[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 16, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12951-12952]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5194]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket RSPA-98-4957]


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

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration (PHMSA), 
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 PHMSA 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 Act of 1995) to measure the need for the proposed 
paperwork collection, to find ways to minimize the burden on operators, 
to find 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. This is a request to continue 
collection of information already approved under OMB  2137-
0048, which is scheduled to expire on April 30, 2005, and to renew that 
approval.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by May 16, 2005 to 
assure consideration.

ADDRESSES: You may submit written comments to the docket by any of the 
following methods:
     Mail: Dockets Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, 
Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 20590-0001. Anyone wanting 
confirmation of mailed comments must include a self-addressed stamped 
postcard.
     Hand delivery or courier: Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street, 
SW., Washington, DC. The Dockets Facility is open from 10 a.m. to 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
     Web site: Go to http://dms.dot.gov, click on ``Comments/
Submissions'' and follow instructions at the site.
    All written comments should identify the docket number and notice 
number stated in the heading of this notice.
    Docket access. For copies of this notice or other material in the 
docket, you may contact the Dockets Facility by phone (202-366-9329) or 
visit the facility at the above street address. For Web access to the 
dockets to read and download filed material, go to http://dms.dot.gov/search. Then type in the last four digits of the docket number shown in 
the heading of this notice, and click on ``Search.''
    Anyone can search the electronic form of all comments filed in any 
of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or 
signing the comment, if submitted for an association, business, labor 
union, etc.). You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in 
the April 11, 2000 issue of the Federal Register (65 FR 19477) or go to 
http://dms.dot.gov.
    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

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technology to minimize the information collection burden.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Florence Hamn, Office of Pipeline 
Safety, PHMSA, Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366-3015 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. The regulations implementing this section 
of the statute 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.
    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.
    Type of Information Request: Renewal of an existing information 
collection.
    Title of Information Collection: Recordkeeping for Liquefied 
Natural Gas (LNG) Facilities.
    OMB Approval Number: 2137-0048.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Use: This collection is used by PHMSA to ensure that LNG facilities 
are being operated in a safe manner.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 101.
    Respondents: LNG facility operators.
    Total Annual Hours Requested: 12,120 hours.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 7, 2005.
Theodore L. Willke,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 05-5194 Filed 3-15-05; 8:45 am]
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