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equipped with Dayton wheels and/or (in
the case of motorcycles) drive sprockets.
No problems with the Dayton products,
of any sort, were claimed by any of
those we queried.
5.0
Dayton Product Evaluations
5.1 Petitioner Documentation
In support of his claim that the
subject products are ‘‘defective’’ thus
constituting ‘‘a substantial risk of
catastrophic personal injury,’’ the
petitioner cites a number of tests and
analyses conducted on behalf of
Dayton * * * the last of these dated
February 22, 2006.12 The Petitioner has
characterized these as documented test
failures.
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5.2 Dayton Documentation
In responding to both the petitioner’s
allegations and item numbers 6 and 9 of
our March 9, 2010, inquiry, Dayton
provided additional information and
context. Two items are relevant here:
First, the Finite Element Analysis
conducted by RHAMM Technologies,
LLC of Dayton, Ohio on behalf of
Dayton in January 2006 was later found
flawed because the analysis parameters
did not account for work-hardening of
the spoke material. Additionally,
RHAMM could not define a real-world
failure point within the reasonably
expected load limits.13
The second relevant item concerns
the allegation that testing conducted by
Standard Test Labs (STL) on Dayton’s
behalf, was invalid. According to
Dayton, when this allegation was first
made, sometime in 2006, it retained the
services of Rexnord Technical Services
of Milwaukee, WI to assess STL’s testing
and results. Rexnord’s analysis
validated STL’s tests and results.14
6.0 NHTSA Analysis
In assessing the petitioner’s claim that
the subject Dayton products are
defective, NHTSA reviewed all
reasonably available information to
determine whether the products were
failing in real-world use and, if so, how
frequently? After conducting a
comprehensive effort to uncover reports
of Dayton wheel separation and/or
collapse or motorcycle drive pulley
failure, we found no such reports
concerning Dayton wheels and one
(from 2007) involving a drive pulley, the
latter apparently resulting from
improper installation. If, as the
12 John R. Folkerth, Jr., Esq., to Ronald Medford,
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
Washington, DC, 26 July 2010, attachment 8.
13 Letter from Jeffrey P. Hinebaugh to Richard P.
Boyd, NHTSA, Washington, DC, 14 May 2010, item
number 9.
14 Ibid.
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petitioner alleges, the testing results
(from 2003–2006) indicated Dayton was
producing and selling sub-standard
wheels and pulleys, it would follow that
real-world failures would have
occurred, certainly in the last five years.
NHTSA found no such evidence.
7.0 Conclusion
Based on the foregoing analysis, there
is no reasonable possibility that an order
concerning the notification and remedy
of a safety-related defect would be
issued as a result of granting Mr.
Gisslen’s petition. Therefore, in view of
the need to allocate and prioritize
NHTSA’s limited resources to best
accomplish the agency’s safety mission,
the petition is denied.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2011–0223 (Notice No.
11–12)]
Information Collection Activities
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Information
Collection Requests (ICR) abstracted
below will be forwarded to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comments. The ICRs
describe the nature of the information
collections and their expected burden.
A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day
comment period soliciting comments on
these collections of information was
published in the Federal Register on
September 14, 2011 [76 FR 56872]
under Docket No. PHMSA–2011–0223
(Notice No. 11–9).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
December 29, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding
the burden estimate, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for
PHMSA, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503. Comments are
invited on: 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 most effective if
OMB receives it within 30 days of
publication.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steven Andrews or T. Glenn Foster, U.S.
Department of Transportation,
Standards and Rulemaking Division
(PHH–10), Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, East Building,
2nd Floor, Washington, DC. 20590–
0001, Telephone (202) 366–8553.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Section 1320.8(d), Title 5, Code of
Federal Regulations requires Federal
agencies 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 49 CFR
Parts 172 and 173 of the Hazardous
Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR
Parts 171–180). 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, including former title if a
change is being made; (2) OMB control
number; (3) abstract of the information
collection activity; (4) description of
affected persons; (5) estimate of total
annual reporting and recordkeeping
burden; and (6) frequency of collection.
PHMSA will request a three-year term of
approval for each information collection
activity and, when approved by OMB,
publish notice of the approvals in the
Federal Register.
PHMSA requests comments on the
following information collections:
Title: Testing, Inspection, and
Marking Requirements for Cylinders.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0022.
