[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 30 (Monday, February 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8401-8402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3184]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket: PHMSA-2010-0355]


Pipeline Safety: Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice 
of Request for Extension of Currently Approved Information Collections

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

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ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information 
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below is being forwarded to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comments. A 
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on the following information collection was published in the 
Federal Register on December 7, 2010 (75 FR 76077) under Docket No. 
PHMSA-2010-0355. No comments were received. The purpose of this notice 
is to allow the public an additional 30 days to submit comments to OMB 
on the information collection described below.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including 
suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Management and 
Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: Desk 
Officer for DOT/PHMSA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
March 16, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Dow by telephone at 202-366-
1246, by e-mail at [email protected], or by mail at U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., PHP-30, Washington, DC 20590-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Pipeline Safety: Periodic Underwater Inspections.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0618.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: The Federal pipeline safety regulations (49 CFR parts 
190-199) require operators to conduct appropriate underwater 
inspections in the Gulf of Mexico. If an operator finds that its 
pipeline is exposed on the seabed floor or constitutes a hazard to 
navigation, the operator must contact the National Response Center by 
telephone within 24 hours of discovery to report the location of the 
exposed pipeline.
    Affected Public: Operators of underwater pipeline facilities.
    Estimated number of responses: 82.
    Estimated annual burden hours: 1,312 hours.
    Frequency of collection: On occasion.
    Comments are invited on: 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; 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; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information to be collected; and 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. A comment to OMB is most effective 
if OMB receives it within 30 days of the date of publication in the 
Federal Register.

    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR part 1.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 8, 2011.
Linda Daugherty,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy and Programs.
[FR Doc. 2011-3184 Filed 2-11-11; 8:45 am]
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