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comments, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov at any time or to 

Room W12–140 on the ground level of 

the West Building, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. If you 

wish to receive confirmation of receipt 

of your written comments, please 

include a self-addressed, stamped 

postcard with the following statement: 

‘‘Comments on PHMSA–2010–0355.’’ 

The Docket Clerk will date stamp the 

postcard prior to returning it to you via 

the U.S. mail. Please note that due to 

delays in the delivery of U.S. mail to 

Federal offices in Washington, DC, we 

recommend that persons consider an 

alternative method (Internet, fax, or 

professional delivery service) of 

submitting comments to the docket and 

ensuring their timely receipt at DOT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cameron Satterthwaite by telephone at 

202–366–1319, by fax at 202–366–4566, 

or by mail at U.S. DOT, PHMSA, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., PHP–30, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1320.8(d), Title 5, Code of Federal 

Regulations, 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 an information collection 

request that PHMSA will be submitting 

to OMB for renewal and extension. The 

information collection expires March 

31, 2011, and is identified under 

Control No. 2137–0618, titled: ‘‘Pipeline 

Safety: Periodic Underwater 

Inspection.’’ As detailed in 49 CFR 

192.612 and 195.413, PHMSA requires 

each operator of a natural gas or 

hazardous liquid pipeline in the Gulf of 

Mexico and its inlets to periodically 

inspect its pipelines in waters less than 

15 feet (4.6 meters) deep as measured 

from mean low water that are at risk of 

being an exposed underwater pipeline 

or a hazard to navigation. If an operator 

discovers that its pipeline is an exposed 

underwater pipeline or poses a hazard 

to navigation, the operator must 

promptly report the location and, if 

available, the geographic coordinates of 

that pipeline to the National Response 

Center. The following information is 

provided for this information collection: 

(1) Title of the information collection; 

(2) OMB control number; (3) Type of 

request; (4) Abstract of the information 

collection activity; (5) Description of 

affected public; (6) Estimate of total 

annual reporting and recordkeeping 

burden; and (7) Frequency of collection. 

PHMSA will request a three-year term of 

approval for this information collection 

activity. 

PHMSA requests comments on the 

following information collection: 

Title: Pipeline Safety: Periodic 

Underwater Inspections. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0618. 

Type of Request: Renewal of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: The Federal pipeline safety 

regulations (49 CFR parts 190–199) 

require operators to conduct appropriate 

underwater inspections in the Gulf of 

Mexico. If an operator finds that its 

pipeline is exposed on the seabed floor 

or constitutes a hazard to navigation, the 

operator must contact the National 

Response Center by telephone within 24 

hours of discovery to report the location 

of the exposed pipeline. 

Affected Public: Operators of 

underwater pipeline facilities. 

Estimated number of responses: 82. 

Estimated annual burden hours: 1,312 

hours. 

Frequency of collection: On occasion. 

Comments are invited on: 

(a) The need for the proposed 

collection of information for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(c) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(d) Ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including the use 

of appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques. 

Issued in Washington, DC on December 1, 

2010. 

Linda Daugherty, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy 

and Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30603 Filed 12–6–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket ID PHMSA–2010–0323] 

Pipeline Safety: Random Drug Testing 

Rate 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of minimum annual 

percentage rate for random drug testing. 

SUMMARY: PHMSA has determined that 

the minimum random drug testing rate 

for covered employees will remain at 25 

percent during calendar year 2011. 

DATES: Effective January 1, 2011, 

through December 31, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stanley Kastanas, Program Manager, 

Substance Abuse Prevention Program, 

PHMSA, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, telephone 202–550– 

0629 or e-mail 

stanley.kastanas@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Operators 

of gas, hazardous liquid, and carbon 

dioxide pipelines and operators of 

liquefied natural gas facilities must 

select and test a percentage of covered 

employees for random drug testing. 

Pursuant to 49 CFR 199.105(c)(2), (3), 

and (4), the PHMSA Administrator’s 

decision on whether to change the 

minimum annual random drug testing 

rate is based on the reported random 

drug test positive rate for the pipeline 

industry. The data considered by the 

Administrator comes from operators’ 

annual submissions of Management 

Information System (MIS) reports 

required by 49 CFR 199.119(a). If the 

reported random drug test positive rate 

is less than one percent, the 

Administrator may continue the 

minimum random drug testing rate at 25 

percent. In 2009, the random drug test 

positive rate was less than one percent. 

Therefore, the minimum random drug 

testing rate will remain at 25 percent for 

calendar year 2011. 

On January 19, 2010, PHMSA 

published an Advisory Bulletin (75 FR 

2926) implementing the annual 

collection of contractor MIS drug and 

alcohol testing data. All applicable 

§ 199.119 (drug testing) and § 199.229 

(alcohol testing) MIS reporting operators 

are responsible for the submission of all 

contractor MIS reports to PHMSA, as 

well as their own, by March 15, 2011. 

Contractors with employees in safetysensitive positions who performed, as 

defined in § 199.3 of 49 CFR part 199, 

covered functions, must submit these 

reports only through the auspices of 

each operator for whom these covered 

employees performed those covered 

functions (i.e., maintenance, operations 

or emergency response). 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 5103, 60102, 60104, 

60108, 60117, and 60118; 49 CFR 1.53. 


