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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2019–0195 (Notice No.
2019–11)]
Hazardous Materials: Information
Collection Activities
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
PHMSA invites comments on a revision
to the information collection pertaining
to hazardous materials public sector
training and planning grants for which
PHMSA intends to request a renewal
with revision from the Office of
Management and Budget.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before January
27, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by the Docket Number
PHMSA–2019–0195 (Notice No. 2019–
11) by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Management System;
U.S. Department of Transportation,
West Building, Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, Routing Symbol M–30, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590.
• Hand Delivery: To the Docket
Management System; Room W12–140
on the ground floor of the West
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and Docket
Number (PHMSA–2019–0195) for this
notice at the beginning of the comment.
To avoid duplication, please use only
one of these four methods. All
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comments received will be posted
without change to the Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) and will
include any personal information you
provide.
Requests for a copy of an information
collection should be directed to Steven
Andrews or Shelby Geller, (202) 366–
8553, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration,
Standards and Rulemaking Division,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Docket: For access to the dockets to
read background documents or
comments received, go to https://
www.regulations.gov or DOT’s Docket
Operations Office (see ADDRESSES).
Privacy Act: In accordance with 5
U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments
from the public to better inform its
rulemaking process. DOT posts these
comments, without edit, including any
personal information the commenter
provides, to www.regulations.gov, as
described in the system of records
notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can
be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steven Andrews or Shelby Geller, (202)
366–8553, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration,
Standards and Rulemaking Division,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
1320.8 (d), title 5, Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) 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 an information
collection request that PHMSA will be
submitting to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for revision.
Specifically, PHMSA is notifying the
public of its intent to seek additional
information in hazardous materials
planning grant applications. This
information collection is contained in
49 CFR 171.6 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 a proposed
revision to this information collection.
The following information is provided
for this information collection: (1) Title
of the information collection, including
former title if a change is being made;
(2) OMB control number; (3) summary
of the information collection activity; (4)
description of affected public; (5)
estimate of total annual reporting and
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recordkeeping burden; and (6)
frequency of collection. PHMSA will
request a 3-year term of approval for this
information collection activity and will
publish a notice in the Federal Register
upon OMB’s approval.
On February 28, 2019, PHMSA
published a final rule titled ‘‘Hazardous
Materials: Oil Spill Response Plans and
Information Sharing for High-Hazard
Flammable Trains (FAST Act)’’ [HM–
251B; 84 FR 6910] which revised and
clarified requirements for
Comprehensive Oil Spill Response
Plans (COSRPs) and expanded their
applicability based on petroleum oil
thresholds that apply to an entire train
consist. The final rule also required a
railroad to share information about
high-hazard flammable train (HHFT)
operations with each State emergency
response commissions (SERC, Tribal
Emergency Response, Commission
(TERC), or other appropriate Statedelegated agency in each State through
which it operates to improve
community preparedness. At a
minimum, railroads must provide: (1) A
reasonable estimate of the number of
HHFTs that the railroad expects to
operate each week, through each county
within the State or through each tribal
jurisdiction; (2) the routes over which
the HHFTs will operate; (3) a
description of the hazardous materials
being transported and all applicable
emergency response information
required by the shipping papers and
emergency response information
requirements of the HMR; (4) an HHFT
point of contact; and (5) a description of
the response zones (including counties
and states) and the contact information
for the qualified individual and
alternate as specified under § 130.120(c)
if a route identified above is
additionally subject to the
comprehensive spill plan requirements.
In addition, the HHFT notification must
be maintained and transmitted in
accordance with the following: (1)
Railroads must update the notifications
for changes in volume greater than 25%;
(2) notifications and updates may be
transmitted electronically or by hard
copy; (3) if the disclosure includes
information that a railroad believes is
security sensitive or proprietary and
exempt from public disclosure, the
railroad should indicate that in the
notification; (4) each point of contact
must be clearly identified by name or
title, and contact role (e.g., qualified
individual, HHFT point of contact) in
association with the telephone number.
One point of contact may fulfill
multiple roles; and (5) copies of the
railroad’s notifications must be made
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available to the Department of
Transportation upon request.
Following an audit conducted by the
General Accounting Office (GAO),
PHMSA received a recommendation
(GAO–17–91) to develop a process for
regularly collecting information from
SERCs on the distribution of the
railroad-provided hazardous materials
shipping information to local planning
entities. In response to this
recommendation, PHMSA is seeking to
have grant applicants declare if SERCs
have received copies of the railroadprovided information detailed above. In
addition, PHMSA is seeking to
determine if the SERCs are
disseminating this information to local
planning entities. PHMSA expects that
requesting grantees to provide this
Question/topic
Respondents
General Grantee and Sub-grantee information ...................
