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Respondents: Approximately 800
respondents for survey 1 and 600
respondents for survey 2.
Frequency: One time.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 30 minutes per survey.
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
Approximate one time burden of 700
hours.
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Issued on: April 17, 2007.
James R. Kabel,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis
Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA–2007–27950]
Notice of Request for Extension of
Currently Approved Information
Collection
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The FHWA has forwarded the
information collection request described
in this notice to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
renew an information collection. We
published a Federal Register Notice
with a 60-day public comment period
on this information collection on
February 13, 2007. We are required to
publish this notice in the Federal
Register by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by May
21, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments,
within 30 days, to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, 725
17th Street, NW., Washington, DC,
20503, Attention DOT Desk Officer. You
are asked to comment on any aspect of
this information collection, including:
(1) Whether the proposed collection is
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necessary for the FHWA’s performance;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
burden; (3) ways for the FHWA to
enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the collected information; and
(4) ways that the burden could be
minimized, including the use of
electronic technology, without reducing
the quality of the collected information.
All comments should include the
Docket Number FHWA–2007–27950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob
Bini, 202–366–6799, or Cynthia Hatley,
202–493–0426, Office of Federal Lands
Highway, Federal Highway
Administration, Department of
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street,
SW., Washington, DC, 20590. Office
hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Federal Lands Highway
Program.
OMB Control #: 2125–0598.
Background: Title 23 U.S.C. 204
requires the Secretary of Transportation
and the Secretary of each appropriate
Federal land management agency to
develop, to the extent appropriate,
safety, bridge, pavement, and congestion
management systems for roads funded
under the Federal Lands Highway
Program (FLHP). A management system
is a process for collecting, organizing,
and analyzing data to provide a strategic
approach to transportation planning,
program development, and project
selection. Its purposes are to improve
transportation system performance and
safety, and to develop alternative
strategies for enhancing mobility of
people and goods. This data collection
clearance addresses the management
systems for the National Park Service
(NPS) and the Park Roads and Parkways
(PRP) Program; Bureau of Indian Affairs
(BIA) and the Indian Reservation Roads
(IRR) Program; Fish and Wildlife
Service (FWS) and the Refuge Roads
(RR) Program; and Forest Service (FS)
and the Forest Highway (FH) Program.
Outputs from the management
systems are important tools for the
development of transportation plans
and transportation improvement
programs, and in making project
selection decisions consistent with 23
U.S.C. 204. Further, management system
outputs also provide important
information to the FHWA for their
stewardship and oversight roles for the
Park Roads and Parkways, Indian
Reservation Roads, Refuge Roads, and
Forest Highway Programs. The data
collection required to implement these
management systems supports the DOT
Strategic Objectives of Safety, Mobility,
Environmental Stewardship, and
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Organizational Excellence. The
proposed data collection also directly
supports the FHWA’s Vital Few
Initiative of Safety, Congestion
Mitigation, and Environmental
Stewardship and Streamlining that
represent the three most important
strategic planning and performance
goals for the agency.
The National Park Service, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Fish and Wildlife
Service, and Forest Service are
continuing to implement the required
management systems and the associated
information collections. Completion of
this phase-in of the management
systems is expected to occur during the
time period covered by this information
collection, and the average annual
burden estimates are based on expected
increases in the overall burden over that
time period. The management systems
vary in complexity among the four
agencies and reflect differences in the
characteristics of the transportation
systems involved such as size,
ownership, and eligibility for inclusion
in the program. These variations result
in differences among the agencies in the
expected number of respondents to the
information collection, and in the
anticipated time necessary to respond to
the information collection.
Typical information that might be
collected for the management systems
includes:
• Traffic information including
volumes, speeds, and vehicle
classification;
• Pavement features such as number
of lanes, length, width, surface type,
functional classification, and shoulder
information; and pavement condition
information such as roughness, distress,
rutting, and surface friction;
• Bridge features such as deck width,
under/over-clearance, details of
structural elements such as girders,
joints, railings, bearings, abutments, and
piers; and information on the condition
of the bridge elements sufficient to
describe the nature, extent, and severity
of deterioration;
• Safety information such as crash
records, crash rates, and an inventory of
safety appurtenances such as signs and
guardrails; or
• Congestion measures such as
roadway level of service or travel delay.
Respondents to the information
collection might be collecting and
submitting information in one or more
of these categories for the portion of
their transportation system that is
covered under the FLHP. For example,
this might include the collection and
submission of information for State or
county-owned roads that are Forest
Highways, or Indian Reservation Roads
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owned by Indian Tribal Governments.
Typically, the respondents would
collect information each year for the
portion of their system. Burden
estimates have been developed using
this assumption combined with an
estimate of the time needed to collect
and provide the information.
Respondents: The estimated average
annual number of respondents for the
management systems for each of the
agencies addressed by this information
collection is: The NPS management
systems consist of 75 respondents. The
breakdown is 35 States and 40
Metropolitan Planning Organizations
(MPOs), regional transportation
planning agencies, counties, local or
tribal governments.