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Issued in Washington, DC, on November 

24, 2010. 

Jeffrey D. Wiese, 

Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30605 Filed 12–6–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Thrift Supervision 

Sound Incentive Compensation 

Guidance 

AGENCY: Office of Thrift Supervision 

(OTS), Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection request (ICR) described below 

has been submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. OTS 

is soliciting public comments on the 

proposal. 

DATES: Submit written comments on or 

before January 6, 2011. A copy of this 

ICR, with applicable supporting 

documentation, can be obtained from 

RegInfo.gov at http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referring to 

the collection by title of the proposal or 

by OMB approval number, to OMB and 

OTS at these addresses: Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Desk Officer for OTS, U.S. 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503, or by fax to 

(202) 393–6974; and Information 

Collection Comments, Chief Counsel’s 

Office, Office of Thrift Supervision, 

1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20552, by fax to (202) 906–6518, or by 

e-mail to 

infocollection.comments@ots.treas.gov. 

OTS will post comments and the related 

index on the OTS Internet Site at 

http://www.ots.treas.gov. In addition, 

interested persons may inspect 

comments at the Public Reading Room, 

1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20552 by appointment. To make an 

appointment, call (202) 906–5922, send 

an e-mail to public.info@ots.treas.gov, or 

send a facsimile transmission to (202) 

906–7755. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information or to obtain a copy 

of the submission to OMB, please 

contact Ira L. Mills at, 

ira.mills@ots.treas.gov (202) 906–6531, 

or facsimile number (202) 906–6518, 

Regulations and Legislation Division, 

Chief Counsel’s Office, Office of Thrift 

Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20552. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OTS may 

not conduct or sponsor an information 

collection, and respondents are not 

required to respond to an information 

collection, unless the information 

collection displays a currently valid 

OMB control number. As part of the 

approval process, we invite comments 

on the following information collection. 

Title of Proposal: Sound Incentive 

Compensation Guidance. 

OMB Number: 1550–0129. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Description: The guidance is based on 

three key principles that are designed to 

ensure that incentive compensation 

arrangements at a financial institution 

do not encourage employees to take 

excessive risks. These principles 

provide that incentive compensation 

arrangements should: 

• Provide employees incentives that 

do not encourage excessive risk-taking 

beyond the organization’s ability to 

effectively identify and manage risk; 

• Be compatible with effective 

controls and risk management; and 

• Be supported by strong corporate 

governance, including active and 

effective oversight by the organization’s 

board of directors. 

These principles and the guidance are 

consistent with the Principles for Sound 

Compensation Practices adopted by the 

Financial Stability Board (FSB) in April 

2009, as well as the Implementation 

Standards for those principles issued by 

the FSB in September 2009. This 

guidance will promote the prompt 

improvement of incentive compensation 

practices in the banking industry by 

providing a common prudential 

foundation for incentive compensation 

arrangements across banking 

organizations and promoting the overall 

movement of the industry towards 

better practices. Supervisory action 

could play a critical role in addressing 

misaligned compensation incentives, 

especially where issues of competition 

may make it difficult for individual 

firms to act alone. Through their 

actions, supervisors could help to better 

align the interests of managers and other 

employees with organizations’ longterm health and reduce concerns that 

making prudent modifications to 

incentive compensation arrangements 

might have adverse competitive 

consequences. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

757. 

Estimated Burden Hours per 

Response: 40 hours. 

Estimated Frequency of Response: On 

occasion. 

Estimated Total Burden: 30,280 

hours. 

Clearance Officer: Ira L. Mills, (202) 

906–6531, Office of Thrift Supervision, 

1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20552. 

Dated: December 1, 2010. 

Ira L. Mills, 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of Chief 

Counsel, Office of Thrift Supervision. 

[FR Doc. 2010–30680 Filed 12–6–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6720–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Office of Thrift Supervision 

Purchase of Branch Office(s) and/or 

Transfer of Assets/Liabilities 

AGENCY: Office of Thrift Supervision 

(OTS), Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection request (ICR) described below 

has been submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

U.S.C. 3507. OTS is soliciting public 

comments on the proposal. 

DATES: Submit written comments on or 

before January 6, 2011. A copy of this 

ICR, with applicable supporting 

documentation, can be obtained from 

RegInfo.gov at http://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referring to 

the collection by title of the proposal or 

by OMB approval number, to OMB and 

OTS at these addresses: Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Desk Officer for OTS, U.S. 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503, or by fax to 

(202) 393–6974; and Information 

Collection Comments, Chief Counsel’s 

Office, Office of Thrift Supervision, 

1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20552, by fax to (202) 906–6518, or by 

e-mail to 

infocollection.comments@ots.treas.gov. 

OTS will post comments and the related 

index on the OTS Internet Site at http:// 

www.ots.treas.gov. In addition, 

interested persons may inspect 

comments at the Public Reading Room, 

1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20552 by appointment. To make an 

appointment, call (202) 906–5922, send 

an e-mail to public.info@ots.treas.gov, or 


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