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2. RSPA/OPS Inspectional Findings 

• What inspectors are discovering 

from their comprehensive inspections 

when utilizing the OQ protocol format. 

3. RSPA/OPS Congressional Reporting 

• What data RSPA/OPS is collecting, 

tabulating and analyzing for an OQ 

status and results report to Congress. 

Congressional Mandates 

The final rule on Pipeline Operator 

Qualification (OQ) on August 27, 1999 

(64 FR 46853), required pipeline 

operators to ensure that individuals 

working on gas or hazardous liquid 

pipeline facilities have the knowledge 

and skills to competently perform 

covered tasks and to be able to recognize 

and react to abnormal operating 

conditions that may occur while 

performing covered tasks. 

The Pipeline Safety Improvement Act 

(PSIA) of 2002 (Public Law 107–355; 

December 17, 2002), expanded OQ 

statutory mandates to require pipeline 

operators to: (1) Establish ‘‘appropriate’’

levels of training and document 

individual training; (2) establish 

creditable and rational bases for 

subsequent evaluations; (3) eliminate 

performance observation as the sole 

means of evaluation for requalification 

(unless authorized by RSPA/OPS); and 

(4) notify RSPA/OPS when the operator 

‘‘significantly modifies’’ an operator OQ 

plan or evaluation program after it was 

inspected by an authorized state or 

Federal pipeline inspector. In addition, 

Congress required RSPA/OPS to report 

on the status and results of its OQ 

initiatives. A public meeting on this 

matter was held during a joint technical 

pipeline safety standards committee 

session on February 4, 2004, in Dulles, 

Virginia. 

Improvements in OQ Program Oversight 

RSPA/OPS and State agencies have 

(1) Developed OQ protocols as 

standards for inspectors to evaluate 

program adequacy; (2) conducted and 

are still conducting comprehensive 

inspections and data collection on OQ 

programs; (3) provided more consistent 

and thorough inspector OQ training; (4) 

addressed small pipeline operator OQ 

program issues; (5) worked on national 

consensus standards committees; and 

(6) provided Internet-based 

informational resources for operators 

and the general public.

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 25, 

2004. 

Stacey L. Gerard, 

Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort 

to reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. 

L. 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). 

Currently, the Community Development 

Financial Institutions Fund (the 

‘‘Fund’’) within the Department of the 

Treasury is soliciting comments 

concerning the Bank Enterprise Award 

(‘‘BEA’’) Program Application.

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before December 27, 

2004, to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to 

Margaret Nilson, BEA Program Manager, 

at the Community Development 

Financial Institutions Fund, U.S. 

Department of the Treasury, 601 13th 

Street, NW., Suite 200 South, 

Washington, DC 20005, by e-mail to 

cdfihelp@cdfi.treas.gov or by facsimile 

to (202) 622–7754. This is not a toll free 

number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

BEA Program application may be 

obtained from the BEA page of the 

Fund’s Web site at http://

www.cdfifund.gov. Requests for 

additional information should be 

directed to Margaret Nilson, BEA 

Program Manager, Community 

Development Financial Institutions 

Fund, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 

601 13th Street, NW., Suite 200 South, 

Washington, DC 20005, or call (202) 

622–6355. This is not a toll free number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Bank Enterprise Award Program 

Application. 

OMB Number: 1559–0005. 

Abstract: The purpose of the BEA 

Program is to provide an incentive to 

insured depository institutions to 

increase their activities in the form of 

loans, investments, services, and 

technical assistance, within distressed 

communities and provide financial 

assistance to community development 

financial institutions through grants, 

stock purchases, loans, deposits, and 

other forms of financial and technical 

assistance. The Fund will make awards 

through the BEA Program to insured 

depository institutions, based upon 

such institutions’ completion of certain 

qualified activities, as reported in the 

application. The application will solicit 

information concerning: applicants’

eligibility to participate in the BEA 

Program; the character and quantity 

(value) of applicants’ activities, and the 

extent to which such activities may be 

qualified activities; and appropriate 

supporting documentation. The 

questions that the application contains, 

and the information generated thereby, 

will enable the Fund to evaluate 

applicants’ activities and determine the 

extent of applicants’ eligibility for a 

BEA Program award. 

Current Actions: Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Affected Public: Insured depository 

institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

65. 

Estimated Annual Time Per 

Respondent: 15 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 975 hours. 

Requests for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Fund, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

Fund’s estimate of the burden of the 

collection of information; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of technology; and (e) estimates of 

capital or start-up costs and costs of 

operation, maintenance, and purchase 

of services to provide information.

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1834a, 4703, 4703 

note, 4713, 4717; 31 U.S.C. 321; 12 CFR part 

1806.

Dated: October 19, 2004. 

Arthur A. Garcia, 

Director, Community Development Financial 

Institutions Fund.

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