{"operation":"document","citation":"PHMSA-2023-0001","title":"Tennessee Gas Pipeline — Pipeline Special Permit","source_type":"permit","agency":"Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration","status":"current","official":true,"published_on":"2023-07-31","effective_on":"2023-07-31","summary":"PHMSA-2023-0001, issued 2023-07-31 for Tennessee Gas Pipeline's gas transmission system.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-special-permit-phmsa-2023-0001.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-special-permit-phmsa-2023-0001.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/phmsa-special-permit-phmsa-2023-0001","source_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docket/PHMSA-2023-0001","body":"PHMSA pipeline special permit PHMSA-2023-0001. Operator: Tennessee Gas Pipeline. System: Gas Transmission. Issue date: 2023-07-31.\n\n<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION\nPIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION\nSpecial Permit Analysis and Findings\nClass 1 to 3 Location\nSpecial Permit Information:\nDocket Number: PHMSA-2023-0001\nRequested By: Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, LLC\nOperator ID#: 19160\nDate Requested: December 29, 2022\nIssuance Date: July 31, 2023\nCode Sections: 49 CFR 192.611(a) and (d), and 192.619(a)\nPurpose:\nThe Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), Office of Pipeline\nSafety (OPS),1 provides this information to describe the facts of the subject special permit\napplication submitted by Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, LLC (TGP)2 to discuss any relevant\npublic comments received with respect to the application, to present the engineering and safety\nanalysis of the special permit application, and to make findings regarding whether the requested\nspecial permit should be granted and, if so, under what conditions. TGP requested that PHMSA\nwaive compliance from the 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 192.611(a) and (d) and\n192.619(a) for natural gas transmission pipeline segments, where the class location has changed\nfrom Class 1 to a Class 3 location.\nPipeline System Affected:\nThis special permit application by TGP requests a waiver from the class location change\nrequirements in 49 CFR 192.611(a) and (d) and 192.619(a) for approximately 1.266 miles of the\n1 Throughout this special permit the usage of “PHMSA” or “PHMSA OPS” means the U.S. Department of\nTransportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Office of Pipeline Safety.\n2 TGP is owned by Kinder Morgan, Inc.\nPHMSA-2023-0001 – Tennessee Pipeline Gas Company, LLC Special Permit Analysis and Findings\nPage 1 of 10\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\n36-inch diameter Line 500-3 Pipeline located in Dickson County, Tennessee.\nPipe specifications including outside diameter, year installed, seam type, coating type, pipe\ngrade, wall thickness, maximum allowable operating pressure (MAOP), minimum pressure test\npressure, and pressure test factor based on the minimum test pressure are detailed in Table 1 –\nPipe Specifications by Line Name.\nTable 1 – Pipe Specifications by Line Name\nOutside\nMin Test\nLine\nYear\nDiameter\nName\nInstalled\nSeam\nType (inches)\n500-3 36 1973 DSAW Grade Wall Thickness\n(inches)\nFusion Bonded Epoxy Coating Type X60 0.391 MAOP\nPressure\nPressure\n(psig)\nTest Factor\n(psig)\n936 1,263 1.39\nNote: DSAW is a double submerged arc welded pipe longitudinal seam.\nWithout this special permit, 49 CFR 192.611(a) would require TGP to replace the special permit\nsegment with stronger pipe or reduce the pipeline MAOP for a Class 1 to Class 3 location\nchange.\nSpecial Permit Request:\nOn December 29, 2022, TGP applied to PHMSA for a special permit seeking relief from 49 CFR\n192.611(a) and (d) and 192.619(a) for the below-listed special permit segment, where a class\nlocation change occurred from the original Class 1 to a Class 3 on the 36-inch diameter Line\n500-3 Pipeline located in Dickson County, Tennessee.\nTGP’s special permit applies to the special permit segment and special permit inspection area\ndescribed and defined as follows, using the TGP valve and survey station (SS) references:\nSpecial Permit Segment:\nThis special permit applies to the special permit segment in Table 2 – Special Permit\nSegment.