieu of pipe replacement, pressure reduction, or new pressure tests for 162 gas transmission special permit segments totaling 194,837.38 feet (approximately 36.901 miles). The 30 special permit segments that are not included in this notice nor the below table now meet the requirements of either 49 CFR 192.611(a) or 192.619(a) for a Class 3 location. The 162 renewal special permit segments, which have changed from a Class 1 to Class 3 location, are as follows:

Renewal

special permit

segment No.

County or parish, state

Outside

diameter

(inches)

Line name

Length

(feet)

Year installed

Maximum allowable operating pressure (pounds per square inch gauge)

1

Madison, KY

24

100-1

526.27

1971

750

2

Madison, KY

24

100-1

12.70

1971

750

3

Madison, KY

24

100-1

168.34

1971

750

4

Bath, KY

26

100-2

606.60

1948

750

6

Bath, KY

26

100-2

1,515.30

1948

750

7

Bath, KY

26

100-2

344.20

1948

750

8

Rowan, KY

26

100-2

252.39

1948

750

10

Madison, KY

30

100-3

824.32

1950

750

11

Madison, KY

30

100-3

536.30

1950

750

12

Madison, KY

30

100-3

806.72

1950

750

13

Rowan, KY

26

100-3

1,054.07

1949

750

14

Rowan, KY

26

100-3

338.70

1949

750

15

Rowan, KY

26

100-3

912.96

1949

750

17

Boyd, KY

26

100-3

655.37

1950

790

18

Boyd, KY

26

100-3

494.40

1950

790

19

Madison, KY

30

100-4

521.39

1951

750

20

Madison, KY

30

100-4

607.56

1951

750

21

Madison, KY

36

800-2

1,690.82

1969

936

23

Sabine, LA

24

100-1

598.40

1944

750

24

Natchitoches, LA

24

100-1

1,118.30

1944

750

27

Sabine, LA

30

100-2

272.20

1949

750

28

Natchitoches, LA

31

100-2

1,121.16

1948

604

29

Ouachita, LA

26

100-2

920.80

1947

750

31

Sabine, LA

30

100-3

740.50

1951

750

32

Natchitoches, LA

30

100-3

1,772.33

1951

750

33

Ouachita, LA

30

100-3

907.80

1949

750

34

Ouachita, LA

30

100-4

1,414.14

1951

750

36

Vermillion, LA

24

500-1

872.70

1956

973

37

Vermillion, LA

24

500-1

3,005.66

1956

973

38

IBERIA, LA

24

500-1

858.45

1956

973

41

Franklin, LA

30

800-1

102.57

1954

936

42

Franklin, LA

30

800-1

1,259.31

1954

936

43

Franklin, LA

30

800-1

75.63

1954

936

44

Washington, MS

24

100-1

731.04

1944

750

45

Washington, MS

24

100-1

964.23

1944

750

46

Washington, MS

26

100-2

112.40

1948

750

47

Washington, MS

26

100-2

2,073.94

1948

750

48

Benton, MS

30

100-3

1,198.98

1949

750

49

Benton, MS

30

100-4

1,234.46

1952

750

50

Hancock, MS

30

500-1

1,471.05

1959

936

51

Forrest, MS

30

500-1

482.40

1959

936

52

Forrest, MS

30

500-1

1,370.49

1959

936

53

Lauderdale, MS

30

500-1

1,474.90

1959

936

55

Lauderdale, MS

30

500-1

257.20

1959

936

58

Lowndes, MS

30

500-1

959.21

1959

936

59

Lowndes, MS

30

500-1

1,581.69

1959

936

60

Hancock, MS

36

500-2

1,488.68

1965

936

61

Forrest, MS

36

500-2

1,909.29

1966

936

62

Lauderdale, MS

36

500-2

1,439.84

1966

936

64

Lowndes, MS

36

500-2

1,585.26

1964

936

65

Hancock, MS

