Action
Notice; Additional Comment Period on Texas Eastern Transmission Company's Request for a Special Permit; Availability of Draft Environmental Assessment.
Summary
PHMSA is providing an additional public comment period regarding a special permit request from Texas Eastern Transmission, L.P., for relief from 49 CFR 192.112 and 192.620. PHMSA had previously provided notice of its intent to consider the special permit request and an opportunity for public comment on April 23, 2009 (74 FR 4296). PHMSA is also providing notice of the availability of a Draft Environmental Assessment prepared in relation to this request for a special permit. Also, since the April 23, 2009 Federal Register notice, Texas Eastern Transmission, L.P., has modified its special permit request to reduce the length of its pipeline that would be subject to the request. The request and all pertinent information are available at http://www.Regulations.gov in Docket No. PHMSA-2008-0257. We invite the public and all concerned to review these documents and provide comments.