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already begun distributing COVID–19 

vaccine doses to high-risk groups, 

including frontline workers. It may take 

many months before all frontline transit 

workers can be vaccinated, though their 

communities will continue to rely on 

them to provide critical transportation 

services every day—including 

transportation to vaccination sites. 

On January 21, 2021, President Biden 

issued E.O. 13998, ‘‘to save lives and 

allow all Americans, including the 

millions of people employed in the 

transportation industry, to travel and 

work safely,’’ requiring immediate 

Federal action to mandate masks on 

public forms of transportation, 

including transit. On January 29, 2021, 

the CDC issued an Order requiring the 

wearing of masks by travelers, including 

on public transportation, to prevent 

spread of the virus that causes COVID– 

19. The CDC Order requires 

transportation operators to require that 

all persons wear masks when boarding, 

disembarking, and for the duration of 

travel, with certain exemptions. 

Operators of transportation hubs, which 

include bus terminals and subway 

stations, must require all persons wear 

a mask when entering or on the 

premises of a transportation hub. 

Subsequently, the Transportation 

Security Administration (TSA) issued a 

Security Directive on February 1, 2021 

that implements the CDC Order. 

The FTA plays a critical role in 

providing risk-based guidance and 

support for the COVID–19 recovery 

efforts of the transit industry. 

Accordingly, the FTA will require that 

respondents provide the following 

information using a fillable electronic 

online application: Transit Worker 

Counts: Total number of transit 

operators, other frontline essential 

personnel, and other workers during the 

reporting period. 

COVID–19 Impacts on Transit Agency 

Service Levels: Yes or no responses to 

indicate if the agency suspended 

service, reduced service, or operated at 

normal levels during the reporting 

period. 

COVID–19 Impacts on Transit 

Workforce: Cumulative counts of transit 

worker COVID–19 positives, fatalities, 

recoveries, and unvaccinated employees 

during the reporting period, and yes or 

no responses on whether the agency is 

requiring workers to be vaccinated, 

whether the agency has implemented 

the CDC Order and TSA Security 

Directive requiring workers and 

passengers to wear masks. 

Respondents: FTA will require this 

information, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5334, 

from recipients and sub-recipients of 

FTA funds under the Urbanized Area 

Formula Funding program (49 U.S.C. 

5307) or the Formula Grants for Rural 

Areas program (49 U.S.C. 5311) that 

operate transit systems or pass through 

funds to sub-recipients that operate 

transit systems. Recipients of FTA funds 

under the Enhanced Mobility of Seniors 

and Individuals with Disabilities 

program (49 U.S.C. 5310) are requested 

to provide this information on a 

voluntary basis. 

Estimated Average Total Annual 

Respondents: 2,390 respondents. 

Estimated Average Total Responses: 

28,680. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 

10,356. 

Estimated Annual Burden per 

Response: 5 minutes per Section 5307 or 

5311 respondent, 200 minutes per 

Section 5311 State respondent, and 8 

minutes per Section 5310 transit 

operator respondent. 

Frequency: Biweekly to monthly 

through December 31, 2021, or the 

duration of the COVID–19 public health 

emergency, whichever comes first. 

Nadine Pembleton, 

Director Office of Management Planning. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04598 Filed 3–4–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2019–0150] 

Pipeline Safety: Request for Special 

Permit; Natural Gas Pipeline Company 

of America, LLC 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: PHMSA is publishing this 

notice to solicit public comments on a 

request for special permit received from 

the Natural Gas Pipeline Company of 

America, LLC (NGPL). The special 

permit request is seeking relief from 

compliance with certain requirements 

in the Federal pipeline safety 

regulations. At the conclusion of the 30- 

day comment period, PHMSA will 

review the comments received from this 

notice as part of its evaluation to grant 

or deny the special permit request. 

DATES: Submit any comments regarding 

this special permit request by April 5, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference 

the docket number for this special 

permit request and may be submitted in 

the following ways: 

• E-Gov Website: 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 9:00 

a.m. and 5:00 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 (2) 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: There is a privacy statement 

published on http://

www.Regulations.gov. Comments, 

including any personal information 

provided, are posted without changes or 

edits to http://www.Regulations.gov. 

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. Pursuant to 49 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) § 190.343, you may 

ask PHMSA to give confidential 

treatment to information you give to the 

agency by taking the following steps: (1) 

Mark each page of the original 

document submission containing CBI as 

‘‘Confidential’’; (2) send PHMSA, along 

with the original document, a second 

copy of the original document with the 

CBI deleted; and (3) explain why the 

information you are submitting is CBI. 

Unless you are notified otherwise, 

PHMSA will treat such marked 

submissions as confidential under the 

FOIA, and they will not be placed in the 

public docket of this notice. 


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Submissions containing CBI should be 

sent to Kay McIver, DOT, PHMSA– 

PHP–80, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. Any 

commentary PHMSA receives that is not 

specifically designated as CBI will be 

placed in the public docket for this 

matter. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

General: Ms. Kay McIver by telephone 

at 202–366–0113, or by email at 

kay.mciver@dot.gov. 

