Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities, 52996-52997 [E9-24838]

Download as PDF 52996 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 198 / Thursday, October 15, 2009 / Notices mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES by expedited procedures. Such procedures may consist of the adoption of a show-cause order, a tentative order, or in appropriate cases a final order without further proceedings. Docket Number: DOT–OST–2009– 0222. Date Filed: September 14, 2009. Due Date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motion to Modify Scope: October 5, 2009. Description: Application of Olympic Air Anonymos Etaireia Aeroporikon Metaforon d/b/a Olympic Air requesting a foreign air carrier permit and corresponding exemption authority to the full extent authorization by the Air Transport Agreement between the United States and the European Community and the Member States of the European Community to enable it to engage in: (i) Foreign scheduled and charter air transportation of persons, property and mail from any point or points behind any Member State of the European Union via any point or points in any Member State and via intermediate points to any point or points in the United States or beyond; (ii) foreign scheduled and charter air transportation of persons, property and mail between any point or points in the United States and any point or points in any member of the European Common Aviation Area; (iii) other charters pursuant to prior approval requirements; and (iv) transportation authorized by any additional route rights made available to European Community carriers in the future. Docket Number: DOT–OST–2009– 0224. Date Filed: September 15, 2009. Due Date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motion to Modify Scope: September 30, 2009. Description: Application of Calm Air International LP d/b/a (‘‘Calm Air’’), a Canadian air carrier, requesting an amendment to its air carrier permit to engage in non-scheduled charter trips in foreign air transportation between Canada and the United States as more specifically set forth herein. Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, Federal Register Liaison. [FR Doc. E9–24783 Filed 10–14–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P VerDate Nov<24>2008 19:13 Oct 14, 2009 Jkt 220001 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration [Docket No. PHMSA–2009–0304] Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), DOT. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, PHMSA invites comments on an information collection under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control No. 2137–0584, titled ‘‘Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Program Certifications.’’ PHMSA will request approval from OMB for a revision of the current information collection. That revision relates to the use of on-line certification media containing questions which will improve PHMSA’s ability to efficiently allocate grant monies to State programs, resulting in the creation of additional incentives for pipeline safety under the State’s jurisdiction. DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before December 14, 2009. ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted in the following ways: 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. Fax: 1–202–493–2251. Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 20590–0001. Hand Delivery: Room W12–140 on the ground level of the West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except on Wednesdays and Federal holidays. Instructions: Identify the docket number, PHMSA–2009–0304, at the beginning of your comments. Note that all comments received will be posted without change to https://dms.dot.gov, including any personal information provided. You should know that anyone is able to search the electronic form of all comments received into 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.) PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Therefore, you may want to review DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477) or visit https://dms.dot.gov before submitting any such comments. Docket: For access to the docket or to read background documents or comments, go to https://dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room W12–140 on the ground level of the West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 a.m., Monday through Friday, except on Wednesdays and Federal holidays. If you wish to receive confirmation of receipt of your written comments, please include a self-addressed, stamped postcard with the following statement: ‘‘Comments on PHMSA– 2009–0304’’. The Docket Clerk will date-stamp the postcard prior to returning it to you via the U.S. mail. Please note that due to delays in the delivery of U.S. mail to Federal offices in Washington, DC, we recommend that persons consider an alternative method (Internet, fax, or professional delivery service) of submitting comments to the docket and ensuring their timely receipt at DOT. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cameron Satterthwaite by telephone at 202–366–1319, by fax at 202–366–4566, or by mail at U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., PHP–30, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 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 an information collection request that PHMSA is submitting to OMB for revision under OMB Control No. 2137–0584. This information collection is contained in 49 CFR Part 198. We are proposing to revise this information collection to incorporate changes to the tools used to determine the amount of funds received by each participating State. We believe these revisions will improve PHMSA’s ability to efficiently allocate grant monies to States that are currently enhancing or seeking to enhance their respective programs, thereby resulting in the creation of additional incentives for pipeline safety under the State’s jurisdiction. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\15OCN1.SGM 15OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 198 / Thursday, October 15, 2009 / Notices Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Program Certifications For the hazardous liquids program, the Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) currently has two States with an agreement under 49 U.S.C. 60106(a) and 15 State programs that are certified under 49 U.S.C. 60105(a) with six States acting as Interstate Agents. For the natural gas program, the Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) currently has one State with an agreement under 49 U.S.C. 60106(a) and 51 State programs that are certified under 49 U.S.C. 60105(a) (Hawaii and Alaska are exceptions) with nine States acting as Interstate Agents. An estimate of the revised burden is as follows: Title: Pipeline Safety: Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Program Certifications. OMB Control Number: 2137–0584. Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved information collection. Abstract: A State agency participating in the pipeline safety program must maintain records to demonstrate that the agency is properly monitoring the operations of pipeline operators in that State. The State agency must also submit an annual certificate to PHMSA verifying compliance. PHMSA uses the information collected to evaluate the State’s eligibility for Federal grants. Estimated number of respondents: 67. Estimated annual burden hours: 3,920 hours. Frequency of collection: Annually. Issued in Washington, DC on October 7, 2009. John A. Gale, Director of Regulations. [FR Doc. E9–24838 Filed 10–14–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–60–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Highway Administration Buy America Waiver Notification mstockstill on DSKH9S0YB1PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This notice provides information regarding the FHWA’s finding that a Buy America waiver is appropriate for the purchase of foreign butterfly valves for a Federal-aid/ American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) project for the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado. DATES: The effective date of the waiver is October 16, 2009. VerDate Nov<24>2008 19:13 Oct 14, 2009 Jkt 220001 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about this notice, please contact Mr. Gerald Yakowenko, FHWA Office of Program Administration, (202) 366–1562, or via e-mail at gerald.yakowenko@dot.gov. For legal questions, please contact Mr. Michael Harkins, FHWA Office of the Chief Counsel, (202) 366–4928, or via e-mail at michael.harkins@dot.gov. Office hours for the FHWA are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Electronic Access An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded from the Federal Register’s home page at: https:// www.archives.gov and the Government Printing Office’s database at: https:// www.access.gpo.gov/nara. Background The FHWA’s Buy America policy in 23 CFR 635.410 requires a domestic manufacturing process for any steel or iron products (including protective coatings) that are permanently incorporated in a Federal-aid construction project. The regulation also provides for a waiver of the Buy America requirements when the application of such requirements would be inconsistent with the public interest or when satisfactory quality domestic steel and iron products are not sufficiently available. This notice provides information regarding the FHWA’s finding that a Buy America waiver is appropriate for the acquisition of butterfly valves for the Woodmen Road Corridor Improvement Project in the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Specifically, the City of Colorado Springs was not able to find a domestic supplier for a 42 inch Vanessa Zero Leakage 30,000 Series Butterfly Valve. This project is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. In accordance with the Division I, section 126 of the ‘‘Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009’’ (Pub. L. 111– 8), the FHWA published a notice of intent to issue a waiver for the butterfly valves (https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ construction/contracts/ waivers.cfm?id=37) on August 24, 2009. The FHWA received one comment in response to this notice which suggested that the butterfly valves may be available domestically. This comment was provided by Mr. Edward J. Schutz, Director of Sales with the Henry Pratt Company. Mr. Adam Baker with the City of Colorado Springs contacted Mr. Shutz with the Henry Pratt Company regarding PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 52997 the company’s products and conformance with the City of Colorado Spring’s design criteria. Both parties agreed that the company’s products would not meet the project specifications. A copy of the City’s September 16, 2009, letter to Mr. Schutz documenting this conversation and Mr. Schutz’s confirmation is available upon request. During the 15-day comment period, the FHWA conducted an additional review to locate potential domestic manufacturers for the butterfly valves. Based on all the information available to the agency, the FHWA concludes that there are no domestic manufacturers for the specified butterfly valves. Thus, the FHWA concludes that a Buy America waiver is appropriate as provided by 23 CFR 635.410(c)(1). In accordance with the provisions of section 117 of the SAFETEA–LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110–244, 122 Stat.1572), the FHWA is providing this notice as its finding that a waiver of Buy America requirements is appropriate. The FHWA invites public comment on this finding for an additional 15 days following the effective date of the finding. Comments may be submitted to the FHWA’s Web site via the link provided to the City of Colorado Springs waiver page noted above. (Authority: 23 U.S.C. 313; Pub. L. 110–161, 23 CFR 635.410) Issued on: October 8, 2009. King Gee, Associate Administrator for Infrastructure. [FR Doc. E9–24851 Filed 10–14–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–22–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration Consensus Standards, Light-Sport Aircraft AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT. ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments. SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of four revised consensus standards to previously accepted consensus standards relating to the provisions of the Sport Pilot and LightSport Aircraft rule issued July 16, 2004, and effective September 1, 2004. ASTM International Committee F37 on Light Sport Aircraft developed the revised standards with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) participation. By this notice, the FAA finds the revised standards acceptable for certification of E:\FR\FM\15OCN1.SGM 15OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 198 (Thursday, October 15, 2009)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2009-0304]


Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), 
DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, PHMSA 
invites comments on an information collection under Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) Control No. 2137-0584, titled ``Gas and 
Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Program Certifications.'' PHMSA will 
request approval from OMB for a revision of the current information 
collection. That revision relates to the use of on-line certification 
media containing questions which will improve PHMSA's ability to 
efficiently allocate grant monies to State programs, resulting in the 
creation of additional incentives for pipeline safety under the State's 
jurisdiction.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
December 14, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted in the following ways:
    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.
    Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
    Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building, Room W12-
140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    Hand Delivery: Room W12-140 on the ground level of the West 
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. 
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except on Wednesdays and Federal 
holidays.
    Instructions: Identify the docket number, PHMSA-2009-0304, at the 
beginning of your comments. Note that all comments received will be 
posted without change to https://dms.dot.gov, including any personal 
information provided. You should know that anyone is able to search the 
electronic form of all comments received into 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.) 
Therefore, you may want to review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement 
in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477) or 
visit https://dms.dot.gov before submitting any such comments.
    Docket: For access to the docket or to read background documents or 
comments, go to https://dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room W12-140 on 
the ground level of the West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 a.m., Monday through Friday, 
except on Wednesdays and Federal holidays.
    If you wish to receive confirmation of receipt of your written 
comments, please include a self-addressed, stamped postcard with the 
following statement: ``Comments on PHMSA-2009-0304''. The Docket Clerk 
will date-stamp the postcard prior to returning it to you via the U.S. 
mail. Please note that due to delays in the delivery of U.S. mail to 
Federal offices in Washington, DC, we recommend that persons consider 
an alternative method (Internet, fax, or professional delivery service) 
of submitting comments to the docket and ensuring their timely receipt 
at DOT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cameron Satterthwaite by telephone at 
202-366-1319, by fax at 202-366-4566, or by mail at U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., PHP-30, Washington, DC 20590-0001.

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 an 
information collection request that PHMSA is submitting to OMB for 
revision under OMB Control No. 2137-0584. This information collection 
is contained in 49 CFR Part 198. We are proposing to revise this 
information collection to incorporate changes to the tools used to 
determine the amount of funds received by each participating State. We 
believe these revisions will improve PHMSA's ability to efficiently 
allocate grant monies to States that are currently enhancing or seeking 
to enhance their respective programs, thereby resulting in the creation 
of additional incentives for pipeline safety under the State's 
jurisdiction.

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Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Program Certifications

    For the hazardous liquids program, the Office of Pipeline Safety 
(OPS) currently has two States with an agreement under 49 U.S.C. 
60106(a) and 15 State programs that are certified under 49 U.S.C. 
60105(a) with six States acting as Interstate Agents.
    For the natural gas program, the Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) 
currently has one State with an agreement under 49 U.S.C. 60106(a) and 
51 State programs that are certified under 49 U.S.C. 60105(a) (Hawaii 
and Alaska are exceptions) with nine States acting as Interstate 
Agents.
    An estimate of the revised burden is as follows:
    Title: Pipeline Safety: Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety 
Program Certifications.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0584.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: A State agency participating in the pipeline safety 
program must maintain records to demonstrate that the agency is 
properly monitoring the operations of pipeline operators in that State. 
The State agency must also submit an annual certificate to PHMSA 
verifying compliance. PHMSA uses the information collected to evaluate 
the State's eligibility for Federal grants.
    Estimated number of respondents: 67.
    Estimated annual burden hours: 3,920 hours.
    Frequency of collection: Annually.

    Issued in Washington, DC on October 7, 2009.
John A. Gale,
Director of Regulations.
[FR Doc. E9-24838 Filed 10-14-09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-60-P
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