
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 205 (Monday, October 24, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65778-65779]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-27369]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2011-0273]


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: On August 1, 2011, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, PHMSA published a notice with request for comments in the 
Federal Register (76 FR 45904). The notice concerned several pipeline 
safety information collections that PHMSA will be submitting to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for renewal and one information 
collection that PHMSA intends to discontinue. PHMSA received no 
comments on the notice. PHMSA is now forwarding the information 
collection request to OMB and providing an additional 30 days for 
comments.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments to OMB on or 
before November 23, 2011.

ADDRESS: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including 
suggestions for reducing the burden, directly to OMB, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: Desk Officer for the U.S. 
Department of Transportation (PHMSA), 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, 
DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Dow by telephone at 202-366-
1246, by fax at 202-366-4566, or by mail at U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 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 be submitting to OMB 
for renewal and one collection that PHMSA plans to discontinue. 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. Unless otherwise specified, PHMSA will 
request a three-year term of approval for each information collection 
activity. PHMSA plans to discontinue the following information 
collection:
    Title: Pipeline Safety: Excess Flow Valves--Customer Notification.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0593.
    Current Expiration Date: 1/31/2012 (To be discontinued).
    Abstract: Pipeline operators are no longer required to provide 
notifications about excess flow valves to service line customers as 
described in 49 CFR 192.383.
    Accordingly, PHMSA has decided to discontinue this collection.
    PHMSA requests comments on the following information collections:
    1. Title: Requirements for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Facilities.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0048.
    Current Expiration Date: 1/31/2012.
    Abstract: Operators of liquefied natural gas facilities are 
required under 49 CFR Part 193 to maintain records, make reports, and 
provide information to PHMSA and state pipeline safety agencies 
concerning the operations of their facilities. The information aids 
Federal and state pipeline safety inspectors in conducting compliance 
inspections and investigating incidents.
    Affected Public: Operators of liquefied natural gas facilities.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden

    Total Annual Responses: 101.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 12,120.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    2. Title: Recordkeeping for Natural Gas Pipeline Operators.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0049.
    Current Expiration Date: 1/31/2012.
    Abstract: Operators of gas pipelines are required per 49 CFR Part 
192 to maintain records, make reports, and provide information to PHMSA 
and state pipeline safety agencies concerning the operations of their 
pipelines. The information aids Federal and state pipeline safety 
inspectors in conducting compliance inspections and investigating 
incidents.
    Affected Public: Operators of natural gas pipeline systems.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden

    Total Annual Responses: 2,300.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 940,454.
    Frequency of collection: On occasion.
    3. Title: Customer-Owned Service Lines.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0594.
    Current Expiration Date: 1/31/2012.
    Abstract: Operators of gas service lines who do not maintain 
certain buried piping on behalf 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.
    Affected Public: Natural gas pipeline operators.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden

    Total Annual Responses: 550,000.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 9,167.
    Frequency of collection: On occasion.
    4. Title: Pipeline Safety: Qualification of Pipeline Safety, 
Training.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0600.
    Current Expiration Date: 2/29/2012.
    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.
    Affected Public: Pipeline operators.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden

    Total Annual Responses: 22,300.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 466,667.
    Frequency of collection: On occasion.
    5. Title: Pipeline Safety: Report of Abandoned Underwater 
Pipelines.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0601.

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    Current Expiration Date: 2/29/2012.
    Abstract: Pipeline operators are required to report certain 
information about abandoned underwater pipelines to PHMSA (49 CFR 
195.59 and 192.727). The information aids Federal and state pipeline 
safety inspectors in conducting compliance inspections and 
investigating incidents.
    Affected Public: Operators of underwater pipelines.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden

    Annual Responses: 10.
    Annual Burden Hours: 60.
    Frequency of collection: On occasion.
    6. Title: Pipeline Safety: Integrity Management in High Consequence 
Areas for Operators with more than 500 Miles of Hazardous Liquid 
Pipelines.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0604.
    Current Expiration Date: 1/31/2012.
    Abstract: Hazardous liquid operators with pipelines in high 
consequence areas (i.e., commercially navigable waterways, high 
population areas, other populated areas, and unusually sensitive areas 
as defined in 49 CFR 195.450) are subject to certain information 
collection requirements relative to the Integrity Management Program 
provisions of 49 CFR 195.452. This collection, which applies to 
operators of more than 500 miles of hazardous liquid pipelines, is 
being merged with the information collection under OMB Control Number 
2137-0605 which will now cover all hazardous liquid operators with 
pipelines in high consequence areas.
    7. Title: Pipeline Safety: Integrity Management in High Consequence 
Areas for Operators of Hazardous Liquid Pipelines. (New Title).
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0605.
    Current Expiration Date: 1/31/2012.
    Abstract: Hazardous liquid operators with pipelines in high 
consequence areas (i.e., commercially navigable waterways, high 
population areas, other populated areas, and unusually sensitive areas 
as defined in 49 CFR 195.450) are subject to certain information 
collection requirements relative to the Integrity Management Program 
provisions of 49 CFR 195.452.
    Affected Public: All pipeline operators of hazardous liquid 
pipelines located in high consequence areas.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden

    Annual Responses: 203.
    Annual Burden Hours: 325,470.
    Frequency of collection: On occasion.
    Comments are invited on:
    (a) The need for the proposed collection 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.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 17, 2011.
Linda Daugherty,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy and Programs.
[FR Doc. 2011-27369 Filed 10-21-11; 8:45 am]
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