36

500-3

1,347.37

1972

936

66

Sussex, NJ

24

300-1

2,953.04

1955

1170

67

Sussex, NJ

24

300-1

638.57

1955

1170

68

Sussex, NJ

24

300-1

471.55

1955

1170

69

Sussex, NJ

24

300-1

1,121.11

1955

1170

70

Sussex, NJ

24

300-1

811.71

1955

1170

71

Sussex, NJ

24

300-1

373.70

1955

1170

72

Sussex, NJ

24

300-1

1,729.51

1955

1170

75

Ontario, NY

24

200-1

654.33

1951

760

77

Madison, KY

24

200-1

1,478.51

1951

760

79

Albany, NY

24

200-1

1,153.88

1951

760

80

Albany, NY

24

200-1

1,059.96

1951

760

82

Carroll, OH

26

200-1

2,658.16

1950

790

83

Columbiana, OH

26

200-1

2,044.66

1950

790

84

Columbiana, OH

26

200-1

1,270.10

1950

790

85

Columbiana, OH

26

200-1

1,382.31

1950

790

86

ATHENS, OH

26

200-2

1,513.05

1952

790

88

Carroll, OH

26

200-2

2,680.73

1952

790

89

Columbiana, OH

26

200-2

1,296.36

1954

790

90

Carroll, OH

26

200-3

1,081.17

1956

790

92

Carroll, OH

26

200-3

974.20

1956

790

94

Carroll, OH

36

200-4

2,648.75

1963

790

95

Columbiana, OH

36

200-4

1,950.62

1963

790

96

Columbiana, OH

36

200-4

1,248.52

1963

790

97

Columbiana, OH

36

200-4

1,358.28

1963

790

98

Lawrence, PA

26

200-1

1,935.75

1950

790

99

Mercer, PA

24

300-1

839.87

1953

877

100

Mercer, PA

24

300-1

491.70

1953

877

101

Mercer, PA

30

300-2

875.56

1965

877

102

Mercer, PA

30

300-2

573.79

1965

877

103

Dickson, TN

24

100-1

533.33

1944

750

104

Cheatham, TN

24

100-1

2,782.53

1944

750

105

Cheatham, TN

24

100-1

1,490.60

1944

750

106

Cheatham, TN

24

100-1

28.61

1944

750

107

Robertson, TN

24

100-1

668.38

1944

750

108

Robertson, TN

24

100-1

1,953.93

1944

750

109

Dickson, TN

26

100-2

554.05

1948

750

110

Dickson, TN

26

100-2

177.44

1948

750

111

Lewis, TN

30

500-1

566.83

1959

936

112

Lewis, TN

30

500-1

686.45

1959

936

113

Lewis, TN

30

500-1

1,376.94

1959

936

114

Cheatham, TN

30

500-1

732.13

1959

936

115

Cheatham, TN

30

500-1

1,006.00

1959

936

116

Cheatham, TN

30

500-1

757.26

1959

936

117

Cheatham, TN

30

500-1

1,332.21

1959

936

118

Cheatham, TN

30

500-1

633.98

1959

936

119

Cheatham, TN

30

500-1

994.45

1959

936

120

Cheatham, TN

30

500-1

9.90

1959

936

121

Cheatham, TN

30

500-1

1,339.84

1959

936

122

Robertson, TN

30

500-1

2,474.52

1959

936

123

Robertson, TN

30

500-1

4,358.19

1959

936

124

Robertson, TN

30

500-1

1,929.95

1959

936

125

Robertson, TN

30

500-1

3,262.84

1959

936

126

Lewis, TN

36

500-2

469.38

1964

936

127

Lewis, TN

36

500-2

738.42

1964

936

128

Cheatham, TN

36

500-2

1,318.68

1968

936

129

Cheatham, TN

36

500-2

381.21

1968

936

130

Cheatham, TN

36

500-2

420.56

1968

936

131

Cheatham, TN

36

500-2

502.70

1963

936

132

Cheatham, TN

36

500-2

16.90

1963

936

133

Cheatham, TN

36

500-2

2,062.21

1963

936

134

Robertson, TN

36

500-2

1,001.81

1965

936

135

Robertson, TN

36

500-2

1,426.43

1965

