Hazardous Materials: Information Collection Activities

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January 18, 2024

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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 and extension for these three control numbers from OMB.

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 12 (Thursday, January 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3494-3496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00837]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2024-0001 (Notice No. 2024-01)]

Hazardous Materials: 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, PHMSA
invites comments on three Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control
numbers pertaining to hazardous materials transportation. PHMSA intends
to request renewal and extension for these three control numbers from
OMB.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
March 18, 2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by the Docket Number
PHMSA-2024-0001 (Notice No. 2024-01) 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. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
Docket Number (PHMSA-2024-0001) 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 Nina Vore, Standards and Rulemaking Division,
(202) 366-8553, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9ff0f7f2ecefedfedffbf0ebb1f8f0e9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f09f989d83808291b0949f84de979f86">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>, 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

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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. 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 Nina Vore, 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 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0d6265607e7d7f6c4d696279236a627b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="57383f3a242725361733382379303821">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. Comments
received by PHMSA which are not specifically designated as ``CBI'' will
be placed in the public docket for this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Andrews or Nina Vore, Standards
and Rulemaking Division, (202) 366-8553, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#026d6a6f7172706342666d762c656d74"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="791611140a090b18391d160d571e160f">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>, 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 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 upon OMB's
approval.
PHMSA requests comments on the following information collections:
Title: Cargo Tank Specification Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0014.
Summary: This information collection consolidates and describes the
information collection provisions in parts 107, 178, and 180 of the HMR
involving the manufacture, qualification, maintenance, and use of all
specification cargo tank motor vehicles. It also includes the
information collection and recordkeeping requirements for persons who
are engaged in the manufacture, assembly, requalification, and
maintenance of DOT specification cargo tank motor vehicles. The types
of information collected include:
(1) Registration Statements: Cargo tank manufacturers and
repairers, as well as cargo tank motor vehicle assemblers, are required
to be registered with DOT and must furnish information relative to
their qualifications to perform the functions in accordance with the
HMR. DOT uses the registration statements to identify these persons to
ensure they possess the knowledge and skills necessary to perform the
required functions and that they are performing the specified functions
in accordance with the applicable regulations.
(2) Requalification and Maintenance Reports: These reports are
prepared by persons who requalify or maintain cargo tanks. This
information is used by cargo tank owners, operators and users, and DOT
compliance personnel to verify that the cargo tanks are requalified,
maintained, and in proper condition for the transportation of hazardous
materials.
(3) Manufacturers' Data Reports, Certificates, and Related Papers:
These reports are prepared by cargo tank manufacturers and certifiers.
They are used by cargo tank owners, operators, users, and DOT
compliance personnel to verify that a cargo tank motor vehicle was
designed and constructed to meet all requirements of the applicable
specification. The following information collections and their burdens
are associated with this OMB Control Number. Please note that these
estimates may be rounded for readability:
Affected Public: Manufacturers, assemblers, repairers,
requalifiers, certifiers, and owners of cargo tanks.

