Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 148 (Friday, July 31, 2020)

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 148 (Friday, July 31, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46220-46221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16556]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2018-0025 (Notice No. 2020-05)]

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 an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control
number pertaining to hazardous materials transportation. This notice
follows the publication of a PHMSA final rule titled ``Hazardous
Materials: Liquefied Natural Gas by Rail'' [HM-264, 85 FR 44994]
authorizing the transportation of liquefied natural gas by rail. PHMSA
intends to request a renewal with change of currently approved OMB
control number 2137-0612, ``Hazardous Materials Security Plans.''

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
September 29, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by the Docket Number
PHMSA-2018-0025 (Notice No. 2020-05) 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-2018-0025) 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.
Confidential Business Info: Confidential Business Information (CBI)
is commercial or financial information that is both customarily and
actually treated as private by its owner. Under the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt from public
disclosure. If your comments responsive to this notice contain
commercial or financial information that is customarily treated as
private, that you actually treat as private, and that is relevant or
responsive to this notice, it is important that you clearly designate
the submitted comments as ``CBI.'' Please mark each page of your
submission containing CBI as ``PROPIN.'' PHMSA will treat such marked
submissions as confidential under the FOIA, and they will not be placed
in the public docket of this notice. Submissions containing CBI should
be sent to Steven Andrews or Shelby Geller, Standards and Rulemaking
Division and addressed to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001. Any commentary that PHMSA
receives which is not specifically designated as CBI will be placed in
the public docket for this notice.

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: On July 24, 2020, PHMSA, in coordination
with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), published a final rule
\1\ titled ``Hazardous Materials: Liquefied Natural Gas by Rail'' [HM-
264, 85 FR 44994], to allow for the bulk transport of ``Methane,
refrigerated liquid,'' commonly known as liquefied natural gas (LNG),
in rail tank cars. In this final rule, PHMSA amended the Hazardous
Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR parts 171-180) to require any rail
carrier transporting a tank car quantity of UN1972 (Methane,
refrigerated liquid (cryogenic liquid) or Natural gas, refrigerated
liquid (cryogenic liquid)) to comply with the additional safety and
security planning requirements for transportation by rail. PHMSA
currently accounts for the burden associated with safety and security
planning requirements in Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control
Number 2137-0612, ``Hazardous Materials Security Plans.''
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\1\ See https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-07-24/pdf/2020-13604.pdf.
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OMB regulations require PHMSA to provide interested members of the
public and affected agencies an opportunity to comment on information
collection and recordkeeping requests. 5 CFR 1320.8(d). Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 96-511), no person is required
to respond to an information collection unless it has been approved by
OMB and displays a valid OMB control number. As the HM-264 final rule
contains revisions that were not proposed in the notice of proposed
rulemaking (NPRM) \2\ [October 24, 2019; 84 FR 56964], PHMSA is
publishing this 60-day notice to provide an opportunity for public
comment on the estimated increase in burden. The estimated increase in
burden hours is reflected in ``Section VI.G. Paperwork Reduction Act,''
of the preamble to the final rule, with a minor adjustment due to a
rounding error. PHMSA will subsequently publish a 30-day notice in
response to any comments received to this notice, along with a
submission to OMB reflecting this revised annual burden.
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\2\ See https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-10-24/pdf/2019-22949.pdf.

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PHMSA requests comments on the following increase in OMB Control
Number 2137-0612:

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Increase in increase in Increase in Increase in
total number total number Burden hours total burden Salary cost total salary
of railroads of routes per route hours per hour cost
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Class I Railroads....................................... 0 2 80 160 $60.83 $9,733
Class II Railroads...................................... 0 1 80 80 60.83 4,866
Class III Railroads..................................... 0 1 40 40 60.83 2,433
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Total Increase in Primary Route Analysis............ .............. 4 .............. 280 .............. 17,032
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Increase in Increase in Increase in Increase in
total number total number Burden hours total burden Salary cost total salary
of railroads of routes per route hours per hour cost
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Class I Railroads....................................... 0 2 120 240 $60.83 $14,599
Class II Railroads...................................... 0 1 120 120 60.83 7,300
Class III Railroads..................................... 0 1 40 40 60.83 2,433
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Total Increase in Alternate Route Analysis.......... .............. 4 .............. 400 .............. 24,332
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Annual Increase in Number of Respondents: 0.
Annual Increase in Number of Responses: 8.
Annual Increase in Burden Hours: 680.
Annual Increase in Salary Costs: $41,364.

Issued in Washington, DC on July 27, 2020, under authority
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
William A. Quade,
Deputy Associate Administrator of Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline
and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-16556 Filed 7-30-20; 8:45 am]
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