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1 88 FR 17295. 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2023–0007 (Notice No. 

2023–08)] 

Hazardous Materials: Information 

Collection Activities 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), Department of Transportation 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

PHMSA invites comments on 

information collections pertaining to 

hazardous materials transportation for 

which PHMSA intends to request 

renewal and extension from the Office 

of Management and Budget. PHMSA 

published a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on these 

information collections in the Federal 

Register on March 22, 2023, and did not 

receive any comments. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

September 28, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the information 

collections should be sent within 30 

days of publication of this notice to 

https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. 

Information collections can be found 

by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

We invite comments on: (1) whether 

the collections of information are 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of 

the Department’s estimate of the burden 

of the 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. 

Docket: For access to the Dockets to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steven Andrews or Nina Vore, 

Standards and Rulemaking Division, 

(202) 366–8553, Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration, U.S. 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1320.8(d), title 5, Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) 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 information 

collection requests that PHMSA 

previously published on March 22, 

2023,1 in a 60-day Federal Register 

notice seeking comments and is now 

submitting to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for renewal and 

extension. These information 

collections are contained in 49 CFR 

171.6 of the Hazardous Materials 

Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR parts 171 

through 180). PHMSA has revised 

burden estimates, where appropriate, to 

reflect current reporting levels or 

adjustments based on changes in 

proposed or final rules published since 

the information collections were last 

approved. The following information is 

provided for each information 

collection: (1) title of the information 

collection, including former title if a 

change is being made; (2) OMB control 

number; (3) summary of the information 

collection activity; (4) description of 

affected public; (5) estimate of total 

annual reporting and recordkeeping 

burden; and (6) frequency of collection. 

PHMSA will request a 3-year term of 

approval for the information collection 

activity and will publish a notice in the 

Federal Register alerting the public 

upon OMB’s approval. PHMSA requests 

comments on the following information 

collections: 

Title: Inspection and Testing of 

Portable Tanks and Intermediate Bulk 

Containers. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0018. 

Summary: This OMB control number 

describes the information collections in 

parts 173, 178, and 180 of the HMR 

pertaining to the documenting of design 

qualifications, inspections, tests, and 

approvals pertaining to the manufacture 

and use of portable tanks and 

intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) 

under various provisions of the HMR. 

Information collections under this OMB 

control number include: 

(1) Design Qualification Testing for 

IBCs: This information collection 

consists of the minimum requirements 

for testing procedures to ensure that 

IBCs containing hazardous materials can 

withstand normal conditions of 

transportation. Each packaging must 

pass the prescribed tests and conform to 

§ 173.24 while in transportation. The 

testing requirements in § 178.801(d) 

ensure that the packaging manufacturer 

achieves successful test results for the 

design qualification testing at the start 

of production of each new or different 

IBC design type. 

(2) Periodic Design Requalification 

Testing of IBCs: This information 

collection consists of the requirements 

for periodic design re-qualification of 

each qualified IBC design type to 

maintain authorization for continued 

production. IBC manufacturers must 

conduct successful tests at sufficient 

frequency to ensure each packaging 

produced is capable of passing the 

design qualification tests, which must 

be conducted at least once every 12 

months. 

(3) Applications for Approval of 

Equivalent Packaging: This information 

collection consists of the requirements 

for approval of equivalent packaging 

applications submitted by the regulated 

community to PHMSA, which allows 

the use of an IBC differing from the 

standards outlined in the HMR if it is 

shown to be equally effective and if the 

testing methods used are equivalent. 

(4) Reporting Requirements for Retest 

and Inspection of IBCs: This 

information collection consists of the 

requirements for the continuing 

qualification, maintenance, or periodic 

retesting of an IBC by any person 

responsible for it. Each IBC constructed 

in accordance with a United Nations 

(UN) standard for which a test or 

inspection is required may not be filled 

and offered for transportation or 

transported until the testing and 

inspection have been successfully 

completed. The information collection 

also reflects the creation of a report that 

identifies the testing and inspection of 

IBCs. 

(5) Recordkeeping for IBC Testing: 

This information collection consists of 

the recordkeeping requirements 

associated with IBC testing specified in 

§§ 178.801 and 180.352. The IBC owner 

or lessee must keep records of periodic 

retests, initial and periodic inspections, 

and test performance on the IBC if it has 

been repaired. Records must be kept for 

each packaging at each location where 

periodic tests are conducted and must 

be available for inspection by a DOT 

representative upon request. 

