[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 44 (Monday, March 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12774-12775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04682]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Docket Number DOT-OST-2017-0043]


Agency Information Collection Activity: Notice To Continue To 
Collect Information: Barrier Failure Reporting in Oil and Gas 
Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf

AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Research Technology (OST-R), U.S. Department of 
Transportation.

ACTION: 30-Day notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT) BTS published a 
60-day comment period Notice 86 FR 58391 on October 21, 2021 seeking 
public input to continue the collection of barrier failure data. 
Barrier Failure Reporting in Oil and Gas Operations on the Outer 
Continental Shelf is a component of BTS's SafeOCS data sharing 
framework, that provides a trusted, proactive means for the oil and gas 
industry to report sensitive and proprietary safety information, and to 
identify early warnings of safety problems and potential issues by 
uncovering hidden, at-risk conditions not previously exposed through 
analysis of reportable equipment failures and incidents. BTS received 
no comments during the 60-day public comment period.

DATES: Comments must be received by April 6, 2022.

ADDRESSES: BTS seeks public comments on its proposed information 
collection. Comments should address whether the information will have 
practical utility; the accuracy of the estimated burden hours of the 
proposed information collection' ways to enhance the quality, utility 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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. Send comments to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street 
NW, Washington, DC 20503, Attention: BTS Desk Officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Demetra V. Collia, Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics, Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Research and Technology, U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of 
Safety Data and Analysis (OSDA), RTS-34, E36-302, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001; Phone No. (202) 366-1610; Fax No. 
(202) 366-3383; email: [email protected]. Office hours are from 
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., EST, Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.
    Data Confidentiality Provisions: This data collection is protected 
under the BTS confidentiality statute (49 U.S.C. 6307 (b)) and the 
Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act 
(CIPSEA) of 2018 (Pub. L.: 115-435 Foundations for Evidence-Based 
Policymaking Act of 2018, Title III.) In accordance with these 
confidentiality statutes, only statistical and non-identifying data 
will be made publicly available through reports. Further, BTS will not 
release to Bureau of Safety and Environment Enforcement (BSEE) or any 
other public or private entity any information that might reveal the 
identity of individuals or organizations mentioned in SafeOCS reports.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. The Data Collection

    The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35; as 
amended) and 5 CFR part 1320 require each Federal agency to obtain OMB 
approval to continue an information collection activity. BTS is seeking 
OMB approval for the following BTS information collection activity:
    Title: Barrier Failure Reporting in Oil and Gas Operations on the 
Outer Continental Shelf.
    OMB Control Number: 2138-0046.
    Type of Review: Approval to Continue to Collect.
    Respondents: BTS has entered a MOU with BSEE to facilitate the 
collection of information from respondents identified in the BSEE 
notices for OMB Control Number 1014-0028 and OMB Control Number 1014-
0003. Responsibility for establishing the actual scope and burden for 
this collection resides with BSEE. This BTS information collection 
request does not create any additional burden for respondents. For the 
purposes of this collection BTS has identified BSEE as the sole 
respondent.
    Number of Respondents: As a request to be authorized repository for 
previously collected information, BTS has identified BSEE as the sole 
respondent reporting to BTS at the annual frequency of one.
    Estimated Time per Response: 60 minutes.
    Frequency: Once.
    Total Annual Burden: 1 hour.
    BTS has agreed through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with 
BSEE to undertake the information collection identified in the 
previously approved BSEE notice for OMB Control Number(s) 1014-0028, 
expiration 4/30/2019 and the BSEE notice with OMB Control Number 1014-
0003, expiration 8/31/2019, to ensure the confidentiality of 
submissions under CIPSEA. The information collection is limited to the 
establishment of BTS as an authorized repository. This information 
collection request does not create any additional burden for 
respondents.

II. Public Participation and Request for Public Comments

    On October 18, 2021, the DOT published a notice in the Federal 
Register (86 FR 57744) encouraging interested parties to submit 
comments and allowing for a 60-day comment period on the collection 
entitled ``Barrier Failure Reporting in Oil and Gas Operations on the 
Outer Continental Shelf.'' The comment period closed on December 17, 
2021. No comments were submitted to the docket during that time.
    The notice can be viewed at, http://www.regulations.gov, and typing 
in the Docket Number 2021-22279. If you do not have access to the 
internet, you may view the docket by visiting the Docket Management 
Facility in Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the U.S. DOT West 
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 
a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

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Privacy Act

    All comments the BTS receives are posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov. Anyone may search the electronic form of all 
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or of the person signing the comment, if 
submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). 
You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 
Register published on January 17, 2008 (73 FR 3316), or you may visit 
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-03-30/pdf/2017-06272.pdf.

III. Discussion of Public Comments and BTS Responses

    On October 18, 2021 in a Federal Register Notice (86 FR 57744), BTS 
announced its intention to request OMB approval for continuing to 
collect barrier failure data in oil and gas operations on the Outer 
Continental Shelf. BTS received no comments during the 60-day public 
comment period.

Demetra V. Collia,
Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Safety Data 
and Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2022-04682 Filed 3-4-22; 8:45 am]
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