[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 12 (Thursday, January 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3494-3496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00837]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2024-0001 (Notice No. 2024-01)]


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

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
March 18, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by the Docket Number 
PHMSA-2024-0001 (Notice No. 2024-01) 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-2024-0001) 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 Nina Vore, Standards and Rulemaking Division, 
(202) 366-8553, [email protected], 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

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described in the system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can 
be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy.
    Confidential Business Information: 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 Nina Vore, 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 or [email protected]. Comments 
received by PHMSA which are not specifically designated as ``CBI'' will 
be placed in the public docket for this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Andrews or Nina Vore, Standards 
and Rulemaking Division, (202) 366-8553, [email protected], 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 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 upon OMB's 
approval.
    PHMSA requests comments on the following information collections:
    Title: Cargo Tank Specification Requirements.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0014.
    Summary: This information collection consolidates and describes the 
information collection provisions in parts 107, 178, and 180 of the HMR 
involving the manufacture, qualification, maintenance, and use of all 
specification cargo tank motor vehicles. It also includes the 
information collection and recordkeeping requirements for persons who 
are engaged in the manufacture, assembly, requalification, and 
maintenance of DOT specification cargo tank motor vehicles. The types 
of information collected include:
    (1) Registration Statements: Cargo tank manufacturers and 
repairers, as well as cargo tank motor vehicle assemblers, are required 
to be registered with DOT and must furnish information relative to 
their qualifications to perform the functions in accordance with the 
HMR. DOT uses the registration statements to identify these persons to 
ensure they possess the knowledge and skills necessary to perform the 
required functions and that they are performing the specified functions 
in accordance with the applicable regulations.
    (2) Requalification and Maintenance Reports: These reports are 
prepared by persons who requalify or maintain cargo tanks. This 
information is used by cargo tank owners, operators and users, and DOT 
compliance personnel to verify that the cargo tanks are requalified, 
maintained, and in proper condition for the transportation of hazardous 
materials.
    (3) Manufacturers' Data Reports, Certificates, and Related Papers: 
These reports are prepared by cargo tank manufacturers and certifiers. 
They are used by cargo tank owners, operators, users, and DOT 
compliance personnel to verify that a cargo tank motor vehicle was 
designed and constructed to meet all requirements of the applicable 
specification. The following information collections and their burdens 
are associated with this OMB Control Number. Please note that these 
estimates may be rounded for readability:
    Affected Public: Manufacturers, assemblers, repairers, 
requalifiers, certifiers, and owners of cargo tanks.

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                                                                                                        Total
                                            Annual        Total                                         annual
         Information collection           respondents     annual           Time per response            burden
                                                        responses                                       hours
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Registration--Cargo Tank Manufacturers.            24           24  20 minutes.....................            8
Registration--Repair Facilities........            33           33  20 minutes.....................           11
Registration--Design Certifying                 1,110        1,110  20 minutes.....................          370
 Engineers & Registered Inspectors.
Registration--Recordkeeping............           117          117  15 minutes.....................           29
Updating a Cargo Tank Registration.....           145          145  15 minutes.....................           36
Design Certificates for Prototypes.....            55           55  2.5 hours......................          138
Design Certificates for Prototypes--                7            7  15 minutes.....................            2
 Recordkeeping.
Manufacturer's Data Reports or                    145        6,960  30 minutes.....................        3,480
 Certificate and Related Papers.
Manufacturer's Data Reports or                    700          700  15 minutes.....................          175
 Certificate and Related Papers--
 Recordkeeping.
Completion of Manufacturer's Data                 145        4,785  30 minutes.....................        2,393
 Report--New Cargo Tanks.
Completion of Manufacturer's Data                 145        1,015  30 minutes.....................          508
 Report--Remanufactured Cargo Tanks.
Completion of Manufacturer's Data                 145          580  15 minutes.....................          145
 Report--Recordkeeping.
Cargo Tank Repair/Modification Reports.           195       15,015  5 minutes......................        1,251
Testing and Inspection of Cargo Tanks--         1,654       24,600  30 minutes.....................       12,300
 Visual Inspections.
Testing and Inspection of Cargo Tanks--         1,654      123,000  30 minutes.....................       61,500
 External Visual Inspections.
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    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
    Number of Respondents: 6,274.
    Total Annual Responses: 178,146.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 82,346.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Title: Testing, Inspection, and Marking Requirements for Cylinders.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0022.
    Summary: Requirements in Sec.  173.301 for the qualification, 
maintenance, and use of cylinders include periodic inspections and 
retesting to ensure continuing compliance with packaging standards. 
Information collection requirements address registration of retesters 
and marking of cylinders by retesters with their identification number 
and retest date following the completion of required tests. The 
cylinder owner or designated agent must keep records showing the 
results of inspections and retests until either expiration of the 
retest period or until the cylinder is re-inspected or retested, 
whichever occurs first. These requirements ensure that retesters have 
the qualifications to perform tests and identify to cylinder fillers 
and users that cylinders are qualified for continuing use. Information 
collection requirements in Sec.  173.303 require that fillers of 
acetylene cylinders keep, for at least 30 days, a daily record of the 
representative pressure to which cylinders are filled. The following 
information collections and their burdens are associated with this OMB 
Control Number. Note, that these estimates may be rounded for 
readability:

