Notice2022-03800
Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities, Gas and Liquid Pipeline Safety Program Performance Progress Report
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Published
February 23, 2022
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Abstract
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), 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 December 15, 2021.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10279-10280]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03800]
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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
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 compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), 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 December 15, 2021.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
March 25, 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
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Hill by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2d4c434a48414c0349425a6d494259034a425b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5d3c333a38313c7339322a1d393229733a322b">[email protected]</span></a>.
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. In accordance with this
regulation, on December 15, 2021, (86 FR 71317) PHMSA published a
Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the information collection. PHMSA received no comments in
response to this information collection request. 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 will request a three-year term of approval for 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
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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 instructions and definitions
sections of Gas Pipeline Safety Program Performance Progress Report and
a 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 to Office of Management and Budget are invited on:
(a) The need for the proposed 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;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(d) Ways to minimize the burden 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 February 17, 2022, under authority
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
John A. Gale,
Director, Standards and Rulemaking Division.
[FR Doc. 2022-03800 Filed 2-22-22; 8:45 am]
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