Notice2022-02048
Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities
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Published
February 2, 2022
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Transportation DepartmentPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13, PHMSA invites public comments about the Agency's intention to request Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew four information collections that are scheduled to expire in 2022. PHMSA has reviewed each information collection and considers them vital to maintaining pipeline safety. As such, PHMSA will request renewal from OMB, without change, for each information collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 2, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5937-5938]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02048]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2022-0005]
Pipeline Safety: 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, Public
Law 104-13, PHMSA invites public comments about the Agency's intention
to request Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew four
information collections that are scheduled to expire in 2022. PHMSA has
reviewed each information collection and considers them vital to
maintaining pipeline safety. As such, PHMSA will request renewal from
OMB, without change, for each information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
April 4, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted in the following ways:
E-Gov Website: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. This site allows the
public to submit 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., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Instructions: Identify the docket number, PHMSA-2022-0005, at the
beginning of your comments. Note that all comments received will be
posted without change to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://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="https://www.regulations.gov">https://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="https://www.regulations.gov">https://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., 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-
2022-0005.'' 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: (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 or by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#eeaf80898b828fc0a6878282ae8a819ac0898198"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d697b8b1b3bab7f89ebfbaba96b2b9a2f8b1b9a0">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 5, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
section 1320.8(d), requires PHMSA to
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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. This notice
identifies four information collection requests that PHMSA will submit
to OMB for renewal and requests comment from interested parties. The
four information collections (including their expiration dates) are as
follows: (1) OMB control number 2137-0589, Response Plans for Onshore
Oil Pipelines (6/30/22); (2) OMB control number 2137-0610, Pipeline
Integrity Management in High Consequence Areas Gas Transmission
Pipeline Operators (6/30/22); (3) OMB control number 2137-0624, Control
Room Management Human Factors (6/30/22); and (4) OMB control number
2137-0631, Excess Flow Valves--New Customer Notifications (12/31/22).
The following information is provided for these information
collections: (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 each of the
following information collection activities. PHMSA requests comments on
the following information:
1. Title: Response Plans for Onshore Oil Pipelines.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0589.
Current Expiration Date: 6/30/2022.
Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Title 49 CFR part 194 requires an operator of an onshore
oil pipeline facility to prepare and submit an oil spill response plan
to PHMSA for review and approval. This mandatory recordkeeping
requirement details operators' plans to prepare for emergency
situations involving oil spills. This mandatory information collection
is used by PHMSA to determine if an operator is compliant with the
requirements in part 194. Plans are submitted and/or updated annually.
This information collection covers operators' submission of facility
response plans for onshore hazardous liquid pipeline facilities.
Affected Public: Operators of onshore oil pipeline facilities.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Total Annual Responses: 540.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 73,980.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
2. Title: Pipeline Integrity Management in High Consequence Areas
Gas Transmission Pipeline Operators.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0610.
Current Expiration Date: 6/30/2022.
Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: This mandatory information collection request pertains to
gas transmission operators that are required to comply with PHMSA's Gas
Transmission Integrity Management Program regulations. The information
collection requires gas transmission operators in high consequence
areas to maintain a written integrity management program and keep
records that demonstrate compliance with 49 CFR part 192, subpart O.
Operators must maintain their integrity management records for the life
of the pipeline, and PHMSA and/or state regulators may review those
records as a part of inspections. Gas transmission operators are also
required to report to PHMSA certain actions related to their integrity
management program. This information collection supports DOT's
strategic goal of safety by reducing the number of incidents in natural
gas transmission pipelines.
Affected Public: Gas transmission operators.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Estimated number of responses: 733.
Estimated annual burden hours: 1,018,807.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
3. Title: Control Room Management Human Factors.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0624.
Current Expiration Date: 6/30/2022.
Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Operators of gas and hazardous liquid pipelines must
develop, implement, and submit a human factors management plan designed
to reduce risks associated with human factors in each control room. The
information is used by PHMSA to determine compliance with federal
pipeline safety regulations and is also used by agency and state
officials to assist federal and state pipeline safety inspectors who
audit this information when they conduct compliance inspections as well
as to provide background for failure investigations.
Affected Public: Operators of natural gas and hazardous liquid
pipelines.
Estimated number of responses: 2,702.
Estimated annual burden hours: 127,328.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
4. Title: Excess Flow Valves--New Customer Notifications.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0631.
Current Expiration Date: 12/31/2022.
Type of Request: Renewal with no change of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: This information collection covers the reporting and
recordkeeping requirements for gas pipeline operators associated with
customer notifications pertaining to the installation of excess flow
valves. Gas pipeline operators must notify customers of their right to
request the installation of excess flow valves and keep records of
those notifications. This information collection includes example of
language that can be used to notify natural gas customers of their
right to request the installation of an excess flow valve pursuant to
Sec. 192.383(d). Use of the language is voluntary but would comply
with federal regulatory requirements.
Affected Public: Natural gas pipeline operators.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Estimated number of responses: 4,448.
Estimated annual burden hours: 4,448.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Comments are invited on:
(a) The need for the renewal and revision of these collections 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, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(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, under authority delegated in 49 CFR
1.97.
John A. Gale,
Director, Standards and Rulemaking Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-02048 Filed 2-1-22; 8:45 am]
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