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[FR Doc. 05–5186 Filed 3–15–05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–81–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket: RSPA–98–4957]
Request for Public Comments and
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) Approval of an Existing
Information Collection (2137–0049)
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA) Department of Transportation
(DOT).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: A person owning or operating
a pipeline facility is required to
maintain records, make reports, and
provide information to the Secretary of
Transportation at the Secretary’s
request. The Secretary, through PHMSA,
uses this information to decide whether
the owner or operator is complying with
the Pipeline Safety Law (49 U.S.C.).
This notice is published (pursuant to
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995)
to measure the need for paperwork
collection from gas pipeline operators,
to find ways to minimize the burden on
these operators, to find ways to enhance
the quality of information collected, and
to verify the accuracy of PHMSA’s
estimate of the burden (measured in
work hours) on private entities. This
notice also seeks approval from OMB to
renew the existing approval of this
paperwork collection.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by May 16, 2005 to be assured
of consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written
comments to the docket by any of the
following methods:
• Mail: Dockets Facility, U.S.
Department of Transportation, Room
PL–401, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
20590–0001. Anyone wanting
confirmation of mailed comments must
include a self-addressed stamped
postcard.
• Hand delivery or courier: Room PL–
401, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC. The Dockets Facility is
open from 10 am to 5 pm, Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
• Web site: Go to https://dms.dot.gov,
click on ‘‘Comments/Submissions’’ and
follow instructions at the site.
All written comments should identify
the docket number and notice number
stated in the heading of this notice.
Docket access. For copies of this
notice or other material in the docket,
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you may contact the Dockets Facility by
phone (202–366–9329) or visit the
facility at the above street address. For
Web access to the dockets to read and
download filed material, go to https://
dms.dot.gov/search. Then type in the
last four digits of the docket number
shown in the heading of this notice, and
click on ‘‘Search.’’
Anyone can search the electronic
form of all comments filed in any of our
dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the
comment, if submitted for an
association, business, labor union, etc.).
You may review DOT’s complete
Privacy Act Statement in the April 11,
2000 issue of the Federal Register (65
FR 19477) or go to https://dms.dot.gov.
Interested persons are invited to send
comments regarding the burden
estimated or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including any
of the following subjects: (1) The
necessity and utility of the proposed
information collection for the proper
performance of the agency’s functions;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection
burden.
information and also ensure that gas
pipelines are operated in a safe manner.
As used in this notice, ‘information
collection’ and ‘paperwork collection’
are synonymous, and include all work
related to preparing and disseminating
information related to this
recordkeeping requirement including
completing paperwork, gathering
information and conducting telephone
calls.
Type of Information Collection
Request: Renewal of Existing Collection.
Title of Information Collection:
Recordkeeping for Gas Pipeline
Operators.
OMB Approval Number: 2137–0049.
Frequency: Annually, and as needed.
Use: This collection is used by
PHMSA to ensure its statutory mandates
for gas pipeline safety.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
22,300.
Respondents: Gas pipeline operators.
Total Annual Hours Requested:
940,991.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 7,
2005.
Theodore L. Willke,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Pipeline
Safety.
[FR Doc. 05–5190 Filed 3–15–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Florence Hamn, Office of Pipeline
Safety, PHMSA, DOT, 400 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590
(202) 366–3015 or by e-mail at
Florence.Hamn@dot.gov.
The
Pipeline Safety Law (49 U.S.C. Chapter
601) grants the Secretary of
Transportation the authority to
prescribe minimum safety standards for
pipeline transportation and for pipeline
facilities. To enable the Secretary to
decide whether a person owning or
operating a pipeline facility is
complying with this chapter and
standards prescribed or orders issued
under this chapter, the person is
required to (i) maintain records, make
reports, and provide information the
Secretary requires; and (ii) make the
records, reports, and information
available when the Secretary requests.
These records help ascertain
compliance and provide information for
incident investigation. PHMSA is
requesting comments from gas pipeline
operators regarding the burden
associated with providing
recordkeeping requirements. The
feedback from this request will assist
PHMSA in assessing how it collects this
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket: RSPA–01–8663]
Request for Public Comments and
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) Approval of an Existing
Information Collection (2137–0047)
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), Department of Transportation
(DOT).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice seeks public
comment on the need for PHMSA to
collect paperwork information from
hazardous liquid pipeline operators.