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                                                                                                        Total
                                          Annual       Total annual                                     annual
       Information collection           respondents      responses          Time per response           burden
                                                                                                        hours
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Cylinder Manufacture Marking........             225         101,250  7.17 minutes.................       12,099
Cylinder Manufacture Inspector's                 225             225  30 minutes...................          113
 Report.
Cylinder Manufacture Inspector's                  30              30  12 minutes...................            6
 Report--Recordkeeping.
Record of Alloy Added to Cylinder...              23              23  1 hour.......................           23
Cylinder Requalification Marking....          15,000      14,550,000  46 seconds...................      185,917
Cylinder Requalification                      15,000      14,550,000  45 seconds...................      181,875
 Recordkeeping.
Cylinder Requalification Record--                330             330  6 minutes....................           33
 Recordkeeping.
Recent Recalibration Record.........           2,300           4,600  5 minutes....................          383
Repair, Rebuilding, or Reheat                     47           2,350  12 minutes...................          470
 Treatment Records.
Repair, Rebuilding, or Reheat                      6               6  10 minutes...................            1
 Treatment Records--Recordkeeping.
Changing Marked Service Pressure....               8               8  15 minutes...................            2
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    Affected Public: Fillers, owners, users, and retesters of reusable 
cylinders.
    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
    Number of Respondents: 33,194.
    Total Annual Responses: 29,208,822.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 380,922.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Title: Container Certification Statements.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0582.
    Summary: Shippers of explosives, in freight containers or transport 
vehicles by vessel, are required to certify on shipping documentation 
that the freight container or transport vehicle meets minimal 
structural serviceability requirements. This requirement ensures an 
adequate level of safety for the transport of explosives aboard vessel 
and consistency with similar requirements in international standards. 
The following information collections and their burdens are associated 
with this OMB Control Number. Please note that these estimates may be 
rounded for readability:

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                                                                                                        Total
                                                                Annual        Total       Time per      annual
                   Information collection                     respondents     annual      response      burden
                                                                            responses    (minutes)      hours
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Freight Container Packing Certification....................           620      890,000            1       14,833
Class 1 (explosives) Container Structural Serviceability               30        4,500            1           75
 Statement.................................................
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    Affected Public: Shippers of explosives in freight containers or 
transport vehicles by vessel.
    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
    Number of Respondents: 650.
    Total Annual Responses: 894,500.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 14,908.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 11, 2024, under authority 
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
T. Glenn Foster,
Chief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention Branch, Office of Hazardous 
Materials Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-00837 Filed 1-17-24; 8:45 am]
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