Summary: Requirements in § 173.301
for qualification, maintenance and use
of cylinders require that cylinders be
periodically inspected and retested to
ensure continuing compliance with
packaging standards. Information
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collection requirements address
registration of retesters and marking of
cylinders by retesters with their
identification number and retest date
following the completion of required
tests. Records showing the results of
inspections and retests must be kept by
the cylinder owner or designated agent
until expiration of the retest period or
until the cylinder is re-inspected or
retested, whichever occurs first. These
requirements are intended to ensure that
retesters have the qualifications to
perform tests and to identify to cylinder
fillers and users that cylinders are
qualified for continuing use.
Information collection requirements in
§ 173.303 require that fillers of acetylene
cylinders keep, for at least 30 days, a
daily record of the representative
pressure to which cylinders are filled.
PHMSA did not receive any comments
pertaining to this OMB control number
in response to the Federal Register
Notice published on September 14,
2011.
Affected Public: Fillers, owners, users
and retesters of reusable cylinders.
Recordkeeping:
Number of Respondents: 139,352.
Total Annual Responses: 153,287.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 171,642.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Title: Hazardous Materials Security
Plans.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0612.
Summary: To assure public safety,
shippers and carriers must take
reasonable measures to plan and
implement procedures to prevent
unauthorized persons from taking
control of, or attacking, hazardous
materials shipments. Part 172 of the
HMR requires persons who offer or
transport certain hazardous materials to
develop and implement written plans to
enhance the security of hazardous
materials shipments. The security plan
requirement applies to shipments of: (1)
A highway route-controlled quantity of
a Class 7 (radioactive) material; (2) more
than 25 kg (55 lbs) of a Division 1.1, 1.2,
or 1.3 (explosive) material; (3) more
than 1 L (1.06 qt) per package of a
material poisonous by inhalation in
hazard zone A; (4) a shipment of
hazardous materials in a bulk packaging
with a capacity equal to or greater than
13,248 L (3,500 gal) for liquids or gases,
or greater than 13.24 cubic meters (468
cubic feet) for solids; (5) a shipment that
requires placarding; and (6) select
agents. Select agents are infectious
substances identified by CDC as
materials with the potential to have
serious consequences for human health
and safety if used illegitimately. A
security plan will enable shippers and
carriers to reduce the possibility that a
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hazardous materials shipment will be
used as a weapon of opportunity by a
terrorist or criminal. This information
collection was originally included in the
Federal Register Notice published on
September 14, 2011 [76 FR 56872]
under Docket No. PHMSA–2011–0223
(Notice No. 11–9). However, since the
September 14 publication, this
information collection has been
renewed in a separate OMB action. The
expiration date has been extended until
August 31, 2014.
Affected Public: Shippers and carriers
of hazardous materials in commerce.
Recordkeeping:
Number of Respondents: 54,999.
Total Annual Responses: 44,880.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 372,064.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Title: Subsidiary Hazard Class and
Number/Type of Packagings.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0613.
Summary: The HMR require that
shipping papers and emergency
response information accompany each
shipment of hazardous materials in
commerce. In addition to the basic
shipping description information, we
also require the subsidiary hazard class
or subsidiary division number(s) to be
entered in parentheses following the
primary hazard class or division number
on shipping papers. This requirement
was originally required only by
transportation by vessel. However, the
lack of such a requirement posed
problems for motor carriers with regard
to complying with segregation,
separation, and placarding
requirements, as well as posing a safety
hazard. For example, in the event the
motor vehicle becomes involved in an
accident, when the hazardous materials
being transported include a subsidiary
hazard such as ‘‘dangerous when wet’’
or a subsidiary hazard requiring more
stringent requirements than the primary
hazard, there is no indication of the
subsidiary hazards on the shipping
papers and no indication of the
subsidiary risks on placards. Under
circumstances such as motor vehicles
being loaded at a dock, labels are not
enough to alert hazardous materials
employees loading the vehicles, nor are
they enough to alert emergency
responders of the subsidiary risks
contained on the vehicles. Therefore, we
require the subsidiary hazard class or
subsidiary division number(s) to be
entered on the shipping paper, for
purposes of enhancing safety and
international harmonization.