The mission of PHMSA is to ensure the
safe, reliable, and environmentally
sound operation of the nation’s
approximately 154,000 miles of
hazardous liquid pipelines. The
requested paperwork will ensure that
PHMSA can identify any trends in
hazardous liquid pipeline safety and
share it with the stakeholders for
effective inspection programs,
minimizing incidents. This notice is
published (pursuant to the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995) to measure the
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need for the paperwork collection from
the hazardous liquid pipeline operators,
to find ways to minimize the burden on
operators, to find ways to enhance the
quality of the collected information, and
to verify the accuracy of PHMSA’s
estimate of the burden (measured in
work hours) on private entities. This
notice also seeks to renew the existing
approval from OMB for this paperwork
collection.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by May 16, 2005 to be assured
of consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written
comments to the docket by any of the
following methods:
• Mail: Dockets Facility, U.S.
Department of Transportation, Room
PL–401, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
20590–0001. Anyone wanting
confirmation of mailed comments must
include a self-addressed stamped
postcard.
• Hand delivery or courier: Room PL–
401, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC. The Dockets Facility is
open from 10 am to 5 pm, Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
• Web site: Go to https://dms.dot.gov,
click on ‘‘Comments/Submissions’’ and
follow instructions at the site.
All written comments should identify
the docket number and notice number
stated in the heading of this notice.
Docket access. For copies of this
notice or other material in the docket,
you may contact the Dockets Facility by
phone (202–366–9329) or visit the
facility at the above street address. For
Web access to the dockets to read and
download filed material, go to https://
dms.dot.gov/search. Then type in the
last four digits of the docket number
shown in the heading of this notice, and
click on ‘‘Search.’’
Anyone can search the electronic
form of all comments filed in any of our
dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the
comment, if submitted for an
association, business, labor union, etc.).
You may review DOT’s complete
Privacy Act Statement in the April 11,
2000 issue of the Federal Register (65
FR 19477) or go to <https://dms.dot.gov>.
Interested persons are invited to send
comments regarding the burden
estimated or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including any
of the following subjects: (1) The
necessity and utility of the proposed
information collection for the proper
performance of the agency’s functions;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) the use of
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automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to
minimize the information collection
burden.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Roger Little, Office of Pipeline Safety,
PHMSA, DOT, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20590 (202) 366–4569
or by e-mail at Roger.Little@ops.dot.gov
Pursuant
to the Pipeline Safety Law (49 U.S.C.
Chapter 601), PHMSA shares
responsibility for inspecting and
overseeing the nation’s pipelines with
State pipeline safety offices. Regulations
for enforcing this legislation are found
in 49 CFR Part 195, ‘‘Transportation of
Hazardous Liquids by Pipeline.’’ These
regulations include recordkeeping
requirements for hazardous liquid
pipeline operators to submit accident
reports. Both Federal and State
regulators depend on accident reports to
manage inspection programs and to
identify trends in hazardous liquid
pipeline safety. The importance of
accident data and data quality are
repeatedly emphasized by Congress, the
National Transportation Safety Board,
and DOT’s Office of Inspector General.
The current OMB approval for accident
reporting and recordkeeping
requirements for hazardous liquid
pipeline operators is scheduled to
expire on April 30, 2005. PHMSA
would like to continue to collect vital
information on accidents on these
hazardous liquid pipelines to fulfill its
statutory mandates.
As used in this notice, ‘information
collection’ and ‘paperwork collection’
are synonymous, and include all work
related to preparing and disseminating
information related to this
recordkeeping requirement including
completing paperwork, gathering
information and conducting telephone
calls.
Type of Information Collection
Request: Renewal of Existing Collection.
Title of Information Collection:
Certification and Agreement Forms for
the Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline
Safety Program.
OMB Approval Number: 2137–0047.
Frequency: Annually, and as needed.
Use: This collection is used by
PHMSA to ensure its statutory mandates
for hazardous liquid pipeline safety.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
200.
Respondents: Hazardous liquid
pipeline operators.
Total Annual Hours Requested:
51,011.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Issued in Washington, DC, on March 7,
2005.
Theodore L. Willke,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Pipeline
Safety.
[FR Doc. 05–5191 Filed 3–15–05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–60–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket: RSPA–00–7408]
Request for Public Comments and
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) Approval of an Existing
Information Collection (2137–0605)
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), Department of Transportation
(DOT).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice seeks public
comment on the need for PHMSA to
collect paperwork information on
pipeline integrity management in high
consequence areas from hazardous
liquid pipeline operators with less than
500 miles of pipelines. This information
collection requires operators to provide
direct integrity testing and evaluation of
pipelines in high consequence areas.
This notice is published (pursuant to
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995)
to measure the need for the paperwork
collection, to find ways to minimize the
burden on these operators that must
respond, to find ways to enhance the
quality of information collected, and to
verify the accuracy of the PHMSA’s
estimate of the burden (measured in
work hours) on private entities. This
notice also seeks approval from OMB to
renew the existing approval of this
paperwork collection.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by May 16, 2005 to be assured
of consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written
comments to the docket by any of the
following methods:
• Mail: Dockets Facility, U.S.