\nTable 2 – Special Permit Segment\nSpecial\nPermit\nStart\nEnd\nOutside\nLine\nDiameter\nSegment\nName\nLength\n(feet)\nSurvey\nStation\nSurvey\nStation\nCounty, State No.\nDwellings\nYear\nSeam\nMAOP\nInstalled\nType\n(psig)\n(inches)\nNumber\n1\n(KM 726) 36 500-3 6,685.07 (SS)\n559-3A –\n89542.28\n(SS)\n559-3A –\n96227.35 Dickson, TN 48 1973 DSAW 936\nNote: DSAW is a double submerged arc welded pipe longitudinal seam.\nPHMSA-2023-0001 – Tennessee Pipeline Gas Company, LLC Special Permit Analysis and Findings\nPage 2 of 10\n\n<<<PAGE 3>>>\n\nSpecial Permit Inspection Area:\nThe special permit inspection area is defined as the area that extends 220 yards on each side of\nthe centerline as listed in Table 3 – Special Permit Inspection Area.\nTable 3 – Special Permit Inspection Area\nSpecial\nSpecial\nOutside\nEnd Survey\nPermit\nPermit\nDiameter\nInspection\nSegment(s)\nLine\nName Master Segment Start Survey Station\n(Valve - SS)\nLength3\nStation\n(miles)\n(inches)\n(Valve - SS)\nArea Number\nIncluded\n1 1 (KM 726) 36 500-3 559-3 to 560-3 559-3A - 335.24 560-3 - 70.3 18.26\nPublic Notice:\nOn January 24, 2023, PHMSA posted a notice of this special permit request in the Federal\nRegister (88 FR 4290) with a closing date of February 23, 2023. PHMSA has reviewed all\npublic comments received for Docket Number PHMSA-2023-0001. PHMSA received public\ncomments concerning this special permit request that have been addressed in the Final\nEnvironmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact (FEA and FONSI).\nThe TGP special permit application letter, Federal Register notice, Final Environmental\nAssessment, Finding of No Significant Impact, and all other pertinent documents are available\nfor review in Docket No. PHMSA-2023-0001 in the Federal Docket Management System\n(FDMS) located at www.Regulations.gov.\nAnalysis:\nBackground: On June 29, 2004, PHMSA published in the Federal Register (69 FR 38948) the\ncriteria it uses for the consideration of applications for class location change waivers, now being\ngranted or denied through a special permit. First, certain threshold requirements should be met\non a pipeline special permit segment for a class location change special permit to be granted.\nSecond, the age and manufacturing process of the pipe; system design, and construction;\nenvironmental, operating and maintenance histories; and integrity management program\nelements are evaluated as significant criteria. These significant criteria are presented in matrix\nform and can be reviewed in the FDMS, Docket No. PHMSA–RSPA-2004-17401. Third,\n3 If the special permit inspection area footage does not extent from launcher to receiver then the special permit\ninspection area would need to be extended.\nPHMSA-2023-0001 – Tennessee Pipeline Gas Company, LLC Special Permit Analysis and Findings\nPage 3 of 10\n\n<<<PAGE 4>>>\n\nspecial permits will only be granted when pipe conditions and active integrity management\nprovide a level of safety greater than or equal to a pipe replacement or pressure reduction. The\noperator’s Federal pipeline safety regulation compliance history is also evaluated as part of the\ncriteria matrix for acceptability prior to issuance of a special permit.\nThreshold Requirements: Each of the threshold requirements published by PHMSA in the June\n29, 2004, Federal Register notice is discussed below regarding the TGP special permit request.\n1) No pipeline segments in a class location changing to Class 4 location will be considered.\n• This special permit request is for one (1) special permit segment where a change has\noccurred from a Class 1 location to a Class 3 location.\n• TGP meets this requirement.\n2) No bare pipe will be considered.\n• The special permit segment is externally coated with fusion bonded epoxy.\n• TGP meets this requirement.\n3) No pipe containing wrinkle bends will be considered.\n• There are no reported wrinkle bends in the special permit segment.\n• TGP meets this requirement.\n4) No pipe segments operating above 72% of the specified minimum yield strength (SMYS)\nwill be considered for a Class 3 special permit.\n• The special permit segment operates at or below 72% SMYS.\n• TGP meets this requirement.\n5) Records must be produced that show a hydrostatic test to at least 1.25 time the MAOP. The\nrecords should include test pressure, year of the test, test duration, and pressure test percent\nof MAOP for each pipeline:\n• TGP has provided records that demonstrate the special permits segment has been tested\nto at least 1.25 times the MAOP.