We also require the number and type
of packagings to be indicated on the
shipping paper. This requirement makes
it mandatory for shippers to indicate on
shipping papers the numbers and types
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of packages, such as drums, boxes,
jerricans, etc., being used to transport
hazardous materials by all modes of
transportation.
Shipping papers serve as a principal
means of identifying hazardous
materials during transportation
emergencies. Firefighters, police, and
other emergency response personnel are
trained to obtain the DOT shipping
papers and emergency response
information when responding to
hazardous materials transportation
emergencies. The availability of
accurate information concerning
hazardous materials being transported
significantly improves response efforts
in these types of emergencies. The
additional information would aid
emergency responders by more clearly
identifying the hazard. PHMSA did not
receive any comments pertaining to this
OMB control number in response to the
Federal Register Notice published on
September 14, 2011.
Affected Public: Shippers and carriers
of hazardous materials in commerce.
Recordkeeping:
Number of Respondents: 250,000.
Total Annual Responses: 6,337,500.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 17,604.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Issued in Washington, DC on November 22,
2011.
Delmer F. Billings,
Senior Regulatory Advisor, Standards and
Rulemaking Division.
[FR Doc. 2011–30621 Filed 11–28–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[Docket No. AB 1077X]
Wiregrass Central Railway, LLC—
Abandonment Exemption—in Coffee
County, AL
On November 9, 2011, Wiregrass
Central Railway, LLC (WCR) filed with
the Surface Transportation Board
(Board) a petition under 49 U.S.C. 10502
to exempt from the prior approval
requirements of 49 U.S.C. 10903 WCR’s
abandonment of a 1.2-mile line of
railroad extending between milepost
820.0 and milepost 821.2 in Enterprise,
in Coffee County, Ala. (the line).1 The
line traverses United States Postal
1 The line is part of a 21.2-mile rail line that WCR
acquired from Wiregrass Central Railroad Company,
Inc. See Wiregrass Cent. Ry.—Acquis. & Operation
Exemption—Wiregrass Cent. R.R., FD 35489 (STB
served Apr. 22, 2011).
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[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2011-0223 (Notice No. 11-12)]
Information Collection Activities
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Information Collection Requests (ICR)
abstracted below will be forwarded to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and comments. The ICRs describe the nature of
the information collections and their expected burden. A Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on
these collections of information was published in the Federal Register
on September 14, 2011 [76 FR 56872] under Docket No. PHMSA-2011-0223
(Notice No. 11-9).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
December 29, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for PHMSA, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503. Comments are invited on: whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of
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. A comment to OMB is most
effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Andrews or T. Glenn Foster,
U.S. Department of Transportation, Standards and Rulemaking Division
(PHH-10), Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, East Building, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC. 20590-
0001, Telephone (202) 366-8553.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Section 1320.8(d), Title 5, Code of Federal Regulations requires
Federal agencies 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 49 CFR
Parts 172 and 173 of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR
Parts 171-180). 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,
including former title if a change is being made; (2) OMB control
number; (3) abstract of the information collection activity; (4)
description of affected persons; (5) estimate of total annual reporting
and recordkeeping burden; and (6) frequency of collection. PHMSA will
request a three-year term of approval for each information collection
activity and, when approved by OMB, publish notice of the approvals in
the Federal Register.
PHMSA requests comments on the following information collections:
Title: Testing, Inspection, and Marking Requirements for Cylinders.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0022.
Summary: Requirements in Sec. 173.301 for qualification,
maintenance and use of cylinders require that cylinders be periodically
inspected and retested to ensure continuing compliance with packaging
standards. Information
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collection requirements address registration of retesters and marking
of cylinders by retesters with their identification number and retest
date following the completion of required tests. Records showing the
results of inspections and retests must be kept by the cylinder owner
or designated agent until expiration of the retest period or until the
cylinder is re-inspected or retested, whichever occurs first. These
requirements are intended to ensure that retesters have the
qualifications to perform tests and to identify to cylinder fillers and
users that cylinders are qualified for continuing use. Information
collection requirements in Sec. 173.303 require that fillers of
acetylene cylinders keep, for at least 30 days, a daily record of the
representative pressure to which cylinders are filled. PHMSA did not
receive any comments pertaining to this OMB control number in response
to the Federal Register Notice published on September 14, 2011.
