Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration February 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Pipeline Safety: Random Drug Testing Rate
Document Number: 2010-3966
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-02-26
Agency: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
PHMSA has determined that the minimum random drug testing rate for covered employees will remain at 25 percent during calendar year 2010.
Information Collection Activities
Document Number: 2010-2306
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-02-03
Agency: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
This notice announces Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval and extension until September 30, 2012, for the following information collection request (ICR): OMB Control No. 2137-0051, ``Rulemaking, Special Permits, and Preemption Requirements.''
Pipeline Safety: Implementation of Revised Incident/Accident Report Forms for Distribution Systems, Gas Transmission and Gathering Systems, and Hazardous Liquid Systems
Document Number: 2010-2240
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-02-03
Agency: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
This notice advises owners and operators of gas pipeline facilities and hazardous liquid pipeline facilities that the incident/ accident report forms for their pipeline systems were recently revised and should be used for all incidents and accidents occurring on or after January 1, 2010.
Pipeline Safety: Control Room Management/Human Factors, Correction
Document Number: 2010-2190
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-02-03
Agency: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
PHMSA is correcting a Final Rule that appeared in the Federal Register on December 3, 2009. That final rule amended the Federal
Pipeline Safety: Integrity Management Program for Gas Distribution Pipelines; Correction
Document Number: 2010-2186
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-02-02
Agency: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
PHMSA is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on December 4, 2009. That final rule amended the Federal Pipeline Safety Regulations to require operators of gas distribution pipelines to develop and implement integrity management programs. In addition to a minor correction in terminology, this document corrects an erroneous effective date given in the December 4 publication.
Hazardous Materials Transportation; Registration and Fee Assessment Program
Document Number: 2010-2174
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2010-02-02
Agency: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
PHMSA is proposing to adjust the statutorily-mandated registration and fee assessment program for persons who transport, or offer for transportation, certain categories and quantities of hazardous materials. PHMSA's proposal would provide that, for registration years beginning in 2010-2011, the annual fee to be paid by those registrants not qualifying as a small business or not-for-profit organization would increase from $975 (plus a $25 administrative fee) to $2,975 (plus a $25 administrative fee). The proposed fee increase is necessary to fund the national Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness (HMEP) grants program at its authorized level of approximately $28,000,000.
Hazardous Material; Miscellaneous Packaging Amendments
Document Number: 2010-1615
Type: Rule
Date: 2010-02-02
Agency: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
In this final rule, PHMSA is amending packaging requirements in the Hazardous Materials Regulations to enhance compliance flexibility, improve clarity, and reduce regulatory burdens. Specifically, we are revising several packaging related definitions; adding provisions to allow more flexibility when preparing and transmitting closure instructions, including conditions under which closure instructions may be transmitted electronically; adding a requirement for shippers to retain packaging closure instructions; incorporating new language that will allow for a practicable means of stenciling the ``UN'' symbol on packagings; and clarifying a requirement to document the methodology used when determining whether a change in packaging configuration requires retesting as a new design or may be considered a variation of a previously tested design. This final rule also incorporates requirements for construction, maintenance, and use of Large Packagings.
Office of Hazardous Materials Safety; Notice of Delays In Processing of Special Permits Applications
Document Number: 2010-1738
Type: Notice
Date: 2010-02-01
Agency: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of Transportation
In accordance with the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5 117(c), PHMSA is publishing the following list of special permit applications that have been in process for 180 days or more. The reason(s) for delay and the expected completion date for action on each application is provided in association with each identified application.
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