\n• TGP meets this requirement.\n6) In-line inspection (ILI) must have been performed with no significant anomalies identified\nthat indicate systemic problems such as stress corrosion cracking (SCC).\n• An ILI tool was run in 2018 with no significant anomalies.\n• TGP meets this requirement.\nPHMSA-2023-0001 – Tennessee Pipeline Gas Company, LLC Special Permit Analysis and Findings\nPage 4 of 10\n\n<<<PAGE 5>>>\n\n7) Criteria for consideration of a class location change waiver, being considered through the\nspecial permit, published by PHMSA in the Federal Register (69 FR 38948), define a waiver\ninspection area (special permit inspection area) as up to 25 miles of pipe on either side of\nthe waiver segment (special permit segment).\n• TGP has identified longer segments surrounding each special permit segment as the\nspecial permit inspection area. These segments have been extended to the entire\nsegment length between the upstream launcher and downstream receiver on each ILI\nsegment that contains the special permit segment.\nCriteria Matrix: The data submitted by TGP for the special permit segments have been\ncompared to the class location change special permit criteria matrix.\n• The following falls in the probable acceptance column of the criteria matrix for:\no Class location change, pipe material, design stress, pipe girth welds, fusion\nbonded epoxy coating, test pressure, test failures, local geology, leaks and\nfailures, type of service, pressure fluctuations, safety related conditions, IM\nprogram, ILI time frame, ILI type, direct assessment, coating assessment, damage\nprevention program.\n• The following falls in the possible acceptance column of the criteria matrix for:\no Pipe manufactured in 1973 and cathodic protection.\n• The special permit segment falls in the required substantial justification column of the\ncriteria matrix for the enforcement history for the operating company, Kinder Morgan,\nInc.\nOperational Integrity Compliance:\nTo inform PHMSA’s decision about whether a special permit could provide a level of safety\ngreater than or equal to a pipe replacement or pressure reduction and is consistent with pipeline\nsafety, PHMSA reviewed this special permit request to understand the known type of integrity\nthreats that are in the special permit segment and special permit inspection area. This integrity\ninformation was used to consider special permit conditions to provide a systematic program to\nreview and remediate the pipeline for safety concerns. Additional operational integrity review\nand remediation requirements are required by this special permit to ensure that the operator has\nan ongoing program to locate and remediate safety threats. These threats to integrity and safety\nPHMSA-2023-0001 – Tennessee Pipeline Gas Company, LLC Special Permit Analysis and Findings\nPage 5 of 10\n\n<<<PAGE 6>>>\n\ninclude any issues with the pipe coating quality, cathodic protection effectiveness, operations\ndamage prevention program, pipe depth of soil cover, weld seam and girth weld integrity,\nanomalies in the pipe steel and welds, and material and structures either along or near the\npipeline that could cause the cathodic protection system to be ineffective. PHMSA has carefully\ndesigned a comprehensive set of conditions that TGP must implement to comply with this\nspecial permit.\nPast Enforcement History – January 1, 2012 through January 22, 2023:\nDuring January 1, 2012 through January 22, 2023, TGP was cited in 23 enforcement actions with a\ntotal of $232,600 in assessed civil penalties. PHMSA issued two (2) Corrective Action Order, six (6)\nNotice of Amendments, nine (9) Notice of Probable Violations, and six (6) Warning Letters to TGP.