Information on LEPCs ..........................................................
Assessment of Potential Chemical Threats .........................
Assessment of Response Capabilities for Accidents/Incidents .................................................................................
HMEP Planning and Training Grant Reporting ...................
HMEP Planning Goals and Objectives ................................
HMEP Training and Planning Assessment .........................
Hazmat Transportation Fees ...............................................
Grant Applicant is NIMS Compliant/Grant Application Is
Reviewed By SERC .........................................................
HMEP Grant Program Administration ..................................
HHFT Information-Sharing Compliance Questions .............
Responses
per
respondent
Number of
responses
Hours per
response
Total burden
hours
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62
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62
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16
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496
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341
2.067
training in support of the emergency
planning and training efforts of States,
Indian tribes, and local communities to
manage hazardous materials
emergencies, particularly those
involving transportation. Sections in
Title: Hazardous Materials Public
Sector Training and Planning Grants.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0586.
Summary: Part 110 of 49 CFR sets
forth the procedures for reimbursable
grants for public sector planning and
additional information will add
approximately 2 minutes of burden time
per respondent. For 62 grantees, this is
appropriately 2.067 additional burden
hours (62 grantees x 2 minutes).
The time to complete each component
of an HMEP grantee application,
including the additional informationsharing compliance questions, is as
follows:
this part address information collection
and recordkeeping regarding the
application for grants, the monitoring of
expenditures, and the reporting and
requesting of modifications.
Information collection
Respondents
Total annual
responses
Hours per
response
Total annual
burden hours
Hazardous Materials Grants Applications .......................................................
62
62
83.26
5,162
Affected Public: State and local
governments, Indian tribes.
Increase in Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping Burden:
Increase in Annual Respondents: 0.
Increase in Annual Responses: 0.
Increase in Annual Burden Hours: 2.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Issued in Washington, DC on November 20,
2019.
William S. Schoonover,
Associate Administrator of Hazardous
Materials Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. DOT–OST–2019–0165]
Non-Traditional and Emerging
Transportation Technology (NETT)
Council
Office of the Secretary (OST),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Request for comment.
AGENCY:
In April 2019, the Department
of Transportation (DOT) created the
Non-Traditional and Emerging
Transportation Technology (NETT)
Council, an internal deliberative body at
DOT, to identify and resolve
jurisdictional and regulatory gaps
associated with non-traditional and
emerging transportation projects
pending before DOT, including with
respect to safety oversight,
environmental review, and funding
issues. The Office of the Secretary of
Transportation invites comments on
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projects, issues, or topics that DOT
should consider through the NETT
Council, including regulatory models
and other alternative approaches for
non-traditional and emerging
transportation technologies.
DATES: Comments are requested by
January 10, 2020. See the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section on
‘‘Public Participation,’’ below, for more
information about written comments.
Written Comments: Comments should
refer to the docket number above and be
submitted by one of the following
methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery: 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2019-0195 (Notice No. 2019-11)]
Hazardous Materials: Information Collection Activities
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, PHMSA
invites comments on a revision to the information collection pertaining
to hazardous materials public sector training and planning grants for
which PHMSA intends to request a renewal with revision from the Office
of Management and Budget.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
January 27, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by the Docket Number
PHMSA-2019-0195 (Notice No. 2019-11) by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Management System; U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Routing
Symbol M-30, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
Hand Delivery: To the Docket Management System; Room W12-
140 on the ground floor of the West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
Docket Number (PHMSA-2019-0195) for this notice at the beginning of the
comment. To avoid duplication, please use only one of these four
methods. All comments received will be posted without change to the
Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) and will include any personal
information you provide.
Requests for a copy of an information collection should be directed
to Steven Andrews or Shelby Geller, (202) 366-8553, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration,
Standards and Rulemaking Division, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Docket: For access to the dockets to read background documents or
comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov or DOT's Docket
Operations Office (see ADDRESSES).
Privacy Act: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits
comments from the public to better inform its rulemaking process. DOT
posts these comments, without edit, including any personal information
the commenter provides, to www.regulations.gov, as described in the
system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at
www.dot.gov/privacy.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Andrews or Shelby Geller, (202)
366-8553, U.S. Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration, Standards and Rulemaking Division,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1320.8 (d), title 5, Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) 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 an
information collection request that PHMSA will be submitting to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for revision. Specifically, PHMSA
is notifying the public of its intent to seek additional information in
hazardous materials planning grant applications. This information
collection is contained in 49 CFR 171.6 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 a proposed revision to this information
collection. The following information is provided for this information
collection: (1) Title of the information collection, including former
title if a change is being made; (2) OMB control number; (3) summary of
the information collection activity; (4) description of affected
public; (5) estimate of total annual reporting and recordkeeping
burden; and (6) frequency of collection. PHMSA will request a 3-year
term of approval for this information collection activity and will
publish a notice in the Federal Register upon OMB's approval.