(6) Manufacturers Data Report 

(ASME) for Portable Tanks: This 

information collection consists of the 

requirements for tanks designed and 

constructed in accordance with, and 

that fulfill all the requirements of, the 

American Society of Mechanical 

Engineers (ASME) Code. In addition to 

the markings required by the ASME 

Code, every tank must bear permanent 


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marks that include the information 

specified in § 178.255–14, which must 

be stamped into the metal near the 

center of one of the tank heads or 

stamped into a plate permanently 

attached to the tank by means of brazing 

or welding or other suitable means. 

(7) Approval Applications for 

Specification UN Portable Tank Design: 

This information collection requires an 

owner or manufacturer of a portable 

tank to apply for an approval to a 

designated approval agency authorized 

to approve new portable tanks designs. 

(8) Applications for Modifications to 

Portable Tank Designs: This information 

collection requires an owner or 

manufacturer of a portable tank to apply 

for an approval to a designated approval 

agency authorized to approve the 

modifications to portable tanks designs. 

(9) Portable Tanks—Approval Agency 

Retention of Documents: This 

information collection consists of the 

requirement for approval agencies to 

review all drawings and calculations to 

ensure that the design is compliant with 

the relevant specification. The approval 

agency must maintain the drawings and 

approval records for as long as the 

portable tank remains in service and 

provide this information to the DOT 

upon request. 

(10) Portable Tanks—Manufacturers 

Retention of Documents: This 

information collection requires that 

qualification records for specification 

portable tanks be retained for at least 

five (5) years by the tank manufacturer 

and made available to duly identified 

representatives of the DOT or the owner 

of the tank. 

(11) Recordkeeping for the Testing of 

Portable Tank: This information 

collection requires that the owner of the 

portable tank or his/her authorized 

agent will retain a written record 

indicating the date and results of all 

required tests, as well as the name and 

address of the tester, until the next 

retest has been satisfactorily completed 

and recorded. This information must be 

provided to the DOT upon request. 

The following is a list of the 

information collections and burden 

estimates associated with this OMB 

Control Number: 

Information collection Respondents 

Total 

annual 

responses 

Hours per 

response 

Total 

annual 

burden 

hours 

Design Qualification Testing for IBCs—Applications for the Certification 

Mark ............................................................................................................. 13 494 3 1,482

Periodic Design Requalification Testing of IBCs—Submission of Changes to 

Test Frequency to the Associate Administrator ........................................... 13 494 3 1,482 

Applications for Approval of Equivalent Packaging—IBCs ............................. 5 5 3 15 

Reporting Requirements for Retest and Inspection of IBCs ........................... 1000 100,000 0.25 25,000 

Recordkeeping for IBC Testing ....................................................................... 150 150 0.25 38 

Manufacturers Data Report (ASME) for Portable Tanks ................................. 50 50,000 0.25 12,500 

Approval Applications for Specification UN Portable Tank Design ................. 13 494 3 1,482 

Applications for Modifications to Portable Tank Designs ................................ 13 494 3 1,482 

Portable Tanks—Approval Agency Retention of Documents .......................... 13 494 0.25 124 

Portable Tanks—Manufacturers Retention of Documents .............................. 50 50,000 0.25 12,500 

Recordkeeping for the Testing of Portable Tanks ........................................... 150 150 0.25 38 

Affected Public: Manufacturers and 

owners of portable tanks and 

intermediate bulk containers. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Number of Respondents: 1,470. 

Total Annual Responses: 202,775. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 56,143. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Title: Hazardous Materials Shipping 

Papers & Emergency Response 

Information. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0034. 

Summary: This OMB control number 

describes the information collections in 

parts 172, 173, 174, 175, 176 and 177 of 

the HMR pertaining to the requirement 

to provide a shipping paper and 

emergency response information with 

shipments of hazardous materials. 

Shipping papers are considered to be a 

basic communication tool relative to the 

transportation of hazardous materials. 

The definition of a shipping paper in 

§ 171.8 includes a shipping order, bill of 

lading, manifest, or other shipping 

document serving a similar purpose and 

containing the information required by 

§§ 172.202, 172.203, and 172.204 of the 

HMR. A shipping paper with emergency 

response information must accompany 

most hazardous materials shipments 

and be readily available at all times 

during transportation. 

