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required to keep a record, for each 

applicable vehicle, listing which 

standards, or portions thereof, no longer 

comply with the Federal motor vehicle 

safety standards and to provide a copy 

to the owner of the vehicle modified 

(see 49 CFR 595.7 (b) and (e) as 

published in the final rule). 

We estimate that: 

1. There are approximately 2,800 

vehicles modified for persons with 

disabilities per year by 579 businesses, 

therefore 

2. The burden for producing the 

record required by 49 CFR 595.7 in 

accordance with paragraph (e) for those 

vehicles will be 933 hours per year 

nationwide. 

In the final rule we anticipated that 

the least costly way for a repair business 

to comply with this portion of the new 

rule would be to annotate the vehicle 

modification invoice as to the 

exemption, if any, involved with each 

item on the invoice. The cost of 

preparing the invoice is not a portion of 

our burden calculation, as that 

preparation would be done in the 

normal course of business. The time 

needed to annotate the invoice, we 

estimate, is 20 minutes. Therefore, the 

burden hours for a full year are 

calculated as: 2,800 vehicles x 20 

minutes/vehicle = 933.3 hours. 

This burden includes the calculation 

required by 49 CFR 595.7(e)5, but not 

the gathering of the information 

required for the calculation. That 

information would be gathered in the 

normal course of the vehicle 

modification. The only extra burden 

required by the rule is the calculation of 

the reduction in loading carrying 

capacity and conveying this information 

to the vehicle owner. Again we are 

assuming that annotation on the invoice 

is the least burdensome way to 

accomplish this customer notification. 

There will be no additional material 

cost associated with compliance with 

this requirement since no additional 

materials need be used above those used 

to prepare the invoice in the normal 

course of business. We are assuming it 

is normal and customary in the course 

of vehicle modification business to 

prepare an invoice, to provide a copy of 

the invoice to the vehicle owner, and to 

keep a copy of the invoice for five years 

after the vehicle is delivered to the 

owner in finished form. 

We seek comment on whether our 

assumptions about the following are 

reasonable: 

1. The document required by 49 CFR 

595.7(b) and specified in paragraph (e) 

will need to be prepared for 

approximately 2800 vehicles modified 

nationwide per year, 

2. Annotation of each vehicle 

modification invoice as to which 

exemptions were used will take an 

average of 20 minutes, and 

3. It is normal in the course of vehicle 

modification business to prepare an 

invoice, to provide a copy of the invoice 

to the vehicle owner, and to keep a copy 

of the invoice for five years after the 

vehicle is delivered to the owner in 

finished form. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 933 hours, 

and $14.21. 

Number of Respondents: 579. 

Comments are invited on: whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; the accuracy of 

the Department’s estimate of the burden 

of the proposed information collection; 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Issued on: March 20, 2007. 

Stephen R. Kratzke, 

Associate Administrator for Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. E7–5409 Filed 3–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket: PHMSA–98–4957] 

Request for Public Comments and 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) Approval of an Existing 

Information Collection (2137–0596) 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice requests public 

participation in the OMB approval 

process for the renewal of an existing 

National Pipeline Mapping System 

(NPMS) information collection. PHMSA 

is requesting OMB approval for renewal 

of this information collection under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA). With this notice as required by 

the PRA, PHMSA invites the public to 

submit comments over the next 60 days 

on whether the existing information 

collection is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Department. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before May 22, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference 

Docket No. PHMSA–98–4957 and may 

be submitted in the following ways: 

• DOT Web Site: http://dms.dot.gov. 

To submit comments on the DOT 

electronic docket site, click ‘‘Comment/ 

Submissions,’’ click ‘‘Continue,’’ fill in 

the requested information, click 

‘‘Continue,’’ enter your comment, then 

click ‘‘Submit.’’

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management System: 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, 

Room PL–401, Washington, DC 20590–

0001. 

• Hand Delivery: DOT Docket 

Management System; Room PL–401 on 

the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 

DC between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• 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. 

Instructions: Identify the docket 

number, PHMSA–98–4957, at the 

beginning of your comments. If you mail 

your comments, send two copies. If you 

wish to receive confirmation that 

PHMSA received your comments, 

include a self-addressed stamped 

postcard. Internet users may submit 

comments at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, and may access all 

comments received by DOT at http:// 

dms.dot.gov by performing a simple 

search for the docket number. 

Note: PHMSA posts all comments without 

changes or edits to http://dms.dot.gov 

including any personal information 

provided. 

Privacy Act 

Anyone can search the electronic 

form of all comments received in 

response to any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement is 

published in the Federal Register on 

April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), and on 

the Web at http://dms.dot.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: L.E. 

Herrick at (202) 366–5523, or by e-mail 

at le.herrick@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to § 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, PHMSA is 

inviting comments on whether the 

renewal of the existing NPMS 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper performance of the functions 


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of the Department. The comments may 

include (1) Whether the information 

will have practical utility; (2) the 

accuracy of the Department’s estimate of 

the burden of the proposed information 

collections; (3) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Federal pipeline safety law (49 U.S.C. 

