[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 20 (Friday, January 30, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4172-4178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-01856]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2026-0199 (Notice No. 2026-01)]
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 seven Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control
numbers pertaining to hazardous materials transportation. PHMSA intends
to request renewal and extension for these seven control numbers from
OMB.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
March 31, 2026.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by the Docket Number
PHMSA-2026-0199 (Notice No. 2026-01) by any of the following methods:
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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-2026-0199) 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 Ryan Larson or Steven Andrews, 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 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 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 (5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt from public
disclosure. If your comments in response 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. Pursuant to 49 CFR 105.30, you may ask
PHMSA to provide confidential treatment to the information you give to
the agency by taking the following steps: (1) mark each page of the
original document submission containing CBI as ``Confidential;'' (2)
send PHMSA a copy of the original document with the CBI deleted along
with the original, unaltered document; and (3) explain why the
information you are submitting is CBI. Submissions containing CBI
should be sent to Ryan Larson or Steven Andrews, 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: Ryan Larson or Steven Andrews,
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 the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration (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: Inspection and Testing of Portable Tanks and Intermediate
Bulk Containers.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0018.
Summary: This OMB control number describes the information
collections in parts 173, 178, and 180 of the HMR pertaining to the
documenting qualifications, inspections, tests, and approvals
pertaining to the manufacture and use of portable tanks and
intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) under various provisions of the
HMR. Information collections under this OMB control number include:
(1) Design Qualification Testing for IBCs: This information
collection consists of the minimum requirements for testing procedures
to ensure that IBCs containing hazardous materials can withstand normal
conditions of transportation. Each packaging must pass the prescribed
tests and conform to Sec. 173.24 while in transportation. The testing
requirements in Sec. 178.801(d) ensure that the packaging manufacturer
achieves successful test results for the design qualification testing
at the start of production of each new or different IBC design type.
(2) Periodic Design Requalification Testing of IBCs: This
information collection consists of the requirements for periodic design
re-qualification of each qualified IBC design type to maintain
authorization for continued production. IBC manufacturers must conduct
successful tests at sufficient frequency to ensure each packaging
produced is capable of passing the design qualification tests, which
must be conducted at least once every 12 months.
(3) Applications for Approval of Equivalent Packaging: This
information collection consists of the requirements for approval of
equivalent packaging applications submitted by the regulated community
to PHMSA, which allows the use of an IBC differing from the standards
outlined in the HMR if it is shown to be equally effective and if the
testing methods used are equivalent.
(4) Reporting Requirements for Retest and Inspection of IBCs: This
information collection consists of the requirements for the continuing
qualification, maintenance, or periodic retesting of an IBC by any
person responsible for it. Each IBC constructed in accordance with a
United Nations (UN) standard for which a test or inspection is required
may not be filled and offered for transportation or transported until
the testing and inspection have been successfully completed. The
information collection
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also reflects the creation of a report that identifies the testing and
inspection of IBCs.
(5) Recordkeeping for IBC Testing: This information collection
consists of the recordkeeping requirements associated with IBC testing
in Sec. Sec. 178.801 and 180.352. The IBC owner or lessee must keep
records of periodic retests, initial and periodic inspections, and test
performance on the IBC if it has been repaired. Records must be kept
for each packaging at each location where periodic tests are conducted
and must be available for inspection by a DOT representative upon
request.
(6) Manufacturers Data Report (ASME) for Portable Tanks: This
information collection consists of the requirements for tanks designed
and constructed in accordance with, and that fulfill all the
requirements of, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Code. In addition to the markings required by the ASME Code, every tank
must bear permanent marks that include the information specified in
Sec. 178.255-14, which must be stamped into the metal near the center
of one of the tank heads or stamped into a plate permanently attached
to the tank by means of brazing or welding or other suitable means.
(7) Approval Applications for Specification UN Portable Tank
Design: This information collection requires an owner or manufacturer
of a portable tank to apply for an approval to a designated approval
agency authorized to approve new portable tanks designs.