Shipping papers serve as the principal 

source of information regarding the 

presence of hazardous materials, 

identification, quantity, and emergency 

response procedures. They also serve as 

the source of information for 

compliance with other requirements, 

such as the placement of rail cars 

containing different hazardous materials 

in trains; prevent the loading of poisons 

with foodstuffs; maintain the separation 

of incompatible hazardous materials; 

and limit the amount of radioactive 

materials that may be transported in a 

vehicle or aircraft. Shipping papers and 

emergency response information also 

serve as a means of notifying transport 

workers that hazardous materials are 

present. Most importantly, shipping 

papers serve as a principal means of 

identifying hazardous materials during 

transportation emergencies. Firefighters, 

police, and other emergency response 

personnel are trained to obtain the DOT 

shipping papers and emergency 

response information when responding 

to hazardous materials transportation 

emergencies. The availability of 

accurate information concerning 

hazardous materials being transported 

significantly improves response efforts 

in these types of emergencies. In 

addition to the shipping paper and 

emergency response information, this 

OMB control number also includes the 

following information collections: 

(1) Notice of Pilot in Command: This 

information collection consists of the 

additional time required for the pilot-incommand to complete the confirmation 

process for the loading of hazardous 

materials on aircraft. The confirmation 

process includes obtaining a signature 

or other appropriate indication from the 

person responsible for loading the 

aircraft and from the pilot-in-command. 

(2) Lithium Battery Test Summary 

Document: This information collection 

requires the creation of a lithium battery 

test summary document for lithium 

cells and batteries manufactured after 

January 1, 2008. This information 

collection includes both a reporting and 

recordkeeping component. 

(3) Air Transportation Discrepancy 

Reports: This information collection 


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requires that each person who discovers 

an improperly described, certified, 

labeled, marked, or packaged hazardous 

material during air transportation, 

including passenger baggage (known as 

a passenger (PAX) discrepancy), must 

notify the nearest Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) Regional Office 

by telephone or electronically. 

Electronic notifications may be 

submitted by email or through the 

Safety Assurance System (SAS) External 

Portal. 

The following is a list of the 

information collections and burden 

estimates associated with this OMB 

Control Number: 

Information collection Respondents Total annual 

responses 

Hours per 

response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Hazardous Materials Shipping Papers & Emergency Response Information 260,000 175,262,735 .03 4,599,426 

Notice of Pilot in Command ............................................................................. 150 2,004,717 .003 5,961

Lithium Battery Test Summary—Reporting ..................................................... 73 2,336 0.5 1,168 

Lithium Battery Test Summary—Recordkeeping ............................................ 5,790 19,596 0.116 2,286 

Air Transportation Discrepancy Reports .......................................................... 58 15,529 .0833 1,294 

Affected Public: Shippers and carriers 

of hazardous materials in commerce. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Total Number of Respondents: 

266,071. 

Total Annual Responses: 177,304,913. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 

4,610,135. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Title: Approval for Hazardous 

Materials. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0557. 

Summary: This OMB control number 

describes the information collections in 

parts 107, 173, 175, 176, 178, and 180 

of the HMR pertaining to approvals 

issued by the Office of Hazardous 

Materials Safety (OHMS) within 

PHMSA. Without these requirements 

there is no means to: (1) determine 

whether applicants who apply to 

become designated approval agencies 

are qualified to evaluate package design, 

test packages, classify hazardous 

materials, etc.; (2) verify that various 

containers and special loading 

requirements for vessels meet the 

requirements of the HMR; and (3) assure 

that regulated hazardous materials pose 

no danger to life and property during 

transportation. 

There are several approval provisions 

contained in the HMR and associated 

procedural regulations. Responses to 

these collections of information are 

required to obtain benefits, such as 

becoming an approval or certification 

agency, or to obtain a variance from 

packaging or handling requirements 

based on information provided by the 

respondent. These benefits and 

variances involve areas, for example, 

such as UN third-party certification; 

authorization to examine and test 

lighters; authorization to examine and 

test explosives; and authorization to requalify DOT cylinders. Specifically, the 

information collections under this OMB 

control number include: 

(1) Designated approval agencies, 

independent cylinder testing agencies, 

and prospective foreign manufacturers 

of cylinders: This information collection 

consists of the requirement for parties to 

obtain approval from the Associate 

Administrator in order to become 

designated approval agencies, 

independent cylinder testing agencies, 

or prospective foreign manufacturers of 

cylinders. These designated approval 

agencies evaluate the design of 

packagings used for the shipments of 

hazardous materials. 