The BIA management system consists
of 85 respondents. The breakdown is 35
States and 50 MPOs, regional
transportation planning agencies,
counties, local or tribal governments.
The FWS management system consists
of 75 respondents. The breakdown is 35
States and 40 MPOs, regional
transportation planning agencies,
counties, local or tribal governments.
The FS management system consists of
85 respondents. The breakdown is 35
States and 50 MPOs, regional
transportation planning agencies,
counties, local or tribal governments.
Frequency: Annual.
Estimated Average Annual Burden
per Response:
NPS management systems—
Approximately 40 hours per
respondent.
BIA management systems—
Approximately 60 hours per
respondent.
FWS management systems—
Approximately 20 hours per
respondent.
FS management systems—
Approximately 60 hours per
respondent.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: Total estimated average annual
burden is 14,700 hours.
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Issued on: April 17, 2007.
James R. Kabel,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis
Division.
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Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
Note: PHMSA posts all comments without
changes or edits to https://dms.dot.gov,
including any personal information
provided.
[Docket No. PHMSA–97–3001]
Privacy Act
Pipeline Safety: Notice of Availability
of a Study on Burial of Submerged
Pipelines
Anyone can search the electronic
form for comments received in response
to any of our dockets by the name of the
individual submitting the comment (or
signing the comment, if submitted on
behalf of an association, business, labor
union, etc.). DOT’s complete Privacy
Act Statement is published in the
Federal Register on April 11, 2000 (65
FR 19477), and on the Web at https://
dms.dot.gov.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), Department of Transportation
(DOT).
ACTION: Notice of availability of study
and request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
availability of PHMSA’s study titled
‘‘Burial of Submerged Pipelines’’, which
addresses the hazards to navigation
from offshore submerged pipelines.
PHMSA requests comments on the
study to assist in evaluating the need for
further analysis due to anticipated
changes in the offshore environment.
DATES: Comments must be submitted by
May 21, 2007.
ADDRESSES: The study is located in
docket number PHMSA–97–3001. To
submit comments, reference the docket
number and use one of the following:
• DOT Web site: https://dms.dot.gov.
To submit comments on the DOT
electronic docket site, click ‘‘Comment/
Submissions,’’ click ‘‘Continue,’’ fill in
the requested information, click
‘‘Continue,’’ enter your comment, then
click ‘‘Submit.’’
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Management System:
U.S. Department of Transportation, 400
Seventh Street, SW, Nassif Building,
Room PL–401, Washington, DC 20590–
0001.
• Hand Delivery: DOT Docket
Management System; Room PL–401 on
the plaza level of the Nassif Building,
400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington,
DC between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
• E-Gov Web site: https://
www.Regulations.gov. This site allows
the public to enter comments on any
Federal Register notice issued by any
agency.
Instructions: Identify the docket
number, PHMSA–97–3001, at the
beginning of your comments. If you mail
your comments, send two copies. If you
wish to receive confirmation that
PHMSA received your comments,
include a self-addressed stamped
postcard. Online submit comments at
https://www.regulations.gov, and may
access all comments received by DOT at
https://dms.dot.gov by performing a
simple search for the docket number.
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Joy
Kadnar at (202) 366–0568, or by e-mail
at joy.kadnar@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Background
In July 1987, a fishing vessel struck
and ruptured an eight-inch natural gas
liquid pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico.
The resulting explosion killed two
crewmembers. In October 1989, a
similar accident occurred in the Gulf of
Mexico when a vessel struck a 16-inch
gas pipeline. The resulting fire caused
11 fatalities.
The National Transportation Safety
Board (NTSB) investigated these
incidents and in 1990 issued safety
recommendation number PS–90–29 to
PHMSA, in 1990. The NTSB
recommended PHMSA ‘‘develop and
implement effective methods and
requirements to bury, protect, and
inspect the burial depth of, and
maintain, all submerged pipelines in
areas subject to damage by surface
vessels and their operations.’’
PHMSA took immediate actions in
response to this recommendation. In
April 1990, PHMSA issued an Alert
Notice to warn pipeline operators and
the commercial fishing industry about
the dangers of submerged pipelines.
After completing extensive research,
PHMSA developed a risk management
profile for submerged pipelines.
PHMSA also issued regulations
requiring operators to develop and
follow a procedure to identify and
conduct periodic inspections of
submerged pipelines in the Gulf of
Mexico that pose a hazard to navigation
(69 FR 48400; August 17, 2004).
