# Texas Railroad Commission — State Waiver

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- **citation:** PHMSA-2023-0060
- **title:** Texas Railroad Commission — State Waiver
- **source type:** permit
- **agency:** Texas Railroad Commission
- **status:** historical
- **official:** true
- **published on:** 2023-07-07
- **effective on:** 2023-07-07
- **summary:** Texas state waiver granted 2023-07-07 for (CFR) §§ 192.632 and 192.712(c) in place of using the remediation required in 49 CFR § 195.452(h)(4).
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PHMSA-2023-0060. State: Texas. Entity: Texas Railroad Commission. Regulation: (CFR) §§ 192.632 and 192.712(c) in place of using the remediation required in 49 CFR § 195.452(h)(4). Date granted: 2023-07-07.

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1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20590
U.S. Department
of Transportation
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety
Administration
July 7, 2023
Ms. Stephanie Weidman
Pipeline Safety Director
Railroad Commission of Texas
1701 North Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas 78711-2967
Re: Docket No. PHMSA-2023-0060
Railroad Commission of Texas – Docket – OS-23-00010813
Dear Ms. Weidman:
On June 14, 2023, pursuant to 49 United States Code (USC) § 60118(d), the Railroad
Commission of Texas (Commission) notified the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration (PHMSA) that it granted a waiver to INEOS Chocolate Bayou Pipeline, LLC
(INEOS). The waiver allows a dent on a hazardous liquid (HL) pipeline to be assessed using the
engineering critical assessment and dent evaluation criteria in 49 Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) §§ 192.632 and 192.712(c) in place of using the remediation required in 49 CFR
§ 195.452(h)(4).
The Commission issued the waiver (Oversight & Safety Docket – OS-23-00010813 – Hearing
Letter No. 3 – Final Order) to INEOS on June 14, 2023. The waiver applies to a single 4.2% dent
on the INS-TCCB-PYL-6-inch diameter, Pyrolysis Gasoline (Pygas)/Benzene Pipeline System
(Pipeline) located in a casing for a railway in Galveston County, Texas. The Pipeline is an
intrastate HL pipeline located in Brazoria and Galveston Counties, Texas.
Pursuant to 49 USC § 60118(d), PHMSA does not object to issuance of this waiver by the
Commission to INEOS Pipeline.
If you wish to discuss this or any other pipeline safety matter, please contact Mary McDaniel,
Acting Director of Engineering and Research Division, at 713-272-2847.
Sincerely,
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety
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