60132) requires an operator of a pipeline 

facility (except distribution lines and 

gathering lines) to submit geospatial 

data appropriate for use in the 

Department’s NPMS. A complete data 

submission includes geospatial data, 

attribute data, metadata, public contact 

information for all liquefied natural gas, 

hazardous liquid, and gas transmission 

pipeline systems operated by a 

company. The operator must submit 

information in accordance with 

guidelines detailed in the NPMS 

operator standards document. Operators 

must update their submissions on an 

annual basis. Currently operators are 

able to submit data in paper and 

electronic formats. After September 30, 

2007, PHMSA will cease accepting 

paper submissions. PHMSA is working 

with the approximately 2.2 percent of 

operators who submit paper maps to 

assist them in making the transition to 

an electronic format. A copy of the 

standards document is available in the 

docket. 

PHMSA uses the NPMS as a tool to 

support various regulatory programs, 

pipeline inspections, and authorized 

external customers. Periodic updates of 

operator pipeline data informs the 

NPMS of any changes to the data over 

the previous year and allows PHMSA to 

maintain and improve the accuracy of 

the information. 

As used in this notice, the term 

‘‘information collection’’ includes all 

work related to preparing and 

disseminating information in 

accordance with recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Type of Information Collection 

Request: Renewal of Existing Collection. 

Title of Information Collection: 

National Pipeline Mapping System. 

Respondents: 894 pipeline operators 

mapping 420,117 pipeline miles. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 16,312 hours. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 19, 

2007. 

Jeffrey D. Wiese, 

Acting Associate Administrator for Pipeline 

Safety. 

[FR Doc. 07–1439 Filed 3–20–07; 1:36 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–98–4470] 

Pipeline Safety: Meetings of the 

Technical Pipeline Safety Standards 

Committee and the Technical 

Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety 

Standards Committee 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting and public 

workshop. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces public 

meetings of PHMSA’s Technical 

Pipeline Safety Standards Advisory 

Committee (TPSSC) and Technical 

Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety 

Standards Committee (THLPSSC). The 

committees will discuss regulatory 

issues independently and in joint 

session. Each committee will vote on 

one regulatory proposal. The THLPSSC 

will vote on a proposal to extend 

pipeline safety regulations to the 

unregulated hazardous liquid gathering 

lines and low-stress pipelines. The 

TPSSC will vote on a proposal to relax 

regulatory requirements governing 

public awareness programs conducted 

by operators of master meter systems 

and certain operators of petroleum gas 

systems. PHMSA will also conduct a 

public workshop to discuss the possible 

use of special permits to allow variance 

from the seven-year reassessment 

interval required as part of a gas 

transmission integrity management 

program. 

DATES: The meetings will be on 

Wednesday, April 25 and Thursday, 

April 26, 2007, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

EST. 

ADDRESSES: The committees will meet at 

the Washington Marriott, 1221 22nd 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037. The 

phone number for reservations at the 

hotel is 202–872–1500. Attendees 

staying at the hotel must make 

reservations as soon as possible. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information regarding this 

meeting contact Cheryl Whetsel at (202) 

366–4431, or by e-mail at 

cheryl.whetsel@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Meeting Details 

Members of the public may attend the 

meetings. Lodging is available at the 

Washington Marriott, 1221 22nd Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20037. The phone 

number for reservations is 202–872–

1500. The hotel will give priority to the 

Committee members and to the State 

Pipeline Safety Representatives for 

rooms blocked under ‘‘DOT Technical 

Advisory Committee Meetings.’’

PHMSA will post any additional 

information or changes on its Web page 

(http://www.phmsa.dot.gov) 

approximately 15 days before the 

meeting date. 

Members of the public who want to 

make an oral statement should notify 

Cheryl Whetsel before April 18. The 

presiding officer at the meeting may 

deny any request to present an oral 

statement and may limit the time of any 

presentation. 

Comments should reference Docket 

No. PHMSA–98–4470 and may be 

submitted in the following ways: 

• DOT Web Site: http://dms.dot.gov. 

To submit comments on the DOT 

electronic docket site, click ‘‘Comment/ 

Submissions,’’ click ‘‘Continue,’’ fill in 

the requested information, click 

‘‘Continue,’’ enter your comment, then 

click ‘‘Submit.’’

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management System: 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building, 

Room PL–401, Washington, DC 20590–

0001. 

• Hand Delivery: DOT Docket 

Management System; Room PL–401 on 

the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 

400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 

DC between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• 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. 

Instructions: Identify the docket 

number, PHMSA–98–4470, at the 

beginning of your comments. If you 

submit your comments by mail, submit 

two copies. If you wish to receive 

confirmation that PHMSA received your 

comments, include a self-addressed 

stamped postcard. Internet users may 

submit comments at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, and may access all 

comments received by DOT at http:// 

dms.dot.gov by performing a simple 

search for the docket number. 

Note: All comments will be posted without 

changes or edits to http://dms.dot.gov, 


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