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Pipeline Safety: Petition for Waiver; Alyeska Pipeline Service Company

Notice; petition for waiver.

Alyeska Pipeline Service Company (Alyeska) has petitioned the Research and Special Programs Administration's (RSPA) Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) for a waiver of the pipeline safety regulation that requires an operator to reduce the pressure of a pipeline to not more than 50 percent of the maximum operating pressure whenever the line pipe is moved.

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