[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 13 (Thursday, January 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3333-3334]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1279]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration
[Docket Number RSPA-98-4452 Notice 5]


Request for Comments and OMB Approval

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Request for comments and OMB approval.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, RSPA 
published a notice in the Federal Register on October 15, 1998, that 
announced the Research and Special

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Programs Administration's (RSPA) intention to request a renewal of a 
currently approved information collection in support of the Office of 
Pipeline Safety's (OPS) Recordkeeping for Gas Pipeline Operators. RSPA 
received no comments on that notice. RSPA is publishing an additional 
notice giving the public an additional 30 days to provide comments.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before February 
22, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marvin Fell, Office of Pipeline 
Safety, Research and Special Programs Administration, Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590, (202) 
366-6205, or by e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Recordkeeping for Gas Pipeline Operators.
    OMB Number: 2137-0049.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: 49 U.S.C. 60117 requires the Secretary of Transportation 
to determine whether a person transporting gas is complying with 
Federal safety standards. This statue requires the maintenance of 
records and reports and the provision of requested information to the 
Department of Transportation upon request. These records help ascertain 
compliance and provide information for incident investigation.
    Estimate of Burden: The average burden hours per operator is 41.5.
    Respondents: Gas pipeline operators.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 22,700.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 940,991.
    Copies of this information collection can be reviewed at the 
Dockets Facility, Plaza 401, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 
Seventh St., SW, Washington, DC.
    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 directly to Office 
of Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 726 Jackson 
Place, NW, Washington, DC 20503, ATTN: Desk Officer for the Department 
of Transportation.

    Issued in Washington, DC on January 14, 1999.
Diane Litman,
Director of Information Resource Management, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-1279 Filed 1-20-99; 8:45 am]
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