The NTSB expressed concern that the
2004 final rule did not address offshore
submerged pipelines outside the Gulf of
Mexico, and requested that PHMSA
further study these submerged
pipelines. PHMSA recently completed
the study to address the NTSB’s
concern. The study found that since
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA-2007-27950]
Notice of Request for Extension of Currently Approved Information
Collection
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The FHWA has forwarded the information collection request
described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
to renew an information collection. We published a Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day public comment period on this information
collection on February 13, 2007. We are required to publish this notice
in the Federal Register by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by May 21, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments, within 30 days, to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget,
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC, 20503, Attention DOT Desk
Officer. You are asked to comment on any aspect of this information
collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed collection is necessary
for the FHWA's performance; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden;
(3) ways for the FHWA to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity
of the collected information; and (4) ways that the burden could be
minimized, including the use of electronic technology, without reducing
the quality of the collected information. All comments should include
the Docket Number FHWA-2007-27950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob Bini, 202-366-6799, or Cynthia
Hatley, 202-493-0426, Office of Federal Lands Highway, Federal Highway
Administration, Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC, 20590. Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Federal Lands Highway Program.
OMB Control #: 2125-0598.
Background: Title 23 U.S.C. 204 requires the Secretary of
Transportation and the Secretary of each appropriate Federal land
management agency to develop, to the extent appropriate, safety,
bridge, pavement, and congestion management systems for roads funded
under the Federal Lands Highway Program (FLHP). A management system is
a process for collecting, organizing, and analyzing data to provide a
strategic approach to transportation planning, program development, and
project selection. Its purposes are to improve transportation system
performance and safety, and to develop alternative strategies for
enhancing mobility of people and goods. This data collection clearance
addresses the management systems for the National Park Service (NPS)
and the Park Roads and Parkways (PRP) Program; Bureau of Indian Affairs
(BIA) and the Indian Reservation Roads (IRR) Program; Fish and Wildlife
Service (FWS) and the Refuge Roads (RR) Program; and Forest Service
(FS) and the Forest Highway (FH) Program.
Outputs from the management systems are important tools for the
development of transportation plans and transportation improvement
programs, and in making project selection decisions consistent with 23
U.S.C. 204. Further, management system outputs also provide important
information to the FHWA for their stewardship and oversight roles for
the Park Roads and Parkways, Indian Reservation Roads, Refuge Roads,
and Forest Highway Programs. The data collection required to implement
these management systems supports the DOT Strategic Objectives of
Safety, Mobility, Environmental Stewardship, and Organizational
Excellence. The proposed data collection also directly supports the
FHWA's Vital Few Initiative of Safety, Congestion Mitigation, and
Environmental Stewardship and Streamlining that represent the three
most important strategic planning and performance goals for the agency.
The National Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Fish and
Wildlife Service, and Forest Service are continuing to implement the
required management systems and the associated information collections.
Completion of this phase-in of the management systems is expected to
occur during the time period covered by this information collection,
and the average annual burden estimates are based on expected increases
in the overall burden over that time period. The management systems
vary in complexity among the four agencies and reflect differences in
the characteristics of the transportation systems involved such as
size, ownership, and eligibility for inclusion in the program. These
variations result in differences among the agencies in the expected
number of respondents to the information collection, and in the
anticipated time necessary to respond to the information collection.
Typical information that might be collected for the management
systems includes:
Traffic information including volumes, speeds, and vehicle
classification;
Pavement features such as number of lanes, length, width,
surface type, functional classification, and shoulder information; and
pavement condition information such as roughness, distress, rutting,
and surface friction;
Bridge features such as deck width, under/over-clearance,
details of structural elements such as girders, joints, railings,
bearings, abutments, and piers; and information on the condition of the
bridge elements sufficient to describe the nature, extent, and severity
of deterioration;
Safety information such as crash records, crash rates, and
an inventory of safety appurtenances such as signs and guardrails; or
Congestion measures such as roadway level of service or
travel delay.
Respondents to the information collection might be collecting and
submitting information in one or more of these categories for the
portion of their transportation system that is covered under the FLHP.
For example, this might include the collection and submission of
information for State or county-owned roads that are Forest Highways,
or Indian Reservation Roads
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owned by Indian Tribal Governments. Typically, the respondents would
collect information each year for the portion of their system. Burden
estimates have been developed using this assumption combined with an
estimate of the time needed to collect and provide the information.
Respondents: The estimated average annual number of respondents for
the management systems for each of the agencies addressed by this
information collection is: The NPS management systems consist of 75
respondents. The breakdown is 35 States and 40 Metropolitan Planning
Organizations (MPOs), regional transportation planning agencies,
counties, local or tribal governments.
The BIA management system consists of 85 respondents. The breakdown
is 35 States and 50 MPOs, regional transportation planning agencies,
counties, local or tribal governments. The FWS management system
consists of 75 respondents. The breakdown is 35 States and 40 MPOs,
regional transportation planning agencies, counties, local or tribal
governments. The FS management system consists of 85 respondents. The
breakdown is 35 States and 50 MPOs, regional transportation planning
agencies, counties, local or tribal governments.
Frequency: Annual.
Estimated Average Annual Burden per Response:
NPS management systems--Approximately 40 hours per respondent.
BIA management systems--Approximately 60 hours per respondent.
FWS management systems--Approximately 20 hours per respondent.
FS management systems--Approximately 60 hours per respondent.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: Total estimated average annual
burden is 14,700 hours.
Issued on: April 17, 2007.
James R. Kabel,
Chief, Management Programs and Analysis Division.
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