# 2026-02476: Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit

2026-02476, Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit, is a Federal Register notice from Transportation Department, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration published 2026-02-09, effective Submit any comments regarding this special permit request by March 11, 2026. (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-02476
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-02476
- Title: Pipeline Safety: Request for Special Permit
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Transportation Department; Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- Citation: 91 FR 5803
- Published: 2026-02-09
- Effective: Submit any comments regarding this special permit request by March 11, 2026.
- Comments close: 2026-03-11
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## Summary

Rockies Express Pipeline wants a special permit to skip some pipeline safety rules and replace two old waivers. PHMSA is asking the public to share their thoughts by March 11, 2026, before deciding. This affects pipeline safety rules and could change how Rockies Express operates, but no new costs or deadlines beyond the comment period are mentioned.

## Abstract

PHMSA is publishing this notice to solicit public comments on a request for special permit received from Rockies Express Pipeline, LLC (REX). The special permit request is seeking relief from compliance with certain requirements in the Federal pipeline safety regulations and to supersede and replace two existing waivers, Docket No. 2006- 23998 and Docket No. 2022-0044. At the conclusion of the 30-day comment period, PHMSA will review the comments received from this notice as part of its evaluation to grant or deny the special permit request.

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

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## Sources
- [2026-02476 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/09/2026-02476/pipeline-safety-request-for-special-permit)
- [2026-02476 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-09/pdf/2026-02476.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-02476 (as of 2026-06-08).