[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10279-10280]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03800]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2021-0115]


Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities, Gas and 
Liquid Pipeline Safety Program Performance Progress Report

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 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the information 
collection request abstracted below is being forwarded to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. A Federal Register 
notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the 
information collection was published on December 15, 2021.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
March 25, 2022.

ADDRESSES: The public is invited to submit comments regarding this 
information collection request, including suggestions for reducing the 
burden, to the Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer 
for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation, 725 17th Street NW, 
Washington, DC 20503. Comments can also be submitted electronically at 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Hill by email at 
[email protected].

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. In accordance with this 
regulation, on December 15, 2021, (86 FR 71317) PHMSA published a 
Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on the information collection. PHMSA received no comments in 
response to this information collection request. This notice identifies 
the information collection request that PHMSA will submit to the OMB 
for approval.
    The following information is provided below for the impacted 
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 request a three-year term of approval for the following 
information collection:
    Title: Gas Pipeline Safety Program Performance Progress Report and 
Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Program Performance Progress Report.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0584.
    Current Expiration Date: 03/31/2022.
    Abstract: Section 60105 of 49 U.S.C. sets forth specific 
requirements a state must meet to qualify for certification status to 
assume regulatory and enforcement responsibility for intrastate

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pipelines. A state must submit an annual performance progress report to 
validate responsibility for regulating intrastate pipelines, and states 
who receive federal grant funding must also show the state has adequate 
damage prevention plans and associated records in place.
    PHMSA uses this information to evaluate a state's eligibility for 
federal grants and to enforce regulatory compliance. This information 
collection request requires a participating state to annually submit a 
Gas Pipeline Safety Program Performance Progress Reports and/or a 
Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Program Performance Progress Report to 
PHMSA's Office of Pipeline Safety showing compliance with the terms of 
the certification and to maintain records detailing a damage prevention 
plan. The purpose of the collection is to exercise oversight of the 
grant program and to ensure that states are compliant with federal 
pipeline safety regulations.
    PHMSA intends to request renewal of this information collection and 
to make minor, editorial changes to instructions and definitions 
sections of Gas Pipeline Safety Program Performance Progress Report and 
a Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Program Performance Progress Report 
in order to update and clarify how participating state agencies should 
report the required information.
    Affected Public: State and local governments.
    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
    Total Annual Responses: 117.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,473.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Comments to Office of Management and Budget are invited on:
    (a) The need for the proposed information, including whether the 
information will have practical utility in helping the agency to 
achieve its pipeline safety goals;
    (b) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection;
    (c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (d) Ways to minimize the burden on those who are to respond, 
including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or 
other technological collection techniques.
    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 
35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 17, 2022, under authority 
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
John A. Gale,
Director, Standards and Rulemaking Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-03800 Filed 2-22-22; 8:45 am]
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