Pipeline Safety: Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice of Request for Extension of Currently Approved Information Collections, 52722-52723 [E8-20973]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
pwalker on PROD1PC71 with NOTICES
52722
Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 176 / Wednesday, September 10, 2008 / Notices
telephone: (512) 536–5960; e-mail:
gregory.punske@fhwa.dot.gov. The
FHWA Texas Division Office’s normal
business hours are 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
(central time) Monday through Friday.
You may also contact Dianna Noble,
P.E., Environmental Affairs Division,
Texas Department of Transportation,
118 E. Riverside Drive, Austin, Texas
78704; telephone: (512) 416–2734; email: dnoble@dot.state.tx.us. The Texas
Department of Transportation normal
business hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
(central time) Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby given that the FHWA and other
Federal agencies have taken final agency
actions by issuing licenses, permits, and
approvals for the following highway
project in the State of Texas: Grand
Parkway (State Highway 99) Segment E
from I–10 to U.S. 290 in Harris County;
FHWA Project Reference Number:
FHWA–TX–EIS–02–01–F. The project
will be a 22.4 km (13.9 mi) long, fourlane controlled access toll road with
intermittent frontage roads, gradeseparated intersections with exit and
entrance ramps at eight intersecting
roadways, and elevated directional
interchanges at State Highway 99 and
U.S. 290. It will begin in western Harris
County at Franz Road near I–10. It will
then proceed north through Harris
County and end at U.S. 290. The
purpose of the project is to efficiently
link the suburban communities and
major roadways, enhance mobility and
safety, and respond to economic growth.
The actions by the Federal agencies, and
the laws under which such actions were
taken, are described in the Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
for the project, approved on November
19, 2007, in the FHWA Record of
Decision (ROD) issued on June 24, 2008,
and in other documents in the FHWA
administrative record. The FEIS, ROD,
and other documents in the FHWA
administrative record file are available
by contacting the FHWA or the Texas
Department of Transportation at the
addresses provided above. The FHWA
FEIS and ROD can be viewed and
downloaded from the Grand Parkway
Association Web site at https://
www.grandpky.com/segments/e/.
This notice applies to all Federal
agency decisions as of the issuance date
of this notice and all laws under which
such actions were taken, including but
not limited to:
1. General: National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) [42 U.S.C. 4321–
4335]; Federal-Aid Highway Act [23
U.S.C. 109].
2. Air: Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401–
7671(q).
VerDate Aug<31>2005
16:52 Sep 09, 2008
Jkt 214001
3. Land: Section 4(f) of the
Department of Transportation Act of
1966 [49 U.S.C. 303].
4. Wildlife: Endangered Species Act
[16 U.S.C. 1531–1544] Fish and Wildlife
Coordination Act [16 U.S.C. 661–
667(d)], Migratory Bird Treaty Act [16
U.S.C. 703–712].
5. Historic and Cultural Resources:
Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act of 1966, as amended
[16 U.S.C. 470(f) et seq.]; Archeological
Resources Protection Act of 1977 [16
U.S.C. 470(aa)–(ll)]; Archeological and
Historic Preservation Act [16 U.S.C.
469–469(c)].
6. Social and Economic: Civil Rights
Act of 1964 [42 U.S.C. 2000(d)–
2000(d)(1)]; Farmland Protection Policy
Act (FPPA) [7 U.S.C. 4201–4209].
7. Wetlands and Water Resources:
Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251–1342;
Land and Water Conservation Fund
(LWCF), 16 U.S.C. 4601–4604.
8. Executive Orders: E.O. 11990
Protection of Wetlands; E.O. 11988
Floodplain Management; E.O. 12898,
Federal Actions to Address
Environmental Justice in Minority
Populations and Low Income
Populations; E.O. 11514 Protection and
Enhancement of Environmental Quality.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program Number 20.205, Highway Planning
and Construction. The regulations
implementing Executive Order 12372
regarding intergovernmental consultation on
Federal programs and activities apply to this
program.)
Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1).
Issued on: September 3, 2008.
Gregory S. Punske,
District Engineer, Austin.
[FR Doc. E8–20975 Filed 9–9–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–RY–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket: PHMSA–2007–0056]
Pipeline Safety: Agency Information
Collection Activities: Notice of Request
for Extension of Currently Approved
Information Collections
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), this notice announces that
PO 00000
Frm 00083
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
PHMSA is forwarding an Information
Collection Request to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for the
renewal and extension of four existing
information collections. On May 22,
2008 (73 FR 29846), PHMSA published
a Federal Register notice soliciting
comments on these information
collections. No comments were
received. The purpose of this notice is
to allow the public an additional 30
days to submit comments on the
information collections described
below.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before October
10, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Send comments directly to
the Office of Management and Budget,
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Attn: Desk Officer for the
Department of Transportation, 725 17th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cameron Satterthwaite at (202) 366–
1319, or by e-mail at
cameron.satterthwaite@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
1320.8(d), Title 5, Code of Federal
Regulations requires PHMSA to provide
interested members of the public and
affected agencies an opportunity to
comment on information collection and
recordkeeping requests. This notice
identifies information collection
requests that PHMSA will be submitting
to OMB for renewal and extension.
