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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2011–0001–N–15]
Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
Federal Railroad
Administration, (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and Request for
Comments.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice
announces that the Information
Collection Requirement (ICR) abstracted
below is being forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comment. The ICR describes
the nature of the information collection
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and its expected burden. The Federal
Register notice with a 60-day comment
period soliciting comments on the
following collection of information was
published on August 12, 2011 (76 FR
50320).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before November 23, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Robert Brogan, Office of Safety,
Planning and Evaluation Division, RRS–
21, Federal Railroad Administration,
1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., 3rd Floor,
Mail Stop 25, Washington, DC 20590
(telephone: (202) 493–6292), or Ms.
Kimberly Toone, Office of Information
Technology, RAD–20, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave.,
SE., 3rd Floor, Mail Stop 35,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493–6132). (These telephone numbers
are not toll-free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), Public Law 104–13, Section 2,
109 Stat. 163 (1995) (codified as revised
at 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), and its
implementing regulations, 5 CFR Part
1320, require Federal agencies to issue
two notices seeking public comment on
information collection activities before
OMB may approve paperwork packages.
44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.5,
1320.8(d)(1), 1320.12. On August 12,
2011, FRA published a 60-day notice in
the Federal Register soliciting comment
on this ICR for which the agency was
seeking OMB approval. 76 FR 50320.
FRA received no comments in response
to this notice.
Before OMB decides whether to
approve these proposed collections of
information, it must provide 30 days for
public comment. 44 U.S.C. 3507(b); 5
CFR 1320.12(d). Federal law requires
OMB to approve or disapprove
paperwork packages between 30 and 60
days after the 30 day notice is
published. 44 U.S.C. 3507 (b)–(c); 5 CFR
1320.12(d); see also 60 FR 44978, 44983,
Aug. 29, 1995. OMB believes that the 30
day notice informs the regulated
community to file relevant comments
and affords the agency adequate time to
digest public comments before it
renders a decision. 60 FR 44983, Aug.
29, 1995. Therefore, respondents should
submit their respective comments to
OMB within 30 days of publication to
best ensure having their full effect. 5
CFR 1320.12(c); see also 60 FR 44983,
Aug. 29, 1995.
The summary below describes the
nature of the information collection
requirement (ICR) and the expected
burden for the ICR being submitted for
clearance by OMB as required by the
PRA.
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Title: Inspection Brake System Safety
Standards for Freight and Other NonPassenger Trains and Equipment (Power
Brakes and Drawbars).
OMB Control Number: 2130–0008.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Abstract: Section 7 of the Rail Safety
Enforcement and Review Act of 1992,
Public Law 102–365, amended Section
202 of the Federal Railroad Safety Act
of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 421, 431 et seq.),
empowered the Secretary of
Transportation to conduct a review of
the Department’s rules with respect to
railroad power brakes and, where
applicable, prescribe standards
regarding dynamic brake equipment. In
keeping with the Secretary’s mandate
and the authority delegated from him to
the FRA Administrator, FRA issued
revisions to the regulations governing
freight power brakes and equipment in
October 2008 by adding a new Subpart
addressing electronically controlled
pneumatic (ECP) brake systems. The
revisions are designed to provide for
and encourage the safe implementation
and use of ECT brake system
technologies. These revisions contain
specific requirements relating to design,
interoperability, training, inspection,
testing, handling defective equipment
and periodic maintenance related to
ECP brake systems. The final rule also
identifies provisions of the existing
regulations and statutes where FRA is
proposing to provide flexibility to
facilitate the voluntary adoption of this
advanced brake system technology. The
collection of information is used by FRA
to monitor and enforce current
regulatory requirements related to
power brakes on freight cars as well as
the recently added requirements related
to ECP brake systems. The collection of
information is also used by locomotive
engineers and road crews to verify that
the terminal air brake test has been
performed in a satisfactory manner.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Annual Estimated Burden Hours:
990,660 hours.
Addressee: Send comments regarding
this information collection to the Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, 725
Seventeenth Street, NW., Washington,
DC, 20503, Attention: FRA Desk Officer.
Comments may also be sent via e-mail
to OMB at the following address:
oira_submissions@omb.eop.gov.
