[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17295-17297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05877]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2023-0007 (Notice No. 2023-02)]


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 three Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control 
numbers pertaining to hazardous materials transportation. PHMSA intends 
to request renewal for these three control numbers from OMB.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
May 22, 2023.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by the Docket Number 
PHMSA-2023-0007 (Notice No. 2023-02) 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.

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and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and 
Docket Number (PHMSA-2023-0007) 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 Glenn Foster, 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 Glenn Foster, 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 rulemaking.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Andrews or Glenn Foster, 
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 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 alerting the 
public upon OMB's approval.
    PHMSA requests comments on the following information collections:
    Title: Hazardous Materials Incident Reports.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0039.
    Summary: This information collection is applicable upon occurrence 
of an incident as prescribed in 49 CFR 171.15 and 171.16. A Hazardous 
Materials Incident Report, DOT Form F 5800.1, must be completed by a 
person in physical possession of a hazardous material at the time a 
hazardous material incident occurs in transportation, such as a release 
of materials, serious accident, evacuation, or closure of a main 
artery. Incidents meeting criteria in 49 CFR 171.15 also require a 
telephonic report. This information collection enhances the Agency's 
ability to evaluate the effectiveness of its regulatory program, 
determine the need for regulatory changes, and address emerging 
hazardous materials transportation safety issues. The requirements 
apply to all interstate and intrastate carriers engaged in the 
transportation of hazardous materials by rail, air, water, and highway. 
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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Telephone Notifications.........................             180             716            0.08              57
Incident Reports Paper--Written.................             172           2,888             1.6           4,621
Incident Reports--Electronic....................             166          19,720             0.8          15,776
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    Affected Public: Shippers and carriers of hazardous materials.
    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
    Number of Respondents: 518.
    Total Annual Responses: 23,324.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 20,454.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Title: Cargo Tank Motor Vehicles in Liquefied Compressed Gas 
Service.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0595.
    Summary: This information collection and recordkeeping burden 
pertains to the requirements applicable to the manufacture, 
certification, inspection, repair, maintenance, and operation of 
certain DOT specification and non-specification cargo tank motor 
vehicles used to transport liquefied compressed gases. These 
requirements are intended to ensure cargo tank motor vehicles used to 
transport liquefied compressed gases are operated safely, and to 
minimize the potential for catastrophic releases during unloading and 
loading operations. They include: (1) requirements for operators of 
cargo tank motor vehicles in liquefied compressed gas service to 
develop operating procedures applicable to unloading operations and 
carry the operating

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procedures on each vehicle; (2) inspection, maintenance, marking, and 
testing requirements for the cargo tank discharge system, including 
delivery hose assemblies; and (3) requirements for emergency discharge 
control equipment on certain cargo tank motor vehicles transporting 
liquefied compressed gases that must be installed and certified by a 
Registered Inspector.
    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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Marking New/Repaired Hoses with Unique                      6800          12,172           0.083           1,010
 Identifier.....................................
Monthly Hose Inspections Record.................            6800         439,960             0.1          43,996
Record of Monthly Piping Tests Record...........            6800         400,112             0.2          80,022
Hose Pressure Test Marking Record...............            6800          12,172           0.083           1,010
Annual Hose Test Record.........................            6800          36,652            0.42          15,394
Cargo Tanks in Other Than Metered Delivery                   150             900               8           7,200
 Service--Design Certification for Automatic
 Shutoff........................................
Cargo Tanks in Other Than Metered Delivery                   150             900               8           7,200
 Service--Instillation of Shutoff System by a
 Registered Inspector...........................
Cargo Tank Motor Vehicles in Metered Delivery                150            3300               8          26,400
 Service--Certification of Remote-Control
 Equipment by a Registered Inspector............
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    Affected Public: Carriers in liquefied compressed gas service, 
manufacturers and repairers.
    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
    Number of Respondents: 34,450.
    Total Annual Responses: 906,168.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 182,232.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Title: Inspection and Testing of Meter Provers.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0620.
    Summary: This information collection and recordkeeping burden 
results from the requirements pertaining to the use, inspection, and 
maintenance of mechanical displacement meter provers (meter provers) 
used to check the accurate flow of liquid hazardous materials into bulk 
packagings, such as portable tanks and cargo tank motor vehicles, under 
the HMR. These meter provers are used to ensure that the proper amount 
of liquid hazardous materials is being loaded and unloaded. These meter 
provers consist of a gauge and several pipes that always contain small 
amounts of the liquid hazardous material in the pipes as residual 
material and, therefore, must be inspected and maintained in accordance 
with the HMR to ensure they are in proper calibration and working 
order. These meter provers are not subject to the specification testing 
and inspection requirements in 49 CFR part 178. However, these meter 
provers must be visually annually inspected and hydrostatic pressure 
tested every five years in order to ensure they are properly working as 
specified in 49 CFR 173.5a of the HMR. Therefore, this information 
collection requires that:
    (1) Each meter prover must undergo and pass an annual external 
visual inspection to ensure that the meter provers used in the flow of 
liquid hazardous materials into bulk packagings are accurate and in 
conformance with the performance standards in the HMR.
    (2) Each meter prover must undergo and pass a hydrostatic pressure 
test at least every 5 years to ensure that the meter provers used in 
the flow of liquid hazardous materials into bulk packagings are 
accurate and in conformance with the performance standards in the HMR.
    (3) Each meter prover must successfully complete the test and 
inspection and must be marked in accordance with 49 CFR 180.415(b) and 
173.5a.
    (4) Each owner must retain a record of the most recent visual 
inspection and pressure test until the meter prover is requalified.
    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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Annual Visual Inspection........................             250             250             0.5             125
Hydrostatic Pressure Test (Every 5 Years).......             250             250             0.2              50
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    Affected Public: Owners of meter provers used to measure liquid 
hazardous materials flow into bulk packagings such as cargo tanks and 
portable tanks.
    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
    Number of Respondents: 500.
    Total Annual Responses: 500.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 175.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 17, 2023.
Shane C. Kelley,
Director, Standards and Rulemaking, Office of Hazardous Materials 
Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023-05877 Filed 3-21-23; 8:45 am]
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