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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2018–0114; Notice No.
2019–04]
Hazardous Materials: Information
Collection Activities
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), Department of Transportation
(DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Information
Collection Requests (ICRs) discussed
below will be forwarded to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
renewal and extension. These ICRs
describe the nature of the information
collections and their expected burdens.
A Federal Register notice with a 60-day
comment period soliciting comments on
these ICRs was published in the Federal
Register on February 25, 2019 under
Docket No. PHMSA–2018–0114 (Notice
No. 2018–24). PHMSA received two
comments in response to the February
25, 2019 notice. One comment from
Bruce Grimm was supportive of PHMSA
continuing to collect information related
to subsidiary hazards under OMB
control number 2137–0613. The other
comment was outside the scope of this
notice.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on, or before June 10,
2019.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding
the burden estimate, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, by
mail to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, Attention:
Desk Officer for DOT–PHMSA, 725 17th
Street NW, Washington, DC 20503, by
fax, 202–395–5806, or by email, to
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
Comments should refer to the
information collection by title and/or
OMB Control Number.
We invite comments on: (1) 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; (2) the accuracy of
the Department’s estimate of the burden
of the proposed information collection;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including the use of
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automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Docket: For access to the dockets to
read background documents or
comments received, go to https://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steven Andrews or Shelby Geller,
Standards and Rulemaking Division
(PHH–10), U.S. Department of
Transportation, 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 110, 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: Radioactive (RAM)
Transportation Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0510.
Summary: This information collection
consolidates and describes the
information collection provisions in the
HMR involving the transportation of
radioactive materials in commerce.
Information collection requirements for
RAM include: Documenting testing and
engineering evaluations for packages,
documentation for DOT 7A packages,
revalidation of foreign competent
authority certifications, providing
specific written instruction of exclusive
use shipment controls, providing
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written instructions for exclusive use
shipment controls, obtaining U.S.
competent authority for package design,
registering with U.S. competent
authority as user of a package, and
request for a U.S. competent authority
for special form. The following
information collections and their
Information collection
Respondents
Document Test and Engineering Evaluation or Comparative Data for Packaging—Reporting .........................................................................................
DOT Specification 7A Package Documentation—Reporting ...........................
DOT Specification 7A Package Documentation—Recordkeeping ..................
Revalidation of Foreign Competent Authority Certification—Reporting ..........
Offeror Providing Specific Written Instruction of Exclusive Use Shipment
Controls to the Carrier—Reporting ..............................................................
Offeror Obtaining U.S. Competent Authority for Package Design—Reporting
Register with U.S. Competent Authority as User of a Package—Reporting ..
Request for a U.S. Competent Authority as Required by the IAEA Regulations for Special Form—Reporting ...............................................................
Affected Public: Shippers and carriers
of radioactive materials in commerce.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping
Burden:
Number of Respondents: 320.
Total Annual Responses: 2,915.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 15,347.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Title: Hazardous Materials Public
Sector Training and Planning Grants.
Total annual
responses
Hours per
response
Total annual
burden hours
50
50
50
25
100
100
500
25
40
80
0.0833
80
4,000
8,000
41.67
2,000
100
10
25
2,000
40
50
0.5
2
0.5
1,000
80
25
10
100
2
200
OMB Control Number: 2137–0586.
Summary: 49 CFR part 110 sets forth
the procedures for reimbursable grants
for planning and training in support of
the emergency preparedness efforts of
States, Indian tribes, and local
communities to manage hazardous
materials emergencies, particularly
those involving transportation. Sections
in this part address information
collection and recordkeeping with
regard to applying for grants, monitoring
expenditures, and reporting and
requesting modifications. The following
information collection and burden is
associated with this OMB Control
Number:
Information collection
Respondents
Total annual
responses
Hours per
response
Total annual
burden hours
Hazardous Materials Grants Applications .......................................................
62
62
83.23
5,160
Affected Public: State and local
governments, Indian tribes.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping
Burden:
Annual Respondents: 62.
Annual Responses: 62.
Annual Burden Hours: 5,160.
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
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burdens are associated with this OMB
Control Number:
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.
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.
The following information collection
and burden is associated with this OMB
Control Number:
Information collection
Respondents
Total annual
responses
Seconds per
response
Total annual
burden hours
Subsidiary Hazard Class on Shipping Papers ................................................
260,000
43,810,000
2
24,339
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Affected Public: Shippers and carriers
of hazardous materials in commerce.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping
Burden:
Number of Respondents: 260,000.
Total Annual Responses: 43,810,000.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 24,339.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 6, 2019.