(8) Applications for Modifications to Portable Tank Designs: This
information collection requires an owner or manufacturer of a portable
tank to apply for an approval to a designated approval agency
authorized to approve the modifications to portable tanks designs.
(9) Portable Tanks--Approval Agency Retention of Documents: This
information collection consists of the requirement for approval
agencies to review all drawings and calculations to ensure that the
design is compliant with the relevant specification. The approval
agency must maintain the drawings and approval records for as long as
the portable tank remains in service and provide this information to
the DOT upon request.
(10) Portable Tanks--Manufacturers Retention of Documents: This
information collection requires that qualification records for
specification portable tanks be retained for at least 5 years by the
tank manufacturer and made available to duly identified representatives
of the DOT or the owner of the tank.
(11) Recordkeeping for the Testing of Portable Tank: This
information collection requires that the owner of the portable tank or
his/her authorized agent will retain a written record indicating the
date and results of all required tests, as well as the name and address
of the tester, until the next retest has been satisfactorily completed
and recorded. This information must be provided to the DOT upon
request.
The following is a list of the information collections and burden
estimates 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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Design Qualification Testing for IBCs-- 13 494 3 1,482
Applications for the Certification Mark........
Periodic Design Requalification Testing of IBCs-- 13 494 3 1,482
Submission of Changes to Test Frequency to the
Associate Administrator........................
Applications for Approval of Equivalent 5 5 3 15
Packaging--IBCs................................
Reporting Requirements for Retest and Inspection 1,000 100,000 0.25 25,000
of IBCs........................................
Recordkeeping for IBC Testing................... 150 150 0.25 38
Manufacturers Data Report (ASME) for Portable 50 50,000 0.25 12,500
Tanks..........................................
Approval Applications for Specification UN 13 494 3 1,482
Portable Tank Design...........................
Applications for Modifications to Portable Tank 13 494 3 1,482
Designs........................................
Portable Tanks--Approval Agency Retention of 13 494 0.25 124
Documents......................................
Portable Tanks--Manufacturers Retention of 50 50,000 0.25 12,500
Documents......................................
Recordkeeping for the Testing of Portable Tanks. 150 150 0.25 38
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Affected Public: Manufacturers and owners of portable tanks and
intermediate bulk containers.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Number of Respondents: 1,470.
Total Annual Responses: 202,775.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 56,143.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
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......................... 180 720 0.08 58
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: 23,328.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 20,455.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Title: Rail Carrier and Tank Car Tanks Requirements, Rail Tank Car
Tanks--Transportation of Hazardous Materials by Rail.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0559.
Summary: This information collection consolidates and describes the
information provisions in parts 172, 173, 174, 179, and 180 of the HMR
pertaining to the transportation of hazardous materials by rail and the
manufacture, qualification, maintenance, and use of tank cars. The
types of information collected include:
(1) Tank Car Approvals: This information collection consists of
special provisions that mandate the approval of the Associate
Administrator or the Association of American Railroads (AAR) Committee
on Tank Cars before certain hazardous material packaging or packaging
components can be used for transportation of hazardous materials by
rail.
(2) AAR approval required when a tank car is proposed for commodity
service other than specified on a certificate of construction: This
information collection consists of requirements for obtaining AAR Tank
Car Committee approval for the use of a tank car for commodities other
than those specified in part 173 and the certificate of construction.
It also includes requirements for AAR approval of tank car design,
materials, construction, conversion, alteration, or construction to a
new specification. This information is used to ensure that tank cars
are suitable for transporting specific commodities and that tank car
design, construction, and modification comply with the relevant
regulations.
(3) Annual tank car owner progress report to FRA: This information
collection consists of the requirement for tank car owners to submit
progress reports to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) if their
tank cars need to be modified to meet the requirements specified in
Sec. 173.31. The FRA uses this information to track progress and
ensure that all affected tank cars are modified before the regulatory
compliance date.
