Safety Advisory: Unauthorized Marking of Compressed Gas Cylinders, 55736-55737 [2011-22892]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
55736
Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 174 / Thursday, September 8, 2011 / Notices
(i) Vehicle purchase decision-making
criteria;
(ii) Sources of vehicle safety
information;
(iii) Monroney label content,
comprehension and potential tradeoffs;
and,
(iv) New changes to the safety rating
section of the Monroney label to help
inform future revisions.
Description of the Need for the
Information and the Proposed Use of
the Information: NHTSA must explore
how safety information impacts vehicle
purchase decisions, where consumers
look for safety information and how
consumers use safety and other
information located on the Monroney
label in their purchase decisions, which
will help inform future revisions to the
Monroney label. Additionally, NHTSA
will use this research to discuss
potential communication channels in
order to guide the development of a
consumer education program.
Affected Public: NHTSA will conduct
two research phases. For the first phase,
which this notice addresses, NHTSA
will conduct one type of qualitative
research. This research project will
consist of two (2) focus groups in five
(5) cities for a maximum of ten (10)
focus group sessions, lasting 120
minutes and will be held with eight (8)
participants in each session.
Participation by all respondents would
be voluntary, and respondents will
receive $75 for their participation. For
recruiting of these participants,
however, a total of 120 potential
participants (12 per group) will be
recruited via telephone screening calls,
which are estimated to take 10 minutes
per call. Based on experience, it is
prudent to recruit up to 12 people per
group in order to ensure at least 8 will
actually appear at the focus group
facility at the appointed time. Thus, the
total burden per person actually
participating in the group discussions is
estimated to be 130 minutes (10 minutes
for the screening/recruiting telephone
call plus 120 minutes in the focus group
discussion session). Additionally, the
total burden per person recruited (but
not participating in the discussions) is
10 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 180
hours.
Number of Respondents: 80.
The results of this research phase will
be used to finalize the content of a
second research phase NHTSA will
conduct, which this notice does not
address.
Comments are invited on: whether the
proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of
VerDate Mar<15>2010
16:26 Sep 07, 2011
Jkt 223001
the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; the accuracy of
the Department’s estimate of the burden
of the proposed information collection;
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Issued on: August 23, 2011.
Gregory A. Walter,
Senior Associate Administrator, Policy and
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011–22643 Filed 9–7–11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–59–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2011–0198, Notice No.
11–8]
Safety Advisory: Unauthorized Marking
of Compressed Gas Cylinders
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), DOT.
ACTION: Safety Advisory Notice.
AGENCY:
PHMSA issues this safety
advisory to notify the public of the
unauthorized marking of certain of highand low-pressure compressed gas
cylinders, primarily fire extinguishers,
by Atlas Fire Protection located at 7425
Sewells Point Road, Norfolk, VA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chris Michalski, Senior Investigator,
Eastern Region, Office of Hazardous
Materials Safety Field Operations,
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 820 Bear Tavern Road,
Suite 306, W. Trenton, NJ 08034.
Telephone: (609) 989–2256, Fax: (609)
989–2277, or e-mail:
chris.michalski@dot.gov.
SUMMARY:
The
Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR)
require compressed gas cylinders to be
subjected to periodic requalification
(visual inspection and hydrostatic
testing in accordance with 49 CFR
180.205 and 180.209) to verify the
structural integrity of a cylinder and its
suitability for continued service. If the
required inspections and tests are not
performed, a cylinder with
compromised structural integrity may
be returned to service when it should be
condemned. Extensive property damage,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
PO 00000
Frm 00095
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
serious personal injury, or death could
result from the rupture of a cylinder.
Cylinders not requalified in accordance
with the HMR may not be filled with
compressed gas or other hazardous
material and offered for transportation
in commerce. Only DOT approved
facilities are authorized to requalify
cylinders.
Investigations conducted by PHMSA’s
field operations in 2009, 2010, and
2011, revealed that some high- and lowpressure cylinders serviced by Atlas
Fire Protection were marked and
represented as requalified (visually
inspected and hydrostatically tested) in
accordance with HMR when the
appropriate inspections and tests were
not performed. PHMSA determined
during its investigations that: (1) Atlas
Fire Protection is not approved or
authorized to requalify DOTspecification cylinders or mark such
cylinders as requalified; (2) Atlas Fire
Protection applied requalification
markings to cylinders that were not
subjected to the required inspections
and tests; and (3) Atlas Fire Protection
marked cylinders with a Requalifier
Identification Number (RIN) B243 that
was not issued to them, but rather to
another company, Fire-X Corporation,
Norfolk, VA. The unauthorized
markings (B243) applied by Atlas Fire
Protection were stamped into the
cylinder and include a month and the
last two digits of the year. In the case
of low pressure fire extinguishers, the
markings may appear on an adhesive
label with holes punched through the
month, year, and hydrostatic test
indicator. Only cylinders serviced by
Atlas Fire Protection are suspect.
Anyone in possession of a cylinder
that was serviced by Atlas Fire
Protection and marked with test dates of
2007 through 2011 and has not had the
cylinder requalfied by a DOT approved
requalification facility since then,
should consider the cylinder unsafe and
not fill it with a hazardous material
unless the cylinder is first properly
requalified by a DOT approved
requalification facility.
