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

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** May 27, 2022
- **Citation:** 87 FR 32227

## Text

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]
BILLING CODE 4910-60-P

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