
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 10 (Friday, January 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2293-2295]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00626]


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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: On October 5, 2015, in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, PHMSA published a notice in the Federal Register (80 FR 
60242) inviting comments on information collections titled ``Pipeline 
Integrity Management in High Consequence Areas Gas Transmission 
Pipeline Operators; Control Room Management/Human Factors; Integrity 
Management Program for Gas Distribution Pipelines, and

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Response Plans for Onshore Oil Pipelines,'' identified by Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) control numbers 2137-0610, 2137-0624, 2137-
0625, and 2137-0589. These information collections will expire on March 
31, 2016. PHMSA will request an extension with no change for the 
information collections 2137-0610, 0624, and 0625. PHMSA will request a 
renewal with revisions to the information collection 2137-0589 to 
revise the number of respondents PHMSA expected to comply with this 
information collection.
    During the 60-day comment period, PHMSA received no comments in 
response to these collections. PHMSA is publishing this notice to 
provide the public with an additional 30 days to comment on the renewal 
of these information collections and announce that these information 
collections will be submitted to OMB for approval.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
February 16, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by the docket number 
PHMSA-2015-0009 by any of the following methods:
     Fax: 1-202-395-5806.
     Mail: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Records Management Center, Room 10102 NEOB, 725 17th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20503, ATTN: Desk Officer for the U.S. Department of 
Transportation/PHMSA.
     Email: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget, at the following email address: 
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
    Requests for a copy of the Information Collection should be 
directed to Jenny Donohue by telephone at 202-366-4046 or by email at 
jenny.donohue@dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Dow by telephone at 202-366-
1246 or by email at angela.dow@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 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.
    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.


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    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 11, 2016, under authority 
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
John A. Gale,
Director, Office of Standards and Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 2016-00626 Filed 1-14-16; 8:45 am]
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