Cylinders subject to this advisory that
are filled should be safely discharged.
Prior to refilling, the cylinders should
be taken to a DOT approved cylinder
requalification facility to ensure their
suitability for continued service. A list
of authorized cylinder requalification
facilities may be obtained at: https://
hazmat.dot.gov.
Persons in possession of cylinders
subject to this notice may contact their
local fire department for assistance at
one of the following telephone numbers:
E:\FR\FM\08SEN1.SGM
08SEN1
Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 174 / Thursday, September 8, 2011 / Notices
Ashland .........................................................................
Chesapeake ..................................................................
Chesterfield ...................................................................
Hampton .......................................................................
Midlothian .....................................................................
Newport News ..............................................................
Norfolk ..........................................................................
Virginia State Fire Marshal’s Office ..............................
Issued in Washington, DC on August 30,
2011.
Magdy El-Sibaie,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous
Materials Safety.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Proposed Privacy Act Systems of
Records
Departmental Offices, Treasury.
Notice of Proposed Privacy Act
Systems of Records.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974,
as amended, the Department of the
Treasury, Departmental Offices gives
notice of a proposed system of records
entitled, ‘‘Treasury 013—Department of
the Treasury Civil Rights Complaints
and Compliance Review Files.’’
DATES: Comments must be received no
later than October 11, 2011. The
proposed new system of records will be
effective October 11, 2011 unless
comments are received which would
result in a contrary determination.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be sent to the Associate Chief Human
Capital Officer for Civil Rights and
Diversity, Department of the Treasury,
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20220. The Department
will make such comments available for
public inspection and copying in the
Department’s Library, Room 1428, Main
Treasury Building, 1500 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220,
on official business days between the
hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Eastern
Daylight Time. You can make an
appointment to inspect comments by
telephoning (202) 622–0990. All
comments received, including
attachments and other supporting
materials, are part of the public record
and subject to public disclosure. You
should submit only information that
you wish to make available publicly.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mariam G. Harvey, Department of the
Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20220, at (202)
622–0316, (202) 622–0367 (fax), or via
sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
16:26 Sep 07, 2011
Jkt 223001
The
Department of the Treasury (Treasury)
established the Office of Civil Rights
and Diversity to ensure equal
employment opportunity for its
employees and applicants for
employment, and to ensure that
programs and activities conducted by or
receiving financial assistance from
Treasury meet the non-discrimination
requirements set out by Title VI of the
Civil Rights Act, Title IX of the
Education Amendments, the Age
Discrimination Act and Sections 504
and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. In
performing its mission, the Office of
Civil Rights and Diversity will create
records having to do with civil rights
complaints, compliance reviews, and
correspondence. Members of the public
can file administrative complaints
alleging discrimination and the Office of
Civil Rights and Diversity is responsible
for investigating those complaints over
which it has jurisdiction. Treasury will
maintain records of the complaints filed
by the public and their disposition.
Treasury administers programs offering
financial assistance, such as the Low
Income Taxpayer Clinics and the
Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund. Treasury has the
responsibility to ensure that its
financially assisted programs are
administered in a nondiscriminatory
manner. The guidance provided to the
Federal agencies by the Department of
Justice requires Federal agencies to
conduct compliance reviews of its
recipients of financial assistance as the
best way to ensure nondiscrimination.
Treasury will maintain records of its
recipients’ compliance with the
applicable civil rights laws.
In a notice of proposed rulemaking,
which is published separately in the
Federal Register, the Office of Civil
Rights and Diversity is proposing to
exempt records maintained in several
systems from certain of the Privacy
Act’s requirements pursuant to 5 U.S.C.
552a(k)(2).
The report of a new system of records,
as required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) of the
Privacy Act, has been provided to the
Committee on Oversight and
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
BILLING CODE 4910–60–P
VerDate Mar<15>2010
Portsmouth ...................................................................
Richmond ......................................................................
Rockville .......................................................................
Suffolk ...........................................................................
Virginia Beach ..............................................................
Williamsburg .................................................................
Yorktown .......................................................................
electronic mail at
ocrd.comments@do.treas.gov.
[FR Doc. 2011–22892 Filed 9–7–11; 8:45 am]
SUMMARY:
804–365–4850
757–382–6566
804–748–1426
757–727–1210
804–786–0000
757–247–8873
757–664–6604
804–371–0220
PO 00000
Frm 00096
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
55737
757–393–8689
804–646–6640
804–786–0000
757–539–8787
757–385–4228
757–220–6226
757–890–3626
Government Reform of the House of
Representatives, the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs of the Senate, and the Office of
Management and Budget.
The proposed new system of records,
entitled ‘‘Treasury .013—Department of
the Treasury Civil Rights Complaints
and Compliance Review Files,’’ is
published in its entirety below.
Dated: August 17, 2011.
Veronica Marco,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Privacy,
Transparency and Records.
