[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]


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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.

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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

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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.


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    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]
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