\nTables 4 and 5 below shows PHMSA’s enforcement actions and civil penalties for TGP:\nTable 4 - TGP Enforcement Matters from\nJanuary 1, 2012 through January 22, 2023\nNotice of\nStatus Corrective\nAction Order\nNotice of\nSafety\nWarning\nProbable\nTotal\nAmendment\nOrder\nLetter\nViolation\nCLOSED 1 6 9 0 6 22\nOPEN 1 0 0 0 0 1\nTotal 2 6 9 0 6 23\nTable 5 - TGP Enforcement Civil Penalty Status\nJanuary 1, 2011 through July 31, 2022\nProposed Awaiting Order Assessed Withdrawn/Reduced Collected\n$359,200 $232,600 $126,600 $232,600\nSummary of Enforcement Findings for TGP includes:\n• Atmospheric Corrosion Control: General and Monitoring; Construction: Compliance with\nStandards; Control Room Management: Alarm Management, Fatigue Mitigation, and Roles\nand Responsibilities; External Corrosion Control: Protective Coating and Test Stations;\nIntegrity Management: Continual Process Evaluation and Assessment and High\nConsequence Area Identification; Maintenance: Compressor Stations-Gas Detection,\nCompressor Stations-Storage of Combustible Materials, Leak Surveys, Permanent Field\nRepair of Damage, Pressure Limiting and Regulating Stations Inspection and Testing, Relief\nDevices, Patrolling, Record Keeping, and Valve Maintenance; OME Procedural Manual:\nPHMSA-2023-0001 – Tennessee Pipeline Gas Company, LLC Special Permit Analysis and Findings\nPage 6 of 10\n\n<<<PAGE 7>>>\n\nEmergency Plans, General, and Maintenance and Normal Operations; Operations: Continual\nSurveillance, Emergency Plans, General, and MAOP; Operator Qualification: Qualification\nProgram; Public Awareness: General; Reporting: Incident Reports, Construction, and\nPipeline Condition Report; Welding: Limitations on Welders and Procedures.\n• 49 CFR 191.15, 191.22, 191.27, 192.225, 192.229, 192.303, 192.461, 192.469, 192.479,\n192.481, 192.603, 192.605, 192.613, 192.615, 192.616, 192.619, 192.631, 192.705, 192.706,\n192.709, 192.713, 192.735, 192.736, 192.739, 192.743, 192.745, 192.805, 192.905, 192.921,\nand 192.937.\nTable 6 below shows PHMSA’s enforcement actions and civil penalties for TGP and the specific 49\nCFR Parts 191 and 192 violations:\nTable 6 - Summary of Enforcement Findings from TGP\nJanuary 1, 2012 through January 22, 2023\nNotice of Amendment\nConstruction 1 Control Room Management 3 OME Procedural Manual 2\nOperation and/or Maintenance 2 Reporting 2 Welding of Steel in Pipelines 1\nNotice of Amendment Total: 11\nNotice of Probable Violation\nControl Room Management 1 Corrosion Control 3 Integrity Management 3\nOME Procedural Manual 5 Operation and/or Maintenance 3 Operator Qualification 2\nPublic Awareness 1 Reporting 1 Welding of Steel in Pipelines 1\nNotice of Probable Violation Total: 20\nWarning Letter\nOME Procedural Manual 3 Operation and/or Maintenance 9 Operator Qualification 1\nReporting 1\nWarning Letter Total: 14\nGrand Total: 45\nSummary of Enforcement Findings for the Kinder Morgan Gas Pipelines Companies - CIG,\nEPNG, NGPL, SNG, Tejas, and TGP:\nFrom January 1, 2011, through January 22, 2023, Kinder Morgan, the operator of TGP, was cited in 64\nenforcement actions with a total of $979,900 in assessed civil penalties on its Colorado Interstate Gas\nCompany (CIG), El Paso Natural Gas Company (EPNG), Natural Gas Pipeline of America (NGPL),\nSouthern Natural Gas Company (SNG), Tejas Pipeline (Tejas), and Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company\n(TGP) pipeline systems. PHMSA issued seven (7) Corrective Action Orders, 15 Notice of\nAmendments, 20 Notices of Probable Violations, and 22 Warning Letters to Kinder Morgan.\nPHMSA-2023-0001 – Tennessee Pipeline Gas Company, LLC Special Permit Analysis and Findings\nPage 7 of 10\n\n<<<PAGE 8>>>\n\nTables 7 and 8 below show PHMSA’s enforcement actions and civil penalties for Kinder\nMorgan on these pipeline systems – CIG, EPNG, NGPL, SNG, Tejas, and TGP - with operator\nidentification numbers (OPID#) 2564, 4280, 13120, 18516, 4900, and 19160.\nTable 7 - Kinder Morgan Enforcement Matters from\nJanuary 1, 2012 through January 22, 2023\nNotice of\nStatus Corrective\nAction Order\nNotice of\nSafety\nProbable\nAmendment\nOrder\nWarning\nLetter Total\nViolation\nCLOSED 3 15 20 0 22 60\nOPEN 4 0 0 0 0 4\nTotal 7 15 20 0 22 64\nTable 8 - Kinder Morgan Enforcement Civil Penalty Status\nJanuary 1, 2012 through January 22, 2023\nProposed Awaiting Order Assessed Withdrawn/Reduced Collected\n$1,363,600 $0 $979,900 $383,700 $979,900\nThe type of 49 CFR Part 192 enforcement violations against Kinder Morgan on these six (6)\npipeline systems from January 1, 2012 through January 22, 2023 were as follows:\nSummary of Enforcement Findings for CIG, EPNG, NGPL, SNG, Tejas, and TGP\nincludes:\n• Atmospheric Corrosion Control: General and Monitoring; Construction: Compliance with\nStandards; Control Room Management: Alarm Management and Fatigue Mitigation;\nDesign: Supports and Anchors; External Corrosion Control: Cathodic Protection,\nExamination of Buried