Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 157 / Monday, August 15, 2011 / Notices 50539 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2011–0136] 

Pipeline Safety: Information Collection 

Activities 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

PHMSA published a notice with request 

for comments in the Federal Register on 

June 9, 2011 (76 FR 33808) on an 

information collection under Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) Control 

No. 2137–0622, titled ‘‘Pipeline Safety: 

Public Awareness Program’’ and 

received no comments. PHMSA is now 

forwarding the information collection 

request to the OMB and providing an 

additional 30 days for comments. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments to OMB on or before 

September 14, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding 

the burden estimate, including 

suggestions for reducing the burden, 

directly to the Office of Management 

and Budget, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attn: Desk Officer 

for the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 725 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angela Dow by telephone at 202–366– 

1246, by fax at 202–366–4566, or by 

mail at U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 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 October 

31, 2011, and is identified under 

Control No. 2137–0622, titled: ‘‘Pipeline 

Safety: Public Awareness Program.’’ 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: Public 

Awareness Program. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0622. 

Type of Request: Renewal of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: The Federal Pipeline Safety 

Regulations require each operator to 

develop and implement a written 

continuing public education program 

that follows the guidance provided in 

the American Petroleum Institute’s 

Recommended Practice RP 1162. Upon 

request, operators must submit their 

completed programs to PHMSA or, in 

the case of an intrastate pipeline facility 

operator, the appropriate state agency. 

The operator’s program documentation 

and evaluation results must also be 

available for periodic review by 

appropriate regulatory agencies (49 CFR 

192.616 and 195.440). 

Affected Public: Operators of natural 

gas and hazardous liquid pipelines. 

Estimated number of responses: 

22,500. 

Estimated annual burden hours: 

517,480 hours. 

Frequency of collection: Annual. 

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. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 9, 

2011. 

Linda Daugherty, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy 

and Programs, Pipeline Safety. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20657 Filed 8–12–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Research and Innovative Technology 

Administration 

Advisory Council on Transportation 

Statistics; Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Research and Innovative, 

Technology Administration, U.S. 

Department of Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

This notice announces, pursuant to 

Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) (Pub. L. 72–363; 

5 U.S.C. app. 2), a meeting of the 

Advisory Council on Transportation 

Statistics (ACTS). The meeting will be 

held on Wednesday, September 28, 

2011, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. E.S.T. in 

the Oklahoma City Room at the U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, DC. 

Section 5601(o) of the Safe, 

Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users (SAFETEA–LU) directs the U.S. 

Department of Transportation to 

establish an Advisory Council on 

Transportation Statistics subject to the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

U.S.C., App. 2) to advise the Bureau of 

Transportation Statistics (BTS) on the 

quality, reliability, consistency, 

objectivity, and relevance of 

transportation statistics and analyses 

collected, supported, or disseminated by 

the Bureau and the Department. The 

following is a summary of the draft 

meeting agenda: (1) USDOT welcome 

and introduction of Council Members; 

(2) Overview of prior meeting; (3) 

Discussion of the FY 2012 budget; (4) 

Discussion of private sources of 

transportation data; (5) Council 

Members review and discussion of 

statistical programs; (6) future Council 

activities and (7) Public Comments and 

Closing Remarks. Participation is open 

to the public. Members of the public 

who wish to participate must notify 

Courtney Freiberg at 

Courtney.Freiberg@dot.gov, not later 

than September 15, 2011. Members of 

the public may present oral statements 

at the meeting with the approval of 

Steven K. Smith, Deputy Director of the 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics. 

Noncommittee members wishing to 

present oral statements or obtain 

information should contact Courtney 

Freiberg via e-mail no later than 

September 15, 2011. 

Questions about the agenda or written 

comments may be e-mailed or submitted 

by U.S. Mail to: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Research and Innovative 

Technology Administration, Bureau of 


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