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- Jun 25, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
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- Jun 25, 203690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
PHMSA Grants Sable a 10-Year Special Permit for the Las Flores Pipelines
- On 25 June 2026 the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration granted Sable Offshore a special permit for Lines CA-324 and CA-325 of the Santa Ynez Pipeline System, effective until 25 June 2036[1][5]
- It waives the rule that operators repair certain longitudinal seam weld corrosion within 180 days of finding it, a risk heightened because the pipes' foam insulation shields them from cathodic protection[1]
- In return Sable must run wall-thickness in-line inspection tools every 6 months (never more than 9) for the first two years and at least yearly after that, run crack-detection tools yearly, and meet repair criteria stricter than federal rules[1]
- PHMSA says the conditions meet the 2020 Refugio consent decree's option for a special permit, and mirror its 23 December 2025 emergency permit and the State Fire Marshal's December 2024 waivers[1]
- Sable applied on 22 January 2026; the emergency permit had expired on 21 February, and PHMSA then asked the Ninth Circuit to dismiss the challenges to it as moot[2][5]
- The Independent reports PHMSA has also proposed scrapping the 180-day 'tool tolerance' rule for all operators[4]
- California's Attorney General challenged the permit in the Ninth Circuit on 20 July 2026[3][4]
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- [1]90%downloads.regulations.gov/PHMSA-2026-0464-0076/attachment_1.pdfdownloads.regulations.gov· Posted Sep 28, 2026· Starts Jun 25, 2026 ✓· Ends Jun 25, 2036 ✓· 25% of score
PHMSA special permit PHMSA-2026-0464: 'Original Issuance Date: June 25, 2026'; 'Effective Dates: June 25, 2026, to June 25, 2036' - a permit in force, so it ends at the exclusive boundary after 25 June 2036.
- [2]84%Sable Offshore Corp. Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2026sec.gov· Published Aug 10, 2026· 20% of score
Sable notes the emergency special permit expired on 21 February 2026, that it kept to its conditions meanwhile, and that PHMSA issued a ten-year Special Permit on 25 June 2026; PHMSA then moved to dismiss the Ninth Circuit challenges to the emergency permit as moot.[1]
- [3]80%Attorney General Challenges Legality of Trump Administration's Special Permit for Sable | News Channel 3-12keyt.com· Published Jul 21, 2026· 19% of score
KEYT quotes the AG's Ninth Circuit petition, filed Monday, challenging 'PHMSA's June 25, 2026 order granting a Special Permit' in docket PHMSA-2026-0464 together with the Analysis and Findings, Jurisdictional Determination and FONSI issued the same day.
- [4]80%California Attorney General Sues Feds Over Sable Offshore Yet Again | Santa Barbara Independentindependent.com· Published Jul 20, 2026· 19% of score
The Independent says PHMSA issued Sable the special permit on 25 June, waiving the 'tool tolerance' rule that seam weld corrosion be repaired within 180 days, and that PHMSA has since proposed removing the rule for all operators; AG Rob Bonta filed a new challenge.
- [5]92%PHMSA Letter of Decision to Sable Offshore Corp. PPC, Docket No. PHMSA-2026-0464 (June 25, 2026)downloads.regulations.gov· Published Jun 25, 2026· 17% of score
Administrator Paul Roberti's letter of 25 June 2026 grants Sable's 22 January 2026 request and issues the special permit waiving 49 CFR 195.452(h)(4)(iii)(H) for CA-324 and CA-325 in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Kern counties, subject to more frequent in-line inspections and stricter anomaly repair criteria.[1]
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