(4) Compressed Gases and Cryogenic Liquids in Tank Cars and Multi
Unit Tank Cars Reporting: This information collection requires the
shipper to notify the FRA whenever a tank car transporting hydrogen
chloride, refrigerated liquids, or vinyl fluoride, stabilized is not
received by the consignee within 20 days from the date of shipment.
(5) Reporting to the Bureau of Explosives regarding any
restrictions over any portion of its lines: This information collection
requires each rail carrier to report to the Bureau of Explosives (BOE),
for publication, all information as to any restrictions which it
imposes against the acceptance, delivery, or transportation of any
hazardous materials, over any portion of its lines.
(6) Nonconforming bulk packages must be repaired or approved from
movement by the FRA: This information collection requires that a bulk
packaging, such as a tank car tank, that no longer conforms to
applicable HMR requirements may not be forwarded by rail unless
repaired or approved for movement by the Associate Administrator for
Safety, FRA. Notification and approval must be furnished in writing or
through telephonic or electronic means, with subsequent written
confirmation provided within two weeks.
(7) FRA Approval for transportation of bulk packages containing a
hazardous material in COFC or TOFC service: This information collection
requires that the Associate Administrator for Safety, FRA approve the
transportation of bulk packages, such as portable tanks and cargo
tanks, containing a hazardous material in container-on-flatcar (COFC)
or trailer-on-flatcar (TOFC) service if not otherwise authorized for
transportation.
(8) Division 1.1 or 1.2 explosive material inspection and Car
Certificate requirements: This information collection requires that
before a Division 1.1 or 1.2 explosive materials may be loaded into a
rail car, the car must have been inspected and certified to be in
compliance with the requirements of Sec. 174.104(b) by a qualified
person designated under 49 CFR 215.11.
(9) Initial marking, requalification marking, and requalification
reporting requirements: This information collection consist of the
requirements for the detail marking of a newly manufactured tank car,
requalification tank car marking requirements, and reporting of details
for a requalified tank car.
(10) Quality Assurance Program: This information collection
requires facilities that build, repair, and ensure the structural
integrity of tank cars are required to develop and implement a quality
assurance program. This information is used by the facility and DOT
compliance personnel to ensure that each tank car is constructed or
repaired in accordance with the applicable requirements.
The following is a list of the information collections and burden
estimates 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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Tank Car Approvals.............................. 2 2 6.5 13
AAR approval required when a tank car is 25 1,200 0.167 200
proposed for commodity service other than
specified on a certificate of construction.....
Annual tank car owner progress report to FRA.... 100 100 1 100
Compressed Gases and Cryogenic Liquids in Tank 6 141 0.25 35
Cars and Multi Unit Tank Cars Reporting........
Reporting to the Bureau of Explosives regarding 34 51 0.333 17
any restrictions over any portion of its lines.
Nonconforming bulk packages must be repaired or 388 4,308 0.4 1,695
approved from movement by the FRA..............
FRA Approval for transportation of bulk packages 6 6 0.5 3
containing a hazardous material in COFC or TOFC
service........................................
Division 1.1 or 1.2 explosive material 25 600 0.333 200
inspection and Car Certificate requirements....
Record when a car seal is changed when the car 34 170 0.166 28
is placarded with Division 1.1 or 1.2 explosive
materials......................................
Initial marking, requalification marking, and 100 15,000 0.116 1,768
requalification reporting requirements.........
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Quality assurance program....................... 75 75 5.5 413
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Affected Public: Manufacturers, owners, and rail carriers of tank.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Total Number of Respondents: 795.
Total Annual Responses: 21,653.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,472.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Title: Testing Requirements for Non-Bulk Packaging.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0572.
