[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 147 (Monday, August 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45904-45906]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-19383]
=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2011-0178]
Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, PHMSA
invites comments on certain information collections pertaining to
pipeline safety for which PHMSA intends to request renewal from the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
September 30, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted in the following ways:
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.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building, Room W12-
140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery: Room W12-140 on the ground level of the West
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Instructions: Identify the docket number, PHMSA-2011-0178, at the
beginning of your comments. Note that all comments received will be
posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. You should know that anyone is able to
search the electronic form of all comments received into 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.). Therefore, you may want to review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477) or visit http://www.regulations.gov before
submitting any such comments.
Docket: For access to the docket or to read background documents or
comments, go to http://www.regulations.gov at any time or to Room W12-
140 on the ground level of the West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue,
SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. If you wish to receive confirmation of receipt
of your written comments, please include a self-addressed, stamped
postcard with the following statement: ``Comments on PHMSA-2011-0178.''
The Docket Clerk will date stamp the postcard prior to returning it to
you via the U.S. mail. Please note that due to delays in the delivery
of U.S. mail to Federal offices in Washington, DC, we recommend that
persons consider an alternative method (Internet, fax, or professional
delivery service) of submitting comments to the docket and ensuring
their timely receipt at DOT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Dow by telephone at 202-366-
1246, by fax at 202-366-4566, 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: Section 1320.8(d), Title 5, Code of Federal
Regulations, requires PHMSA to provide interested members of the public
and affected agencies an opportunity to comment on information
collection and recordkeeping requests. This notice identifies several
information collection requests that PHMSA will be submitting to OMB
for renewal. The following information is provided for each information
collection: (1) Title of the information collection; (2) OMB control
number; (3) Current expiration date; (4) Type of request; (5) Abstract
of the information collection activity; (6) Description of affected
public; (7) Estimate of total annual reporting and recordkeeping
burden; and (8) Frequency of collection. PHMSA will
[[Page 45905]]
request a three-year term of approval for each information collection
activity. PHMSA requests comments on the following information
collections:
Title: Requirements for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Facilities.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0048.
Current Expiration Date: 1/31/2012.
Abstract: Operators of liquefied natural gas facilities are
required under 49 CFR part 193 to maintain records, make reports, and
provide information to PHMSA and State pipeline safety agencies
concerning the operations of their facilities. The information aids
Federal and state pipeline safety inspectors in conducting compliance
inspections and investigating incidents.
Affected Public: Operators of Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Total Annual Responses: 101.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 12,120.
Frequency of Collection: On Occasion.
Title: Record Keeping for Natural Gas Pipeline Operators.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0049.
Current Expiration Date: 1/31/2012.
Abstract: Operators of gas pipelines are required under 49 CFR part
192 to maintain records, make reports, and provide information to PHMSA
and State pipeline safety agencies concerning the operations of their
pipelines. The information aids Federal and state pipeline safety
inspectors in conducting compliance inspections and investigating
incidents.
Affected Public: Operators of Natural Gas Pipeline Systems.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Total Annual Responses: 2,300.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 940,454.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Title: Pipeline Safety: Excess Flow Valves--Customer Notification.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0593.
Current Expiration Date: 1/31/2012.
Abstract: Pipeline operators are required to provide notifications
about excess flow valves to service line customers as described in
Sec. 192.383. Upon request, an operator must make documentation of
compliance available to PHMSA or the appropriate state regulatory
agency.
Affected Public: Pipeline Operators.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Total Annual Responses: 900,000.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 18,000.
Frequency of collection: On Occasion.
Title: Customer Owned Service Lines.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0594.
Current Expiration Date: 1/31/2012.
Abstract: Operators of gas service lines who do not maintain
certain buried piping on behalf of their customers must provide
notification about maintenance to those customers (Sec. 192.16). Upon
request, an operator must make documentation of compliance available to
PHMSA or the appropriate state regulatory agency.
Affected Public: Natural Gas Pipeline Operators.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Total Annual Responses: 550, 000.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 9,167.
Frequency of collection: On Occasion.
Title: Pipeline Safety: Qualification of Pipeline Safety, Training.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0600.
Current Expiration Date: 2/29/2012.
Abstract: Pipeline operators are required to have continuing
programs for qualifying and training personnel performing safety-
sensitive functions on pipelines. (49 CFR part 192, Subpart N and 49
CFR part 195, Subpart G). Operators must maintain records, make
reports, and provide information to PHMSA and state pipeline safety
agencies concerning these programs. The information aids Federal and
state pipeline safety inspectors in conducting compliance inspections
and investigating incidents.
Affected Public: Pipeline Operators.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Total Annual Responses: 22,300.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 466,667.
Frequency of collection: On Occasion.
Title: Pipeline Safety: Report of Abandoned Underwater Pipelines.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0601.
Current Expiration Date: 2/29/2012.
Abstract: Pipeline operators are required to report certain
information about abandoned underwater pipelines to PHMSA (Sec. 195.59
and Sec. 192.727). The information aids Federal and state pipeline
safety inspectors in conducting compliance inspections and
investigating incidents.
Affected Public: Operators of Underwater Pipelines.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Annual Responses: 10.
Annual Burden Hours: 60.
Frequency of collection: On Occasion.
Title: Pipeline Safety: Integrity Management in High Consequence
Areas for Operators with more than 500 Miles of Hazardous Liquid
Pipelines.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0604.
Current Expiration Date: 1/31/2012
Abstract: Hazardous liquid operators with pipelines in high
consequence areas (i.e., commercially navigable waterways, high
population areas, other populated areas, and unusually sensitive areas
as defined in Sec. 195.450) are subject to certain information
collection requirements relative to the Integrity Management Program
provisions of Sec. 195.452.
Affected Public: Pipeline operators with more than 500 miles of
hazardous liquid pipeline located in high consequence areas.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Annual Responses: 71.
Annual Burden Hours: 57,510.
Frequency of collection: On Occasion.
Title: Pipeline Safety: Integrity Management in High Consequence
Areas for Operators with Less than 500 Miles of Hazardous Liquid
Pipeline.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0605.
Current Expiration Date: 1/31/2012.
Abstract: Hazardous liquid operators with pipelines in high
consequence areas (i.e., commercially navigable waterways, high
population areas, other populated areas, and unusually sensitive areas
as defined in Sec. 195.450) are subject to certain information
collection requirements relative to the Integrity Management Program
provisions of Sec. 195.452.
Affected Public: Pipeline operators with less than 500 miles of
hazardous liquid pipeline located in high consequence areas.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Annual Responses: 132.
Annual Burden Hours: 267,960.
Frequency of collection: On Occasion.
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.
[[Page 45906]]
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 27, 2011.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Field Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-19383 Filed 7-29-11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-60-P