(2) Approval of Cylinder and Pressure 

Receptacle Requalifiers: This 

information collection pertains to the 

requirement for approval by the 

Associate Administrator to inspect, test, 

certify, repair, or rebuild a DOT 

specification cylinder or a UN pressure 

receptacle under certain circumstances. 

These circumstances include a special 

permit issued under this part or a 

cylinder manufactured in accordance 

with Transport Canada’s Transportation 

of Dangerous Good (TDG) Regulations. 

(3) M-Numbers: This information 

collection consists of assigning Mnumbers to companies involved in the 

manufacturing, reconditioning, 

repairing, or testing of DOT 

specification containers or cylinders 

used for transporting hazardous 

materials. 

(4) RIN Approval for Cylinders 

(International Shipments): This 

information collection consists of an 

application that RIN holders can submit 

under § 107.805(f)(2), which includes 

required information and certifications 

related to the inspection and 

requalification of certain cylinder 

specifications. 

(5) Competent Authority Approvals: 

This information collection consists of 

additional approval and classification 

requirements for transporting certain 

hazardous materials, such as tear gas 

devices and certain organic peroxides. 

Tear gas devices require additional 

approval for transport in closed 

environments, while certain organic 

peroxides require special refrigeration 

and PHMSA approval to prevent selfaccelerated decomposition. 

(6) Lithium Battery State of Charge 

Approval: This information collection 

consists of an approval process that 

allows for the transportation of lithiumion cells and batteries on cargo aircraft 

with a state of charge exceeding 30 

percent of their rated capacity. This is 

in contrast to the general requirement 

that such transportation must occur 

with a state of charge not exceeding 30 

percent of their rated capacity. 

(7) Alternative Packagings or Test 

Methods: This information collection 

consists of an approval process that 

allows a person to offer a hazardous 

material in transportation with 

alternative packaging or test methods, 

which are not currently authorized in 

the HMR. The approvals provide 

flexibility to the industry by allowing 

packagings that are not constructed as 

per the HMR and permitting specific 

testing, test methods, and intervals. 

(8) Infectious Substances: This 

information collection consists of a 

requirement to obtain approval for the 

transportation of live animals 

containing or contaminated with 

genetically modified micro-organisms, 

including those that also meet the 

Division 6.2 material definition, to 

comply with approved terms and 

conditions set by the Associate 

Administrator for Hazardous Materials 

Safety. 

(9) Testing and Assignment of the 

Classification of Explosive Materials: 

This information collection consists of 

an approval process for the testing and 

assignment of hazard classifications for 

the transportation of explosives and 

explosive devices, including fireworks, 

which pose significant technical 

difficulties and hazards. Proper hazard 

classification is crucial for the safe 

packaging and handling of these 

materials during transportation via all 

modes, as an incorrect classification 

could result in improper packaging or 


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handling and cause damage to property, 

loss of life, or both. 

(10) Packaging Exception/Exceptions 

for Division 1.4G Consumer Fireworks: 

This information collection consists of 

an application process for 

manufacturers of consumer fireworks to 

obtain approval and classification of 

their products. The process requires the 

submission of a complete application 

containing all relevant information, test 

results, and certifications. 

The following is a list of the 

information collections and burden 

estimates associated with this OMB 

Control Number: 

Information collection Respondents Total annual 

responses 

Hours per 

response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Designated approval agencies, independent cylinder testing agencies, and 

prospective foreign manufacturers of cylinders ........................................... 15 15 4.75 71 

Approval of Cylinder and Pressure Receptacle Requalifiers .......................... 3,000 3,000 1.105 3,315 

M Numbers (New Application) ......................................................................... 30 30 4.75 143 

M Numbers (Modifications/Renewals) ............................................................. 150 150 1 150 

RIN Approval for Cylinders (International Shipments) .................................... 3,500 3,500 0.852 2,982 