Summary: These OMB control number describes the information
collections in parts 173 and 180 of the HMR pertaining to the testing
requirements for non-bulk packagings. This OMB control number covers
performance-oriented packaging standards and allows packaging
manufacturers and shippers more flexibility in selecting more
economical packagings for their products. These information collections
also allow customizing the design of packagings to better suit the
transportation environment that they will encounter and encourages
technological innovations, decreases packaging costs, and significantly
reduces the need for special permits. These information collections
specifically include:
(1) Testing Requirements for Non-Bulk Packaging (Reporting): This
information collection consists of various testing requirements that
must be met by non-bulk packaging, depending on the type of material it
will contain. These include thermal resistance tests for packaging
transporting oxygen cylinders, leakproofness tests for liquid hazardous
materials, hydrostatic pressure tests for metal, plastic, and composite
containers, cooperage tests for bung-type wooden barrels, and
additional testing for packaging intended to contain infectious
substances. The specific tests required may vary based on the outer and
inner packaging material used.
(2) Additional Test Reports (Reporting): This information
collection consists of the requirement to prepare and maintain a test
report after each design qualification test or periodic retest of a
packaging. The test report must be available to the user of the
packaging or a representative of the DOT upon request and includes
details such as the date, name, and address of the testing facility,
packaging design type, maximum capacity, characteristics of test
contents, and test descriptions and results.
(3) Test Reports (Recordkeeping): This information collection
requires that test report must be made available to a user of a
packaging or a representative of the DOT, upon request. The test report
includes information such as: the date, name, and address of the
testing facility; a description of the packaging design type; the
maximum capacity; characteristics of test contents; and test
descriptions and results.
(4) Closure Instructions (Reporting): This information collection
consists of the requirement for the manufacturer or certifier of non-
bulk packaging to create closure instructions, in accordance with Sec.
178.2(c). These instructions indicate the means of closure with which
the package was tested and ensure that any subsequent shipper maintains
the same level of safety when the package is closed for transportation
of hazardous materials.
(5) Closure Instructions (Recordkeeping): This information
collection requires that the manufacturer or other person certifying
compliance, along each subsequent distributor of the packaging, provide
closure instructions to each person to whom the packaging is
transferred, as well as any representative of the DOT, for inspection.
The following is a list of the information collections and burden
estimates 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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Testing Requirements for Non-Bulk Packaging-- 5,000 15,000 2.016 30,250
Reporting......................................
Additional Test Reports--Reporting.............. 10 30 2 60
Test Reports--Recordkeeping..................... 100 1,000 0.1 100
Closure Instructions--Reporting................. 500 500 2 1,000
Closure Instructions--Recordkeeping............. 16,080 16,080 0.083 1,340
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Affected Public: Each non-bulk packaging manufacturer that tests
packagings to ensure compliance with the HMR.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Total Number of Respondents: 21,690.
Total Annual Responses: 32,610.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 32,750.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Title: Hazardous Materials Public Sector Training and Planning
Grants.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0586.
Summary: This OMB control number describes the information
collections in parts 110 of the HMR pertaining to the procedures for
reimbursable grants for public sector planning and training in support
of the emergency planning and training efforts of States, Indian
tribes, and local communities to manage hazardous materials
emergencies, particularly those involving transportation. Sections in
this part address information collection and recordkeeping with regard
to applying for grants, monitoring expenditures, and reporting and
requesting modifications.
The following is a list of the information collections and burden
estimates 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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Hazardous Materials Grants Applications..... 68 68 83.23 5,661
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Affected Public: State and local governments, Indian tribes.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Total Annual Respondents: 68.
Annual Responses: 68.
Annual Burden Hours: 5,661.
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 6,800 12,172 0.083 1,010
Identifier.....................................
Monthly Hose Inspections Record................. 6,800 439,960 0.1 43,996
Record of Monthly Piping Tests Record........... 6,800 400,112 0.2 80,022
Hose Pressure Test Marking Record............... 6,800 12,172 0.083 1,010
Annual Hose Test Record......................... 6,800 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 3,300 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 January 27, 2026 under authority
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Matthew Nickels,
Acting Director, Standards and Rulemaking Division, Office of Hazardous
Materials Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2026-01856 Filed 1-29-26; 8:45 am]
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