William S. Schoonover,
Associate Administrator of Hazard Materials
Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Information Collection
Renewal; Comment Request; Bank
Secrecy Act/Money Laundering Risk
Assessment
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency (OCC), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
AGENCY:
The OCC, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on a continuing information
collection, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
In accordance with the requirements
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), the OCC may not conduct or
sponsor, and the respondent is not
required to respond to, an information
collection unless it displays a currently
valid Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number.
The OCC is soliciting comment
concerning its information collection
entitled, ‘‘Bank Secrecy Act/Money
Laundering Risk Assessment,’’ also
known as the Money Laundering Risk
(MLR) System. DATES: Comments must
be submitted by July 9, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Commenters are encouraged
to submit comments by email, if
possible. You may submit comments by
any of the following methods:
• Email: prainfo@occ.treas.gov.
• Mail: Chief Counsel’s Office,
Attention: Comment Processing, OMB
Control No. 1557–0231, Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency, 400 7th
Street SW, Suite 3E–218, Washington,
DC 20219.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: 400 7th
Street SW, Suite 3E–218, Washington,
DC 20219.
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• Fax: (571) 465–4326.
Instructions: You must include
‘‘OCC’’ as the agency name and ‘‘1557–
0231’’ in your comment. In general, the
OCC publishes comments on
www.reginfo.gov without change,
including any business or personal
information provided, such as name and
address information, email addresses, or
phone numbers. Comments received,
including attachments and other
supporting materials, are part of the
public record and subject to public
disclosure. Do not include any
information in your comment or
supporting materials that you consider
confidential or inappropriate for public
disclosure.
You may review comments and other
related materials that pertain to this
information collection beginning on the
date of publication of the second notice
for this collection 1 by any of the
following methods:
• Viewing Comments Electronically:
Go to www.reginfo.gov. Click on the
‘‘Information Collection Review’’ tab.
Underneath the ‘‘Currently under
Review’’ section heading, from the dropdown menu, select ‘‘Department of
Treasury’’ and then click ‘‘submit.’’ This
information collection can be located by
searching by OMB control number
‘‘1557–0231’’ or ‘‘Bank Secrecy Act/
Money Laundering Risk Assessment.’’
Upon finding the appropriate
information collection, click on the
related ‘‘ICR Reference Number.’’ On the
next screen, select ‘‘View Supporting
Statement and Other Documents’’ and
then click on the link to any comment
listed at the bottom of the screen.
• For assistance in navigating
www.reginfo.gov, please contact the
Regulatory Information Service Center
at (202) 482–7340.
• Viewing Comments Personally: You
may personally inspect comments at the
OCC, 400 7th Street SW, Washington,
DC. For security reasons, the OCC
requires that visitors make an
appointment to inspect comments. You
may do so by calling (202) 649–6700 or,
for persons who are deaf or hearing
impaired, TTY, (202) 649–5597. Upon
arrival, visitors will be required to
present valid government-issued photo
identification and submit to security
screening in order to inspect comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shaquita Merritt, OCC Clearance
Officer, (202) 874–5090, or for persons
who are deaf or hearing impaired, TTY,
(202) 649–5597, Chief Counsel’s Office,
Office of the Comptroller of the
1 Following the close of the 60-day comment
period for this notice, the OCC will publish a notice
for 30 days of comment for this collection.
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Currency, 400 7th Street SW,
Washington, DC 20219.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
PRA, federal agencies must obtain
approval from the OMB for each
collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. ‘‘Collection of information’’
is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5
CFR 1320.3(c) to include questions
posed to agencies, instrumentalities, or
employees of the United States, if the
results are to be used for general
statistical purposes, that is, if the results
are to be used for statistical
compilations of general public interest,
including compilations showing the
status or implementation of federal
activities and programs. Section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA requires
federal agencies to provide a 60-day
notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each proposed
extension or revision of an existing
collection of information, before
submitting the collection to OMB for
approval. In compliance with the PRA,
the OCC is publishing notice of the
proposed extension with revision of the
collection of information set forth in
this document.
Title: Bank Secrecy Act/Money
Laundering Risk Assessment.
OMB Control No: 1557–0231.
Type of Review: Regular.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.
