[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10040-10041]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4477]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration

[Docket RSPA-98-4957]


Submission for Office of Management and Budget Approval and 
Public Comment Request

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration, Department of 
Transportation.

ACTION: Request for public comments and Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) approval of an existing information collection.

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SUMMARY: This notice seeks comments from the public regarding the need 
for RSPA to collect paperwork information from liquefied natural gas 
operators to ensure that these operators are properly operating and 
maintaining their facilities. This notice is published (pursuant to the 
Paperwork Reduction

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Act of 1995) to measure the need for the proposed paperwork collection, 
ways to minimize the burden on operators who must respond, ways to 
enhance the quality of information collected, and to verify the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden (measured in work 
hours) on pipeline operators. The RSPA published a notice on October 
12, 2001, requesting public comment. No comments were received. This 
notice also seeks approval from the Office of Management and Budget to 
renew the existing approval of this paperwork collection.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by April 4, 2002 to 
assure consideration.

ADDRESSES: Comments should identify the docket number of this notice, 
RSPA-98-4957. Comments can be mailed directly to the Office of 
Regulatory Affairs, OMB, 726 Jackson Place, NW, Washington, DC 20503, 
ATTN: Desk Officer for the Department of Transportation.
    Interested persons are invited to send comments regarding the 
burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, 
including any of the following: (1) The necessity and utility of the 
proposed information collection for the proper performance of the 
agency's functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways 
to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology to minimize the information collection 
burden.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 49 U.S.C. 60103 titled ``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 part 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.
    Type of Information Request: Renewal of an existing information 
collection.
    Title of Information Collection: Recordkeeping for Liquid Natural 
Gas (LNG) Facilities.
    OMB Approval Number: 2137-0048.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Use: This collection is used by RSPA to ensure that LNG facilities 
are being operated in a safe manner.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 150.
    Respondents: LNG facility operators.
    Total Annual Hours Requested: 18,000 hours.
    As used in this notice, the terms ``information collection'' and 
``paperwork collection'' are synonymous, and include all work related 
to preparing and disseminating information related to this 
recordkeeping requirement including completing paperwork, gathering 
information and conducting telephone calls.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 20, 2002.
Stacey L. Gerard,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 02-4477 Filed 3-4-02; 8:45 am]
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