[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 98 (Monday, May 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29554-29555]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10203]


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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 (2137-0593)

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 
gas service line operators must send customers about the availability 
of excess flow valves (EFVs) and related records operators must keep. 
The notices give customers information to help them decide if they 
would like to have EFVs installed on their lines. Comments will help 
OMB evaluate the information collection involving EFVs.

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

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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 192.383, ``Excess flow 
valve customer notification,'' require that before operators install or 
replace certain gas service lines, they must notify customers in 
writing that excess flow valves are available for installation if the 
customer agrees to pay for the related expenses. Operators also must 
keep records that include the notice currently in use and evidence that 
notices were sent as required during the previous 3 years. The 
standards were published in response to a statutory mandate in 49 
U.S.C. 60110(c).
    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: Record keeping Requirements for 
Excess Flow Valves--Customer Notification.
    OMB Approval Number: 2137-0593.
    Frequency: A notice is sent before a new service line is installed 
or an existing service line is replaced.
    Use: This collection is used by gas customers to decide whether to 
have EFVs installed and by government inspectors to review operator 
compliance.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,540.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hour: 18,000.

    Issued in Washington DC, on May 17, 2005.
Theodore L. Willke,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 05-10203 Filed 5-20-05; 8:45 am]
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