[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 126 (Friday, June 28, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33794-33795]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16608]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA)


Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information 
Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

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3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection 
Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes 
the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and 
burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period 
soliciting comments on the following collection of information was 
published on April 15, 1996 (61 FR 16528).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 24, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marvin Fell, (202) 366-6205, Office of 
Pipeline Safety, Research and Special Programs Administration, 
Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, DC 
20590 and refer to the OMB Control Number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title: Customer-Owned Service Lines.
    OMB Control Number: 2137--New.
    Abstract: An RSPA regulation (49 CFR 192.16) requires operators of 
gas service lines who do not maintain buried customer piping up to 
building walls or certain other locations to notify their customers of 
the need to maintain that piping. Congress directed DOT to take this 
action in view of service line accidents. By advising customers of the 
need to maintain their buried gas piping, the notices may reduce the 
risk of further accidents.
    The regulation requires each operator to notify each customer not 
later than August 14, 1996, or 90 days after the customer first 
receives gas at a particular location, whichever is later. However, 
operators of master meter systems may continuously post a general 
notice in a prominent location frequented by customers. In addition, 
each operator must make the following records available for inspection 
by RSPA or a State agency participating under 49 U.S.C. 60105 or 60106: 
(1) a copy of the notice currently in use; and (2) evidence that 
notices have been sent to customers within the previous 3 years.
    Respondents: Gas transmission and distribution operators.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,590.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: Minimal.
    Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW, Washington, DC 
20503, Attention RSPA Desk Officer.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 21, 1996.
Phillip A. Leach,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 96-16608 Filed 6-27-96; 8:45 am]
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