[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 156 (Monday, August 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50162-50163]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17459]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Docket No. PHMSA-2021-0085]


Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities--Revision to 
the National Pipeline Mapping System Information Collection

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), 
DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 this 
notice announces that the information collection request abstracted 
below is being forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and comment. A Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment 
period soliciting comments on the information collection was published 
on March 11, 2022.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
September 14, 2022.

ADDRESSES: The public is invited to submit comments regarding this 
information collection request, including suggestions for reducing the 
burden, to the Office of Management and Budget, Attention: Desk Officer 
for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation, 725 17th Street NW, 
Washington, DC 20503. Comments can also be submitted electronically at 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Hill by telephone at 202-680-
2034, by email at [email protected], or by mail at DOT, PHMSA, 1200 
New Jersey Avenue SE, PHP-30, Washington, DC 20590-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    Title 5, Code of Regulations (CFR) section 1320.8(d), requires 
PHMSA to provide interested members of the public and affected agencies 
the opportunity to comment on information collection and recordkeeping 
requests before they are submitted to OMB for approval. In accordance 
with this regulation, on March 11, 2022, (87 FR 14097) PHMSA published 
a Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on its plan to request a revision to the National Pipeline 
Mapping System information collection that is currently approved under 
OMB Control Number 2137-0596. PHMSA received no comments in response to 
the proposed revision to this information collection request. This 
notice announces that PHMSA will submit the information collection 
revision request abstracted below to OMB for approval.
    The following information is provided for this 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 this 
information collection. PHMSA requests comments on the following 
information:
    1. Title: National Pipeline Mapping System Program.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0596.
    Expiration Date: 1/31/2023.
    Type of Request: Revision of a previously approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: The Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-
355), 49 U.S.C. 60132, ``National Pipeline Mapping System,'' requires 
the operator of a pipeline facility (except distribution lines and 
gathering lines) to provide information to PHMSA. Each operator is 
required to submit geospatial data appropriate for use in the National 
Pipeline Mapping System or data in a format that can be readily 
converted to geospatial data; the name and address of the person with 
primary operational control (to be known as its operator); and a means 
for a member of the public to contact the operator for additional 
information about the pipeline facilities it operates. Operators will 
submit the requested data elements once and make annual updates to the 
data if necessary. These data elements strengthen the effectiveness of 
PHMSA's risk rankings and evaluations, which are used as a factor in 
determining pipeline inspection priority and frequency; allow for more 
effective assistance to emergency responders by providing them with a 
more reliable, complete

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data set of pipelines and facilities; and provide better support to 
PHMSA's inspectors by providing more accurate pipeline locations and 
additional pipeline-related geospatial data that can be linked to 
tabular data in PHMSA's inspection database.
    This revision will require operators to submit geospatial data for 
moderate consequence areas (MCAs), as defined in 49 CFR part 192, and 
data based on the applicability of 49 CFR 192.710 assessments outside 
of high consequence areas. This revision would also require operators 
to submit the data element ``specified minimum yield strength'' in 
pounds per square inch gauge in place of submitting data on pipe grade. 
PHMSA does not expect operators to incur additional burden due to the 
inclusion of these two new elements. PHMSA believes that the annual 
burden allotted for this information collection is sufficient for 
operators to include the newly requested data elements. A detailed 
breakdown of the estimated burden for this information collection can 
be found at www.regulations.gov.
    Respondents: Operators of gas transmission, hazardous liquid, or 
liquefied natural gas pipeline facilities.
    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
    Estimated Number of Responses: 1,346 responses.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 162,208 hours.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Comments are invited on:
    (a) The need for the renewal and revision of this 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,
    (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 required 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.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 8, 2022, under authority 
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2022-17459 Filed 8-12-22; 8:45 am]
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