# Potential for Damage to Pipeline Facilities Caused by the Passage of Hurricane Ivan

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- **agency:** Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
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- **published on:** 2004-09-23
- **effective on:** 2004-09-23
- **summary:** Potential for Damage to Pipeline Facilities Caused by the Passage of Hurricane Ivan Document 04-21382_0.pdf (144.8 KB) RSPA is issuing this advisory bulletin to owners and operators of gas and hazardous liquid pipelines to communicate the potential for damage to pipeline facilities caused by the passage of Hurricane Ivan on September 16, 2004. Issued Date: Thursday, September 23, 2004
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Potential for Damage to Pipeline Facilities Caused by the Passage of Hurricane Ivan

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        RSPA is issuing this advisory bulletin to owners and operators of gas and hazardous liquid pipelines to communicate the potential for damage to pipeline facilities caused by the passage of Hurricane Ivan on September 16, 2004. 

          Issued Date: Thursday, September 23, 2004

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Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 184 / Thursday, September 23, 2004 / Notices
57135
MODIFICATION EXEMPTIONS
Application
No. Docket No. Applicant Regulation(s) af-
fected
9275–M ......... Alcoa Inc. Pittsburgh,
PA.
49 CFR Parts 100–
180.
10791–M ....... Con-Quest Products,
Inc. Elk Grove Vil-
lage, IL.
49 CFR 173.12(b)(2) 11536–M ....... The Boeing Company
Los Angeles, CA.
11670–M ....... Oilphase
12744–M ....... RSPA–01–
10126
Schlumberger
Dyce, Aberdeen
Scotland.
Alcoa Inc. Pittsburgh,
PA.
13321–M ....... RSPA–03–
16598
Quest Diagnostics,
Inc. Collegeville,
PA.
13442–M ....... PRC-DeSoto Inter-
national Mojave,
CA.
13796–M ....... RSPA–04–
18891
Rhodia Inc.
Cranbury, NJ.
49 CFR 173.302;
173.62; 173.159;
173.304.
49 CFR 178.36 ......... 49 CFR 171–180 ...... 49 CFR 173.28(b)(3) 49 CFR
173.173(b)(2).
49 CFR 173.188 ....... Modification
exemption Nature of exemption thereof
9275 To modify the exemption to authorize revis-
ing the proper shipping description to
allow transportation of medical screening
solutions containing ethyl alcohol liquids.
10791 To modify the exemption to authorize a de-
sign change of the UN 4G fiberboard box
filled with a polyethylene film bag liner
for the transportation of various Hazard
Class/Division waste hazardous mate-
rials.
11536 To modify the exemption to authorize an
increase of spacecraft pressure vessels
from two to four and the transportation of
an additional Division 2.1 material.
11670 To modify the exemption to authorize the
use of a newly designed non-DOT speci-
fication oil well sampling cylinder for the
transportation of Division 2.1 materials.
12744 To modify the exemption to authorize a Di-
vision 4.3, PGI material be allowed to be
transported as a ‘‘material of trade’’ item.
13321 To modify the exemption to authorize pas-
senger-carrying aircraft as an additional
mode of transportation for certain Divi-
sion 6.2 materials.
13442 To reissue the exemption originally issued
on an emergency basis for a Class 3
material in inner plastic packagings not
exceeding 5 L capacity in addition to the
glass and metal packagings.
13796 To reissue the exemption originally issued
on an emergency basis for the transpor-
tation of a Division 4.2 material while
under water in alternative packaging.
[FR Doc. 04–21380 Filed 9–22–04; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4909–60–M
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Special Programs
Administration
Potential for Damage to Pipeline
Facilities Caused by the Passage of
Hurricane Ivan
AGENCY: Research and Special Programs
Administration (RSPA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of advisory
bulletin.
SUMMARY: RSPA is issuing this advisory
bulletin to owners and operators of gas
and hazardous liquid pipelines to
communicate the potential for damage
to pipeline facilities caused by the
passage of Hurricane Ivan on September
16, 2004.
ADDRESSES: This document can be
viewed on the Office of Pipeline Safety
(OPS) home page at: http://ops.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard Huriaux, (202) 366–4565, or by
e-mail at richard.hurriaux@rspa.dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The purpose of this advisory bulletin
is to warn all operators of gas and
hazardous liquid pipelines in the Gulf
of Mexico and adjacent state waters that
pipeline safety problems may have been
caused by the passage of Hurricane Ivan
on September 16, 2004. RSPA received
several reports of damage to pipeline
facilities in the offshore and inland
areas of Louisiana, Mississippi,
Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle.
It was reported in newspapers that
officials with Houston-based
Transocean found the semi-submersible
drilling rig Deepwater Nautilus late
Thursday, 70 miles from its original
mooring site south of Mobile, Ala. No
crew was aboard the rig, which likely
rode through winds in excess of 140
mph and seas as high as 40 feet. The rig
is built to handle winds of 120 mph,
according to company data.
It was also reported that Diamond
Offshore Drilling reported one of its rigs,
the Ocean Star, was found drifting 12
miles from its mooring 80 miles south
of Mobile, Ala.
Energy companies evacuated workers
from 545 platforms and 69 drilling rigs
in the Gulf, shutting in almost 4 million
barrels of oil and 17 billion cubic feet
of natural gas according to the U.S.
Department of the Interior’s Minerals
Management Service.
The Federal pipeline safety
regulations at 49 CFR parts 192 and 195
require operators to shut down and start
up pipeline facilities in a safe manner
and to conduct periodic pipeline patrols
to detect unusual operating and
maintenance conditions and to take
corrective action if conditions are
unsafe. Because this patrolling is
generally by aircraft, pipelines exposed
or damaged on the sea floor may not be
visually detected. It is likely that some
pipeline facilities and pipelines located
in the area of Hurricane Ivan’s impact
are damaged or exposed.
The gas and hazardous liquid pipeline
safety regulations require that operators
mitigate the safety condition if a
pipeline facility is damaged or if a
