[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29413-29414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13818]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration
[Docket RSPA-99-4957; Notice 3]


Information Collection; Request for Comments

ACTION: Request for Comments and OMB Approval.

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AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration, DOT.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, RSPA 
published a notice in the Federal Register to announce the Research and 
Special Programs Administration's (RSPA) request to renew an 
information collection in support of the Office of Pipeline Safety 
(OPS) for Excess Flow Valves (EFV) Customer Notification. Comments were 
requested from the public. No comments were received. The public is 
being given another 30 days to provide comments on this information 
collection.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by July 1, 1999, to 
ensure consideration.

ADDRESSES: 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, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through 
Friday excluding Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marvin Fell, Office of Pipeline 
Safety, Research and Special Programs Administration, Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20950, 
telephone (202) 366-1640 or e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Excess Flow Valves, Customer Notification.
    OMB Number: 2137-0593.
    Abstract: 49 U.S.C. 60110 directed DOT to prescribe regulations 
requiring operators to notify customers in writing about EFV 
availability, the safety benefits derived from installation, and the 
costs associated with installation. The regulations provide that, 
except where installation is already required, the operator will 
install an EFV that meet prescribed performance criteria at the 
customer's request, if the customer pays for the installation.
    Estimate of Burden: The average burden hours per response is.
    Respondents: Gas Distribution Pipeline Operators.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1590.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 82,500 hours.
    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,

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electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques.
    Send comments 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. All comments will be a 
matter of public record.
    A comment to OMB is best assured of having its full effect if OMB 
receives it within 30 days of publication.

    Issued in Washington, DC on May 26, 1999.
Jeffrey D. Wiese,
Program Development Manager, Office of Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 99-13818 Filed 5-28-99; 8:45 am]
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