Comments are invited on the
following: Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Department, including
whether the information will have
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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.
A comment to OMB is best assured of
having its full effect if OMB receives it
within 30 days of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.
Issued in Washington, DC, on October 17,
2011.
Kimberly Coronel,
Director, Office of Financial Management,
Federal Railroad Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2011–0273]
Pipeline Safety: Information Collection
Activities
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
On August 1, 2011, in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, PHMSA
published a notice with request for
comments in the Federal Register (76
FR 45904). The notice concerned several
pipeline safety information collections
that PHMSA will be submitting to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for renewal and one information
collection that PHMSA intends to
discontinue. PHMSA received no
comments on the notice. PHMSA is now
forwarding the information collection
request to OMB and providing an
additional 30 days for comments.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments to OMB on or before
November 23, 2011.
ADDRESS: Send comments regarding the
burden estimate, including suggestions
for reducing the burden, directly to
OMB, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attn: Desk Officer
for the U.S. Department of
Transportation (PHMSA), 725 17th
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Angela Dow by telephone at 202–366–
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1246, by fax at 202–366–4566, or by
mail at U.S. Department of
Transportation, PHMSA, 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 several information collection
requests that PHMSA will be submitting
to OMB for renewal and one collection
that PHMSA plans to discontinue. The
following information is provided for
each information collection: (1) Title of
the information collection; (2) OMB
control number; (3) Current expiration
date; (4) Type of request; (5) Abstract of
the information collection activity; (6)
Description of affected public; (7)
Estimate of total annual reporting and
recordkeeping burden; and (8)
Frequency of collection. Unless
otherwise specified, PHMSA will
request a three-year term of approval for
each information collection activity.
PHMSA plans to discontinue the
following information collection:
Title: Pipeline Safety: Excess Flow
Valves—Customer Notification.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0593.
Current Expiration Date: 1/31/2012
(To be discontinued).
Abstract: Pipeline operators are no
longer required to provide notifications
about excess flow valves to service line
customers as described in 49 CFR
192.383.
Accordingly, PHMSA has decided to
discontinue this collection.
PHMSA requests comments on the
following information collections:
1. Title: Requirements for Liquefied
Natural Gas (LNG) Facilities.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0048.
Current Expiration Date: 1/31/2012.
Abstract: Operators of liquefied
natural gas facilities are required under
49 CFR Part 193 to maintain records,
make reports, and provide information
to PHMSA and state pipeline safety
agencies concerning the operations of
their facilities. The information aids
Federal and state pipeline safety
inspectors in conducting compliance
inspections and investigating incidents.
Affected Public: Operators of liquefied
natural gas facilities.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping
Burden
Total Annual Responses: 101.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 12,120.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
2. Title: Recordkeeping for Natural
Gas Pipeline Operators.
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OMB Control Number: 2137–0049.
Current Expiration Date: 1/31/2012.
Abstract: Operators of gas pipelines
are required per 49 CFR Part 192 to
maintain records, make reports, and
provide information to PHMSA and
state pipeline safety agencies
concerning the operations of their
pipelines. The information aids Federal
and state pipeline safety inspectors in
conducting compliance inspections and
investigating incidents.
Affected Public: Operators of natural
gas pipeline systems.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping
Burden
Total Annual Responses: 2,300.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 940,454.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
3. Title: Customer-Owned Service
Lines.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0594.
Current Expiration Date: 1/31/2012.
Abstract: Operators of gas service
lines who do not maintain certain
buried piping on behalf 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.
Affected Public: Natural gas pipeline
operators.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping
Burden
Total Annual Responses: 550,000.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 9,167.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
4. Title: Pipeline Safety: Qualification
of Pipeline Safety, Training.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0600.
Current Expiration Date: 2/29/2012.
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.