On February 28, 2019, PHMSA published a final rule titled
``Hazardous Materials: Oil Spill Response Plans and Information Sharing
for High-Hazard Flammable Trains (FAST Act)'' [HM-251B; 84 FR 6910]
which revised and clarified requirements for Comprehensive Oil Spill
Response Plans (COSRPs) and expanded their applicability based on
petroleum oil thresholds that apply to an entire train consist. The
final rule also required a railroad to share information about high-
hazard flammable train (HHFT) operations with each State emergency
response commissions (SERC, Tribal Emergency Response, Commission
(TERC), or other appropriate State-delegated agency in each State
through which it operates to improve community preparedness. At a
minimum, railroads must provide: (1) A reasonable estimate of the
number of HHFTs that the railroad expects to operate each week, through
each county within the State or through each tribal jurisdiction; (2)
the routes over which the HHFTs will operate; (3) a description of the
hazardous materials being transported and all applicable emergency
response information required by the shipping papers and emergency
response information requirements of the HMR; (4) an HHFT point of
contact; and (5) a description of the response zones (including
counties and states) and the contact information for the qualified
individual and alternate as specified under Sec. 130.120(c) if a route
identified above is additionally subject to the comprehensive spill
plan requirements. In addition, the HHFT notification must be
maintained and transmitted in accordance with the following: (1)
Railroads must update the notifications for changes in volume greater
than 25%; (2) notifications and updates may be transmitted
electronically or by hard copy; (3) if the disclosure includes
information that a railroad believes is security sensitive or
proprietary and exempt from public disclosure, the railroad should
indicate that in the notification; (4) each point of contact must be
clearly identified by name or title, and contact role (e.g., qualified
individual, HHFT point of contact) in association with the telephone
number. One point of contact may fulfill multiple roles; and (5) copies
of the railroad's notifications must be made
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available to the Department of Transportation upon request.
Following an audit conducted by the General Accounting Office
(GAO), PHMSA received a recommendation (GAO-17-91) to develop a process
for regularly collecting information from SERCs on the distribution of
the railroad-provided hazardous materials shipping information to local
planning entities. In response to this recommendation, PHMSA is seeking
to have grant applicants declare if SERCs have received copies of the
railroad-provided information detailed above. In addition, PHMSA is
seeking to determine if the SERCs are disseminating this information to
local planning entities. PHMSA expects that requesting grantees to
provide this additional information will add approximately 2 minutes of
burden time per respondent. For 62 grantees, this is appropriately
2.067 additional burden hours (62 grantees x 2 minutes).
The time to complete each component of an HMEP grantee application,
including the additional information-sharing compliance questions, is
as follows:
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Responses per Number of Hours per Total burden
Question/topic Respondents respondent responses response hours
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General Grantee and Sub-grantee 62 1 62 16 992
information....................
Information on LEPCs............ 62 1 62 16 992
Assessment of Potential Chemical 62 1 62 8 496
Threats........................
Assessment of Response 62 1 62 8 496
Capabilities for Accidents/
Incidents......................
HMEP Planning and Training Grant 62 1 62 7 434
Reporting......................
HMEP Planning Goals and 62 1 62 7 434
Objectives.....................
HMEP Training and Planning 62 1 62 7 434
Assessment.....................
Hazmat Transportation Fees...... 62 1 62 3.23 200.26
Grant Applicant is NIMS 62 1 62 5.5 341
Compliant/Grant Application Is
Reviewed By SERC...............
HMEP Grant Program 62 1 62 5.5 341
Administration.................
HHFT Information-Sharing 62 1 62 0.033 2.067
Compliance Questions...........
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Title: Hazardous Materials Public Sector Training and Planning
Grants.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0586.
Summary: Part 110 of 49 CFR sets forth the procedures for
reimbursable grants for public sector planning and training in support
of the emergency planning and training 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 regarding
the application for grants, the monitoring of expenditures, and the
reporting and requesting of modifications.
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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 83.26 5,162
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Affected Public: State and local governments, Indian tribes.
Increase in Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Increase in Annual Respondents: 0.
Increase in Annual Responses: 0.
Increase in Annual Burden Hours: 2.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Issued in Washington, DC on November 20, 2019.
William S. Schoonover,
Associate Administrator of Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 2019-25567 Filed 11-25-19; 8:45 am]
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