[Federal Register: September 10, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 176)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket: PHMSA-2007-0056]
Pipeline Safety: Agency Information Collection Activities: Notice
of Request for Extension of Currently Approved Information Collections
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA),
this notice announces that PHMSA is forwarding an Information
Collection Request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the
renewal and extension of four existing information collections. On May
22, 2008 (73 FR 29846), PHMSA published a Federal Register notice
soliciting comments on these information collections. No comments were
received. The purpose of this notice is to allow the public an
additional 30 days to submit comments on the information collections
described below.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
October 10, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Send comments directly to the Office of Management and
Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: Desk
Officer for the Department of Transportation, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cameron Satterthwaite at (202) 366-
1319, or by e-mail at cameron.satterthwaite@dot.gov.
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. This notice identifies
information collection requests that PHMSA will be submitting to OMB
for renewal and extension. These information collections are contained
in the pipeline safety regulations, 49 CFR parts 190-199. 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; (2) OMB control number; (3)
type of request; (4) abstract of the information collection activity;
(5) description of affected public; (6) estimate of total annual
reporting and recordkeeping burden; and (7) frequency of collection.
PHMSA will request a three-year term of approval for each information
collection activity.
PHMSA requests comments on the following information collections:
Title: Pipeline Safety: Excess Flow Valves--Customer Notification.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0593.
Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Pipeline operators are required to provide notifications
about
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excess flow valves to service line customers as described in 49 CFR
192.383. Upon request, an operator must make documentation of
compliance available to PHMSA or the appropriate State regulatory
agency.
Estimated number of respondents: 900,000.
Estimated annual burden hours: 18,000 hours.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Title: Pipeline Safety: Customer-Owned Service Lines.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0594.
Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Operators of gas service lines who do not maintain
certain buried piping of their customers must provide notification
about maintenance to those customers (49 CFR 192.16). Upon request, an
operator must make documentation of compliance available to PHMSA or
the appropriate State regulatory agency.
Estimated number of respondents: 550,000.
Estimated annual burden hours: 9,167 hours.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Title: Pipeline Safety: Qualification of Pipeline Safety, Training.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0600.
Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Pipeline operators are required to have continuing
programs for qualifying and training personnel performing safety-
sensitive functions on pipelines. (49 CFR part 192, subpart N and 49
CFR part 195, subpart G). Operators must maintain records, make
reports, and provide information to PHMSA and State pipeline safety
agencies concerning these programs. The information aids Federal and
State pipeline safety inspectors in conducting compliance inspections
and investigating incidents.
Estimated number of respondents: 22,300.
Estimated annual burden hours: 466,667 hours.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Title: Pipeline Safety Report of Abandoned Underwater Pipelines.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0601.
Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Pipeline operators are required to report certain
information about abandoned underwater pipelines to PHMSA. The
information aids Federal and State pipeline safety inspectors in
conducting compliance inspections and investigating incidents.
Estimated number of respondents: 10.
Estimated annual burden hours: 60 hours.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Issued in Washington, DC on September 4, 2008.
John A. Gale,
Director of Regulations, Office of Pipeline Safety.
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