These information collections are
contained in the pipeline safety
regulations, 49 CFR parts 190–199.
PHMSA has revised burden estimates,
where appropriate, to reflect current
reporting levels or adjustments based on
changes in proposed or final rules
published since the information
collections were last approved. The
following information is provided for
each information collection: (1) Title of
the information collection; (2) OMB
control number; (3) type of request; (4)
abstract of the information collection
activity; (5) description of affected
public; (6) estimate of total annual
reporting and recordkeeping burden;
and (7) frequency of collection. PHMSA
will request a three-year term of
approval for each information collection
activity.
PHMSA requests comments on the
following information collections:
Title: Pipeline Safety: Excess Flow
Valves—Customer Notification.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0593.
Type of Request: Renewal of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Pipeline operators are
required to provide notifications about
E:\FR\FM\10SEN1.SGM
10SEN1
pwalker on PROD1PC71 with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 176 / Wednesday, September 10, 2008 / Notices
excess flow valves to service line
customers as described in 49 CFR
192.383. Upon request, an operator must
make documentation of compliance
available to PHMSA or the appropriate
State regulatory agency.
Estimated number of respondents:
900,000.
Estimated annual burden hours:
18,000 hours.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Title: Pipeline Safety: CustomerOwned Service Lines.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0594.
Type of Request: Renewal of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Operators of gas service
lines who do not maintain certain
buried piping of their customers must
provide notification about maintenance
to those customers (49 CFR 192.16).
Upon request, an operator must make
documentation of compliance available
to PHMSA or the appropriate State
regulatory agency.
Estimated number of respondents:
550,000.
Estimated annual burden hours: 9,167
hours.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Title: Pipeline Safety: Qualification of
Pipeline Safety, Training.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0600.
Type of Request: Renewal of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Pipeline operators are
required to have continuing programs
for qualifying and training personnel
performing safety-sensitive functions on
pipelines. (49 CFR part 192, subpart N
and 49 CFR part 195, subpart G).
Operators must maintain records, make
reports, and provide information to
PHMSA and State pipeline safety
agencies concerning these programs.
The information aids Federal and State
pipeline safety inspectors in conducting
compliance inspections and
investigating incidents.
Estimated number of respondents:
22,300.
Estimated annual burden hours:
466,667 hours.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Title: Pipeline Safety Report of
Abandoned Underwater Pipelines.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0601.
Type of Request: Renewal of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Pipeline operators are
required to report certain information
about abandoned underwater pipelines
to PHMSA. The information aids
Federal and State pipeline safety
inspectors in conducting compliance
inspections and investigating incidents.
VerDate Aug<31>2005
16:52 Sep 09, 2008
Jkt 214001
52723
Estimated number of respondents: 10.
Estimated annual burden hours: 60
hours.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Dated: August 29, 2008.
Roy L. Block,
Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.
[FR Doc. E8–20944 Filed 9–9–08; 8:45 am]
Issued in Washington, DC on September 4,
2008.
John A. Gale,
Director of Regulations, Office of Pipeline
Safety.
[FR Doc. E8–20973 Filed 9–9–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4830–01–P
BILLING CODE 4910–60–P
Open Meeting of the Area 1 Taxpayer
Advocacy Panel (Including the States
of New York, Connecticut,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New
Hampshire, Vermont and Maine)
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
AGENCY:
Notice of meeting.
SUMMARY: An open meeting of the Ad
Hoc IRS Forms and Publications/
Language Services Issue Committee of
the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be
conducted (via teleconference). The
Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting
public comments, ideas and suggestions
on improving customer service at the
Internal Revenue Service.
The meeting will be held
Tuesday, October 14, 2008.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sallie Chavez at 1–888–912–1227 or
954–423–7979.
Notice is
hereby given pursuant to section
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988)
that an open meeting of the Ad Hoc IRS
Forms and Publications/Language
Services Issue Committee of the
Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be held
Tuesday, October 14, 2008, at 2 p.m.
Eastern Time via a telephone conference
call. If you would like to have the TAP
consider a written statement, please call
1–888–912–1227 or 954–423–7979, or
write Sallie Chavez, TAP Office, 1000
South Pine Island Road, Suite 340,
Plantation, FL 33324. Due to limited
conference lines, notification of intent
to participate in the telephone
conference call meeting must be made
with Sallie Chavez. Ms. Chavez can be
reached at 1–888–912–1227 or 954–
423–7977, or you can post comments to
the Web site: https://www.improveirs.org.