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Total
Annual Total annual
Information collection respondents annual Time per response burden
responses hours
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Registration--Cargo Tank Manufacturers. 24 24 20 minutes..................... 8
Registration--Repair Facilities........ 33 33 20 minutes..................... 11
Registration--Design Certifying 1,110 1,110 20 minutes..................... 370
Engineers & Registered Inspectors.
Registration--Recordkeeping............ 117 117 15 minutes..................... 29
Updating a Cargo Tank Registration..... 145 145 15 minutes..................... 36
Design Certificates for Prototypes..... 55 55 2.5 hours...................... 138
Design Certificates for Prototypes-- 7 7 15 minutes..................... 2
Recordkeeping.
Manufacturer's Data Reports or 145 6,960 30 minutes..................... 3,480
Certificate and Related Papers.
Manufacturer's Data Reports or 700 700 15 minutes..................... 175
Certificate and Related Papers--
Recordkeeping.
Completion of Manufacturer's Data 145 4,785 30 minutes..................... 2,393
Report--New Cargo Tanks.
Completion of Manufacturer's Data 145 1,015 30 minutes..................... 508
Report--Remanufactured Cargo Tanks.
Completion of Manufacturer's Data 145 580 15 minutes..................... 145
Report--Recordkeeping.
Cargo Tank Repair/Modification Reports. 195 15,015 5 minutes...................... 1,251
Testing and Inspection of Cargo Tanks-- 1,654 24,600 30 minutes..................... 12,300
Visual Inspections.
Testing and Inspection of Cargo Tanks-- 1,654 123,000 30 minutes..................... 61,500
External Visual Inspections.
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Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Number of Respondents: 6,274.
Total Annual Responses: 178,146.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 82,346.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Title: Testing, Inspection, and Marking Requirements for Cylinders.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0022.
Summary: Requirements in Sec. 173.301 for the qualification,
maintenance, and use of cylinders include periodic inspections and
retesting to ensure continuing compliance with packaging standards.
Information collection requirements address registration of retesters
and marking of cylinders by retesters with their identification number
and retest date following the completion of required tests. The
cylinder owner or designated agent must keep records showing the
results of inspections and retests until either expiration of the
retest period or until the cylinder is re-inspected or retested,
whichever occurs first. These requirements ensure that retesters have
the qualifications to perform tests and identify to cylinder fillers
and users that cylinders are qualified for continuing use. Information
collection requirements in Sec. 173.303 require that fillers of
acetylene cylinders keep, for at least 30 days, a daily record of the
representative pressure to which cylinders are filled. The following
information collections and their burdens are associated with this OMB
Control Number. Note, that these estimates may be rounded for
readability:

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Total
Annual Total annual annual
Information collection respondents responses Time per response burden
hours
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Cylinder Manufacture Marking........ 225 101,250 7.17 minutes................. 12,099
Cylinder Manufacture Inspector's 225 225 30 minutes................... 113
Report.
Cylinder Manufacture Inspector's 30 30 12 minutes................... 6
Report--Recordkeeping.
Record of Alloy Added to Cylinder... 23 23 1 hour....................... 23
Cylinder Requalification Marking.... 15,000 14,550,000 46 seconds................... 185,917
Cylinder Requalification 15,000 14,550,000 45 seconds................... 181,875
Recordkeeping.
Cylinder Requalification Record-- 330 330 6 minutes.................... 33
Recordkeeping.
Recent Recalibration Record......... 2,300 4,600 5 minutes.................... 383
Repair, Rebuilding, or Reheat 47 2,350 12 minutes................... 470
Treatment Records.
Repair, Rebuilding, or Reheat 6 6 10 minutes................... 1
Treatment Records--Recordkeeping.
Changing Marked Service Pressure.... 8 8 15 minutes................... 2
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Affected Public: Fillers, owners, users, and retesters of reusable
cylinders.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Number of Respondents: 33,194.
Total Annual Responses: 29,208,822.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 380,922.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Title: Container Certification Statements.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0582.
Summary: Shippers of explosives, in freight containers or transport
vehicles by vessel, are required to certify on shipping documentation
that the freight container or transport vehicle meets minimal
structural serviceability requirements. This requirement ensures an
adequate level of safety for the transport of explosives aboard vessel
and consistency with similar requirements in international standards.
The following information collections and their burdens are associated
with this OMB Control Number. Please note that these estimates may be
rounded for readability:

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Total
Annual Total Time per annual
Information collection respondents annual response burden
responses (minutes) hours
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Freight Container Packing Certification.................... 620 890,000 1 14,833
Class 1 (explosives) Container Structural Serviceability 30 4,500 1 75
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Affected Public: Shippers of explosives in freight containers or
transport vehicles by vessel.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Number of Respondents: 650.
Total Annual Responses: 894,500.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 14,908.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 11, 2024, under authority
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
T. Glenn Foster,
Chief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention Branch, Office of Hazardous
Materials Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-00837 Filed 1-17-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-60-P

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