Competent Authority Approvals—Safety Determinations as to the Adequacy 

of the Packagings for Materials with Special Hazards (New Applications) 50 250 4.75 1,188 

Competent Authority Approvals—Safety Determinations as to the Adequacy 

of the Packagings for Materials with Special Hazards—(Renewals/Modifications/Corrections) .................................................................................... 120 480 1 480 

Lithium Battery State of Charge Approval ....................................................... 10 10 40 400 

Alternative Packagings or Test Methods ......................................................... 24 24 4.75 114 

Infectious Substances ...................................................................................... 5 5 4.75 24 

Testing and Assignment of the Classification of Explosive Materials—New 

Applications .................................................................................................. 330 330 4.75 1,568 

Testing and Assignment of the Classification of Explosive Materials—Modifications ........................................................................................................ 700 700 1 700 

Packaging Exception/Exceptions for Division 1.4G Consumer Fireworks ...... 3,200 6,400 4.75 30,400 

Affected Public: Business and other 

entities who must meet the approval 

requirements in the HMR. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Total Number of Respondents: 11,134. 

Total Annual Responses: 14,894. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 41,535. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Title: Rail Carrier and Tank Car Tanks 

Requirements, Rail Tank Car Tanks— 

Transportation of Hazardous Materials 

by Rail. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0559. 

Summary: This information collection 

consolidates and describes the 

information provisions in parts 172, 

173, 174, 179, and 180 of the HMR 

pertaining to the transportation of 

hazardous materials by rail and the 

manufacture, qualification, 

maintenance, and use of tank cars. The 

types of information collected include: 

(1) Tank Car Approvals: This 

information collection consists of 

special provisions that mandate the 

approval of the Associate Administrator 

or the Association of American 

Railroads (AAR) Committee on Tank 

Cars before certain hazardous material 

packaging or packaging components can 

be used for transportation of hazardous 

materials by rail. 

(2) AAR approval required when a 

tank car is proposed for commodity 

service other than specified on a 

certificate of construction: This 

information collection consists of 

requirements for obtaining AAR Tank 

Car Committee approval for the use of 

a tank car for commodities other than 

those specified in part 173 and the 

certificate of construction. It also 

includes requirements for AAR approval 

of tank car design, materials, 

construction, conversion, alteration, or 

construction to a new specification. 

This information is used to ensure that 

tank cars are suitable for transporting 

specific commodities and that tank car 

design, construction, and modification 

comply with the relevant regulations. 

(3) Annual tank car owner progress 

report to FRA: This information 

collection consists of the requirement 

for tank car owners to submit progress 

reports to the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA) if their tank cars 

need to be modified to meet the 

requirements specified in § 173.31. The 

FRA uses this information to track 

progress and ensure that all affected 

tank cars are modified before the 

regulatory compliance date. 

(4) Compressed Gases and Cryogenic 

Liquids in Tank Cars and Multi Unit 

Tank Cars Reporting: This information 

collection requires the shipper to notify 

the FRA whenever a tank car 

transporting hydrogen chloride, 

refrigerated liquids, or vinyl fluoride, 

stabilized is not received by the 

consignee within 20 days from the date 

of shipment. 

(5) Reporting to the Bureau of 

Explosives regarding any restrictions 

over any portion of its lines: This 

information collection requires each rail 

carrier to report to the Bureau of 

Explosives (BOE), for publication, all 

information as to any restrictions which 

it imposes against the acceptance, 

delivery, or transportation of any 

hazardous materials, over any portion of 

its lines. 

(6) Nonconforming bulk packages 

must be repaired or approved from 

movement by the FRA: This information 

collection requires that a bulk 

packaging, such as a tank car tank, that 

no longer conforms to applicable HMR 

requirements may not be forwarded by 

rail unless repaired or approved for 

movement by the Associate 

Administrator for Safety, FRA. 

Notification and approval must be 

furnished in writing or through 

telephonic or electronic means, with 

subsequent written confirmation 

provided within two weeks. 

(7) FRA Approval for transportation 

of bulk packages containing a 

hazardous material in COFC or TOFC 

service: This information collection 

requires that the Associate 

Administrator for Safety, FRA approve 

the transportation of bulk packages, 

such as portable tanks and cargo tanks, 

containing a hazardous material in 

container-on-flatcar (COFC) or traileron-flatcar (TOFC) service if not 

otherwise authorized for transportation. 

