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ack ln Deeernber of 2014,! cl=R Rarls 190 — 199) are rueused on Even ass-unung Lhe eeonunues are
wrote a s-hurl sanre abaul a lhe deslgu, eunslruenon, Dpczatlon eurreel, rny larggesl eemplalnl rs Lhat ll
proposed new regulatmn: 49 and nlarnlenanee of prpellnes. ll rs all wlll be lrlerally years, ll not deearles,
CFR §190 1(:). l rarled about about lhe prpe 7 not neeessanly lhe befum all llus ls lranslaled Into
lhl: dclay |n two rna,or rulernalelngs personal ~afnty of prpellne eurnpany regulanons lhal are undunlond by Lhs
7 lhe Lrquld Mega Rule and lhe Gas employees, pcrwnal s-arery prpehne regulalors and prpelrne upcmlozs.
Mega Rule. well, lhe Llquld Mega Rule eampany cnn|racloI>, or personal salery wk d _ h I
finally hll Lhc Fcdnml Register (FR) of anyone else who may happen lo be “‘ °°“ “ ’“°““ ‘° WP“ ‘“°
— salelyv ln my oprnlun, li a rcgulatlon
as a Nolree of Rruposeel Rulemaklng near a prpelrne or a prpelrne fanllty. Al I I d Lh f ‘
(NPRM) oeluber 13, 2015. The lhe Ink oibclng repenhve - rz what ls “ "°f°"‘Pb’;‘ ‘?t“d ‘°_ °’l°d"“ M
eurrenlly pmyutlcd dale of publlcatmn rn Lhc prpe s-lays |n tlm prpe, no one wrll ““““ °::°“  ' _°:“;° " ‘““‘ °
of the nnal rule ls Deeernber 20, 2015. l gel hurl and no one wrll gel klllnd. P‘°"“’ "‘P° ‘"9 ”“ “—
wrll beheve It when l see It. The NPRM The good news ls lhal PHMSA has- a
for the Gas Mega Rule was pubhshed 71" “'5 d°"' '*‘ d‘“‘' ‘‘’“l‘ ”‘° C“ mg“ reasouabl r ood reeurd wuh res- eel
Rule our governmenl (PHMSA and/ ’ 5 P
Apnl 8, 2016 and (lit publre mmmnnt ' to res- ondln to eornmenls re azdln
er OST and/or OMB) has In s-ed P 3 3 5
penod elos-erl July 7, 2015. ‘D like the mmplmty Df’O‘;m';f;’ng a proposed rules.
so whal rs Lhc lug dual’ plpelrne lo an ennrely new level. ll The bad news rs that u rnay lake years
  
not Lhal much of a deal. The NPRM 3 P ’ ’ _ _ ‘ "’“$ ‘ * W3" ° “°‘“"““"
_ _ _ plpelrne operalors mu~t be able to pass and eorne up wrlh new rules lhal are
was less lhan 40 pages rn Lhc Federal
lhe eesl of eurnplyrng nulh lhe prpehne undcxslandablc and whose bener-us
R°5”‘°’> 1"“ °"“ 1”" “""‘"“““' “"”“ salely regulalrons on to Lhe eusnamers cxcccd lherr rc1l eos-l
submrlled some tlung~ wlll ehange A [h V I ‘ V b _ W U ‘ * *
lul ul what was onglnally pmposed wlll ‘*2 Y S!  ‘“ “""°’” “ “ l have sald lhrs befum, In lhe wards
be aeldressed laler, rl al all. All rn all, a P ’ 3 olwrll Rogers, ”Bc thankful we'n:
fairly mutlnl: rulernalung. l have read every angle ward of lhe nut gelnng all lhe guvemrnenl we'm
The ca. Mega nae  an entlmly §'§;§ff§j“““;:’d"§§f'::‘:"fc:t:;“ W-us W I
dlffcmnl anrmal The NPRM was Wm and fife Nd That mm‘ mm of
“l"“’‘‘ 14“ "“3“’ °f fi"“ Pm‘ ‘“ ‘1‘“ lh S: I ‘ y /elm remnl/mm PHMSA and IS eumml
Federal Regrsler over 400 publlc ,, “ “‘T“"°'“$" ‘ "'°’ '" my °p""""’ ‘ y
aver lhl: lop rn lerrns- al easl versus Vite Prrsldcvll |7fP1flPhIIA' S_l/slcm Camplk
eomrnenls were sulamuled one seurre .
benem. ante and Openlfllms snmlees/or cz Park
“"35"” 'h”“ ‘'‘'“° W" “J00 W3“ ms LLC mall /nhn/l1mbl(vlJg2—ls mm
of rornrnenls. My guess rs lhal lhe spealong of eusls, ln lheory, every new ' ‘ ’
number of pages rs probably eluser ID regulanon rnusr "pay" lor uselr |n lhe
5,000 and lhere would have been more sense that that Lhe es-nrnalerl value ul
bul for lhl: fact lhal them was only one lhe benehls rnusl cxcccd lhe eslrmaled
so day nxlsnuon to the publrr eomrnenl addllion rosl Jusl Lhc Regulalory 1 y 2 9 3 5 3 7
penod Impa:lAnr1ly.sl.~ (RIA) for lhe cas Mega .
Rule rs alrnosl slnu pages |n lenglh 5 2 3 1 7 9 5 4
N" °“° ’ “‘ 1”" "° °"‘ ' k“°“' °f’ (I eonles-s. l have not read lhe RIA flflflflfl
has ever s-uggeslerl Lhal u rs easy la ’ ‘
— ward-fur-ward — hul lhe seelrens l have 2 nun-M
operale a prpelrne or to regulare the d h PHMS h I n 1
« r In Adm-«mane  °“““°“ “‘ ‘‘ 5'“ == annu
°P““ ‘°“ ° “ WP“ ' 3 unelereslunaled lhe ens: of eornplyrng A B
lhe ovcmll gaal rs prelry s-rmple ll = a
wlth lhe proposed ehanges anrl many al — 1 2 7 4 3
what ls rn Lhc prpe slays ln tlm prpe, o 9
_ . oi the eornmenls [have read suggest -r: 7 2 6 3 5 9
lhe llkcllhood that anyone gels rnyurerl :
lhe same lack of appreeralron of lhe s
or lulled rs alrnosl zern Remember, CM of mm Wm Wm‘ Dvcmmcm a 3 7 2 5 1
-hrP-wesawegum-»n~<49 aga.a..aas?e,a*‘,a.asa nnna
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