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Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA); DOT.
Notice.
PHMSA is publishing this notice to solicit public comments on a request for one (1) new special permit segment and two (2) special permit segment extensions submitted by Tennessee Gas Pipeline, LLC (TGP), a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan, Inc. TGP 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.
Submit any comments regarding this special permit request by July 28, 2025.
Comments should reference the docket number for this special permit request and may be submitted in the following ways:
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.
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Confidential Business Information (CBI) is commercial or financial information that is both customarily and treated as private by its owner. Under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 United States Code 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 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 Lee Cooper, 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.
General: Mr. Lee Cooper by telephone at 202-913-3171, or by email at lee.cooper@dot.gov.
Technical: Mr. Zaid Obeidi by telephone at 202-768-4354, or by email at zaid.obeidi@dot.gov.
PHMSA received a special permit request from TGP, a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan Inc., on January 27, 2025, seeking the addition of a new special permit segment and, on September 26, 2024, seeking special permit segment extensions to be incorporated into special permit PHMSA-2016-0004. Both the segment and the extensions request are within the valve stationing of the active permit. Special permit PHMSA-2016-0004 allows TGP to ( printed page 27380) deviate from the Federal pipeline safety regulations in 49 CFR 192.611(a), (d), and 192.619(a), where a gas transmission pipeline segment has undergone a change from a Class 1 to a Class 3 location.
Special permit PHMSA-2016-0004 is active and was granted on March 17, 2023,[1] and is effective until March 17, 2028, for 162 special permit segments, which include 194,837 feet (approximately 36.90 miles) of the TGP natural gas transmission pipeline system located in the states of Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia. The new special permit segment is requested for 1,347 feet (approximately 0.255 miles). The special permit segment extensions are requested for an additional 805 feet (approximately 0.152 miles). If granted, the special permit segments would total 196,989 feet (approximately 37.31 miles).
The active special permit segment, requested new special permit segment, and requested extensions, are as follows:
| SPS No. | Status | County, state | Outside diameter (inches) | Line name | Length (feet) | Year installed | Maximum allowable operating pressure (pounds per square inch gauge) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 113 | Active Segment | Natchitoches, LA | 30 | 100-3 | 1,107 | 1951 | 750 |
| Extension | Natchitoches, LA | 30 | 100-3 | 747 | 1951 | 750 | |
| 167 | Active Segment | Sussex, NJ | 24 | 300-1 | 1,746 | 1955 | 1,170 |
| Extension | Sussex, NJ | 24 | 300-1 | 58 | 1955 | 1,170 | |
| 730 | New Segment | Kanawha, WV | 20 | 100-1 | 1,347 | 1984 | 936 |
Upon receipt of this request, an Environmental Protection Specialist from PHMSA's Environmental Analysis and Compliance Division reviewed the Final Environmental Assessment (FEA) and its findings. In consideration of this, PHMSA finds that the expansion of the proposed special permit would not result in significant impacts to the human environment. Furthermore, the existing FEA and Finding of No Significant Impact remain adequate, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). No further environmental assessment is required for this proposal.
TGP's new special permit segment and extensions request, active special permit with conditions, and FEA are available for review and public comment in Docket No. PHMSA-2016-0004. PHMSA invites interested persons to review and submit comments in the docket on both the special permit segment extension request and the new special permit segment request. 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 comments closing date. PHMSA will consider each relevant comment it receives in making its decision to grant or deny this special permit request.
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 24, 2025 under authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Linda Daugherty,
Acting Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
1. Special Permit PHMSA-2016-0004 was originally issued on September 1, 2016 and renewed on March 17, 2023.
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