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to 2 waves of program activity are 

planned in each program site, and thus 

interviews will be administered a 

maximum of 4 times in each site (before 

and after each of 2 program waves). 

Sample size will be up to 500 riders per 

interview administration, for a total 

maximum of 12,000 riders. 

For interventions where a pre-post 

design would not be possible (i.e., 

interventions that are conducted in 

conjunction with an infrequentlyoccurring event), the interviews will 

follow a test-control design where they 

are administered during the 

intervention in the program site, and in 

a control site that did not experience an 

intervention. The proposed interviews 

will be anonymous. Participation by 

respondents will be voluntary. 

Need and Use of Information: The 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration (NHTSA) was 

established to reduce the mounting 

number of deaths, injuries, and 

economic losses resulting from motor 

vehicle crashes on the Nation’s 

highways. As part of this statutory 

mandate, NHTSA is authorized to 

conduct research as a foundation for the 

development of motor vehicle standards 

and traffic safety programs. 

The heavy toll that impaired driving 

exacts on the Nation in fatalities, 

injuries, and economic costs is well 

documented. Impaired motorcycle 

riding has also been an increasing 

concern on our Nation’s roads. 

Motorcycle fatalities in the US 

decreased in 2009 for the first time after 

steadily increasing for 11 years; 

however, even with this decline, the 

number of motorcycle fatalities in 2009 

was nearly double that from a decade 

earlier. Alcohol impairment is a factor 

that contributes to a substantial 

proportion of fatal motorcycle crashes. 

In 2009, 30% of motorcycle riders 

fatally injured in crashes had a blood 

alcohol concentration (BAC) at or above 

.08 g/dL, which is per se evidence of 

impaired riding in all States. Forty-two 

percent of riders who died in singlevehicle crashes in 2009, and 63% of 

riders who died in single-vehicle 

crashes on weekend nights, had a BAC 

of .08 g/dL or higher. 

In 2012, NHTSA anticipates 

sponsoring demonstration projects in 

multiple sites to conduct interventions 

with the purpose of reducing impaired 

motorcycle riding. NHTSA plans to 

evaluate these interventions to 

determine their effectiveness. A key 

component of this evaluation effort will 

use brief interviews to assess motorcycle 

riders’ knowledge of the intervention, 

self-reported drinking and riding 

behavior, and belief that alcoholimpaired driving laws are enforced for 

all motorists, including motorcycle 

riders in the areas in which the 

interventions will occur. 

The findings from this proposed 

collection of information will assist 

NHTSA in addressing the problem of 

alcohol-impaired motorcycle riding. 

NHTSA will use the findings to help 

focus current programs and activities to 

achieve the greatest benefit, to develop 

new programs to decrease the likelihood 

of impaired riding, and to provide 

informational support to States, 

localities, and law enforcement agencies 

that will aid them in their efforts to 

reduce impaired motorcycle crashes. 

Description of the Likely Respondents 

(Including Estimated Number, and 

Proposed Frequency of Response to the 

Collection of Information): Under this 

proposed effort, NHTSA intends to 

conduct up to 12,000 face-to-face 

interviews with motorcycle riders. 

Interview length will average 5 minutes, 

and each member of the sample would 

complete one interview. Businesses 

would be ineligible for the sample and 

would not be interviewed. Interviews 

will be conducted in a maximum of 4 

demonstration sites and 2 control sites, 

with up to 4 interview administrations 

occurring in each site (baseline and 

post-intervention surveys before and 

after each of 2 program waves). Up to 

500 motorcycle riders will be 

interviewed at each site during each 

interview administration. 

Estimate of the Total Annual 

Reporting and Record Keeping Burden 

Resulting from the Collection of 

Information: NHTSA estimates the 

respondents in the sample will require 

an average of 5 minutes to complete the 

interviews. Thus, for the 12,000 

respondents, the estimated reporting 

burden hours on the general public will 

be a maximum of 1,000 hours, over one 

year. The respondents will not incur 

any record-keeping burden or recordkeeping cost from the information 

collection. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). 

