[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 136 (Monday, July 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42795-42796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15252]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2022-0052 (Notice No. 2022-11)]


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 information collections pertaining to hazardous 
materials transportation for which PHMSA intends to request renewal and 
extension from the Office of Management and Budget. Additionally, we 
note that on May 3, 2022, a notice with a 60-day comment period 
soliciting comments on these information collections was published in 
the Federal Register, and PHMSA did not receive any comments on it.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
August 17, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the information 
collections should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find these particular information 
collections by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    We invite comments on: (1) whether the collections of information 
are necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the 
Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of 
the information collections; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, 
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.
    Docket: For access to the Dockets to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Andrews or T. Glenn Foster, 
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 PHMSA previously published in a 60-day 
notice \1\ seeking comments and is now submitting to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for renewal and extension.
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    \1\ See the 60-day notice published under Docket No. PHMSA-2022-
0052 (Notice No. 2022-09), on May 3, 2022 [87 FR 26259] at: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/05/03/2022-09408/hazardous-materials-information-collection-activities.
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    These information collections are contained in 49 CFR 171.6 of the 
Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR parts 171 through 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 collection was 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 the information collection activity and will 
publish a notice in the Federal Register alerting the public to OMB's 
approval.
    PHMSA requests comments on the following information collection:
    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, documenting DOT 7A packages, 
revalidating 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 requesting a U.S.

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competent authority for a special form of radioactive material. 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: 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. 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.
    In addition to the basic shipping description information on 
shipping papers, 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 regarding compliance 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 
sufficient to alert hazardous materials employees loading the vehicles, 
nor are they sufficient 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.
    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 July 13, 2022.
Shane C. Kelley,
Director, Standards and Rulemaking,Office of Hazardous Materials 
Safety,Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 2022-15252 Filed 7-15-22; 8:45 am]
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