FISCAL YEAR 2005 USER FEE ASSESSMENT
FINAL
This notice announces that the Fiscal Year 2005 user fee assessments was mailed to Pipeline Operators on February 2, 2005.
The fees to be assessed for natural gas transmission, hazardous liquid and liquefied natural gas (LNG) are as indicated below:
Natural gas transmission pipelines: $145.34 per mile (based on 309,686 miles of pipeline).
Hazardous liquid pipelines: $73.30 per mile (based on 159,512 miles of pipeline).
LNG is based on the number of plants and total storage capacity of each plant:
Total Storage Capacity
BBLS |
Assessment/Plant |
| <10,000 |
= $1,250 |
| 10,000-100,000 |
= $2,500 |
| 100,000-250,000 |
= $3,750 |
| 250,000-500,000 |
= $5,000 |
| >500,000 |
= $7,500 |
Section 60301 of Title 49, United States Code, authorizes the assessment and collection of pipeline user fees to fund the pipeline safety activities conducted under 49 U.S.C. 60101 et seq. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) assesses each operator of regulated interstate and intrastate natural gas transmission pipelines (as defined in 49 CFR Part 192), and hazardous liquid pipelines carrying petroleum, petroleum products, anhydrous ammonia and carbon dioxide (as defined in 49 CFR Part 195) pay a share of the total Federal pipeline safety program costs in proportion to the number of miles of pipeline each operator has in service the end of calendar year 2003. Onshore gathering
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