[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 118 (Wednesday, June 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40372-40374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13097]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2023-0007 (Notice No. 2023-08)]


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,

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PHMSA invites comments on information collections pertaining to 
hazardous materials transportation for which PHMSA intends to request 
renewal and extension from the Office of Management and Budget. PHMSA 
published a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on these 
information collections in the Federal Register on March 22, 2023, and 
did not receive any comments.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
July 21, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the information 
collections should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
    Information collections can be found by selecting ``Currently under 
30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function.
    We invite comments on: (1) whether the collections of information 
are necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of 
the information collections; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.
    Docket: For access to the Dockets to read background documents or 
comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Andrews or Nina Vore, 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 previously published on 
March 22, 2023,\1\ in a 60-day Federal Register notice seeking comments 
and is now 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 through 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 the 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:
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    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 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 June 14, 2023.
T. Glenn Foster,
Chief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention Branch, Office of Hazardous 
Materials Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023-13097 Filed 6-20-23; 8:45 am]
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