Affected Public: Fillers, owners, users and retesters of reusable
cylinders.
Recordkeeping:
Number of Respondents: 139,352.
Total Annual Responses: 153,287.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 171,642.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Title: Hazardous Materials Security Plans.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0612.
Summary: To assure public safety, shippers and carriers must take
reasonable measures to plan and implement procedures to prevent
unauthorized persons from taking control of, or attacking, hazardous
materials shipments. Part 172 of the HMR requires persons who offer or
transport certain hazardous materials to develop and implement written
plans to enhance the security of hazardous materials shipments. The
security plan requirement applies to shipments of: (1) A highway route-
controlled quantity of a Class 7 (radioactive) material; (2) more than
25 kg (55 lbs) of a Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 (explosive) material; (3)
more than 1 L (1.06 qt) per package of a material poisonous by
inhalation in hazard zone A; (4) a shipment of hazardous materials in a
bulk packaging with a capacity equal to or greater than 13,248 L (3,500
gal) for liquids or gases, or greater than 13.24 cubic meters (468
cubic feet) for solids; (5) a shipment that requires placarding; and
(6) select agents. Select agents are infectious substances identified
by CDC as materials with the potential to have serious consequences for
human health and safety if used illegitimately. A security plan will
enable shippers and carriers to reduce the possibility that a hazardous
materials shipment will be used as a weapon of opportunity by a
terrorist or criminal. This information collection was originally
included in the Federal Register Notice published on September 14, 2011
[76 FR 56872] under Docket No. PHMSA-2011-0223 (Notice No. 11-9).
However, since the September 14 publication, this information
collection has been renewed in a separate OMB action. The expiration
date has been extended until August 31, 2014.
Affected Public: Shippers and carriers of hazardous materials in
commerce.
Recordkeeping:
Number of Respondents: 54,999.
Total Annual Responses: 44,880.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 372,064.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Title: Subsidiary Hazard Class and Number/Type of Packagings.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0613.
Summary: The HMR require that shipping papers and emergency
response information accompany each shipment of hazardous materials in
commerce. In addition to the basic shipping description information, we
also require the subsidiary hazard class or subsidiary division
number(s) to be entered in parentheses following the primary hazard
class or division number on shipping papers. This requirement was
originally required only by transportation by vessel. However, the lack
of such a requirement posed problems for motor carriers with regard to
complying with segregation, separation, and placarding requirements, as
well as posing a safety hazard. For example, in the event the motor
vehicle becomes involved in an accident, when the hazardous materials
being transported include a subsidiary hazard such as ``dangerous when
wet'' or a subsidiary hazard requiring more stringent requirements than
the primary hazard, there is no indication of the subsidiary hazards on
the shipping papers and no indication of the subsidiary risks on
placards. Under circumstances such as motor vehicles being loaded at a
dock, labels are not enough to alert hazardous materials employees
loading the vehicles, nor are they enough to alert emergency responders
of the subsidiary risks contained on the vehicles. Therefore, we
require the subsidiary hazard class or subsidiary division number(s) to
be entered on the shipping paper, for purposes of enhancing safety and
international harmonization.
We also require the number and type of packagings to be indicated
on the shipping paper. This requirement makes it mandatory for shippers
to indicate on shipping papers the numbers and types of packages, such
as drums, boxes, jerricans, etc., being used to transport hazardous
materials by all modes of transportation.
Shipping papers serve as a principal means of identifying hazardous
materials during transportation emergencies. Firefighters, police, and
other emergency response personnel are trained to obtain the DOT
shipping papers and emergency response information when responding to
hazardous materials transportation emergencies. The availability of
accurate information concerning hazardous materials being transported
significantly improves response efforts in these types of emergencies.
The additional information would aid emergency responders by more
clearly identifying the hazard. PHMSA did not receive any comments
pertaining to this OMB control number in response to the Federal
Register Notice published on September 14, 2011.
Affected Public: Shippers and carriers of hazardous materials in
commerce.
Recordkeeping:
Number of Respondents: 250,000.
Total Annual Responses: 6,337,500.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 17,604.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Issued in Washington, DC on November 22, 2011.
Delmer F. Billings,
Senior Regulatory Advisor, Standards and Rulemaking Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-30621 Filed 11-28-11; 8:45 am]
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