(8) Division 1.1 or 1.2 explosive 

material inspection and Car Certificate 

requirements: This information 

collection requires that before a Division 

1.1 or 1.2 explosive materials may be 

loaded into a rail car, the car must have 


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been inspected and certified to be in 

compliance with the requirements of 

§ 174.104(b) by a qualified person 

designated under 49 CFR 215.11. 

(9) Initial marking, requalification 

marking, and requalification reporting 

requirements: This information 

collection consist of the requirements 

for the detail marking of a newly 

manufactured tank car, requalification 

tank car marking requirements, and 

reporting of details for a requalified tank 

car. 

(10) Quality Assurance Program: This 

information collection requires facilities 

that build, repair, and ensure the 

structural integrity of tank cars are 

required to develop and implement a 

quality assurance program. This 

information is used by the facility and 

DOT compliance personnel to ensure 

that each tank car is constructed or 

repaired in accordance with the 

applicable requirements. 

The following is a list of the 

information collections and burden 

estimates associated with this OMB 

Control Number: 

Information collection Respondents Total annual 

responses 

Hours per 

response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Tank Car Approvals ......................................................................................... 2 2 6.5 13 

AAR approval required when a tank car is proposed for commodity service 

other than specified on a certificate of construction .................................... 25 1200 0.167 200 

Annual tank car owner progress report to FRA .............................................. 100 100 1 100 

Compressed Gases and Cryogenic Liquids in Tank Cars and Multi Unit 

Tank Cars Reporting .................................................................................... 6 141 0.25 35 

Reporting to the Bureau of Explosives regarding any restrictions over any 

portion of its lines ......................................................................................... 34 51 0.333 17 

Nonconforming bulk packages must be repaired or approved from movement by the FRA .......................................................................................... 388 4,308 0.4 1,695 

FRA Approval for transportation of bulk packages containing a hazardous 

material in COFC or TOFC service ............................................................. 6 6 0.5 3 

Division 1.1 or 1.2 explosive material inspection and Car Certificate requirements ............................................................................................................ 25 600 0.333 200 

Record when a car seal is changed when the car is placarded with Division 

1.1 or 1.2 explosive materials ...................................................................... 34 170 0.166 28 

Initial marking, requalification marking, and requalification reporting requirements ............................................................................................................ 100 15,000 0.116 1,768 

Quality assurance program ............................................................................. 75 75 5.5 413 

Affected Public: Manufacturers, 

owners, and rail carriers of tank. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Total Number of Respondents: 795. 

Total Annual Responses: 21,653. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,472. 

Frequency of Collection: Annually. 

Title: Testing Requirements for NonBulk Packaging. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0572. 

Summary: These OMB control 

number describes the information 

collections in parts 173 and 180 of the 

HMR pertaining to the testing 

requirements for non-bulk packagings. 

This OMB control number covers 

performance-oriented packaging 

standards and allows packaging 

manufacturers and shippers more 

flexibility in selecting more economical 

packagings for their products. These 

information collections also allow 

customizing the design of packagings to 

better suit the transportation 

environment that they will encounter 

and encourages technological 

innovations, decreases packaging costs, 

and significantly reduces the need for 

special permits. These information 

collections specifically include: 

(1) Testing Requirements for NonBulk Packaging (Reporting): This 

information collection consists of 

various testing requirements that must 

be met by non-bulk packaging, 

depending on the type of material it will 

contain. These include thermal 

resistance tests for packaging 

transporting oxygen cylinders, 

leakproofness tests for liquid hazardous 

materials, hydrostatic pressure tests for 

metal, plastic, and composite 

containers, cooperage tests for bungtype wooden barrels, and additional 

testing for packaging intended to 

contain infectious substances. The 

specific tests required may vary based 

on the outer and inner packaging 

material used. 

(2) Additional Test Reports 

(Reporting): This information collection 

consists of the requirement to prepare 

and maintain a test report after each 

design qualification test or periodic 

retest of a packaging. The test report 

must be available to the user of the 

packaging or a representative of the 

DOT upon request and includes details 

such as the date, name, and address of 

the testing facility, packaging design 

type, maximum capacity, characteristics 

of test contents, and test descriptions 

and results. 

