Hazardous Materials: Information Collection Activities, 29625-29626 [2021-11566]

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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 notice and request for comments with a 60-day comment period on these ICRs was published in the Federal Register on February 23, 2021 under Docket No. PHMSA–2020–0159 (Notice No. 2021– 01). PHMSA did not receive any comments in response to this notice. DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before July 2, 2021. SUMMARY: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collections should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. 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. ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Andrews or Shelby Geller, Standards and Rulemaking Division, (202) 366–8553, ohmspra@dot.gov, PO 00000 Frm 00080 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 29625 Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590– 0001. 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 information collection requests PHMSA will be submitting to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for renewal and extension. These information collections are 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 changes in proposed or final rules published since the information collections were last approved. Please note that in the February 23, 2021 (86 FR 11052), notice and request for comments, PHMSA included an additional information collection under OMB Control Number 2137–0022 titled ‘‘Testing, Inspection, and Marking Requirements for Cylinders.’’ However, since that publication, PHMSA received a 3-year renewal for this collection based on changes associated with a final rule PHMSA published on December 28, 2020, titled ‘‘Hazardous Materials: Miscellaneous Amendments Pertaining to DOT-Specification Cylinders’’ (HM– 234; 85 FR 85380). As this collection has been renewed until May 31, 2024, OMB Control Number 2137–0022 is no longer contained in this notice for comment and subsequent renewal. 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) 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 each information collection activity and will publish a notice in the Federal Register upon OMB’s approval. PHMSA requests comments on the following information collections: Title: Cargo Tank Specification Requirements. OMB Control Number: 2137–0014. Summary: This information collection consolidates and describes the information collection provisions in parts 107, 178, and 180 of the HMR SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\02JNN1.SGM 02JNN1 29626 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 104 / Wednesday, June 2, 2021 / Notices involving the manufacture, qualification, maintenance, and use of all specification cargo tank motor vehicles. It also includes the information collection and recordkeeping requirements for persons who are engaged in the manufacture, assembly, requalification, and maintenance of DOT specification cargo tank motor vehicles. The types of information collected include: (1) Registration Statements: Cargo tank manufacturers and repairers, as well as cargo tank motor vehicle assemblers, are required to be registered with DOT and must furnish information relative to their qualifications to perform the functions in accordance with the HMR. DOT uses the registration statements to identify these persons to ensure they possess the knowledge and skills necessary to perform the required functions and that they are performing the specified functions in accordance with the applicable regulations. (2) Requalification and Maintenance Reports: These reports are prepared by persons who requalify or maintain cargo tanks. This information is used by cargo tank owners, operators and users, and DOT compliance personnel to verify that the cargo tanks are requalified, maintained, and in proper condition for Annual respondents Information collection Registration—Cargo Tank Manufacturers .................................................. Registration—Repair Facilities ................................................................... Registration—Design Certifying Engineers & Registered Inspectors ........ Registration—Recordkeeping ..................................................................... Updating a Cargo Tank Registration ......................................................... Design Certificates for Prototypes ............................................................. Design Certificates for Prototypes—Recordkeeping .................................. Manufacture’s Data Reports or Certificate and Related Papers ............... Manufacture’s Data Reports or Certificate and Related Papers—Recordkeeping. Completion of Manufacturer’s Data Report—New Cargo Tanks ............... Completion of Manufacturer’s Data Report—Remanufactured Cargo Tanks. Completion of Manufacturer’s Data Report—Recordkeeping .................... Cargo Tank Repair/Modification Reports ................................................... Testing and Inspection of Cargo Tanks—Visual Inspections .................... Testing and Inspection of Cargo Tanks—External Visual Inspections ...... Affected Public: Manufacturers, assemblers, repairers, requalifiers, certifiers, and owners of cargo tanks. Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden: Number of Respondents: 6,274. Total Annual Responses: 178,146. Total Annual Burden Hours: 82,346. Frequency of Collection: On occasion. jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with NOTICES VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 Jun 01, 2021 Jkt 253001 20 minutes .......... 20 minutes .......... 20 minutes .......... 15 minutes .......... 15 minutes .......... 2.5 hours ............. 15 minutes .......... 30 minutes .......... 15 minutes .......... 8 11 370 29 36 138 2 3,480 175 145 145 4,785 1,015 30 minutes .......... 30 minutes .......... 2,393 508 145 195 1,654 1,654 580 15,015 24,600 123,000 15 minutes .......... 5 minutes ............ 30 minutes .......... 30 minutes .......... 145 1,251 12,300 61,500 620 30 Issued in Washington, DC, on May 27, 2021, under authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.97. William A. Quade, Deputy Associate Administrator of Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. [FR Doc. 2021–11566 Filed 6–1–21; 8:45 am] PO 00000 Total annual burden hours 24 33 1,110 117 145 55 7 6,960 700 Annual respondents BILLING CODE 4910–60–P Time per response 24 33 1,110 117 145 55 7 145 700 Freight Container Packing Certification ........................................................... Class 1 (explosives) Container Structural Serviceability Statement ............... Affected Public: Shippers of explosives in freight containers or transport vehicles by vessel. Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden: Number of Respondents: 650. Total Annual Responses: 894,500. Total Annual Burden Hours: 14,908. Frequency of Collection: On occasion. Total annual responses Title: Container Certification Statements. OMB Control Number: 2137–0582. Summary: Shippers of explosives, in freight containers or transport vehicles by vessel, are required to certify on shipping documentation that the freight container or transport vehicle meets minimal structural serviceability requirements. This requirement ensures Information collection the transportation of hazardous materials. (3) Manufacturers’ Data Reports, Certificates, and Related Papers: These reports are prepared by cargo tank manufacturers and certifiers. They are used by cargo tank owners, operators, users, and DOT compliance personnel to verify that a cargo tank motor vehicle was designed and constructed to meet all requirements of the applicable specification. The following information collections and their burdens are associated with this OMB Control Number. Please note that these estimates may be rounded for readability: an adequate level of safety for the transport of explosives aboard vessel and consistency with similar requirements in international standards. The following information collections and their burdens are associated with this OMB Control Number. Please note that these estimates may also be rounded for readability: Total annual responses 890,000 4,500 Time per response (minutes) Total annual burden hours 1 1 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Internal Revenue Service Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury. AGENCY: Notice and request for comments. ACTION: Frm 00081 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 14,833 75 E:\FR\FM\02JNN1.SGM 02JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 104 (Wednesday, June 2, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29625-29626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11566]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2020-0159 (Notice No. 2021-05)]