Department of Transportation, Room
PL–401, 400 Seventh Street, SW, 20590–
0001. Anyone wanting confirmation of
mailed comments must include a selfaddressed stamped postcard.
• Hand delivery or courier: Room PL–
401, 400 Seventh Street, SW,
Washington, DC. The Dockets Facility is
open from 10 am to 5 pm, Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
• Web site: Go to https://dms.dot.gov,
click on ‘‘Comments/Submissions’’ and
follow instructions at the site.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket: RSPA-01-8663]
Request for Public Comments and Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) Approval of an Existing Information Collection (2137-0047)
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice seeks public comment on the need for PHMSA to
collect paperwork information from hazardous liquid pipeline operators.
The mission of PHMSA is to ensure the safe, reliable, and
environmentally sound operation of the nation's approximately 154,000
miles of hazardous liquid pipelines. The requested paperwork will
ensure that PHMSA can identify any trends in hazardous liquid pipeline
safety and share it with the stakeholders for effective inspection
programs, minimizing incidents. This notice is published (pursuant to
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995) to measure the
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need for the paperwork collection from the hazardous liquid pipeline
operators, to find ways to minimize the burden on operators, to find
ways to enhance the quality of the collected information, and to verify
the accuracy of PHMSA's estimate of the burden (measured in work hours)
on private entities. This notice also seeks to renew the existing
approval from OMB for this paperwork collection.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by May 16, 2005 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written comments to the docket by any of the
following methods:
Mail: Dockets Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation,
Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 20590-0001. Anyone wanting
confirmation of mailed comments must include a self-addressed stamped
postcard.
Hand delivery or courier: Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street,
SW., Washington, DC. The Dockets Facility is open from 10 am to 5 pm,
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Web site: Go to https://dms.dot.gov, click on ``Comments/
Submissions'' and follow instructions at the site.
All written comments should identify the docket number and notice
number stated in the heading of this notice.
Docket access. For copies of this notice or other material in the
docket, you may contact the Dockets Facility by phone (202-366-9329) or
visit the facility at the above street address. For Web access to the
dockets to read and download filed material, go to https://dms.dot.gov/
search. Then type in the last four digits of the docket number shown in
the heading of this notice, and click on ``Search.''
Anyone can search the electronic form of all comments filed in any
of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or
signing the comment, if submitted for an association, business, labor
union, etc.). You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in
the April 11, 2000 issue of the Federal Register (65 FR 19477) or go to
<https://dms.dot.gov.
Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding the
burden estimated or any other aspect of this collection of information,
including any of the following subjects: (1) The necessity and utility
of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of
the agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology to minimize the information
collection burden.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roger Little, Office of Pipeline
Safety, PHMSA, DOT, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590 (202)
366-4569 or by e-mail at Roger.Little@ops.dot.gov
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Pipeline Safety Law (49
U.S.C. Chapter 601), PHMSA shares responsibility for inspecting and
overseeing the nation's pipelines with State pipeline safety offices.
Regulations for enforcing this legislation are found in 49 CFR Part
195, ``Transportation of Hazardous Liquids by Pipeline.'' These
regulations include recordkeeping requirements for hazardous liquid
pipeline operators to submit accident reports. Both Federal and State
regulators depend on accident reports to manage inspection programs and
to identify trends in hazardous liquid pipeline safety. The importance
of accident data and data quality are repeatedly emphasized by
Congress, the National Transportation Safety Board, and DOT's Office of
Inspector General. The current OMB approval for accident reporting and
recordkeeping requirements for hazardous liquid pipeline operators is
scheduled to expire on April 30, 2005. PHMSA would like to continue to
collect vital information on accidents on these hazardous liquid
pipelines to fulfill its statutory mandates.
As used in this notice, `information collection' and `paperwork
collection' are synonymous, and include all work related to preparing
and disseminating information related to this recordkeeping requirement
including completing paperwork, gathering information and conducting
telephone calls.
Type of Information Collection Request: Renewal of Existing
Collection.
Title of Information Collection: Certification and Agreement Forms
for the Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Program.
OMB Approval Number: 2137-0047.
Frequency: Annually, and as needed.
Use: This collection is used by PHMSA to ensure its statutory
mandates for hazardous liquid pipeline safety.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 200.
Respondents: Hazardous liquid pipeline operators.
Total Annual Hours Requested: 51,011.
Issued in Washington, DC, on March 7, 2005.
Theodore L. Willke,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 05-5191 Filed 3-15-05; 8:45 am]
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