Hazardous Materials Safety: Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Assessment for a Special Permit Request for Liquefied Natural Gas by Rail

• Published date: 06 June 2019
• Citation: 84 FR 26507
• Record Number: 2019-11882
• Section: Notices
• Court: Pipeline And Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 109 (Thursday, June 6, 2019)

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 109 (Thursday, June 6, 2019)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 26507-26508]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-11882]
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                DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
                Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
                [Docket No. PHMSA-2019-0100]
                Hazardous Materials Safety: Notice of Availability of the Draft
                Environmental Assessment for a Special Permit Request for Liquefied
                Natural Gas by Rail
                AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
                DOT.
                ACTION: Notice.
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                SUMMARY: PHMSA announces the availability for public review and comment
                of the draft environmental assessment for a special permit request to
                transport ``Methane, Refrigerated Liquid'' (i.e., liquefied natural
                gas) by rail tank car.
                DATES: Comment must be received by July 8, 2019. To the extent
                possible, PHMSA will consider late-filed comments.
                ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the Docket number for this notice
                and may be submitted in the following ways:
                 Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
                Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
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                 Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
                 Mail: Docket Management System; U.S. Department of
                Transportation, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Routing
                Symbol M-30, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
                 Hand Delivery: To the Docket Management System; Room W12-
                140 on the ground floor of 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-2019-0100) for this notice at the beginning of the
                comment. To avoid duplication, please use only one of these four
                methods. All comments received will be posted without change to the
                Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) and will include any personal
                information you provide. 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: For access to the dockets to read associated documents or
                comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov or DOT's Docket
                Operations Office (see ADDRESSES).
                 Privacy Act: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits
                comments from the public to better inform its process. DOT posts these
                comments, without change, including any personal information the
                commenter provides, to http://www.regulations.gov, as described in the
                system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at
                http://www.dot.gov/privacy.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ryan Paquet by telephone at 202-366-
                4511, or email at [email protected].
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA received a request for special permit
                from Energy Transport Solutions, LLC seeking authorization to transport
                ``Methane, Refrigerated Liquid'' (UN1972), commonly known and liquefied
                natural gas (LNG), in a rail tank car. Specifically, the request is to
                authorize shipment of LNG in a DOT specification 113C120W tank car
                subject to certain operational conditions. We invite interested persons
                to review and provide comment on the ``draft environmental assessment''
                for this special permit request. Please include comment on potential
                safety, environmental, and any additional impacts that should be
                considered. The document is available at http://www.regulations.gov
                under Docket number PHMSA-2019-0100. PHMSA has also included the draft
                special permit in the docket for this notice as further reference
                material. Before issuing a final decision on the special permit
                request, PHMSA will evaluate all comments and consider each relevant
                comment we receive in making our decision to grant or deny the request
                for special permit.
                 Issued in Washington, DC, on June 3, 2019, under authority
                delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
                William S. Schoonover,
                Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline and
                Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
                [FR Doc. 2019-11882 Filed 6-5-19; 8:45 am]
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