The agenda will include: Various IRS
issues.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
PO 00000
Frm 00084
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
AGENCY:
Open Meeting of the Ad Hoc IRS Forms
and Publications/Language Services
Issue Committee of the Taxpayer
Advocacy Panel
ACTION:
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
ACTION:
Notice of meeting.
SUMMARY: An open meeting of the Area
1 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be
conducted via telephone conference
call. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is
soliciting public comments, ideas and
suggestions on improving customer
service at the Internal Revenue Service.
The meeting will be held
Tuesday, October 21, 2008.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Audrey Y. Jenkins at 1–888–912–1227
or 718–488–2085.
Notice is
hereby given pursuant to section
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988)
that an open meeting of the Area 1
Taxpayer Advocacy Panel will be held
Tuesday, October 21, 2008, at 9 a.m.,
Eastern Time via a telephone conference
call. For more information or to confirm
attendance, notification of intent to
attend the meeting must be made with
Audrey Y. Jenkins at 1–888–912–1227
or 718–488–2085. If you would like to
have the TAP consider a written
statement, please write Audrey Y.
Jenkins, TAP Office, 10 MetroTech
Center, 625 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY
11201, or you can post comments to the
Web site: https://www.improveirs.org.
The agenda will include various IRS
issues.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: August 29, 2008.
Roy L. Block,
Acting Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.
[FR Doc. E8–20948 Filed 9–9–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4830–01–P
E:\FR\FM\10SEN1.SGM
10SEN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52722-52723]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-20973]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket: PHMSA-2007-0056]
Pipeline Safety: Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice
of Request for Extension of Currently Approved Information Collections
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA),
this notice announces that PHMSA is forwarding an Information
Collection Request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the
renewal and extension of four existing information collections. On May
22, 2008 (73 FR 29846), PHMSA published a Federal Register notice
soliciting comments on these information collections. No comments were
received. The purpose of this notice is to allow the public an
additional 30 days to submit comments on the information collections
described below.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
October 10, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Send comments directly to the Office of Management and
Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: Desk
Officer for the Department of Transportation, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cameron Satterthwaite at (202) 366-
1319, or by e-mail at cameron.satterthwaite@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1320.8(d), Title 5, Code of Federal
Regulations requires PHMSA to provide interested members of the public
and affected agencies an opportunity to comment on information
collection and recordkeeping requests. This notice identifies
information collection requests that PHMSA will be submitting to OMB
for renewal and extension. These information collections are contained
in the pipeline safety regulations, 49 CFR parts 190-199. PHMSA has
revised burden estimates, where appropriate, to reflect current
reporting levels or adjustments based on changes in proposed or final
rules published since the information collections were last approved.
The following information is provided for each information collection:
(1) Title of the information collection; (2) OMB control number; (3)
type of request; (4) abstract of the information collection activity;
(5) description of affected public; (6) estimate of total annual
reporting and recordkeeping burden; and (7) frequency of collection.
PHMSA will request a three-year term of approval for each information
collection activity.
PHMSA requests comments on the following information collections:
Title: Pipeline Safety: Excess Flow Valves--Customer Notification.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0593.
Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Pipeline operators are required to provide notifications
about
[[Page 52723]]
excess flow valves to service line customers as described in 49 CFR
192.383. Upon request, an operator must make documentation of
compliance available to PHMSA or the appropriate State regulatory
agency.
Estimated number of respondents: 900,000.
Estimated annual burden hours: 18,000 hours.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Title: Pipeline Safety: Customer-Owned Service Lines.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0594.
Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Operators of gas service lines who do not maintain
certain buried piping of their customers must provide notification
about maintenance to those customers (49 CFR 192.16). Upon request, an
operator must make documentation of compliance available to PHMSA or
the appropriate State regulatory agency.
Estimated number of respondents: 550,000.
Estimated annual burden hours: 9,167 hours.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Title: Pipeline Safety: Qualification of Pipeline Safety, Training.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0600.
Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Pipeline operators are required to have continuing
programs for qualifying and training personnel performing safety-
sensitive functions on pipelines. (49 CFR part 192, subpart N and 49
CFR part 195, subpart G). Operators must maintain records, make
reports, and provide information to PHMSA and State pipeline safety
agencies concerning these programs. The information aids Federal and
State pipeline safety inspectors in conducting compliance inspections
and investigating incidents.
Estimated number of respondents: 22,300.
Estimated annual burden hours: 466,667 hours.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Title: Pipeline Safety Report of Abandoned Underwater Pipelines.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0601.
Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Pipeline operators are required to report certain
information about abandoned underwater pipelines to PHMSA. The
information aids Federal and State pipeline safety inspectors in
conducting compliance inspections and investigating incidents.
Estimated number of respondents: 10.
Estimated annual burden hours: 60 hours.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Issued in Washington, DC on September 4, 2008.
John A. Gale,
Director of Regulations, Office of Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. E8-20973 Filed 9-9-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-60-P
