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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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Current Expiration Date: 2/29/2012.
Abstract: Pipeline operators are
required to report certain information
about abandoned underwater pipelines
to PHMSA (49 CFR 195.59 and 192.727).
The information aids Federal and state
pipeline safety inspectors in conducting
compliance inspections and
investigating incidents.
Affected Public: Operators of
underwater pipelines.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping
Burden
Annual Responses: 10.
Annual Burden Hours: 60.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
6. Title: Pipeline Safety: Integrity
Management in High Consequence
Areas for Operators with more than 500
Miles of Hazardous Liquid Pipelines.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0604.
Current Expiration Date: 1/31/2012.
Abstract: Hazardous liquid operators
with pipelines in high consequence
areas (i.e., commercially navigable
waterways, high population areas, other
populated areas, and unusually
sensitive areas as defined in 49 CFR
195.450) are subject to certain
information collection requirements
relative to the Integrity Management
Program provisions of 49 CFR 195.452.
This collection, which applies to
operators of more than 500 miles of
hazardous liquid pipelines, is being
merged with the information collection
under OMB Control Number 2137–0605
which will now cover all hazardous
liquid operators with pipelines in high
consequence areas.
7. Title: Pipeline Safety: Integrity
Management in High Consequence
Areas for Operators of Hazardous Liquid
Pipelines. (New Title).
OMB Control Number: 2137–0605.
Current Expiration Date: 1/31/2012.
Abstract: Hazardous liquid operators
with pipelines in high consequence
areas (i.e., commercially navigable
waterways, high population areas, other
populated areas, and unusually
sensitive areas as defined in 49 CFR
195.450) are subject to certain
information collection requirements
relative to the Integrity Management
Program provisions of 49 CFR 195.452.
Affected Public: All pipeline
operators of hazardous liquid pipelines
located in high consequence areas.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping
Burden
Annual Responses: 203.
Annual Burden Hours: 325,470.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Comments are invited on:
(a) The need for the proposed
collection of information for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques.
Issued in Washington, DC, on October 17,
2011.
Linda Daugherty,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy
and Programs.
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for, and the processing of, special
permits from the Department of
Transportation’s Hazardous Material
Regulations (49 CFR part 107, subpart
B), notice is hereby given that the Office
of Hazardous Materials Safety has
received the applications described
herein. This notice is abbreviated to
expedite docketing and public notice.
Because the sections affected, modes of
transportation, and the nature of
application have been shown in earlier
Federal Register publications, they are
not repeated here. Requests for
modification of special permits (e.g. to
provide for additional hazardous
materials, packaging design changes,
additional mode of transportation, etc.)
are described in footnotes to the
application number. Application
numbers with the suffix ‘‘M’’ denote a
modification request. These
applications have been separated from
the new application for special permits
to facilitate processing.
Comments must be received on
or before November 8, 2011.
Address Comments to: Record Center,
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Washington, DC 20590.
Comments should refer to the
application number and be submitted in
triplicate. If confirmation of receipt of
comments is desired, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard showing
the special permit number.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
Office of Hazardous Materials Safety;
Notice of Applications for Modification
of Special Permit
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), DOT.
ACTION: List of Applications for
Modification of Special Permits.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
procedures governing the application
SUMMARY:
Copies of the applications are available
for inspection in the Records Center,
East Building, PHH–30, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue Southeast, Washington,
DC or at https://regulations.gov.
This notice of receipt of applications
for modification of special permit is
published in accordance with Part 107
of the Federal hazardous materials
transportation law (49 U.S.C. 5117(b);
49 CFR 1.53(b)).
Issued in Washington, DC, on October 6,
2011.
Donald Burger,
Chief, General Approvals and Permits.
MODIFICATION SPECIAL PERMITS
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No.
Docket No.
Applicant
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Defense Wilson,
NC.
Roeder Cartage
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Regulation(s)
affected
49 CFR
173.304(a)(1);
178.47; 175.3.
49 CFR 180.407(c),
(e) and (f).
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Name of special permit thereof
To modify the special permit to clarify the pressure at which the
wall thickness of the pressure vessel is defined and tested.
To modify the special permit to add an additional trailer.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2011-0273]
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: 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-
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.
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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Current Expiration Date: 2/29/2012.
Abstract: Pipeline operators are required to report certain
information about abandoned underwater pipelines to PHMSA (49 CFR
195.59 and 192.727). The information aids Federal and state pipeline
safety inspectors in conducting compliance inspections and
investigating incidents.
Affected Public: Operators of underwater pipelines.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden
Annual Responses: 10.
Annual Burden Hours: 60.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
6. Title: Pipeline Safety: Integrity Management in High Consequence
Areas for Operators with more than 500 Miles of Hazardous Liquid
Pipelines.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0604.
Current Expiration Date: 1/31/2012.
Abstract: Hazardous liquid operators with pipelines in high
consequence areas (i.e., commercially navigable waterways, high
population areas, other populated areas, and unusually sensitive areas
as defined in 49 CFR 195.450) are subject to certain information
collection requirements relative to the Integrity Management Program
provisions of 49 CFR 195.452. This collection, which applies to
operators of more than 500 miles of hazardous liquid pipelines, is
being merged with the information collection under OMB Control Number
2137-0605 which will now cover all hazardous liquid operators with
pipelines in high consequence areas.
7. Title: Pipeline Safety: Integrity Management in High Consequence
Areas for Operators of Hazardous Liquid Pipelines. (New Title).
OMB Control Number: 2137-0605.
Current Expiration Date: 1/31/2012.
Abstract: Hazardous liquid operators with pipelines in high
consequence areas (i.e., commercially navigable waterways, high
population areas, other populated areas, and unusually sensitive areas
as defined in 49 CFR 195.450) are subject to certain information
collection requirements relative to the Integrity Management Program
provisions of 49 CFR 195.452.
Affected Public: All pipeline operators of hazardous liquid
pipelines located in high consequence areas.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden
Annual Responses: 203.
Annual Burden Hours: 325,470.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Comments are invited on:
(a) The need for the proposed collection of information for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information will have practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques.
Issued in Washington, DC, on October 17, 2011.
Linda Daugherty,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy and Programs.
[FR Doc. 2011-27369 Filed 10-21-11; 8:45 am]
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