[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73775-73776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30621]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2011-0223 (Notice No. 11-12)]


Information Collection Activities

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), 
DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces that the Information Collection Requests (ICR) 
abstracted below will be forwarded to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and comments. The ICRs describe the nature of 
the information collections and their expected burden. A Federal 
Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on 
these collections of information was published in the Federal Register 
on September 14, 2011 [76 FR 56872] under Docket No. PHMSA-2011-0223 
(Notice No. 11-9).

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
December 29, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including 
suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for PHMSA, 725 17th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20503. Comments are invited on: whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the Department, including whether the information will 
have practical utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimate of 
the burden of the proposed information collection; 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 
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology. A comment to OMB is most 
effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Andrews or T. Glenn Foster, 
U.S. Department of Transportation, Standards and Rulemaking Division 
(PHH-10), Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 1200 
New Jersey Avenue SE, East Building, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC. 20590-
0001, Telephone (202) 366-8553.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Section 1320.8(d), Title 5, Code of Federal Regulations requires 
Federal agencies to provide interested members of the public and 
affected agencies an opportunity to comment on information collection 
and recordkeeping requests. This notice identifies information 
collection requests that PHMSA will be submitting to OMB for renewal 
and extension. These information collections are contained in 49 CFR 
Parts 172 and 173 of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR 
Parts 171-180). PHMSA has revised burden estimates, where appropriate, 
to reflect current reporting levels or adjustments based on changes in 
proposed or final rules published since the information collections 
were last approved. The following information is provided for each 
information collection: (1) Title of the information collection, 
including former title if a change is being made; (2) OMB control 
number; (3) abstract of the information collection activity; (4) 
description of affected persons; (5) estimate of total annual reporting 
and recordkeeping burden; and (6) frequency of collection. PHMSA will 
request a three-year term of approval for each information collection 
activity and, when approved by OMB, publish notice of the approvals in 
the Federal Register.
    PHMSA requests comments on the following information collections:
    Title: Testing, Inspection, and Marking Requirements for Cylinders.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0022.
    Summary: Requirements in Sec.  173.301 for qualification, 
maintenance and use of cylinders require that cylinders be periodically 
inspected and retested to ensure continuing compliance with packaging 
standards. Information

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collection requirements address registration of retesters and marking 
of cylinders by retesters with their identification number and retest 
date following the completion of required tests. Records showing the 
results of inspections and retests must be kept by the cylinder owner 
or designated agent until expiration of the retest period or until the 
cylinder is re-inspected or retested, whichever occurs first. These 
requirements are intended to ensure that retesters have the 
qualifications to perform tests and to identify to cylinder fillers and 
users that cylinders are qualified for continuing use. Information 
collection requirements in Sec.  173.303 require that fillers of 
acetylene cylinders keep, for at least 30 days, a daily record of the 
representative pressure to which cylinders are filled. PHMSA did not 
receive any comments pertaining to this OMB control number in response 
to the Federal Register Notice published on September 14, 2011.
    Affected Public: Fillers, owners, users and retesters of reusable 
cylinders.
    Recordkeeping:
    Number of Respondents: 139,352.
    Total Annual Responses: 153,287.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 171,642.
    Frequency of collection: On occasion.
    Title: Hazardous Materials Security Plans.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0612.
    Summary: To assure public safety, shippers and carriers must take 
reasonable measures to plan and implement procedures to prevent 
unauthorized persons from taking control of, or attacking, hazardous 
materials shipments. Part 172 of the HMR requires persons who offer or 
transport certain hazardous materials to develop and implement written 
plans to enhance the security of hazardous materials shipments. The 
security plan requirement applies to shipments of: (1) A highway route-
controlled quantity of a Class 7 (radioactive) material; (2) more than 
25 kg (55 lbs) of a Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 (explosive) material; (3) 
more than 1 L (1.06 qt) per package of a material poisonous by 
inhalation in hazard zone A; (4) a shipment of hazardous materials in a 
bulk packaging with a capacity equal to or greater than 13,248 L (3,500 
gal) for liquids or gases, or greater than 13.24 cubic meters (468 
cubic feet) for solids; (5) a shipment that requires placarding; and 
(6) select agents. Select agents are infectious substances identified 
by CDC as materials with the potential to have serious consequences for 
human health and safety if used illegitimately. A security plan will 
enable shippers and carriers to reduce the possibility that a hazardous 
materials shipment will be used as a weapon of opportunity by a 
terrorist or criminal. This information collection was originally 
included in the Federal Register Notice published on September 14, 2011 
[76 FR 56872] under Docket No. PHMSA-2011-0223 (Notice No. 11-9). 
However, since the September 14 publication, this information 
collection has been renewed in a separate OMB action. The expiration 
date has been extended until August 31, 2014.
    Affected Public: Shippers and carriers of hazardous materials in 
commerce.
    Recordkeeping:
    Number of Respondents: 54,999.
    Total Annual Responses: 44,880.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 372,064.
    Frequency of collection: On occasion.
    Title: Subsidiary Hazard Class and Number/Type of Packagings.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0613.
    Summary: The HMR require that shipping papers and emergency 
response information accompany each shipment of hazardous materials in 
commerce. In addition to the basic shipping description information, we 
also require the subsidiary hazard class or subsidiary division 
number(s) to be entered in parentheses following the primary hazard 
class or division number on shipping papers. This requirement was 
originally required only by transportation by vessel. However, the lack 
of such a requirement posed problems for motor carriers with regard to 
complying with segregation, separation, and placarding requirements, as 
well as posing a safety hazard. For example, in the event the motor 
vehicle becomes involved in an accident, when the hazardous materials 
being transported include a subsidiary hazard such as ``dangerous when 
wet'' or a subsidiary hazard requiring more stringent requirements than 
the primary hazard, there is no indication of the subsidiary hazards on 
the shipping papers and no indication of the subsidiary risks on 
placards. Under circumstances such as motor vehicles being loaded at a 
dock, labels are not enough to alert hazardous materials employees 
loading the vehicles, nor are they enough to alert emergency responders 
of the subsidiary risks contained on the vehicles. Therefore, we 
require the subsidiary hazard class or subsidiary division number(s) to 
be entered on the shipping paper, for purposes of enhancing safety and 
international harmonization.
    We also require the number and type of packagings to be indicated 
on the shipping paper. This requirement makes it mandatory for shippers 
to indicate on shipping papers the numbers and types of packages, such 
as drums, boxes, jerricans, etc., being used to transport hazardous 
materials by all modes of transportation.
    Shipping papers serve as a principal means of identifying hazardous 
materials during transportation emergencies. Firefighters, police, and 
other emergency response personnel are trained to obtain the DOT 
shipping papers and emergency response information when responding to 
hazardous materials transportation emergencies. The availability of 
accurate information concerning hazardous materials being transported 
significantly improves response efforts in these types of emergencies. 
The additional information would aid emergency responders by more 
clearly identifying the hazard. PHMSA did not receive any comments 
pertaining to this OMB control number in response to the Federal 
Register Notice published on September 14, 2011.
    Affected Public: Shippers and carriers of hazardous materials in 
commerce.
    Recordkeeping:
    Number of Respondents: 250,000.
    Total Annual Responses: 6,337,500.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 17,604.
    Frequency of collection: On occasion.

    Issued in Washington, DC on November 22, 2011.
Delmer F. Billings,
Senior Regulatory Advisor, Standards and Rulemaking Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-30621 Filed 11-28-11; 8:45 am]
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