pipeline is exposed on the sea floor or
constitutes a hazard to navigation. The
regulations require that damaged
pipeline facilities or exposed pipelines
must be repaired, replaced, or reburied
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57136 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 184 / Thursday, September 23, 2004 / Notices
to eliminate the hazard. And, pipelines
that are a hazard to navigation must be
promptly reported to the National
Response Center (NRC) at 1–800–424–
8802.
II. Advisory Bulletin (ADB–04–04)
To: Owners and operators of gas and
hazardous liquid pipeline systems.
Subject: Potential for damage to
pipeline facilities caused by the passage
of Hurricane Ivan.
Advisory: All operators of gas and
hazardous liquid pipelines in the Gulf
of Mexico and adjacent state waters are
warned that pipeline safety problems
may have been caused by the passage of
Hurricane Ivan on September 16, 2004.
RSPA received several reports of
damage to pipeline facilities,
particularly offshore Louisiana.
Pipeline operators should consider
taking the following actions regarding
the gas and hazardous liquid pipelines
located in areas impacted by Hurricane
Ivan:
1. Identify persons who normally
engage in shallow water commercial
fishing, shrimping, and other marine
vessel operations and caution them that
submerged offshore pipelines may have
become unprotected on the sea floor.
Marine vessels operating in water
depths comparable to a vessel’s draft or
when operating bottom dragging
equipment can be damaged and their
crews endangered by an encounter with
a submerged pipeline.
2. Identify and caution marine vessel
operators in offshore shipping lanes and
other offshore areas where Hurricane
Ivan may have affected a pipeline that
deploying fishing nets or anchors, and
dredging operations may damage the
pipeline, their vessels, and endanger
their crews.
3. In the process of bringing offshore
and inland transmission facilities back
online, operators are advised to check
for structural damage to piping, valves,
emergency shutdown systems, risers
and supporting systems. Aerial
inspections of pipeline routes should be
conducted to check for leaks in the
transmission systems. In areas where
floating and jack-up rigs have moved
and their path could have been over the
pipelines, operators are advised to
review possible routes and to check for
sub-sea pipeline damage where
required.
4. Identify and correct any conditions
on the pipeline that violate the Federal
pipeline safety regulations. (49 U.S.C.
Chapter 601; 49 CFR 1.53).
Stacey L. Gerard,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 04–21382 Filed 9–22–04; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–60–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Thrift Supervision
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request—Deposits and Savings
Accounts by Office
AGENCY: Office of Thrift Supervision
(OTS), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Ex Parte No. 290 (Sub No. 5) (2004–
4)]
Quarterly Rail Cost Adjustment Factor
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.
ACTION: Approval of rail cost adjustment
factor.
SUMMARY: The Board has approved the
fourth quarter 2004 rail cost adjustment
factor (RCAF) and cost index filed by
the Association of American Railroads.
The fourth quarter 2004 RCAF
(Unadjusted) is 1.097. The fourth
quarter 2003 RCAF (Adjusted) is 0.544.
The fourth quarter 2004 RCAF–5 is
0.519.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mac
Frampton, (202) 565–1541. [Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) for the
hearing impaired: 1–800–877–8339.]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Additional information is contained in
the Board’s decision. To purchase a
copy of the full decision, call ASAP
Document Solutions at (301) 577–2600.
[Assistance for the hearing impaired is
available through FIRS: 1–800–877–
8339.]
This action will not significantly
affect either the quality of the human
environment or energy conservation.
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 605(b), we
conclude that our action will not have
a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities
within the meaning of the Regulatory
Flexibility Act.
Decided: September 13, 2004.
By the Board, Chairman Nober, Vice
Chairman Mulvey, and Commissioner
Buttrey.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04–21355 Filed 9–22–04; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915–01–P
SUMMARY: The Department of the
Treasury, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment on
proposed and continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44
U.S.C. 3507. The Office of Thrift
Supervision within the Department of
the Treasury will submit the proposed
information collection requirement
described below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act. Today, OTS is soliciting
public comments on its proposal to
continue the information collection of
deposit and savings account information
by office.
DATES: Submit written comments on or
before November 22, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Send comments, referring to
the collection by title of the proposal or
by OMB approval number, to
Information Collection Comments, Chief
Counsel’s Office, Office of Thrift
Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20552; send a facsimile
transmission to (202) 906–6518; or send
an e-mail to
infocollection.comments@ots.treas.gov.
OTS will post comments and the related
index on the OTS Internet site at
http://www.ots.treas.gov. In addition,
interested persons may inspect
comments at the Public Reading Room,
1700 G Street, NW., by appointment. To
make an appointment, call (202) 906–
5922, send an e-mail to
publicinfo@ots.treas.gov, or send a
facsimile transmission to (202) 906–
7755.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You
can request additional information
about this proposed information
collection from Pamela Schaar,
Information Systems & Finance, (202)
906–7205, Office of Thrift Supervision,
1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC
20552.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OTS may
not conduct or sponsor an information
collection, and respondents are not
required to respond to an information
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