936

136

Robertson, TN

36

500-2

303.70

1965

936

137

Robertson, TN

36

500-2

3,257.08

1965

936

138

Robertson, TN

36

500-2

1,899.22

1965

936

139

Robertson, TN

36

500-2

219.10

1965

936

140

Robertson, TN

36

500-2

2,970.93

1965

936

141

Cheatham, TN

30

800-1

384.62

1954

936

142

Cheatham, TN

30

800-1

581.50

1954

936

143

Cheatham, TN

30

800-1

1,104.30

1954

936

144

Cheatham, TN

30

800-1

1,366.34

1954

936

145

Robertson, TN

30

800-1

968.97

1954

936

146

Robertson, TN

30

800-1

1,797.26

1954

936

147

Robertson, TN

30

800-1

4,253.00

1954

936

148

Robertson, TN

30

800-1

1,978.36

1954

936

149

Robertson, TN

30

800-1

3,133.48

1954

936

151

Waller, TX

24

100-1

1,677.99

1944

750

152

Harris, TX

24

100-1

753.70

1944

750

153

Sabine, TX

24

100-1

675.00

1944

750

154

Sabine, TX

24

100-1

1,539.30

1964

750

155

Sabine, TX

24

100-1

573.40

1964

750

156

Waller, TX

30

100-2

1,574.15

1948

750

157

Harris, TX

30

100-2

1,220.90

1948

750

158

Harris, TX

30

100-2

1,962.45

1948

750

159

Sabine, TX

30

100-2

2,597.70

1949

750

160

Waller, TX

30

100-3

1,531.99

1952

750

161

Waller, TX

30

100-3

1,727.52

1952

750

162

Harris, TX

30

100-3

1,024.50

1952

750

163

Harris, TX

30

100-3

217.00

1952

750

164

Harris, TX

30

100-3

1,733.65

1952

750

165

Harris, TX

30

100-3

1,101.34

1952

750

166

Sabine, TX

30

100-3

1,502.40

1964

750

169

Hidalgo, TX

24

409A-100 Donna Line

1,237.01

1950

933

171

Hidalgo, TX

24

409A-100 Donna Line

1,523.74

1950

933

172

Hidalgo, TX

24

409A-100 Donna Line

1,787.31

1950

933

173

Kanawha, WV

20

100-1

1,349.06

1984

910

174

Kanawha, WV

20

100-1

1,228.73

1984

910

175

Kanawha, WV

20

100-1

584.46

1984

910

176

Kanawha, WV

20

100-1

2,249.91

1984

936

177

Wayne, WV

24

100-2

2,657.51

1948

973

178

Putnam, WV

24

100-2

1,833.55

1948

938

181

Cabell, WV

26

100-3

438.10

1966

910

182

Putnam, WV

30

100-3

1,415.75

1972

910

183

Putnam, WV

30

100-3

891.20

1972

910

185

Harris, TX

24

100-1

1,181.70

1944

750

186

Harris, TX

24

100-1

1,351.66

1966

750

187

Kanawha, WV

24

100-2

1,233.70

1948

910

188

Cheatham, TN

30

100-4

497.50

1952

750

189

Madison, KY

30

100-4

1,342.49

1951

750

190

Madison, KY

30

100-4

242.74

1951

750

191

Lauderdale, MS

36

500-2

311.51

1963

936

The special permit renewal request, proposed special permit with conditions, draft environmental assessment (DEA), and annual report findings for pipeline integrity and reportable incidents for the above listed TGP special permit segments are available for review and public comments in Docket No. PHMSA-2016-0004. PHMSA invites interested persons to review and submit comments on the special permit renewal 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 renewal 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. 2022-11499 Filed 5-26-22; 8:45 am]

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