[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 98 (Monday, May 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29553-29554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10198]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket: RSPA-98-4957]


Request for Public Comments and Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) Approval of an Existing Information Collection (2137-0594)

AGENCY: Office of Pipeline Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 
Safety Administration, Department of Transportation (DOT).

SUMMARY: This notice seeks comments from the public regarding notices 
that gas pipeline operators must send customers about buried customer 
piping located downstream from service lines

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and the related records operators must keep. The notices inform 
customers about the need for proper maintenance of this piping. 
Comments will help OMB evaluate the information collection burden.

DATES: Comments must be received by July 22, 2005, to ensure 
consideration.

ADDRESSES: You may submit written comments to the docket by any of the 
following methods: DOT Web site: Go to http://dms.dot.gov, click on 
``Comments/Submissions'' and follow instructions at the site. Mail: 
Dockets Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room PL-401, 400 
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 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 9 a.m. to 5 
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Instructions: All written comments should identify the docket 
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 
docket 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 DOT's 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Florence Hamn at (202) 366-3015 or by 
e-mail to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Standards in 49 CFR 192.16, ``Customer 
notification,'' require operators of gas service lines who do not 
maintain buried customer piping between service lines and building 
walls or gas utilization equipment to send written notices to their 
customers of the proper maintenance of this piping and of the potential 
hazards of not properly maintaining the piping. Operators also have to 
keep records that include a copy of the notice currently in use and 
evidence that notices were sent to customers within the previous 3 
years. This rule was issued in response to the statutory mandate in 49 
U.S.C. 60113.
    This information collection supports the DOT strategic goal of 
safety by reducing the number of fatalities, injuries, and amount of 
property damage.
    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.
    As used in this notice, ``information collection'' includes 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 Collection Request: Renewal of Existing 
Collection.
    Title of Information Collection: Customer-owned Service Lines.
    OMB Approval Number: 2137-0594.
    Frequency: A notice is sent once to each customer at a particular 
location.
    Use: This collection is used by gas customers to learn of the need 
to maintain their buried piping and by OPS and State authorities to 
review operator compliance.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,540.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hour: 9,167.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 17, 2005.
Theodore L. Willke,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 05-10198 Filed 5-20-05; 8:45 am]
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