Pipe, Monitoring, and Test Stations; Gas Transportation:\nConversion of Service and Underground Natural Gas Storage; Internal Corrosion Control:\nInspection Internal Surface; Integrity Management: Addressing Integrity Issues, Continual\nIM Baseline Assessment, Continual Process of Evaluation and Assessment, High\nConsequence Area (HCA) Identification, HCAs – Integrity Actions, Preventative and\nMitigative Measures, and Threat Identification; Maintenance: Compressor Stations-Gas\nDetection, Compressor Stations-Inspection and Testing of Relief Devices, Compressor\nStations-Storage of Combustible Materials, Line Markers, Leak Surveys, Pressure Limiting\nand Regulating Stations Inspection and Testing, Relief Devices, Patrolling, Record Keeping,\nPHMSA-2023-0001 – Tennessee Pipeline Gas Company, LLC Special Permit Analysis and Findings\nPage 8 of 10\n\n<<<PAGE 9>>>\n\nand Valve Maintenance; OME Procedural Manual: General and Maintenance and Normal\nOperations; Operations and Maintenance: Overpressure safety devices and overfill\nprotection systems and Valve Maintenance; Operations: Change in Class Location,\nContinual Surveillance, Emergency Plans, General, MAOP, and Odorization of Gas;\nOperator Qualification: Qualification Program and Recordkeeping; Public Awareness:\nDevelop and Implement Public Awareness, Documentation available for Review, Follow\nAPI RP 1162, Justification for not following API RP 1162, Language Used, and Specifics\naddressing the Public; Reporting: Filing SRCR, Incident Reports, Immediate Reporting\nIncident, National Registry of Pipeline and LNG Operators, Offshore Pipeline Condition\nReport; Welding: Limitations on Welders and Procedures.\n• 49 CFR 191.3, 191.5, 191.15, 191.22, 191.23, 191.25, 191.27, 192.3, 192.12, 192.14,\n192.161, 192.201, 192.225, 192.227, 192.229, 192.303, 192.459, 192.461, 192.463,\n192.465, 192.469, 192.475, 192.479, 192.481, 192.603, 192.605, 192.611, 192.613,\n192.615, 192.616, 192.619, 192.625, 192.631, 192.705, 192.706, 192.707, 192.709,\n192.713, 192.731, 192.735, 192.736, 192.739, 192.743, 192.745, 192.805, 192.807,\n192.905, 192.917, 192.921, 192.933, 192.935, and 192.937.\nTable 9 below gives a complete summary of the findings and the specific 49 CFR Parts 191 and 192\nviolations:\nTable 9 - Summary of Enforcement Findings for\nCIG, EPNG, NGPL, SNG, Tejas, and TGP\nJanuary 1, 2012 through January 22, 2023\nNotice of Amendment\nConstruction 1 Control Room Management 4 Integrity Management 2\nOME Procedural Manual 6 Operation and/or Maintenance 2 Operator Qualification 3\nPublic Awareness 8 Reporting 3 Transportation of Gas 5\nWelding of Steel in Pipelines 1\nNotice of Amendment Total: 35\nNotice of Probable Violation\nCorrosion Control 6 Integrity Management 9 OME Procedural Manual 11\nOperation and/or Maintenance 14 Operator Qualification 8 Public Awareness 2\nReporting 4 Welding of Steel in Pipelines 2\nNotice of Probable Violation Total: 56\nWarning Letter\nCorrosion Control 13 Design 1 Integrity Management 1\nOME Procedural Manual 13 Operation and/or Maintenance 43 Operator Qualification 4\nPHMSA-2023-0001 – Tennessee Pipeline Gas Company, LLC Special Permit Analysis and Findings\nPage 9 of 10\n\n<<<PAGE 10>>>\n\nTable 9 - Summary of Enforcement Findings for\nCIG, EPNG, NGPL, SNG, Tejas, and TGP\nJanuary 1, 2012 through January 22, 2023\nPublic Awareness 4 Reporting 4 Transportation of Gas 1\nWarning Letter Total: 84\nGrand Total: 167\nFindings:\nBased on the information submitted by TGP and PHMSA’s analysis of the technical, operational,\nand safety issues, PHMSA finds that granting this special permit with conditions that requires\nTGP to operate the special permit segment on the 36-inch diameter 500-3 Pipeline located in\nDickson County, Tennessee at the current MAOP for a Class 1 to Class 3 location change\nsegment is not inconsistent with pipeline safety.\nPHMSA has designed the special permit conditions to effectively assess and remediate threats to\nthe special permit segment and special permit inspection area, including pressure testing,\nobtaining pipe material records, and conducting assessments to evaluate pipe girth welds that\nhave not been non-destructively tested, any pipe with missing material records, and SCC. To\nensure TGP properly implements the special permit conditions, TGP will be required to give\nPHMSA an annual review of their compliance with the special permit.