[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 21, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65643-65644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-22691]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket: PHMSA-1998-4957]


Request for Public Comments and Office of Management and Budget 
Approval of an Existing Information Collection Requirement (2137-0618)

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 information collection: ``Pipeline Safety: 
Periodic Underwater Inspections'' (2137-0618). The purpose of this 
notice is to invite the public to submit comments on the request.

DATES: Submit comments on or before December 21, 2007.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roger Little at (202) 366-4569, or by 
e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal pipeline safety regulations (49 
CFR Parts 190-199) require operators to conduct appropriate underwater 
inspections in the Gulf of Mexico. If the operator finds pipeline 
exposed on the seabed floor or a hazard to navigation, the operator 
must contact the National Response Center by telephone within 24 hours 
of discovery and report the location of the exposed pipeline (49 CFR 
192.612 and 195.413). PHMSA is now requesting that OMB grant a three-

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year term of approval for renewal of this information collection 
requirement.
    Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, PHMSA invites 
comments on whether the information collection is necessary for the 
proper performance of the functions of DOT. As used in this notice, the 
term ``information collection'' includes all work related to preparing 
and disseminating information related to this information collection 
requirement including completing paperwork, gathering information, and 
conducting telephone calls. Comments may include (1) whether the 
information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of DOT's 
estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; (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.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Renewal of Existing 
Collection.
    Title of Information Collection: Pipeline Safety: Periodic 
Underwater Inspections.
    Respondents: 82.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1,350 hours.
    Estimated Cost: $87,413.

    Issued in Washington, DC on November 15, 2007.
Barbara Betsock,
Deputy Director of Regulations, Office of Pipeline Safety.
 [FR Doc. E7-22691 Filed 11-20-07; 8:45 am]
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