[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 104 (Wednesday, May 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34926-34927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11459]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2020-0044]


Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Florida Gas 
Transmission Company, 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 comments on 
a request for a special permit received from Florida Gas Transmission 
Company, LLC (FGT). 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 30, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket number for the specific 
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 [email protected].
    Technical: Mr. Steve Nanney by telephone at 713-272-2855, or by 
email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA received a special permit request on 
March 24, 2023, from FGT seeking a waiver from the requirements of 49 
CFR 192.611(a)(3)(iii): Change in class location: Confirmation or 
revision of maximum allowable operating pressure. Section 49 CFR 
192.611(a)(3)(iii) requires a pressure test of 0.667 times the 
alternative maximum allowable operating (Alternative MAOP) for a Class 
2 to Class 3 location change. The requested pipeline segment extensions 
are proposed to be added to special permit Docket Number PHMSA-2020-
0044, due to the pipeline segments being contiguous to existing special 
permit segments.
    This special permit is being requested for extending class location 
changes in lieu of pressure testing or pressure reduction for five (5) 
special permit segment extensions totaling 10,219 feet (approximately 
1.935 miles) of the FGT pipeline system. The proposed special permit 
segments have been previously pressure tested to either 1,899 pounds 
per square inch gauge (psig), 1,920 psig, or 1,925 psig. The pipe wall 
thickness and strength meet the requirements of 49 CFR 
192.611(a)(1)(ii) for a Class 2 to Class 3 location change. The 
pipeline segments are as follows:

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                                                               Proposed
                                Outside                     special permit                                                Alternative MAOP/    Pressure
 Special permit segment  No.    diameter      Line name         segment         County, state         Class       Year      test pressure      test to
                                (inches)                       extension                             summary   installed        (psig)       alternative
                                                                (feet)                                                                       MAOP factor
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166347.......................         18  St. Petersburg               269  Hillsborough, FL.....  2 to 3....       1992        1,333/1,899        1.424
                                           Sarasota
                                           Connector.
166349.......................         18  St. Petersburg             3,537  Hillsborough, FL.....  2 to 3....       1992        1,333/1,899        1.424
                                           Sarasota
                                           Connector.
166250.......................         30  West Leg Station           5,799  Hernando, FL.........  2 to 3....       1994        1,322/1,920        1.452
                                           26-27 MP 160.2.
166256.......................         30  West Leg Station             404  Pasco, FL............  2 to 3....       1994        1,322/1,920        1.452
                                           26-27 MP 160.2.
166129.......................         36  West Leg Loop...             210  Hernando, FL.........  2 to 3....       2007        1,322/1,925        1.456
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    The FGT pipeline segments have not been pressure tested to a high 
enough pressure to meet the requirements in 49 CFR 192.611(a)(3)(iii). 
The special permit segments are included in an existing Alternative 
MAOP special permit (PHMSA-2008-0077) that allows the special permit 
segments to operate at class location stress levels that meet 49 CFR 
192.620(a)(1).
    The special permit request, proposed special permit with 
conditions, and draft environmental assessment (DEA) for the FGT 
pipelines are available for review and public comment in Docket No. 
PHMSA-2020-0044. We invite interested persons to review and submit 
comments on the special permit request, proposed special permit with 
conditions, and DEA in the docket. Please submit comments on any 
potential safety, environmental, and other relevant considerations 
implicated by the special permit request. Comments may include relevant 
data.
    Before issuing a decision on the special permit 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 a decision to 
grant or deny this request.

    Issued in Washington, DC, under authority delegated in 49 CFR 
1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2023-11459 Filed 5-30-23; 8:45 am]
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