[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 93 (Thursday, May 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27844-27845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11625]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2012-0082 (Notice No. 15-13)]


Hazardous Materials: Information Collection Activities

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), 
Department of Transportation (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 its intention to revise an information collection 
under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 2137-0628, 
``Flammable Hazardous Materials by Rail Transportation''. This 
reporting requirement would require tank car owners to report their 
progress in the retrofitting of tank cars to the Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
July 13, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by the docket number 
(PHMSA-2012-0082) by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Operations, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Routing 
Symbol M-30, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery: To Docket Operations, Room W12-140 on the 
ground floor of the West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and 
docket number for this notice. Internet users may access comments 
received by DOT at: http://www.regulations.gov. Please note that 
comments received will be posted without change to: http://www.regulations.gov including any personal information provided.
    Privacy Act: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits 
comments from the public. DOT posts these comments, without edit, 
including any personal information the commenter provides, to 
www.regulations.gov, as described in the system of records notice (DOT/
ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy.
    Requests for a copy of an information collection should be directed 
to Steven Andrews or T. Glenn Foster, Standards and Rulemaking Division 
(PHH-12), Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 1200 
New Jersey Avenue SE., East Building, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20590-
0001, Telephone (202) 366-8553.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Andrews or T. Glenn Foster, 
Standards and Rulemaking Division (PHH-12), 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 PHMSA to provide interested members of the public 
and affected agencies an opportunity to comment on information 
collection and recordkeeping requests. This notice identifies an 
information collection request that PHMSA will be submitting to OMB for 
revision. This information collection request is contained in 49 CFR 
part 174 of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR parts 171-
180). PHMSA has revised the burden estimate, where appropriate, to 
reflect current reporting levels or adjustments based on changes 
described in this notice. The following information is provided for the 
information collection: (1) Title of the information collection, 
including former title if a change is being made; (2) OMB control 
number; (3) summary of the information collection activity; (4) 
description of affected public; (5) estimate of total annual reporting 
and recordkeeping burden; and (6) frequency of collection. PHMSA will 
request a three-year term of approval for the information collection 
activity and, when approved by OMB, publish a notice of the approval in 
the Federal Register.
    PHMSA requests comments on the following information collection:
    Title: Flammable Hazardous Materials by Rail Transportation.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0628.
    Summary: This information collection pertains to requirements for 
the creation of a sampling and testing program for mined gas or liquid 
and rail routing for High Hazard Flammable Trains (HHFTs),\a\ routing 
requirements for rail operators, and the reporting of incidents that 
may occur from HFFTs.
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    \a\ An HHFT means a single train transporting 20 or more loaded 
tank cars of a Class 3 flammable liquid in a continuous block or a 
single train carrying 35 or more loaded tank cars of a Class 3 
flammable liquid throughout the train consist.
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    In the final rule entitled ``Enhanced Tank Car Standards and 
Operational Controls for High-Hazard Flammable Trains'' PHMSA and FRA 
adopted a risk-based timeline for the retrofit of existing tank cars to 
meet an enhanced CPC-1232 standard when used as part of an HHFT. The 
retrofit timeline focuses on two risk factors, the packing group and 
differing types of DOT-111 and CPC-1232 tank cars. The timeline 
provides an accelerated risk reduction that more appropriately 
addresses the overall risk. The timeline is provided in the Sec. Sec.  
173.241, 173.242, and 173.243 tables of the final rulemaking (80 FR 
26643) and includes a January 1, 2017 deadline for of non-jacketed DOT-
111 tank cars in PG I service in an HHFT. Not adhering to the January 
1, 2017 deadline would trigger a reporting requirement.
    This reporting requirement would require owners of non-jacketed 
DOT-111 tank cars in Packing Group I service in an HHFT to report to 
DOT the following information regarding the retrofitting progress:
     The total number of tank cars retrofitted to meet the DOT-
117R specification;
     The total number of tank cars built or retrofitted to meet 
the DOT-117P specification;
     The total number of DOT-111 tank cars (including those 
built to CPC-1232 industry standard) that have not been modified;

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     The total number of tank cars built to meet the DOT-117 
specification; and
     The total number of tank cars built or retrofitted to a 
DOT-117, 117R, or 117P specification that are Electronically Controlled 
Pneumatic (ECP) brake ready or ECP brake equipped.
    Although this reporting requirement applies to individual owners of 
non-jacketed DOT-111 tank cars in PG I service in an HHFT, DOT would 
accept a consolidated report from a group representing the affected 
industries. Furthermore, while not adhering to the January 1, 2017 
retrofit deadline triggers an initial reporting requirement, it would 
also trigger a requirement which would authorize the Secretary of 
Transportation to request additional reports of the above information 
with reasonable notice.
    We estimate that this additional requirement will result in a 
revised information collection and recordkeeping burden as follows:
    OMB No. 2137-0628, ``Flammable Hazardous Materials by Rail 
Transportation''
    Additional Burden request:
    Additional Number of Respondents: 50.
    Additional Annual Responses: 50.
    Additional Annual Burden Hours: 25.
    Additional Total Annual Burden Cost: $1,000.

    Revised Total First Year Burden:
    Revised Total Annual Number of Respondents: 2,039.
    Revised Total Annual Responses: 2,609.
    Revised Total Annual Burden Hours: 103,814.
    Revised Total Annual Burden Cost: $7,384,633.55.

    Revised Subsequent Year Burden:
    Revised Total Annual Number of Respondents: 2,039.
    Revised Total Annual Responses: 2,609.
    Revised Total Annual Burden Hours: 29,054.
    Revised Total Annual Burden Cost: $2,038,988.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on May 11, 2015.
William S. Schoonover,
Deputy Associate Administrator, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-11625 Filed 5-13-15; 8:45 am]
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