\nPHMSA finds the issuance and full implementation of this special permit that waives the\nrequirements of 49 CFR 192.611(a) and (d) and 192.619(a) for a class location change to a Class\n3 location is not inconsistent with pipeline safety. This special permit requires TGP to\nimplement the special permit conditions that include safety requirements on the operations,\nmaintenance, and integrity management of the special permit segment and the special permit\ninspection area. TGP will be required to implement the special permit conditions along the\nspecial permit segment and special permit inspection area in pipeline segments that are not high\nconsequence areas and would not normally be required by 49 CFR Part 192 to be assessed on a\nperiodic interval for threats.\nCompleted in Washington DC on: July 31, 2023\nPrepared By: PHMSA – Engineering and Research Division\nPHMSA-2023-0001 – Tennessee Pipeline Gas Company, LLC Special Permit Analysis and Findings\nPage 10 of 10\n\n<<<PAGE 1>>>\n\nU.S. Department\nof Transportation\nPipeline and Hazardous\nMaterials Safety\nAdministration\n1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE\nWashington, DC 20590\nJuly 31, 2023\nKenneth W. Grubb\nChief Operating Officer\nKinder Morgan Natural Gas Division\n1001 Louisiana Street, Suite 1000\nHouston, Texas 77002\nRe: Docket No. PHMSA-2023-0001\nSpecial Permit from July 31, 2023 to July 31, 2033\nDear Mr. Grubb:\nOn December 29, 2022, pursuant to 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) § 190.341, Tennessee\nGas Pipeline Company, LLC (TGP)1 applied to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety\nAdministration (PHMSA) for a special permit. TGP requested a special permit to waive\ncompliance with 49 CFR §§ 192.611(a) and (d), and 192.619(a) for Class 1 to Class 3 location\nchanges on one (1) pipeline segment for approximately 1.266 miles of 36-inch diameter gas\ntransmission pipeline (Pipeline) located in Dickson County, Tennessee. A gas transmission\npipeline operator is required by 49 CFR § 192.611 to confirm or revise the maximum allowable\noperating pressure of a pipeline segment where the class location has changed as defined in 49\nCFR § 192.5.\nOn January 24, 2023, PHMSA published a Federal Register notice (88 FR 4290) announcing the\nspecial permit request. The special permit request letter, Final Environmental Assessment (FEA)\nand Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), Special Permit Analysis and Findings (SPAF),\nand all other pertinent documents for this special permit are available in Docket No. PHMSA-\n2023-0001 in the Federal Docket Management System located at www.regulations.gov.\n2\nSubject to the stated terms and conditions, PHMSA grants this special permit (enclosed) based\non the information provided by TGP and the findings set forth in the SPAF, FEA, and FONSI.\nThis special permit provides relief from certain provisions of the Federal pipeline safety\nregulations for the Pipeline and requires TGP to comply with conditions and limitations designed\n1 Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, LLC is owned by Kinder Morgan, Inc.\n2 https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=PHMSA-2023-0001.\n\n<<<PAGE 2>>>\n\nto maintain pipeline safety as defined in the special permit. In accordance with 49 CFR\n§ 190.341(j), PHMSA reserves the right to revoke, suspend, or modify this special permit if\ncircumstances occur in which its continuance would be inconsistent with pipeline safety. If TGP\nelects not to implement the special permit conditions, TGP must notify PHMSA within 60 days\nand comply with 49 CFR § 192.611 within 18 months of the date of this letter.\nMy staff would be pleased to discuss this special permit or any other regulatory matter with you.\nMary L. McDaniel, Acting Director of PHMSA Engineering and Research Division, may be\ncontacted at (713) 272-2847, on technical matters; and James Urisko, Director, Office of Pipeline\nSafety, Southern Region, may be contacted at (404) 832-1150, for operational matters specific to\nthis special permit.\nSincerely,\nAlan K. Mayberry\nAssociate Administrator for Pipeline Safety\nEnclosure: Special Permit – PHMSA-2023-0001\nSpecial Permit: PHMSA-2023-0001 – Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, LLC Letter of Decision – Class 1 to 3 Location\nPage 2 of 2","truncated":false,"body_characters":24950}