Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Gulfstream Natural Gas System
| Published date | 29 July 2019 |
| Citation | 84 FR 36657 |
| Record Number | 2019-15992 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Pipeline And Hazardous Materials Safety Administration |
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 145 (Monday, July 29, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 145 (Monday, July 29, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36657-36658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15992]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2018-0105]
Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit; Gulfstream Natural
Gas System
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA);
DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: PHMSA is publishing this notice to seek public comments on a
request for a special permit 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 either grant or
deny the special permit request.
DATES: Submit any comments regarding this special permit request by
August 28, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Comments should reference the docket number for the specific
special permit request and may be submitted in the following ways:
E-Gov website: https://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 copies. To
receive confirmation that PHMSA has received your comments, please
include a self-addressed stamped postcard. Internet users may submit
comments at https://www.Regulations.gov.
Note: There is a privacy statement published on https://www.Regulations.gov. Comments, including any personal information
provided, are posted without changes or edits to https://www.Regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
General: Ms. Kay McIver by telephone at 202-366-0113, or email at
[email protected].
Technical: Mr. Zaid Obeidi by telephone at 202-366-5267, or email
at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA has received a special permit request
from Gulfstream Natural Resources, LLC, to deviate from the federal
pipeline safety regulations in 49 CFR 192.619(a) and 192.195(a) on the
Gulfstream Natural Gas System (Gulfstream Pipeline). The proposed
special permit, if granted, would allow an increase in the maximum
allowable operating pressure (MAOP) from 2,180 pounds per square inch
gauge (psig) to 2,296 psig from Gulfstream Pipeline Mile Post 3.9 to
Mile Post 59 and the use of pressure gradient for pressure control to
maintain a MAOP of 2,180 psig downstream of Mile Post 59. The
Gulfstream Pipeline segment, where the proposed special permit would be
applicable, is from Mile Post 3.9 in Mobile County, Alabama to the
Gulfstream Pipeline west subsea tie-in valves located at Mile Post 59
in the Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf.
Gulfstream Pipeline is proposing a gas transmission flow volume
increase of 78,000 dekatherms per day. A Gulfstream Pipeline MAOP
increase from 2,180 psig to 2,296 psig will be required from Mile Post
0.0 to Mile Post 59. The Gulfstream 36-inch diameter piping, valves,
and components from Mile Post 0.0 to Mile Post 3.9 will be replaced and
pressure tested, where required, to meet part 192 regulations for a
2,296 psig MAOP.
The Gulfstream Pipeline is a 36-inch diameter pipeline that spans
approximately 427 miles from southern Alabama, across the bottom of the
Gulf of Mexico, to the Tampa Bay, Florida region. The Gulfstream
Pipeline begins at Compressor Station 410, an existing natural gas
compressor station located in Mobile County near Coden, Alabama,
travels offshore into the Gulf of Mexico, and ends at Compressor
Station 420 located in Manatee County near Bartow, Florida.
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A draft environmental assessment (DEA) accompanied the special
permit request. The DEA is available at https://www.Regulations.gov, in
Docket Number PHMSA-2018-0105. We invite interested persons to
participate by reviewing the special permit request and DEA at https://www.Regulations.gov, and by submitting written comments, data, or other
views. Please include any comments on potential safety and
environmental impacts that may result if the special permit is granted.
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 we receive in making our decision
to grant or deny the request.
Issued in Washington, DC on July 8, 2019, under authority
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2019-15992 Filed 7-26-19; 8:45 am]
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