Treasury .013
SYSTEM NAME:
Department of the Treasury Civil
Rights Complaints and Compliance
Review Files.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
These records are located in the
Department of the Treasury’s (Treasury)
Office of Civil Rights and Diversity
(OCRD), the Office of the General
Counsel, and any other office within a
Treasury bureau where a complaint is
filed or where the action arose.
The locations at which the system is
maintained are:
(1) a. Departmental Offices (DO): 1500
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20220.
b. The Office of Inspector General
(OIG): 740 15th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20220.
c. Treasury Inspector General for Tax
Administration (TIGTA): 1125 15th
Street, NW., Suite 700A, Washington,
DC 20005.
d. Special Inspector General for the
Troubled Asset Relief Program
(SIGTARP), 1801 L. Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20036.
(2) Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and
Trade Bureau (TTB): 1310 G. St., NW.,
Washington, DC 20220.
(3) Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency (OCC): 250 E Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20219–0001.
(4) Bureau of Engraving and Printing
(BEP): 14th & C Streets, SW.
Washington, DC 20228.
(5) Financial Management Service
(FMS): 401 14th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20227.
E:\FR\FM\08SEN1.SGM
08SEN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 174 (Thursday, September 8, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55736-55737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22892]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2011-0198, Notice No. 11-8]
Safety Advisory: Unauthorized Marking of Compressed Gas Cylinders
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
DOT.
ACTION: Safety Advisory Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: PHMSA issues this safety advisory to notify the public of the
unauthorized marking of certain of high- and low-pressure compressed
gas cylinders, primarily fire extinguishers, by Atlas Fire Protection
located at 7425 Sewells Point Road, Norfolk, VA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chris Michalski, Senior Investigator,
Eastern Region, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety Field Operations,
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department
of Transportation, 820 Bear Tavern Road, Suite 306, W. Trenton, NJ
08034. Telephone: (609) 989-2256, Fax: (609) 989-2277, or e-mail:
chris.michalski@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR)
require compressed gas cylinders to be subjected to periodic
requalification (visual inspection and hydrostatic testing in
accordance with 49 CFR 180.205 and 180.209) to verify the structural
integrity of a cylinder and its suitability for continued service. If
the required inspections and tests are not performed, a cylinder with
compromised structural integrity may be returned to service when it
should be condemned. Extensive property damage, serious personal
injury, or death could result from the rupture of a cylinder. Cylinders
not requalified in accordance with the HMR may not be filled with
compressed gas or other hazardous material and offered for
transportation in commerce. Only DOT approved facilities are authorized
to requalify cylinders.
Investigations conducted by PHMSA's field operations in 2009, 2010,
and 2011, revealed that some high- and low- pressure cylinders serviced
by Atlas Fire Protection were marked and represented as requalified
(visually inspected and hydrostatically tested) in accordance with HMR
when the appropriate inspections and tests were not performed. PHMSA
determined during its investigations that: (1) Atlas Fire Protection is
not approved or authorized to requalify DOT-specification cylinders or
mark such cylinders as requalified; (2) Atlas Fire Protection applied
requalification markings to cylinders that were not subjected to the
required inspections and tests; and (3) Atlas Fire Protection marked
cylinders with a Requalifier Identification Number (RIN) B243 that was
not issued to them, but rather to another company, Fire-X Corporation,
Norfolk, VA. The unauthorized markings (B243) applied by Atlas Fire
Protection were stamped into the cylinder and include a month and the
last two digits of the year. In the case of low pressure fire
extinguishers, the markings may appear on an adhesive label with holes
punched through the month, year, and hydrostatic test indicator. Only
cylinders serviced by Atlas Fire Protection are suspect.
Anyone in possession of a cylinder that was serviced by Atlas Fire
Protection and marked with test dates of 2007 through 2011 and has not
had the cylinder requalfied by a DOT approved requalification facility
since then, should consider the cylinder unsafe and not fill it with a
hazardous material unless the cylinder is first properly requalified by
a DOT approved requalification facility.
Cylinders subject to this advisory that are filled should be safely
discharged. Prior to refilling, the cylinders should be taken to a DOT
approved cylinder requalification facility to ensure their suitability
for continued service. A list of authorized cylinder requalification
facilities may be obtained at: https://hazmat.dot.gov.
Persons in possession of cylinders subject to this notice may
contact their local fire department for assistance at one of the
following telephone numbers:
[[Page 55737]]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ashland....................................... 804-365-4850 Portsmouth...................... 757-393-8689
Chesapeake.................................... 757-382-6566 Richmond........................ 804-646-6640
Chesterfield.................................. 804-748-1426 Rockville....................... 804-786-0000
Hampton....................................... 757-727-1210 Suffolk......................... 757-539-8787
Midlothian.................................... 804-786-0000 Virginia Beach.................. 757-385-4228
Newport News.................................. 757-247-8873 Williamsburg.................... 757-220-6226
Norfolk....................................... 757-664-6604 Yorktown........................ 757-890-3626
Virginia State Fire Marshal's Office.......... 804-371-0220
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Issued in Washington, DC on August 30, 2011.
Magdy El-Sibaie,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety.
[FR Doc. 2011-22892 Filed 9-7-11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-60-P
