[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 56 (Friday, March 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13858-13859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-1439]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket: PHMSA-98-4957]


Request for Public Comments and Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) Approval of an Existing Information Collection (2137-0596)

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), 
DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: This notice requests public participation in the OMB approval 
process for the renewal of an existing National Pipeline Mapping System 
(NPMS) information collection. PHMSA is requesting OMB approval for 
renewal of this information collection under the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 (PRA). With this notice as required by the PRA, PHMSA 
invites the public to submit comments over the next 60 days on whether 
the existing information collection is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the Department.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before May 22, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference Docket No. PHMSA-98-4957 and may 
be submitted in the following ways:
     DOT Web Site: http://dms.dot.gov. To submit comments on 
the DOT electronic docket site, click ``Comment/Submissions,'' click 
``Continue,'' fill in the requested information, click ``Continue,'' 
enter your comment, then click ``Submit.''
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Management System: U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, Room PL-401, 
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery: DOT Docket Management System; Room PL-401 
on the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 
Federal holidays.
     E-Gov Web Site: http://www.regulations.gov. This site 
allows the public to enter comments on any Federal Register notice 
issued by any agency.
    Instructions: Identify the docket number, PHMSA-98-4957, at the 
beginning of your comments. If you mail your comments, send two copies. 
If you wish to receive confirmation that PHMSA received your comments, 
include a self-addressed stamped postcard. Internet users may submit 
comments at http://www.regulations.gov, and may access all comments 
received by DOT at http://dms.dot.gov by performing a simple search for 
the docket number.

    Note: PHMSA posts all comments without changes or edits to 
http://dms.dot.gov including any personal information provided.

Privacy Act

    Anyone can search the electronic form of all comments received in 
response to any of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting 
the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an 
association, business, labor union, etc.). DOT's complete Privacy Act 
Statement is published in the Federal Register on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 
19477), and on the Web at http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: L.E. Herrick at (202) 366-5523, or by 
e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Sec.  3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, 
PHMSA is inviting comments on whether the renewal of the existing NPMS 
information collection is necessary for the proper performance of the 
functions

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of the Department. The comments may include (1) Whether the information 
will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the Department's 
estimate of the burden of the proposed information collections; (3) 
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents, including the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Federal pipeline safety law (49 U.S.C. 60132) requires an operator 
of a pipeline facility (except distribution lines and gathering lines) 
to submit geospatial data appropriate for use in the Department's NPMS. 
A complete data submission includes geospatial data, attribute data, 
metadata, public contact information for all liquefied natural gas, 
hazardous liquid, and gas transmission pipeline systems operated by a 
company. The operator must submit information in accordance with 
guidelines detailed in the NPMS operator standards document. Operators 
must update their submissions on an annual basis. Currently operators 
are able to submit data in paper and electronic formats. After 
September 30, 2007, PHMSA will cease accepting paper submissions. PHMSA 
is working with the approximately 2.2 percent of operators who submit 
paper maps to assist them in making the transition to an electronic 
format. A copy of the standards document is available in the docket.
    PHMSA uses the NPMS as a tool to support various regulatory 
programs, pipeline inspections, and authorized external customers. 
Periodic updates of operator pipeline data informs the NPMS of any 
changes to the data over the previous year and allows PHMSA to maintain 
and improve the accuracy of the information.
    As used in this notice, the term ``information collection'' 
includes all work related to preparing and disseminating information in 
accordance with recordkeeping requirements.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Renewal of Existing 
Collection.
    Title of Information Collection: National Pipeline Mapping System.
    Respondents: 894 pipeline operators mapping 420,117 pipeline miles.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 16,312 hours.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 19, 2007.
Jeffrey D. Wiese,
Acting Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 07-1439 Filed 3-20-07; 1:36 pm]
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