
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 37 (Monday, February 25, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6041-6043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-03142]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2018-0114 (Notice No. 2018-24)]


Hazardous Materials: Information Collection Activities

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), 
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 3 information collections pertaining to hazardous 
materials transportation for which PHMSA intends to request renewal 
from the Office of Management and Budget.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
April 26, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by the Docket Number 
PHMSA-2018-0114 (Notice No. 2018-24) 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-2018-0114) 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.

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: Section 1320.8(d), title 5, Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) 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 
information collection requests that PHMSA will be submitting to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for renewal and extension. These 
information collections are contained in 49 CFR 171.6 of the Hazardous 
Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR parts 171-180). PHMSA has revised 
burden estimates, where appropriate, to reflect current reporting 
levels or adjustments based on changes in proposed or final rules 
published since the information collections were last approved. The 
following information is provided for each information collection: (1) 
Title of the information collection, including former title if a change 
is being made; (2) OMB control number; (3) summary of the information 
collection activity; (4) description of affected public; (5) estimate 
of total annual reporting and recordkeeping burden; and (6) frequency 
of collection. PHMSA will request a 3-year term of approval for each 
information collection activity and will publish a notice in the 
Federal Register upon OMB's approval.
    PHMSA requests comments on the following information collections:
    Title: Radioactive (RAM) Transportation Requirements.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0510.
    Summary: This information collection consolidates and describes the 
information collection provisions in the HMR involving the 
transportation of radioactive materials in commerce. Information 
collection requirements for RAM include: Documenting testing and 
engineering evaluations for packages, documentation for DOT 7A 
packages, revalidation of foreign competent authority certifications, 
providing specific written instruction of exclusive use shipment 
controls, providing written instructions for exclusive use shipment 
controls, obtaining U.S. competent authority for package design, 
registering with U.S. competent authority as user of a package, and 
request for a U.S. competent authority for special form. The following 
information collections and their burdens are associated with this OMB 
Control Number:

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                                                                   Total annual      Hours per     Total annual
             Information collection                 Respondents      responses       response      burden hours
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Document Test and Engineering Evaluation or                   50             100              40           4,000
 Comparative Data for Packaging--Reporting......
DOT Specification 7A Package Documentation--                  50             100              80           8,000
 Reporting......................................
DOT Specification 7A Package Documentation--                  50             500          0.0833           41.67
 Recordkeeping..................................
Revalidation of Foreign Competent Authority                   25              25              80           2,000
 Certification--Reporting.......................
Offeror Providing Specific Written Instruction               100           2,000             0.5           1,000
 of Exclusive Use Shipment Controls to the
 Carrier--Reporting.............................
Offeror Obtaining U.S. Competent Authority for                10              40               2              80
 Package Design--Reporting......................
Register with U.S. Competent Authority as User                25              50             0.5              25
 of a Package--Reporting........................
Request for a U.S. Competent Authority as                     10             100               2             200
 Required by the IAEA Regulations for Special
 Form--Reporting................................
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    Affected Public: Shippers and carriers of radioactive materials in 
commerce.
    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
    Number of Respondents: 320.
    Total Annual Responses: 2,915.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 15,346.67.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Title: Hazardous Materials Public Sector Training and Planning 
Grants.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0586.
    Summary: Part 110 of 49 CFR sets forth the procedures for 
reimbursable grants for public sector planning and training in support 
of the emergency planning and training efforts of States, Indian 
tribes, and local communities to manage hazardous materials 
emergencies, particularly those involving transportation. Sections in 
this part address information collection and recordkeeping with regard 
to applying for grants, monitoring expenditures, and reporting and 
requesting modifications. The following information collection and 
burden is associated with this OMB Control Number:

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                                                                 Total annual      Hours per       Total annual
           Information collection               Respondents       responses         response       burden hours
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Hazardous Materials Grants Applications.....              62               62            83.23            5,160
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    Affected Public: State and local governments, Indian tribes.
    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
    Annual Respondents: 62.
    Annual Responses: 62.
    Annual Burden Hours: 5,160.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Title: Subsidiary Hazard Class and Number/Type of Packagings.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0613.
    Summary: The HMR require that shipping papers and emergency 
response information accompany each shipment of hazardous materials in 
commerce. In addition to the basic shipping description information, we 
also require the subsidiary hazard class or subsidiary division 
number(s) to be entered in parentheses following the primary hazard 
class or division number on shipping papers. This requirement was 
originally required only by transportation by vessel. However, the lack 
of such a requirement posed problems for motor carriers with regard to 
complying with segregation, separation, and placarding requirements, as 
well as posing a safety hazard. For example, in the event the motor 
vehicle becomes involved in an accident, when the hazardous materials 
being transported include a subsidiary hazard such as ``dangerous when 
wet'' or a subsidiary hazard requiring more stringent requirements than 
the primary hazard, there is no indication of the subsidiary hazards on 
the shipping papers and no indication of the subsidiary risks on 
placards. Under circumstances such as motor vehicles being loaded at a 
dock, labels are not enough to alert hazardous materials employees 
loading the vehicles, nor are they enough to alert emergency responders 
of the subsidiary risks contained on the vehicles. Therefore, we 
require the subsidiary hazard class or subsidiary division number(s) to 
be entered on the shipping paper, for purposes of enhancing safety and 
international harmonization.
    Shipping papers serve as a principal means of identifying hazardous 
materials during transportation emergencies. Firefighters, police, and 
other emergency response personnel are trained to obtain the DOT 
shipping papers and emergency response information when responding to 
hazardous materials transportation emergencies. The availability of 
accurate information concerning hazardous materials being transported 
significantly improves response efforts in these types of emergencies. 
The additional information would aid emergency responders by more 
clearly identifying the hazard.
    The following information collection and burden is associated with 
this OMB Control Number:

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                                                                 Total annual     Seconds per      Total annual
           Information collection               Respondents       responses         response       burden hours
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Subsidiary Hazard Class on Shipping Papers..         260,000       43,810,000                2           24,339
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    Affected Public: Shippers and carriers of hazardous materials in 
commerce.
    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
    Number of Respondents: 260,000.
    Total Annual Responses: 43,810,000.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 24,339.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 19, 2019.
William S. Schoonover,
Associate Administrator of Hazard Materials Safety, Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 2019-03142 Filed 2-22-19; 8:45 am]
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