Jeffrey Michael, 

Associate Administrator, Research and 

Program Development. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9130 Filed 4–14–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2011–0063] 

Pipeline Safety: Request for Special 

Permit 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA); DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

pipeline safety laws, PHMSA is 

publishing this notice of special permit 

requests we have received from several 

pipeline operators, seeking relief from 

compliance with certain requirements 

in the Federal pipeline safety 

regulations. This notice seeks public 

comments on these requests, including 

comments on any safety or 

environmental impacts. At the 

conclusion of the 30-day comment 

period, PHMSA will evaluate the 

requests and determine whether to grant 

or deny a special permit. 

DATES: Submit any comments regarding 

these special permit requests by May 16, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference 

the docket numbers for the specific 

special permit request and may be 

submitted in the following ways: 

• E-Gov Web Site: http:// 

www.Regulations.gov. This site allows 

the public to enter comments on any 

Federal Register notice issued by any 

agency. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management System: 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

Docket Operations, M–30, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: Docket Management 

System: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590 between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: You should identify the 

docket number for the special permit 

request you are commenting on at the 

beginning of your comments. If you 

submit your comments by mail, please 

submit two copies. To receive 

confirmation that PHMSA has received 

your comments, please include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Internet 

users may submit comments at http:// 

www.Regulations.gov. 

Note: Comments are posted without 

changes or edits to http:// 


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www.Regulations.gov, including any personal 

information provided. There is a privacy 

statement published on http:// 

www.Regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

General: Kay McIver by telephone at 

202–366–0113, or e-mail at 

kay.mciver@dot.gov. 

Technical: Steve Nanney by telephone 

at 713–628–7479, or e-mail at 

Steve.Nanney@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA 

has received requests for special permits 

from several pipeline operators who 

seek relief from compliance with certain 

pipeline safety regulations. Each request 

includes a technical analysis provided 

by the respective operator. Each request 

has been filed at www.Regulations.gov 

and assigned a separate docket number. 

We invite interested persons to 

participate by reviewing these special 

permit requests at http:// 

www.Regulations.gov, and by 

submitting written comments, data or 

other views. Please include any 

comments on potential environmental 

impacts that may result if these special 

permits are granted. 

Before acting on these special permit 

requests, PHMSA will evaluate all 

comments received on or before the 

comments closing date. Comments will 

be evaluated after this date if it is 

possible to do so without incurring 

additional expense or delay. PHMSA 

will consider each relevant comment we 

receive in making our decision to grant 

or deny a request. 

PHMSA has received the following 

special permit requests: 

Docket No. Requester Regulation(s) Nature of special permit 

PHMSA–2010–0311 ... Gulf South Pipeline Company LP (GSPC) (Operated by Boardwalk Pipeline Partners).49 CFR 192.611 .................. To authorize Gulf South Pipeline LP (GSPC) to engage 

in an alternative approach to conduct risk control activities based on Integrity Management Program principles rather than lowering the Maximum Allowable 

Operating Pressure (MAOP) or replacing the subject 

pipe segments. This application is for two 30-inch segments, segments 3 and 4, of the TPL 330 natural gas 

pipeline located in St. Landry Parish of Louisiana. 

These segments have changed from Class 1 and 2 locations to Class 3 locations. Segments 3 and 4 are located at Survey Station 3,673+02 ft. to Survey Station 

3,696+13 ft. and Survey Station 3,772+10 ft. to Survey 

Station 3,806+09 ft., respectively. Both segments have 

a MAOP of 1,000 psig and a total combined length of 

1.08 miles. 

PHMSA–2010–0300 ... Belle Fourche ...................... 49 CFR 195.106, 

195.112(a)(b), 195.120, 

195.200, 195.406(a)(1) 

and 195.653.