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, 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 notice and 
request for comments with a 60-day comment period on these ICRs was 
published in the Federal Register on February 23, 2021 under Docket No. 
PHMSA-2020-0159 (Notice No. 2021-01). PHMSA did not receive any 
comments in response to this notice.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
July 2, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collections should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    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, (202) 366-8553, ohms[email protected], 
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department 
of Transportation, 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 
information collection requests PHMSA will be submitting to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) for renewal and extension. These 
information collections are 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 changes in proposed or final rules 
published since the information collections were last approved. Please 
note that in the February 23, 2021 (86 FR 11052), notice and request 
for comments, PHMSA included an additional information collection under 
OMB Control Number 2137-0022 titled ``Testing, Inspection, and Marking 
Requirements for Cylinders.'' However, since that publication, PHMSA 
received a 3-year renewal for this collection based on changes 
associated with a final rule PHMSA published on December 28, 2020, 
titled ``Hazardous Materials: Miscellaneous Amendments Pertaining to 
DOT-Specification Cylinders'' (HM-234; 85 FR 85380). As this collection 
has been renewed until May 31, 2024, OMB Control Number 2137-0022 is no 
longer contained in this notice for comment and subsequent renewal. 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) 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 each 
information collection activity and will publish a notice in the 
Federal Register upon OMB's approval.
    PHMSA requests comments on the following information collections:
    Title: Cargo Tank Specification Requirements.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0014.
    Summary: This information collection consolidates and describes the 
information collection provisions in parts 107, 178, and 180 of the HMR

