[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 17, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39135-39136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-13767]


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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 
Approval of Existing Information Collection Requirement

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

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 
this notice announces that PHMSA forwarded an Information Collection 
Request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension 
of the currently approved collection of information ``Incorporation by 
Reference of Industry Standard on Leak Detection'' (2137-0598). The 
purpose of this notice is to invite the public to submit comments on 
the request to OMB.

DATES: Submit comments on or before August 16, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Send comments directly to the Office of Management and 
Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: Desk Office 
for the Department of Transportation, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, 
DC 20503.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The hazardous liquid pipeline safety 
regulations require operators that elect to use software-based Computer 
Monitoring System (CPM) leak detection systems to comply with the 
American Petroleum Institute's (API) 1130 standard (49 CFR 195.134). 
API 1130 provides guidance for operating, maintaining, and testing 
software-based CPM systems. Hazardous liquid operators, with software-
based CPM systems, must maintain records documenting the operation, 
maintenance, and testing of those systems. PHMSA, through the 
incorporation of this industry standard, will be able to continue to 
ensure that appropriate technology is used to

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maximize safety in the pipeline industry.
    Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, PHMSA is required 
to obtain OMB approval for all information collections. The term 
``information collection'' includes all work related to the preparing 
and disseminating of information in accordance with the recordkeeping 
requirements. PHMSA published a notice providing a 60 day period for 
comments on these information collection renewals in the Federal 
Register on May 29, 2007 (72 FR 29578), and received no comments. PHMSA 
is now forwarding the information collection request to OMB and 
providing an additional 30 days for comments. PHMSA invites comments on 
whether the proposed information collection is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of DOT. The comments should address (1) 
whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy 
of DOT's estimate about the information collection burden; (3) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
collection; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the information 
collection on respondents, including the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology. PHMSA estimates 
the burden of these requirements as follows:
    Type of Information Collection Request: Renewal of existing 
collection.
    Title of Information Collection: Incorporation by Reference of 
Industry Standard on Leak Detection.
    Respondents: 50.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours on Respondents: 100.
    Estimated Cost: $6,475.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 9, 2007.
Florence L. Hamn,
Director of Regulations, Office of Pipeline Safety.
 [FR Doc. E7-13767 Filed 7-16-07; 8:45 am]
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