To authorize Belle Fourche an exemption from certain requirements in Subpart A, Subpart C and Subpart H of 

49 CFR Part 195. Belle Fourche seeks exception in 

two general categories; first for permission to allow 

flexible steel pipe in Federally regulated service, and 

second to adopt the use of requirements and standards appropriate for flexible steel pipes. Belle Fourche 

further seeks permission to insert Flexsteel pipe into 

32 miles of existing out-of-service 4-inch steel pipelines, for the transport of diesel fuel from Belle 

Fourche’s Hawk Point station to the Arch Coal Mine 

diesel tank in Campbell County, Wyoming. 

PHMSA–2006–26618 El Paso Pipeline Group for 

Tennessee Gas Pipeline.

49 CFR 192.611 .................. To authorize Tennessee Gas Pipeline to extend previously approved permit for the 30-inch Niagara Spur 

Loop Line 230B–200, near Lockport, New York by an 

additional 1,250 feet. The previously issued permit allowed Tennessee Gas Pipeline (TGP) to operate at or 

below the MAOP of 877 psig. 

PHMSA–2011–0056 ... Exxon Mobil ......................... 49 CFR 195.452(h)(4) ......... To authorize Exxon Mobil Pipeline Company (EMPCo) 

permission to employ alternative repair criteria to repair 

reconditioned sections of the South Bend to New Iberia and the New Iberia to Sunset segments of their 

pipeline. Specifically EMPCo proposes to leave in-situ 

the anomalous conditions that were previously repaired/addressed during reconditioning activities performed circa 1951, prior to the pipeline installation. 

This pipeline transports crude production from Louisiana’s South Marsh Island Offshore System pipeline 

(South Bend Station) to New Iberia and Sunset stations for further delivery into Alon’s refinery in Krotz 

Springs or the Anchorage Terminal near Baton Rouge. 

The segment is 34.5 miles long. Of that portion, the 

HCA mileage is 32.0 miles. The pipeline runs through 

the counties of Parish, St. Martin, Lafayette and St. 

Landy in Louisiana. The pipeline segment is Interstate 

with original construction dates of 1951, 1952 and 

1967. The majority of the 12.75′′ OD line was constructed from pipe that was reconditioned post World 

War II (including puddle welding of pitted and dented 

areas, double jointing, and new coating). 


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1Rocky Mountain states that it currently operates 

a railcar repair facility, but that it seeks to become 

a common carrier. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60118 (c)(1) and 49 

CFR 1.53. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 8, 

2011. 

Jeffrey D. Wiese, 

Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9226 Filed 4–14–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. AB 1043 (Sub-No. 2X)] 

Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway, 

Ltd.—Abandonment Exemption—in 

Aroostook County, ME 

On March 28, 2011, Montreal, Maine 

& Atlantic Railway, Ltd. (MMA) filed 

with the Surface Transportation Board 

(Board) a petition under 49 U.S.C. 10502 

for exemption from the provisions of 49 

U.S.C. 10903 to abandon a .4-mile rail 

line extending between milepost V 

23.72 at Bridge Street and milepost V 

24.12 at Main Street, in Van Buren, 

Aroostook County, Me. The line 

traverses United States Postal Service 

Zip Code 04785. 

In addition to an exemption from the 

provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10903, MMA 

seeks exemption from 49 U.S.C. 10904 

(offer of financial assistance (OFA) 

procedures) and 49 U.S.C. 10905 (public 

use conditions). MMA also seeks relief 

from the trail use provisions of the 

Board’s regulations at 49 CFR 1152.29. 

In support, MMA states that, upon 

receipt of abandonment authority, it 

plans to sell the .4-mile rail line and its 

transloading yard to the United States 

General Services Administration (GSA). 

In turn, GSA plans to use the property, 

together with other property that GSA 

has acquired, to construct a new land 

port of entry facility for the U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection Agency. 

MMA also seeks expedited action in this 

proceeding. These requests will be 

addressed in the final decision. 

The line does not contain federally 

granted rights-of-way. Any 

documentation in MMA’s possession 

will be made available promptly to 

those requesting it. 

