[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 148 (Friday, July 31, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46220-46221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16556]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2018-0025 (Notice No. 2020-05)]


Hazardous Materials: Information Collection Activities

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), 
Department of Transportation (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 an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control 
number pertaining to hazardous materials transportation. This notice 
follows the publication of a PHMSA final rule titled ``Hazardous 
Materials: Liquefied Natural Gas by Rail'' [HM-264, 85 FR 44994] 
authorizing the transportation of liquefied natural gas by rail. PHMSA 
intends to request a renewal with change of currently approved OMB 
control number 2137-0612, ``Hazardous Materials Security Plans.''

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
September 29, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by the Docket Number 
PHMSA-2018-0025 (Notice No. 2020-05) by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Management System; U.S. Department of 
Transportation, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Routing 
Symbol M-30, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
     Hand Delivery: To the Docket Management System; Room W12-
140 on the ground floor of the West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 
SE, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and 
Docket Number (PHMSA-2018-0025) for this notice at the beginning of the 
comment. To avoid duplication, please use only one of these four 
methods. All comments received will be posted without change to the 
Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) and will include any personal 
information you provide.
    Requests for a copy of an information collection should be directed 
to Steven Andrews or Shelby Geller, Standards and Rulemaking Division, 
(202) 366-8553, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    Docket: For access to the dockets to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov or DOT's Docket 
Operations Office (see ADDRESSES).
    Privacy Act: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits 
comments from the public to better inform its rulemaking process. DOT 
posts these comments, without edit, including any personal information 
the commenter provides, to www.regulations.gov, as described in the 
system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 
www.dot.gov/privacy.
    Confidential Business Info: Confidential Business Information (CBI) 
is commercial or financial information that is both customarily and 
actually treated as private by its owner. Under the Freedom of 
Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt from public 
disclosure. If your comments responsive to this notice contain 
commercial or financial information that is customarily treated as 
private, that you actually treat as private, and that is relevant or 
responsive to this notice, it is important that you clearly designate 
the submitted comments as ``CBI.'' Please mark each page of your 
submission containing CBI as ``PROPIN.'' PHMSA will treat such marked 
submissions as confidential under the FOIA, and they will not be placed 
in the public docket of this notice. Submissions containing CBI should 
be sent to Steven Andrews or Shelby Geller, Standards and Rulemaking 
Division and addressed to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001. Any commentary that PHMSA 
receives which is not specifically designated as CBI will be placed in 
the public docket for this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Andrews or Shelby Geller, 
Standards and Rulemaking Division, (202) 366-8553, Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 24, 2020, PHMSA, in coordination 
with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), published a final rule 
\1\ titled ``Hazardous Materials: Liquefied Natural Gas by Rail'' [HM-
264, 85 FR 44994], to allow for the bulk transport of ``Methane, 
refrigerated liquid,'' commonly known as liquefied natural gas (LNG), 
in rail tank cars. In this final rule, PHMSA amended the Hazardous 
Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR parts 171-180) to require any rail 
carrier transporting a tank car quantity of UN1972 (Methane, 
refrigerated liquid (cryogenic liquid) or Natural gas, refrigerated 
liquid (cryogenic liquid)) to comply with the additional safety and 
security planning requirements for transportation by rail. PHMSA 
currently accounts for the burden associated with safety and security 
planning requirements in Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control 
Number 2137-0612, ``Hazardous Materials Security Plans.''
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    \1\ See https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-07-24/pdf/2020-13604.pdf.
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    OMB regulations require PHMSA to provide interested members of the 
public and affected agencies an opportunity to comment on information 
collection and recordkeeping requests. 5 CFR 1320.8(d). Under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 96-511), no person is required 
to respond to an information collection unless it has been approved by 
OMB and displays a valid OMB control number. As the HM-264 final rule 
contains revisions that were not proposed in the notice of proposed 
rulemaking (NPRM) \2\ [October 24, 2019; 84 FR 56964], PHMSA is 
publishing this 60-day notice to provide an opportunity for public 
comment on the estimated increase in burden. The estimated increase in 
burden hours is reflected in ``Section VI.G. Paperwork Reduction Act,'' 
of the preamble to the final rule, with a minor adjustment due to a 
rounding error. PHMSA will subsequently publish a 30-day notice in 
response to any comments received to this notice, along with a 
submission to OMB reflecting this revised annual burden.
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    \2\ See https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-10-24/pdf/2019-22949.pdf.

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    PHMSA requests comments on the following increase in OMB Control 
Number 2137-0612:

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                                                            Increase in     increase in                     Increase in                     Increase in
                                                           total number    total number    Burden hours    total burden     Salary cost    total salary
                                                           of railroads      of routes       per route         hours         per hour          cost
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Class I Railroads.......................................               0               2              80             160          $60.83          $9,733
Class II Railroads......................................               0               1              80              80           60.83           4,866
Class III Railroads.....................................               0               1              40              40           60.83           2,433
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    Total Increase in Primary Route Analysis............  ..............               4  ..............             280  ..............          17,032
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                                                            Increase in     Increase in                     Increase in                     Increase in
                                                           total number    total number    Burden hours    total burden     Salary cost    total salary
                                                           of railroads      of routes       per route         hours         per hour          cost
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Class I Railroads.......................................               0               2             120             240          $60.83         $14,599
Class II Railroads......................................               0               1             120             120           60.83           7,300
Class III Railroads.....................................               0               1              40              40           60.83           2,433
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    Total Increase in Alternate Route Analysis..........  ..............               4  ..............             400  ..............          24,332
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    Annual Increase in Number of Respondents: 0.
    Annual Increase in Number of Responses: 8.
    Annual Increase in Burden Hours: 680.
    Annual Increase in Salary Costs: $41,364.

    Issued in Washington, DC on July 27, 2020, under authority 
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
William A. Quade,
Deputy Associate Administrator of Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline 
and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-16556 Filed 7-30-20; 8:45 am]
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