[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 38 (Monday, February 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 7153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4185]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Special Programs Administration
[Docket PS-147]


Notice of Request for Reinstatement of an Expired Information 
Collection

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces the Research and Special Programs Administration's 
(RSPA) intention to request reinstatement of an information collection 
in support of the Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) for Recordkeeping for 
Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Facilities.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before April 26, 
1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marvin Fell, Office of Pipeline 
Safety, Research and Special Programs Administration, Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, D.C. 20590, (202) 
366-4046.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Recordkeeping for Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Facilities.
    OMB Number: 2137-0048.
    Expiration Date of Approval:
    Type of Request: Reinstatement of an information collection.
    Abstract: 49 USC 60103 Standards for liquefied natural gas pipeline 
facilities delegates the responsibility for ensuring safe operation of 
LNG facilities to the Secretary of Transportation. Regulations for 
enforcing this legislation are found in 49 CFR 193 Liquefied Natural 
Gas Facilities: Federal Safety Standards. These regulations include 
recordkeeping requirements that allow Federal and State inspectors to 
ensure that these facilities are operated and maintained in a safe 
manner.
    Estimate of Burden: The average burden hours per response is 120.
    Respondents: LNG facility operators.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 150.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 400.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 18,000 hours.
    Copies of this information collection can be reviewed at the 
Dockets Unit, Room 8421, Research and Special Programs Administration, 
U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, 
D.C.
    Comments are invited on: (a) The need for the proposed collection 
of information for the proper performance of the functions of the 
agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; 
(b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity 
of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden 
of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including 
the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other 
technological collection techniques. Send comments to Marvin Fell, OPS, 
RSPA, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street SW., Room 
2335, Washington, DC. 20590.
    All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the 
request for OMB approval. All comments will also be a matter of public 
record.

    Issued in Washington, DC on February 16, 1996.
Cesar De Leon,
Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 96-4185 Filed 2-23-96; 8:45 am]
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