The interest of railroad employees 

will be protected by the conditions set 

forth in Oregon Short Line Railroad– 

Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch 

Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham & 

Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 

91 (1979). 

By issuing this notice, the Board is 

instituting an exemption proceeding 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final 

decision will be issued by July 15, 2011. 

Any OFA under 49 CFR 1152.27(b)(2) 

will be due no later than 10 days after 

service of a decision granting the 

petition for exemption. Each OFA must 

be accompanied by a $1,500 filing fee. 

See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25). 

All interested persons should be 

aware that, following abandonment of 

rail service and salvage of the line, the 

line may be suitable for other public 

use, including interim trail use. Any 

request for a public use condition under 

49 CFR 1152.28 or for trail use/rail 

banking under 49 CFR 1152.29 will be 

due no later than May 5, 2011. Each trail 

use request must be accompanied by a 

$250 filing fee. See 49 CFR 

1002.2(f)(27). 

All filings in response to this notice 

must refer to Docket No. AB 1043 (SubNo. 2X), and must be sent to: (1) Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001; and (2) 

James E. Howard, 1 Thompson Square, 

Suite 201, Charlestown, MA 02129. 

Replies to MMA’s petition are due on or 

before May 5, 2011. 

Persons seeking further information 

concerning abandonment procedures 

may contact the Board’s Office of Public 

Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and 

Compliance at (202) 245–0238 or refer 

to the full abandonment or 

discontinuance regulations at 49 CFR pt. 

1152. Questions concerning 

environmental issues may be directed to 

the Board’s Office of Environmental 

Analysis (OEA) at (202) 245–0305. 

Assistance for the hearing impaired is 

available through the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

An environmental assessment (EA) (or 

environmental impact statement (EIS), if 

necessary) prepared by OEA will be 

served upon all parties of record and 

upon any agencies or other persons who 

commented during its preparation. 

Other interested persons may contact 

OEA to obtain a copy of the EA (or EIS). 

EAs in these abandonment proceedings 

normally will be made available within 

60 days of the filing of the petition. The 

deadline for submission of comments on 

the EA will generally be within 30 days 

of its service. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

‘‘www.stb.dot.gov.’’ 

Decided: April 8, 2011. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Jeffrey Herzig, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9029 Filed 4–14–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4915–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35478] 

Rocky Mountain Railcar and Repair, 

Inc.—Acquisition and Operation 

Exemption—Line of Railroad in Tooele 

County, UT 

Rocky Mountain Railcar and Repair, 

Inc. (Rocky Mountain), a noncarrier, has 

filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire from 

Utah Industrial Depot and operate 11.5 

miles of rail line, located inside an 

existing industrial facility in Tooele 

County, Utah.1 The rail line includes a 

spur that connects to the Union Pacific 

Railroad Company main line. 

According to Rocky Mountain, the 

transaction is expected to be 

consummated on or after September 28, 

2011 (180 days after the exemption was 

filed); this is after the May 1, 2011 

effective date of the exemption (30 days 

after the exemption was filed). 

Rocky Mountain certifies that its 

projected annual revenues as a result of 

this transaction will not result in Rocky 

Mountain becoming a Class II or Class 

I rail carrier. Rocky Mountain further 

certifies that its projected annual 

revenues upon becoming a Class III 

carrier will not exceed $5 million. 

If the notice contains false or 

misleading information, the exemption 

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the 

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) 

may be filed at any time. The filing of 

a petition to revoke will not 

automatically stay the effectiveness of 

the exemption. Petitions to stay must be 

filed no later than April 22, 2011 (at 

least 7 days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

35478, must be filed with the Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, one copy of each pleading 

must be served on Trent D. Stirling, 

Rocky Mountain Railcar and Repair, 

Inc., 1485 W. James Way, Tooele, UT 

84074. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at 

‘‘www.stb.dot.gov.’’ 

Decided: April 12, 2011. 


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