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involving the manufacture, qualification, maintenance, and use of all 
specification cargo tank motor vehicles. It also includes the 
information collection and recordkeeping requirements for persons who 
are engaged in the manufacture, assembly, requalification, and 
maintenance of DOT specification cargo tank motor vehicles. The types 
of information collected include:
    (1) Registration Statements: Cargo tank manufacturers and 
repairers, as well as cargo tank motor vehicle assemblers, are required 
to be registered with DOT and must furnish information relative to 
their qualifications to perform the functions in accordance with the 
HMR. DOT uses the registration statements to identify these persons to 
ensure they possess the knowledge and skills necessary to perform the 
required functions and that they are performing the specified functions 
in accordance with the applicable regulations.
    (2) Requalification and Maintenance Reports: These reports are 
prepared by persons who requalify or maintain cargo tanks. This 
information is used by cargo tank owners, operators and users, and DOT 
compliance personnel to verify that the cargo tanks are requalified, 
maintained, and in proper condition for the transportation of hazardous 
materials.
    (3) Manufacturers' Data Reports, Certificates, and Related Papers: 
These reports are prepared by cargo tank manufacturers and certifiers. 
They are used by cargo tank owners, operators, users, and DOT 
compliance personnel to verify that a cargo tank motor vehicle was 
designed and constructed to meet all requirements of the applicable 
specification.
    The following information collections and their burdens are 
associated with this OMB Control Number. Please note that these 
estimates may be rounded for readability:

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                                            Annual       Total annual                              Total annual
        Information collection            respondents      responses       Time per  response      burden hours
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Registration--Cargo Tank Manufacturers              24              24  20 minutes..............               8
Registration--Repair Facilities.......              33              33  20 minutes..............              11
Registration--Design Certifying                  1,110           1,110  20 minutes..............             370
 Engineers & Registered Inspectors.
Registration--Recordkeeping...........             117             117  15 minutes..............              29
Updating a Cargo Tank Registration....             145             145  15 minutes..............              36
Design Certificates for Prototypes....              55              55  2.5 hours...............             138
Design Certificates for Prototypes--                 7               7  15 minutes..............               2
 Recordkeeping.
Manufacture's Data Reports or                      145           6,960  30 minutes..............           3,480
 Certificate and Related Papers.
Manufacture's Data Reports or                      700             700  15 minutes..............             175
 Certificate and Related Papers--
 Recordkeeping.
Completion of Manufacturer's Data                  145           4,785  30 minutes..............           2,393
 Report--New Cargo Tanks.
Completion of Manufacturer's Data                  145           1,015  30 minutes..............             508
 Report--Remanufactured Cargo Tanks.
Completion of Manufacturer's Data                  145             580  15 minutes..............             145
 Report--Recordkeeping.
Cargo Tank Repair/Modification Reports             195          15,015  5 minutes...............           1,251
Testing and Inspection of Cargo Tanks--          1,654          24,600  30 minutes..............          12,300
 Visual Inspections.
Testing and Inspection of Cargo Tanks--          1,654         123,000  30 minutes..............          61,500
 External Visual Inspections.
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    Affected Public: Manufacturers, assemblers, repairers, 
requalifiers, certifiers, and owners of cargo tanks.
    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
    Number of Respondents: 6,274.
    Total Annual Responses: 178,146.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 82,346.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Title: Container Certification Statements.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0582.
    Summary: Shippers of explosives, in freight containers or transport 
vehicles by vessel, are required to certify on shipping documentation 
that the freight container or transport vehicle meets minimal 
structural serviceability requirements. This requirement ensures an 
adequate level of safety for the transport of explosives aboard vessel 
and consistency with similar requirements in international standards. 
The following information collections and their burdens are associated 
with this OMB Control Number. Please note that these estimates may also 
be rounded for readability:

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                                                                                     Time per
             Information collection                   Annual       Total annual      response      Total annual
                                                    respondents      responses       (minutes)     burden hours
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Freight Container Packing Certification.........             620         890,000               1          14,833
Class 1 (explosives) Container Structural                     30           4,500               1              75
 Serviceability Statement.......................
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    Affected Public: Shippers of explosives in freight containers or 
transport vehicles by vessel.
    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
    Number of Respondents: 650.
    Total Annual Responses: 894,500.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 14,908.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 27, 2021, under authority 
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
William A. Quade,
Deputy Associate Administrator of Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline 
and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 2021-11566 Filed 6-1-21; 8:45 am]
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