Hazardous Materials: Information Collection Activities

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March 22, 2023

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Transportation DepartmentPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, PHMSA invites comments on three Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control numbers pertaining to hazardous materials transportation. PHMSA intends to request renewal for these three control numbers from OMB.

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17295-17297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05877]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2023-0007 (Notice No. 2023-02)]

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 three Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control
numbers pertaining to hazardous materials transportation. PHMSA intends
to request renewal for these three control numbers from OMB.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
May 22, 2023.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by the Docket Number
PHMSA-2023-0007 (Notice No. 2023-02) by any of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
<bullet> Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
<bullet> Mail: Docket Management System; U.S. Department of
Transportation, West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Routing
Symbol M-30, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
<bullet> Hand Delivery: To the Docket Management System; Room W12-
140 on the ground floor of the West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.

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and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
Docket Number (PHMSA-2023-0007) for this notice at the beginning of the
comment. To avoid duplication, please use only one of these four
methods. All comments received will be posted without change to the
Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) and will include any personal
information you provide.
Requests for a copy of an information collection should be directed
to Steven Andrews or 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.
Docket: For access to the dockets to read background documents or
comments received, go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> or DOT's Docket
Operations Office (see ADDRESSES).
Privacy Act: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits
comments from the public to better inform its rulemaking process. 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 Info: 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.'' Please mark each page of your
submission containing CBI as ``PROPIN.'' 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 Steven Andrews or Glenn Foster, Standards and Rulemaking
Division and addressed to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001. Any commentary that PHMSA
receives which is not specifically designated as CBI will be placed in
the public docket for this rulemaking.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Andrews or 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 that PHMSA will be submitting to OMB
for renewal and extension. These information collections are contained
in 49 CFR 171.6 of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR
parts 171-180). 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 collections
were 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 each information collection
activity and will publish a notice in the Federal Register alerting the
public upon OMB's approval.
PHMSA requests comments on the following information collections:
Title: Hazardous Materials Incident Reports.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0039.
Summary: This information collection is applicable upon occurrence
of an incident as prescribed in 49 CFR 171.15 and 171.16. A Hazardous
Materials Incident Report, DOT Form F 5800.1, must be completed by a
person in physical possession of a hazardous material at the time a
hazardous material incident occurs in transportation, such as a release
of materials, serious accident, evacuation, or closure of a main
artery. Incidents meeting criteria in 49 CFR 171.15 also require a
telephonic report. This information collection enhances the Agency's
ability to evaluate the effectiveness of its regulatory program,
determine the need for regulatory changes, and address emerging
hazardous materials transportation safety issues. The requirements
apply to all interstate and intrastate carriers engaged in the
transportation of hazardous materials by rail, air, water, and highway.
The following information collections and their burdens are associated
with this OMB Control Number:

Affected Public: Shippers and carriers of hazardous materials.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Number of Respondents: 518.
Total Annual Responses: 23,324.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 20,454.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Title: Cargo Tank Motor Vehicles in Liquefied Compressed Gas
Service.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0595.
Summary: This information collection and recordkeeping burden
pertains to the requirements applicable to the manufacture,
certification, inspection, repair, maintenance, and operation of
certain DOT specification and non-specification cargo tank motor
vehicles used to transport liquefied compressed gases. These
requirements are intended to ensure cargo tank motor vehicles used to
transport liquefied compressed gases are operated safely, and to
minimize the potential for catastrophic releases during unloading and
loading operations. They include: (1) requirements for operators of
cargo tank motor vehicles in liquefied compressed gas service to
develop operating procedures applicable to unloading operations and
carry the operating

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procedures on each vehicle; (2) inspection, maintenance, marking, and
testing requirements for the cargo tank discharge system, including
delivery hose assemblies; and (3) requirements for emergency discharge
control equipment on certain cargo tank motor vehicles transporting
liquefied compressed gases that must be installed and certified by a
Registered Inspector.
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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Marking New/Repaired Hoses with Unique 6800 12,172 0.083 1,010
Identifier.....................................
Monthly Hose Inspections Record................. 6800 439,960 0.1 43,996
Record of Monthly Piping Tests Record........... 6800 400,112 0.2 80,022
Hose Pressure Test Marking Record............... 6800 12,172 0.083 1,010
Annual Hose Test Record......................... 6800 36,652 0.42 15,394
Cargo Tanks in Other Than Metered Delivery 150 900 8 7,200
Service--Design Certification for Automatic
Shutoff........................................
Cargo Tanks in Other Than Metered Delivery 150 900 8 7,200
Service--Instillation of Shutoff System by a
Registered Inspector...........................
Cargo Tank Motor Vehicles in Metered Delivery 150 3300 8 26,400
Service--Certification of Remote-Control
Equipment by a Registered Inspector............
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Affected Public: Carriers in liquefied compressed gas service,
manufacturers and repairers.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Number of Respondents: 34,450.
Total Annual Responses: 906,168.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 182,232.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Title: Inspection and Testing of Meter Provers.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0620.
Summary: This information collection and recordkeeping burden
results from the requirements pertaining to the use, inspection, and
maintenance of mechanical displacement meter provers (meter provers)
used to check the accurate flow of liquid hazardous materials into bulk
packagings, such as portable tanks and cargo tank motor vehicles, under
the HMR. These meter provers are used to ensure that the proper amount
of liquid hazardous materials is being loaded and unloaded. These meter
provers consist of a gauge and several pipes that always contain small
amounts of the liquid hazardous material in the pipes as residual
material and, therefore, must be inspected and maintained in accordance
with the HMR to ensure they are in proper calibration and working
order. These meter provers are not subject to the specification testing
and inspection requirements in 49 CFR part 178. However, these meter
provers must be visually annually inspected and hydrostatic pressure
tested every five years in order to ensure they are properly working as
specified in 49 CFR 173.5a of the HMR. Therefore, this information
collection requires that:
(1) Each meter prover must undergo and pass an annual external
visual inspection to ensure that the meter provers used in the flow of
liquid hazardous materials into bulk packagings are accurate and in
conformance with the performance standards in the HMR.
(2) Each meter prover must undergo and pass a hydrostatic pressure
test at least every 5 years to ensure that the meter provers used in
the flow of liquid hazardous materials into bulk packagings are
accurate and in conformance with the performance standards in the HMR.
(3) Each meter prover must successfully complete the test and
inspection and must be marked in accordance with 49 CFR 180.415(b) and
173.5a.
(4) Each owner must retain a record of the most recent visual
inspection and pressure test until the meter prover is requalified.
The following information collections and their burdens are
associated with this OMB Control Number:

Affected Public: Owners of meter provers used to measure liquid
hazardous materials flow into bulk packagings such as cargo tanks and
portable tanks.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Number of Respondents: 500.
Total Annual Responses: 500.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 175.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 17, 2023.
Shane C. Kelley,
Director, Standards and Rulemaking, Office of Hazardous Materials
Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 2023-05877 Filed 3-21-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-60-P

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