Notice2022-04682
Agency Information Collection Activity: Notice To Continue To Collect Information: Barrier Failure Reporting in Oil and Gas Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf
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Published
March 7, 2022
Issuing agencies
Transportation Department
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT) BTS published a 60-day comment period Notice 86 FR 58391 on October 21, 2021 seeking public input to continue the collection of barrier failure data. Barrier Failure Reporting in Oil and Gas Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf is a component of BTS's SafeOCS data sharing framework, that provides a trusted, proactive means for the oil and gas industry to report sensitive and proprietary safety information, and to identify early warnings of safety problems and potential issues by uncovering hidden, at-risk conditions not previously exposed through analysis of reportable equipment failures and incidents. BTS received no comments during the 60-day public comment period.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 44 (Monday, March 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12774-12775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04682]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Docket Number DOT-OST-2017-0043]
Agency Information Collection Activity: Notice To Continue To
Collect Information: Barrier Failure Reporting in Oil and Gas
Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf
AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Research Technology (OST-R), U.S. Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: 30-Day notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT) BTS published a
60-day comment period Notice 86 FR 58391 on October 21, 2021 seeking
public input to continue the collection of barrier failure data.
Barrier Failure Reporting in Oil and Gas Operations on the Outer
Continental Shelf is a component of BTS's SafeOCS data sharing
framework, that provides a trusted, proactive means for the oil and gas
industry to report sensitive and proprietary safety information, and to
identify early warnings of safety problems and potential issues by
uncovering hidden, at-risk conditions not previously exposed through
analysis of reportable equipment failures and incidents. BTS received
no comments during the 60-day public comment period.
DATES: Comments must be received by April 6, 2022.
ADDRESSES: BTS seeks public comments on its proposed information
collection. Comments should address whether the information will have
practical utility; the accuracy of the estimated burden hours of the
proposed information collection' ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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. Send comments to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street
NW, Washington, DC 20503, Attention: BTS Desk Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Demetra V. Collia, Bureau of
Transportation Statistics, Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Research and Technology, U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of
Safety Data and Analysis (OSDA), RTS-34, E36-302, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001; Phone No. (202) 366-1610; Fax No.
(202) 366-3383; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9ffbfaf2faebedfeb1fcf0f3f3f6fedffbf0ebb1f8f0e9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0a6e6f676f7e786b2469656666636b4a6e657e246d657c">[email protected]</span></a>. Office hours are from
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., EST, Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
Data Confidentiality Provisions: This data collection is protected
under the BTS confidentiality statute (49 U.S.C. 6307 (b)) and the
Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act
(CIPSEA) of 2018 (Pub. L.: 115-435 Foundations for Evidence-Based
Policymaking Act of 2018, Title III.) In accordance with these
confidentiality statutes, only statistical and non-identifying data
will be made publicly available through reports. Further, BTS will not
release to Bureau of Safety and Environment Enforcement (BSEE) or any
other public or private entity any information that might reveal the
identity of individuals or organizations mentioned in SafeOCS reports.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. The Data Collection
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35; as
amended) and 5 CFR part 1320 require each Federal agency to obtain OMB
approval to continue an information collection activity. BTS is seeking
OMB approval for the following BTS information collection activity:
Title: Barrier Failure Reporting in Oil and Gas Operations on the
Outer Continental Shelf.
OMB Control Number: 2138-0046.
Type of Review: Approval to Continue to Collect.
Respondents: BTS has entered a MOU with BSEE to facilitate the
collection of information from respondents identified in the BSEE
notices for OMB Control Number 1014-0028 and OMB Control Number 1014-
0003. Responsibility for establishing the actual scope and burden for
this collection resides with BSEE. This BTS information collection
request does not create any additional burden for respondents. For the
purposes of this collection BTS has identified BSEE as the sole
respondent.
Number of Respondents: As a request to be authorized repository for
previously collected information, BTS has identified BSEE as the sole
respondent reporting to BTS at the annual frequency of one.
Estimated Time per Response: 60 minutes.
Frequency: Once.
Total Annual Burden: 1 hour.
BTS has agreed through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with
BSEE to undertake the information collection identified in the
previously approved BSEE notice for OMB Control Number(s) 1014-0028,
expiration 4/30/2019 and the BSEE notice with OMB Control Number 1014-
0003, expiration 8/31/2019, to ensure the confidentiality of
submissions under CIPSEA. The information collection is limited to the
establishment of BTS as an authorized repository. This information
collection request does not create any additional burden for
respondents.
II. Public Participation and Request for Public Comments
On October 18, 2021, the DOT published a notice in the Federal
Register (86 FR 57744) encouraging interested parties to submit
comments and allowing for a 60-day comment period on the collection
entitled ``Barrier Failure Reporting in Oil and Gas Operations on the
Outer Continental Shelf.'' The comment period closed on December 17,
2021. No comments were submitted to the docket during that time.
The notice can be viewed at, <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, and typing
in the Docket Number 2021-22279. If you do not have access to the
internet, you may view the docket by visiting the Docket Management
Facility in Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the U.S. DOT West
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
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Privacy Act
All comments the BTS receives are posted without change to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. Anyone may search the electronic form of all
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or of the person signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.).
You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal
Register published on January 17, 2008 (73 FR 3316), or you may visit
<a href="https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-03-30/pdf/2017-06272.pdf">https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-03-30/pdf/2017-06272.pdf</a>.
III. Discussion of Public Comments and BTS Responses
On October 18, 2021 in a Federal Register Notice (86 FR 57744), BTS
announced its intention to request OMB approval for continuing to
collect barrier failure data in oil and gas operations on the Outer
Continental Shelf. BTS received no comments during the 60-day public
comment period.
Demetra V. Collia,
Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of Safety Data
and Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2022-04682 Filed 3-4-22; 8:45 am]
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