Notice2021-27069
Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities, Gas and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Program Performance Progress Report
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Published
December 15, 2021
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, PHMSA invites comments from affected agencies and members of the public on the information collection detailed below. PHMSA is preparing to request Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the renewal of the information collection covering the Gas Pipeline Safety Program Performance Progress Report and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Program Performance Progress Report currently approved under OMB control number 2137-0584.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 15, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71317-71318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27069]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2021-0115]
Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities, Gas and
Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Program Performance Progress Report
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 from affected agencies and members of the public on
the information collection detailed below. PHMSA is preparing to
request Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the renewal
of the information collection covering the Gas Pipeline Safety Program
Performance Progress Report and Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety
Program Performance Progress Report currently approved under OMB
control number 2137-0584.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
February 14, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted in the following ways:
E-Gov Website: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. This site allows the
public to enter comments on any Federal Register notice issued by any
agency.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of Transportation
(DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery: Room W12-140 on the ground level of DOT, West
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9:00 a.m.
and 5:00 p.m., ET, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays.
Instructions: Identify the docket number, PHMSA-2021-0115 at the
beginning of your comments. Note that all comments received will be
posted without change to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, including any
personal information provided. You should know that anyone is able to
search the electronic form of all comments received into any of our
dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or
signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). Therefore, you may want to review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000, (65 FR 19477) or visit <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>
before submitting any such comments.
Docket: For access to the docket or to read background documents or
comments, go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> at any time or to Room W12-
140 on the ground level of DOT, West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE, Washington, DC, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., ET, Monday through
Friday, except federal holidays. If you wish to receive confirmation of
receipt of your written comments, please include a self-addressed,
stamped postcard with the following statement: ``Comments on: PHMSA-
2021-0115'' The Docket Clerk will date stamp the postcard prior to
returning it to you via the U.S. mail. Please note that due to delays
in the delivery of U.S. mail to federal offices in Washington, DC, we
recommend that persons consider an alternative method (internet, fax,
or professional delivery service) of submitting comments to the docket
and ensuring their timely receipt at DOT.
Privacy Act Statement: DOT may solicit comments from the public
regarding certain general notices. DOT posts these comments, without
edit, including any personal information the commenter provides, to
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>, as described in the system of records notice (DOT/
ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at <a href="http://www.dot.gov/privacy">www.dot.gov/privacy</a>.
Confidential Business Information: 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. Pursuant to 49 CFR 190.343, you may ask
PHMSA to give confidential treatment to information you give to the
Agency by taking the following steps:
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(1) Mark each page of the original document submission containing CBI
as ``Confidential''; (2) send PHMSA, along with the original document,
a second copy of the original document with the CBI deleted; and (3)
explain why the information you are submitting is CBI. Unless you are
notified otherwise, 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
Angela Hill, DOT, PHMSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, PHP-30, Washington,
DC 20590-0001. Any commentary PHMSA receives that is not specifically
designated as CBI will be placed in the public docket for this matter.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Hill by telephone at 202-366-
1246, by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9ddcf3faf8f1fcb3d5f4f1f1ddf9f2e9b3faf2eb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="30715e57555c511e78595c5c70545f441e575f46">[email protected]</span></a>, or by mail at DOT, PHMSA, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, PHP-30, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
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 the
information collection request that PHMSA will submit to the OMB for
approval.
The following information is provided below for the impacted
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 requests comments on the following information collection:
Title: Gas Pipeline Safety Program Performance Progress Report and
Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Program Performance Progress Report.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0584.
Current Expiration Date: 03/31/2022.
Abstract: Section 60105 of 49 U.S.C. sets forth specific
requirements a state must meet to qualify for certification status to
assume regulatory and enforcement responsibility for intrastate
pipelines. A state must submit an annual performance progress report to
validate responsibility for regulating intrastate pipelines, and states
who receive federal grant funding must also show the state has adequate
damage prevention plans and associated records in place.
PHMSA uses this information to evaluate a state's eligibility for
federal grants and to enforce regulatory compliance. This information
collection request requires a participating state to annually submit a
Gas Pipeline Safety Program Performance Progress Reports and/or a
Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Program Performance Progress Report to
PHMSA's Office of Pipeline Safety showing compliance with the terms of
the certification and to maintain records detailing a damage prevention
plan. The purpose of the collection is to exercise oversight of the
grant program and to ensure that states are compliant with federal
pipeline safety regulations.
PHMSA intends to request renewal of this information collection and
to make minor editorial changes to the instructions and definitions
sections of the Gas Pipeline Safety Program Performance Progress Report
and the Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Program Performance Progress
Report in order to update and clarify how participating state agencies
should report the required information.
Affected Public: State and local governments.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Total Annual Responses: 117.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,473.
Frequency of Collection: Annually.
Comments are invited on:
(a) The need for the proposed collection of information, including
whether the information will have practical utility in helping the
agency to achieve its pipeline safety goals;
(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 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 December 9, 2021, under authority
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
John A. Gale,
Director, Standards and Rulemaking Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-27069 Filed 12-14-21; 8:45 am]
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