[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 4881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01455]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2022-0081]


Hazardous Materials: Notice of Application for Special Permit; 
Extension of Comment Period

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

ACTION: Application for a new special permit (21283-N); extension of 
comment period.

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SUMMARY: On December 5, 2022, PHMSA announced a notice to provide 
awareness and solicit comments regarding a special permit application 
currently under review by PHMSA in consultation with the Federal 
Railroad Administration. In this notice, PHMSA is extending the comment 
period from January 4, 2023, until February 21, 2023.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
February 21, 2023. Comments received after that date will be considered 
to the extent practicable.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by the docket number 
PHMSA-2022-0081 by any of the following methods:
     Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: (202) 493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Management System, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Dockets Operations, M-30, Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket 
Operations, M-30, Ground Floor, Room W12-140 in the West Building, 1200 
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and 
docket number (PHMSA-2022-0081) for this notice at the beginning of the 
comment. All comments will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov including any personal information provided. If 
sent by mail, comments must be submitted in duplicate. Persons wishing 
to receive confirmation of receipt of their comments must include a 
self-addressed stamped postcard.
    Docket: To access background documents or comments received, the 
dockets are available at http://www.regulations.gov or the DOT's Docket 
Operations Office at the above addresses.
    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 to this notice contain commercial 
or financial information that is customarily treated as private, and 
that is relevant or responsive to this notice, it is important that you 
clearly designate the submitted comments as CBI. Please mark each page 
of your submission containing CBI as ``PROPRIETARY.'' PHMSA will treat 
such marked submissions as confidential under the Freedom of 
Information Act (FOIA).
    Submissions containing CBI should be sent to Tony Gale, 
Transportation Specialist, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, (202) 
366-4535, [email protected], PHMSA, East Building, PHH10, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. Any commentary PHMSA receives 
that is not specifically designated as CBI will be placed in the public 
docket for this rulemaking.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tony Gale, Transportation Specialist, 
Office of Hazardous Materials, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366-4535, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 5, 2022, PHMSA announced a 
notice to provide awareness and solicit comments regarding a special 
permit application to authorize the transportation in commerce of 
cryogenic ethane in DOT-113C120W9 and DOT-113C120W tank cars via rail 
freight.\1\ The notice informed the public that the subject matter of 
the special permit--i.e., transportation of cryogenic flammable liquids 
in rail tank cars--raises issues similar to the transportation of 
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) by rail, a matter for which multiple 
rulemakings are pending at the agency. PHMSA received five requests to 
extend the comment period to allow additional time for interested 
persons to prepare comments. In response to those requests, PHMSA is 
extending the comment period by 48 days until February 21, 2023. This 
extension provides the public additional time to provide extensive 
comments on the notice.
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    \1\ 87 FR 74468 (Dec. 5, 2022).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2023, under authority 
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Donald P. Burger,
Chief, General Approvals and Permits Branch.
[FR Doc. 2023-01455 Filed 1-24-23; 8:45 am]
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