
[Federal Register: April 7, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 66)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2009-0304]

 
Request for Public Comments and OMB Approval of Existing 
Information Collection

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.

ACTION: Request for Public Comments and OMB approval of existing 
Information Collection.

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SUMMARY: On October 15, 2009, as required by the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration 
(PHMSA) published a notice in the Federal Register to invite comments 
on a proposed revision to an information collection under Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) Control No. 2137-0584, titled ``Gas and 
Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Program.'' Three comments were 
received. PHMSA is publishing this notice to respond to those comments, 
provide the public with an additional 30 days to comment on the 
proposed revision, and announce that the revised Information Collection 
will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
approval.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
May 7, 2010.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by the docket number 
PHMSA-2009-0304 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 1-202-395-6566.
     Mail: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 726 Jackson Place, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503, ATTN: Desk Officer for Department of 
Transportation (DOT).
     E-mail: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 
(OIRA), Office of Management and Budget, at the following address: 
oira_submissions@omb.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cameron Satterthwaite by telephone at 
202-366-1319, by fax at 202-366-4566, or by mail at U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 
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 an 
information collection request that PHMSA is submitting to OMB for 
revision under OMB Control No. 2137-0584. This information collection 
is contained in 49 CFR part 198.
    PHMSA received comments on the proposed revisions to the 
information collection from Carolinas AGC, Florida Public Service 
Commission, and the National Association of Pipeline Safety 
Representatives (NAPSR). Each of these entities expressed concerns 
regarding changes to the performance factors (questions with points) or 
the weights of each factor (score) in the overall scoring of the 
certification part of the grant allocation formula for the pipeline 
safety grant program. PHMSA is not making any changes to these areas. 
Rather, PHMSA is only revising the information collection to 
incorporate the use of tools that help to determine the amount of funds 
received by each participating State, and the parameters for those 
tools have been established for several years. PHMSA is proceeding with 
the tools specified in the Docket.
    An estimate of the revised burden is as follows:
    Title: Pipeline Safety: Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety 
Program Certifications.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0584.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: A State agency participating in the pipeline safety 
program must maintain records to demonstrate that the agency is 
properly monitoring the operations of pipeline operators in that State. 
The State agency must also submit an annual certificate to PHMSA 
verifying compliance. PHMSA uses the information collected to evaluate 
the State's eligibility for Federal grants.
    Estimated number of respondents: 67.
    Estimated annual burden hours: 3,920 hours.
    Frequency of collection: Annually.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 1, 2010.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Field Operations.
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