Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 192 (Monday, October 5, 2015)

Federal Register Volume 80, Number 192 (Monday, October 5, 2015)

Notices

Pages 60242-60243

From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov

FR Doc No: 2015-25224

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Docket No. PHMSA-2015-0179

Pipeline Safety: 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 certain information collections that will be expiring March 31, 2016. PHMSA will request an extension with no change for the information collections identified by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control numbers 2137-0610, 2137-0624, and 2137-0625. In addition, PHMSA will request a non-substantive change to the information collection identified under OMB control number 2137-0589 to revise the number of respondents PHMSA expects to comply with this information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before December 4, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted in the following ways:

E-Gov Web site: http://www.regulations.gov. This site allows the public to enter comments on any Federal Register notice issued by any agency.

Fax: 1-202-493-2251.

Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.

Hand Delivery: Room W12-140 on the ground level of DOT, West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Instructions: Identify the docket number, PHMSA-2014-0005, at the beginning of your comments. Note that all comments received will be posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. You should know that anyone is able to search the electronic form of all comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). Therefore, you may want to review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19476) or visit http://www.regulations.gov before submitting any such comments.

Docket: For access to the docket or to read background documents or comments, go to http://www.regulations.gov at any time or to Room W12-

140 on the ground level of DOT, West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. If you wish to receive confirmation of receipt of your written comments, please include a self-addressed, stamped postcard with the following statement: ``Comments on PHMSA-

2014-0005.'' The Docket Clerk will date stamp the postcard prior to returning it to you via the U.S. mail. Please note that due to delays in the delivery of U.S. mail to Federal offices in Washington, DC, we recommend that persons consider an alternative method (internet, fax, or professional delivery service) of submitting comments to the docket and ensuring their timely receipt at DOT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Dow by telephone at 202-366-

1246, by fax at 202-366-4566, or by mail at DOT, PHMSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., PHP-30, Washington, DC 20590-0001.

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 several information collection requests that PHMSA will submit to OMB for renewal. The following information is provided for each information collection: (1) Title of the information collection; (2) OMB control number; (3) Current expiration date; (4) Type of request; (5) Abstract of the information collection activity; (6) Description of affected public; (7) Estimate of total annual reporting and recordkeeping burden; and (8) 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:

  1. Title: Pipeline Integrity Management in High Consequence areas Gas Transmission Pipeline Operators.

    OMB Control Number: 2137-0610.

    Current Expiration Date: 3/31/2016.

    Type of Request: Extension without change of a currently approved collection.

    Abstract: The Federal Pipeline Safety Regulations in 49 CFR part 192, subpart O require operators of gas pipelines to develop and implement integrity management programs. The purpose of these programs is to enhance safety by identifying and reducing pipeline integrity risks. The regulations also require that operators maintain records demonstrating compliance with these requirements.

    Affected Public: Gas transmission operators.

    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:

    Estimated number of responses: 733.

    Estimated annual burden hours: 1,018,807.

    Frequency of collection: On occasion.

  2. Title: Control Room Management/Human Factors.

    OMB Control Number: 2137-0624.

    Current Expiration Date: 3/31/2016.

    Type of Request: Extension without change of a currently approved collection.

    Abstract: The Federal Pipeline Safety Regulations in 49 CFR parts 192 and 195 require operators of hazardous liquid pipelines and gas pipelines to develop and implement a human factors management plan designed to reduce risk associated with human factors in each pipeline control room and to maintain records demonstrating compliance with these requirements.

    Affected Public: Private sector; Operators of both natural gas and hazardous liquid pipeline systems.

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    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:

    Estimated number of responses: 2,702.

    Estimated annual burden hours: 127,328.

    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

  3. Title: Pipeline Safety: Integrity Management Program for Gas Distribution Pipelines.

    OMB Control Number: 2137-0625.

    Current Expiration Date: 3/31/2016.

    Type of Request: Extension without change of a currently approved collection.

    Abstract: The Federal Pipeline Safety Regulations require operators of gas distribution pipelines to develop and implement integrity management programs. The purpose of these programs is to enhance safety by identifying and reducing pipeline integrity risks. The regulations require that operators maintain records demonstrating compliance with these requirements.

    Affected Public: Operators of gas distribution pipeline systems.

    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:

    Estimated number of responses: 9,343.

    Estimated annual burden hours: 865,178.

    Frequency of collection: On occasion.

  4. Title: Response Plans for Onshore Oil Pipelines.

    OMB Control Number: 2137-0589.

    Current Expiration Date: 3/31/2016.

    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved information collection.

    Abstract: The Oil Pipeline Response Plan regulations in 49 CFR part 194 require an operator of an onshore oil pipeline facility to prepare and submit an oil spill response plan to PHMSA for review and approval. This revision only updates the number of respondents to accurately reflect the current usage of this collection.

    Affected Public: Operators of onshore oil pipeline facilities

    Estimated number of responses: 434.

    Estimated annual burden hours: 59,458.

    Frequency of collection: On occasion.

    Comments are invited on:

    (a) The need for the renewal and revision of these collections of information for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility;

    (b) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;

    (c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

    (d) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques.

    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 30, 2015, under authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.

    Linda Daugherty,

    Deputy Associate Administrator for Field Operations.

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