[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 60 (Friday, March 27, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17378-17379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06379]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2006-25803]


Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Kinder Morgan 
Louisiana Pipeline, LLC

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), 
DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: PHMSA is publishing this notice to solicit public comment on a 
request from Kinder Morgan Louisiana Pipeline, LLC, (KMLP) to modify a 
previously issued special permit. KMLP requests a modification to the 
pipeline gas stream quality requirements that limit the amount of 
hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in the gas. 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 modification request.

DATES: Submit any comments regarding this special permit request by 
April 27, 2020.

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) 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 the FOIA, and these items 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:

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    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 modification 
request from KMLP, owned by Kinder Morgan, Inc., to modify special 
permit Condition 28(a) of the existing special permit, PHMSA-2006-
25803. KMLP requests a modification of Condition 28(a) to allow an 
increase in the amount of H2S in the pipeline gas stream 
from 0.25 grains to 0.5 grains per 100 standard cubic feet. The 
requested amount of H2S in the KLMP pipeline gas stream is 
less than what is required in 49 CFR 192.620(d)(5)(v)(C), ``Controlling 
Internal Corrosion.''
    The special permit was issued to KMLP on April 13, 2007, to waive 
compliance with 49 CFR 192.111 and 192.201(a)(2)(i) for Class 1 
locations along the Leg 1 segment of the KMLP. The KMLP Leg 1 segment 
is a 137-mile, 42-inch diameter pipeline that is located in Calcasieu, 
Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Acadia, and Evangeline Parishes in Louisiana. 
The KMLP Leg 1 segment has a maximum allowable operating pressure of 
1,440 pounds per square inch gauge in the special permit segment.
    The special permit modification request and existing special permit 
with conditions for the KMLP are available for review and public 
comment in the Docket No. PHMSA-2006-25803. PHMSA invites interested 
persons to review and submit comments in the docket regarding the 
special permit modification request. Please include any comments on 
potential safety and environmental impacts that may result if the 
special permit modification is granted. Comments may include relevant 
data.
    Before issuing a decision on the special permit modification 
request, PHMSA will evaluate all comments received on or before the 
comment 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 
modification request.

    Issued in Washington, DC, under authority delegated in 49 CFR 
1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2020-06379 Filed 3-26-20; 8:45 am]
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