Action
Notice of intent to consider waiver request.
Summary
Duke Energy Gas Transmission Company (DEGT) petitioned the Research and Special Programs Administration's Office of Pipeline Safety (RSPA/OPS) for waiver of compliance with 192.611 for locations changing from Class 1 to Class 2 along certain natural gas pipeline segments in Tennessee and Kentucky pursuant to its participation in the Risk Management Demonstration Program. In the absence of a waiver, 192.611 requires gas pipeline operators to confirm or revise the maximum allowable operating pressure of a pipeline after an increase in the population of an area along a pipeline's route results in a change to a higher class location. In lieu of compliance with 192.611, DEGT proposed to conduct a set of alternative risk control activities based on the principles and requirements of the Integrity Management Program on the entire length of the affected pipeline segments. RSPA/OPS is considering whether to grant a waiver and seeks public comment on the proposed waiver.