Affected Public: Pipeline operators.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping
Burden
Total Annual Responses: 22,300.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 466,667.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
5. Title: Pipeline Safety: Report of
Abandoned Underwater Pipelines.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0601.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA-2011-0001-N-15]
Proposed Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment
Request
AGENCY: Federal Railroad Administration, (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and Request for Comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information
Collection Requirement (ICR) abstracted below is being forwarded to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR
describes the nature of the information collection and its expected
burden. The Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following collection of information was
published on August 12, 2011 (76 FR 50320).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 23, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert Brogan, Office of Safety,
Planning and Evaluation Division, RRS-21, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., 3rd Floor, Mail Stop 25,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 493-6292), or Ms. Kimberly
Toone, Office of Information Technology, RAD-20, Federal Railroad
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., 3rd Floor, Mail Stop 35,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202) 493-6132). (These telephone
numbers are not toll-free.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA),
Public Law 104-13, Section 2, 109 Stat. 163 (1995) (codified as revised
at 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), and its implementing regulations, 5 CFR Part
1320, require Federal agencies to issue two notices seeking public
comment on information collection activities before OMB may approve
paperwork packages. 44 U.S.C. 3506, 3507; 5 CFR 1320.5, 1320.8(d)(1),
1320.12. On August 12, 2011, FRA published a 60-day notice in the
Federal Register soliciting comment on this ICR for which the agency
was seeking OMB approval. 76 FR 50320. FRA received no comments in
response to this notice.
Before OMB decides whether to approve these proposed collections of
information, it must provide 30 days for public comment. 44 U.S.C.
3507(b); 5 CFR 1320.12(d). Federal law requires OMB to approve or
disapprove paperwork packages between 30 and 60 days after the 30 day
notice is published. 44 U.S.C. 3507 (b)-(c); 5 CFR 1320.12(d); see also
60 FR 44978, 44983, Aug. 29, 1995. OMB believes that the 30 day notice
informs the regulated community to file relevant comments and affords
the agency adequate time to digest public comments before it renders a
decision. 60 FR 44983, Aug. 29, 1995. Therefore, respondents should
submit their respective comments to OMB within 30 days of publication
to best ensure having their full effect. 5 CFR 1320.12(c); see also 60
FR 44983, Aug. 29, 1995.
The summary below describes the nature of the information
collection requirement (ICR) and the expected burden for the ICR being
submitted for clearance by OMB as required by the PRA.
Title: Inspection Brake System Safety Standards for Freight and
Other Non-Passenger Trains and Equipment (Power Brakes and Drawbars).
OMB Control Number: 2130-0008.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Businesses.
Abstract: Section 7 of the Rail Safety Enforcement and Review Act
of 1992, Public Law 102-365, amended Section 202 of the Federal
Railroad Safety Act of 1970 (45 U.S.C. 421, 431 et seq.), empowered the
Secretary of Transportation to conduct a review of the Department's
rules with respect to railroad power brakes and, where applicable,
prescribe standards regarding dynamic brake equipment. In keeping with
the Secretary's mandate and the authority delegated from him to the FRA
Administrator, FRA issued revisions to the regulations governing
freight power brakes and equipment in October 2008 by adding a new
Subpart addressing electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brake
systems. The revisions are designed to provide for and encourage the
safe implementation and use of ECT brake system technologies. These
revisions contain specific requirements relating to design,
interoperability, training, inspection, testing, handling defective
equipment and periodic maintenance related to ECP brake systems. The
final rule also identifies provisions of the existing regulations and
statutes where FRA is proposing to provide flexibility to facilitate
the voluntary adoption of this advanced brake system technology. The
collection of information is used by FRA to monitor and enforce current
regulatory requirements related to power brakes on freight cars as well
as the recently added requirements related to ECP brake systems. The
collection of information is also used by locomotive engineers and road
crews to verify that the terminal air brake test has been performed in
a satisfactory manner.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 990,660 hours.
Addressee: Send comments regarding this information collection to
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management
and Budget, 725 Seventeenth Street, NW., Washington, DC, 20503,
Attention: FRA Desk Officer. Comments may also be sent via e-mail to
OMB at the following address: oira_submissions@omb.eop.gov.
Comments are invited on the following: Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the Department, including whether the information will
have
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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.
A comment to OMB is best assured of having its full effect if OMB
receives it within 30 days of publication of this notice in the Federal
Register.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501-3520.
Issued in Washington, DC, on October 17, 2011.
Kimberly Coronel,
Director, Office of Financial Management, Federal Railroad
Administration.
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