Action
Notice of agency action.
Summary
On November 7, 2016, PHMSA published a notice and request for comments in the Federal Register, titled "Pipeline Safety: Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility User Fee" (November 2016 Notice), seeking comments from underground natural gas storage facility operators on a proposed PHMSA pipeline user-fee assessment and rate structure. PHMSA received nine comments in the docket. We are publishing this notice of agency action to address the comments received and to announce the rate structure PHMSA will implement in fiscal year (FY) 2017 if Congress appropriates FY 2017 funds for the Pipeline Safety Fund's Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility Safety Account.