Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 37 (Monday, February 25, 2019)

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 37 (Monday, February 25, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6041-6043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-03142]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2018-0114 (Notice No. 2018-24)]

Hazardous Materials: 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 3 information collections pertaining to hazardous
materials transportation for which PHMSA intends to request renewal
from the Office of Management and Budget.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
April 26, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by the Docket Number
PHMSA-2018-0114 (Notice No. 2018-24) by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Management System; 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 the Docket Management System; 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 (PHMSA-2018-0114) for this notice at the beginning of the
comment. To avoid duplication, please use only one of these four
methods. All comments received will be posted without change to the
Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) and will include any personal
information you provide.
Requests for a copy of an information collection should be directed
to Steven Andrews or Shelby Geller, Standards and Rulemaking Division,
(202) 366-8553, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Docket: For access to the dockets to read background documents or
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov or DOT's Docket
Operations Office (see ADDRESSES).
Privacy Act: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits
comments from the public to better inform its rulemaking process. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Andrews or Shelby Geller,
Standards and Rulemaking Division, (202) 366-8553, Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1320.8(d), title 5, Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) 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
information collection requests that PHMSA will be submitting to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for renewal and extension. These
information collections are contained in 49 CFR 171.6 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) 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 3-year term of approval for each
information collection activity and will publish a notice in the
Federal Register upon OMB's approval.
PHMSA requests comments on the following information collections:
Title: Radioactive (RAM) Transportation Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0510.
Summary: This information collection consolidates and describes the
information collection provisions in the HMR involving the
transportation of radioactive materials in commerce. Information
collection requirements for RAM include: Documenting testing and
engineering evaluations for packages, documentation for DOT 7A
packages, revalidation of foreign competent authority certifications,
providing specific written instruction of exclusive use shipment
controls, providing written instructions for exclusive use shipment
controls, obtaining U.S. competent authority for package design,
registering with U.S. competent authority as user of a package, and
request for a U.S. competent authority for special form. The following
information collections and their burdens are associated with this OMB
Control Number:

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Total annual Hours per Total annual
Information collection Respondents responses response burden hours
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Document Test and Engineering Evaluation or 50 100 40 4,000
Comparative Data for Packaging--Reporting......
DOT Specification 7A Package Documentation-- 50 100 80 8,000
Reporting......................................
DOT Specification 7A Package Documentation-- 50 500 0.0833 41.67
Recordkeeping..................................
Revalidation of Foreign Competent Authority 25 25 80 2,000
Certification--Reporting.......................
Offeror Providing Specific Written Instruction 100 2,000 0.5 1,000
of Exclusive Use Shipment Controls to the
Carrier--Reporting.............................
Offeror Obtaining U.S. Competent Authority for 10 40 2 80
Package Design--Reporting......................
Register with U.S. Competent Authority as User 25 50 0.5 25
of a Package--Reporting........................
Request for a U.S. Competent Authority as 10 100 2 200
Required by the IAEA Regulations for Special
Form--Reporting................................
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Affected Public: Shippers and carriers of radioactive materials in
commerce.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Number of Respondents: 320.
Total Annual Responses: 2,915.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 15,346.67.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Title: Hazardous Materials Public Sector Training and Planning
Grants.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0586.
Summary: Part 110 of 49 CFR sets forth the procedures for
reimbursable grants for public sector planning and training in support
of the emergency planning and training efforts of States, Indian
tribes, and local communities to manage hazardous materials
emergencies, particularly those involving transportation. Sections in
this part address information collection and recordkeeping with regard
to applying for grants, monitoring expenditures, and reporting and
requesting modifications. The following information collection and
burden is associated with this OMB Control Number:

Affected Public: State and local governments, Indian tribes.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Annual Respondents: 62.
Annual Responses: 62.
Annual Burden Hours: 5,160.
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.
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.
The following information collection and burden is associated with
this OMB Control Number:

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Total annual Seconds per Total annual
Information collection Respondents responses response burden hours
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Subsidiary Hazard Class on Shipping Papers.. 260,000 43,810,000 2 24,339
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Affected Public: Shippers and carriers of hazardous materials in
commerce.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Number of Respondents: 260,000.
Total Annual Responses: 43,810,000.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 24,339.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 19, 2019.
William S. Schoonover,
Associate Administrator of Hazard Materials Safety, Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 2019-03142 Filed 2-22-19; 8:45 am]
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