Description: The MLR System
enhances the ability of examiners and
bank management to identify and
evaluate Bank Secrecy Act/Money
Laundering and Office of Foreign Asset
Control (OFAC) sanctions risks
associated with banks’ products,
services, customers, and locations. As
new products and services are
introduced, existing products and
services change, and banks expand
through mergers and acquisitions,
banks’ evaluation of money laundering
and terrorist financing risks should
evolve as well. Consequently, the MLR
risk assessment is an important tool for
the OCC’s Bank Secrecy Act/AntiMoney Laundering and OFAC
supervision activities because it allows
the agency to better identify those
institutions, and areas within
institutions, that pose heightened risk
and allocate examination resources
accordingly. This risk assessment is
critical in protecting U.S. financial
institutions of all sizes from potential
abuse from money laundering and
terrorist financing. An appropriate risk
assessment allows applicable control to
be effectively implemented for the lines
of business, products, or entities that
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2018-0114; Notice No. 2019-04]
Hazardous Materials: Information Collection Activities
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Information Collection Requests (ICRs)
discussed below will be forwarded to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for renewal and extension. These ICRs describe the nature
of the information collections and their expected burdens. A Federal
Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on
these ICRs was published in the Federal Register on February 25, 2019
under Docket No. PHMSA-2018-0114 (Notice No. 2018-24). PHMSA received
two comments in response to the February 25, 2019 notice. One comment
from Bruce Grimm was supportive of PHMSA continuing to collect
information related to subsidiary hazards under OMB control number
2137-0613. The other comment was outside the scope of this notice.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on, or before
June 10, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, by mail to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget,
Attention: Desk Officer for DOT-PHMSA, 725 17th Street NW, Washington,
DC 20503, by fax, 202-395-5806, or by email, to
[email protected]. Comments should refer to the information
collection by title and/or OMB Control Number.
We invite comments on: (1) 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; (2) the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of
the proposed information collection; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) 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.
Docket: For access to the dockets to read background documents or
comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Andrews or Shelby Geller,
Standards and Rulemaking Division (PHH-10), U.S. Department of
Transportation, 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 110, 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: Radioactive (RAM) Transportation Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0510.
Summary: This information collection consolidates and describes the
information collection provisions in the HMR involving the
transportation of radioactive materials in commerce. Information
collection requirements for RAM include: Documenting testing and
engineering evaluations for packages, documentation for DOT 7A
packages, revalidation of foreign competent authority certifications,
providing specific written instruction of exclusive use shipment
controls, providing
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written instructions for exclusive use shipment controls, obtaining
U.S. competent authority for package design, registering with U.S.
competent authority as user of a package, and request for a U.S.
competent authority for special form. The following information
collections and their burdens are associated with this OMB Control
Number:
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Total annual Hours per Total annual
Information collection Respondents responses response burden hours
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Document Test and Engineering Evaluation or 50 100 40 4,000
Comparative Data for Packaging--Reporting......
DOT Specification 7A Package Documentation-- 50 100 80 8,000
Reporting......................................
DOT Specification 7A Package Documentation-- 50 500 0.0833 41.67
Recordkeeping..................................
Revalidation of Foreign Competent Authority 25 25 80 2,000
Certification--Reporting.......................
Offeror Providing Specific Written Instruction 100 2,000 0.5 1,000
of Exclusive Use Shipment Controls to the
Carrier--Reporting.............................
Offeror Obtaining U.S. Competent Authority for 10 40 2 80
Package Design--Reporting......................
Register with U.S. Competent Authority as User 25 50 0.5 25
of a Package--Reporting........................
Request for a U.S. Competent Authority as 10 100 2 200
Required by the IAEA Regulations for Special
Form--Reporting................................
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Affected Public: Shippers and carriers of radioactive materials in
commerce.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Number of Respondents: 320.
Total Annual Responses: 2,915.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 15,347.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Title: Hazardous Materials Public Sector Training and Planning
Grants.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0586.
Summary: 49 CFR part 110 sets forth the procedures for reimbursable
grants for planning and training in support of the emergency
preparedness efforts of States, Indian tribes, and local communities to
manage hazardous materials emergencies, particularly those involving
transportation. Sections in this part address information collection
and recordkeeping with regard to applying for grants, monitoring
expenditures, and reporting and requesting modifications. The following
information collection and burden is associated with this OMB Control
Number:
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Total annual Hours per Total annual
Information collection Respondents responses response burden hours
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Hazardous Materials Grants Applications..... 62 62 83.23 5,160
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Affected Public: State and local governments, Indian tribes.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Annual Respondents: 62.
Annual Responses: 62.
Annual Burden Hours: 5,160.
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.
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.
The following information collection and burden is associated with
this OMB Control Number:
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Total annual Seconds per Total annual
Information collection Respondents responses response burden hours
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Subsidiary Hazard Class on Shipping Papers.. 260,000 43,810,000 2 24,339
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Affected Public: Shippers and carriers of hazardous materials in
commerce.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Number of Respondents: 260,000.
Total Annual Responses: 43,810,000.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 24,339.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 6, 2019.
William S. Schoonover,
Associate Administrator of Hazard Materials Safety, Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
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