Technical: Mr. Steve Nanney by 

telephone at 713–272–2855, or by email 

at steve.nanney@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA 

received a special permit request from 

NGPL, a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan, 

Inc., seeking a waiver from the 

requirements of 49 CFR 192.611(a) and 

(d): Change in class location: 

Confirmation or revision of maximum 

allowable operating pressure, and 49 

CFR 192.619(a): Maximum allowable 

operating pressure: Steel or plastic 

pipelines. This special permit is being 

requested in lieu of pipe replacement or 

pressure reduction for three (3) pipeline 

segments totaling 570 feet 

(approximately 0.108 miles) of 36-inch 

diameter pipe on the Amarillo Lines #3 

and #4 Pipelines located in Muscatine 

County, Iowa, and 655 feet 

(approximately 0.124 miles) of 30-inch 

diameter pipe on the Louisiana Line #1 

Pipeline located in Vermilion Parish, 

Louisiana. The proposed special permit 

will allow operation of the original 

Class 1 pipe in the Class 3 locations. 

The proposed special permit segments 

have a maximum allowable operating 

pressure of 712 pounds per square inch 

gauge (psig) for the NGPL Amarillo 

Lines #3 and #4 Pipelines and 1,100 

psig for the Louisiana Line #1 Pipeline. 

The Amarillo Lines #3 and #4 Pipelines 

and the Louisiana Line #1 Pipeline were 

constructed in 1958, 1973, and 1967, 

respectively. 

The special permit request, proposed 

special permit with conditions, and 

Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) 

for the Amarillo Lines #3 and #4 

Pipelines and the Louisiana Line #1 

Pipeline are available for review and 

public comments in Docket No. 

PHMSA–2019–0150. PHMSA invites 

interested persons to review and submit 

comments on the special permit request 

and DEA in the docket. Please include 

any comments on potential safety and 

environmental impacts that may result 

if the special permit is granted. 

Comments may include relevant data. 

Before issuing a decision on the 

special permit request, PHMSA will 

evaluate all comments received on or 

before the comments closing date. 

Comments received after the closing 

date will be evaluated, if it is possible 

to do so without incurring additional 

expense or delay. PHMSA will consider 

each relevant comment it receives in 

making its decision to grant or deny this 

special permit request. 

Issued in Washington, DC on under 

authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.97. 

Alan K. Mayberry, 

Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04498 Filed 3–4–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

Hazardous Materials: Notice of 

Applications for Modifications to 

Special Permit 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: List of applications for 

modification of special permits. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

procedures governing the application 

for, and the processing of, special 

permits from the Department of 

Transportation’s Hazardous Material 

Regulations, notice is hereby given that 

the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety 

has received the application described 

herein. Each mode of transportation for 

which a particular special permit is 

requested is indicated by a number in 

the ‘‘Nature of Application’’ portion of 

the table below as follows: 1—Motor 

vehicle, 2—Rail freight, 3—Cargo vessel, 

4—Cargo aircraft only, 5—Passengercarrying aircraft. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 22, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Record Center, Pipeline and 

Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Washington, DC 20590. 

Comments should refer to the 

application number and be submitted in 

triplicate. If confirmation of receipt of 

comments is desired, include a selfaddressed stamped postcard showing 

the special permit number. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donald Burger, Office of Hazardous 

Materials Safety, General Approvals and 

Permits Branch, Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, East 

Building, PHH–30, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue Southeast, Washington, DC 

20590–0001, (202) 366–4535. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of 

the applications are available for 

inspection in the Records Center, East 

Building, PHH–30, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue Southeast, Washington DC. 

This notice of receipt of applications 

for special permit is published in 

accordance with part 107 of the Federal 

hazardous materials transportation law 

(49 U.S.C. 5117(b); 49 CFR 1.53(b)). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 02, 

2021. 

Donald P. Burger, 

Chief, General Approvals and Permits 

Branch. 

SPECIAL PERMITS DATA

Application No. Applicant Regulation(s) affected Nature of the special permits thereof 

10915–M ......... Luxfer Inc ....................... 172.203(a), 172.301(c), 

173.302a(a)(1), 

173.304a(a)(1), 

180.205.

To modify the special permit to authorize additional Division 2.2 and 2.3 

gases. (modes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) 

14193–M ......... Honeywell International 

Inc.

172.101(h) ...................... To modify the special permit to add additional portable tanks. (modes 1, 

2, 3) 

14232–M ......... Luxfer Inc ....................... 173.302(a), 173.304(a), 

180.205.

To modify the special permit to authorize additional 2.2 and 2.3 gases. 

(modes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) 

16427–M ......... Washington State Department of Transportation.172.101(k) ...................... To modify the special permit to add an additional 1.4S hazmat to the 

permit. (passenger ferry vessel) 

20425–M ......... Composite Advanced 

Technologies, LLC.

173.302(a) ...................... To modify the special permit to waive the annual batch test for composite cylinders. (mode 1) 


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