(3) Test Reports (Recordkeeping): This 

information collection requires that test 

report must be made available to a user 

of a packaging or a representative of the 

DOT, upon request. The test report 

includes information such as the date, 

name, and address of the testing facility, 

a description of the packaging design 

type, the maximum capacity, 

characteristics of test contents, and test 

descriptions and results. 

(4) Closure Instructions (Reporting): 

This information collection consists of 

the requirement for the manufacturer or 

certifier of non-bulk packaging to create 

closure instructions in accordance with 

§ 178.2(c). These instructions indicate 

the means of closure with which the 

package was tested and ensure that any 

subsequent shipper maintains the same 

level of safety when the package is 

closed for transportation of hazardous 

materials. 

(5) Closure Instructions 

(Recordkeeping): This information 

collection requires that the 

manufacturer or other person certifying 

compliance, along each subsequent 

distributor of the packaging, provide 

closure instructions to each person to 

whom the packaging is transferred, as 

well as any representative of the DOT, 

for inspection. 

The following is a list of the 

information collections and burden 

estimates associated with this OMB 

Control Number: 


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Information collection Respondents Total annual 

responses 

Hours per 

response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Testing Requirements for Non-Bulk Packaging—Reporting ........................... 5,000 15,000 2.016 30,250 

Additional Test Reports—Reporting ................................................................ 10 30 2 60 

Test Reports—Recordkeeping ........................................................................ 100 1,000 0.1 100 

Closure Instructions—Reporting ...................................................................... 500 500 2 1,000 

Closure Instructions—Recordkeeping ............................................................. 16,080 16,080 0.083 1,340 

Affected Public: Each non-bulk 

packaging manufacturer that tests 

packagings to ensure compliance with 

the HMR. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Total Number of Respondents: 21,690. 

Total Annual Responses: 32,610. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 32,750. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Title: Hazardous Materials Public 

Sector Training and Planning Grants. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0586. 

Summary: This OMB control number 

describes the information collections in 

parts 110 of the HMR pertaining to the 

procedures for reimbursable grants for 

public sector planning and training in 

support of the emergency planning and 

training efforts of States, Indian tribes, 

and local communities to manage 

hazardous materials emergencies, 

particularly those involving 

transportation. Sections in this part 

address information collection and 

recordkeeping with regard to applying 

for grants, monitoring expenditures, and 

reporting and requesting modifications. 

The following is a list of the 

information collections and burden 

estimates associated with this OMB 

Control Number: 

Information collection Respondents Total annual 

responses 

Hours per 

response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Hazardous Materials Grants Applications ....................................................... 62 62 83.26 5,162 

Affected Public: State and local 

governments, Indian Tribes. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Total Annual Respondents: 62. 

Annual Responses: 62. 

Annual Burden Hours: 5,162. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 23, 

2023. 

T. Glenn Foster, 

Chief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention 

Branch, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18617 Filed 8–28–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DOT–OST– 2023–0069] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: Office of the Departmental 

Chief Information Officer, Office of the 

Secretary of Transportation, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of a modified system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, the United States 

Department of Transportation proposes 

to rename, update and reissue a 

Department of Transportation (DOT) 

system of records notice titled, 

‘‘Department of Transportation, Federal 

Aviation Administration; DOT/FAA 854 

Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems 

(sUAS) Waivers and Authorizations.’’ 

The name of the SORN will be changed 

to ‘‘Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) 

Waivers and Authorizations’’. The 

modification of the system of records 

notice (hereafter referred to as ‘‘Notice’’) 

allows the Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) to collect and 

maintain records on individuals 

operating small unmanned aircraft 

systems (hereinafter ‘‘sUAS’’) who 

request and receive authorizations to fly 

their sUAS in controlled airspace or 

waivers to fly their sUAS outside of the 

requirements of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) and to review and 

approve Certificate of Waiver or 

Authorizations (COA) applications. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

September 28, 2023. The Department 

may publish an amended Systems of 

Records Notice (hereafter ‘‘Notice’’) in 

light of any comments received. This 

modified system will be effective 

immediately and the modified routine 

uses will be effective September 28, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number DOT–OST– 

2023–0069 by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Ave. SE, West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, between 9 

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

Friday, except Federal Holidays. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

Instructions: You must include the 

agency name and docket number DOT– 

OST–2023–0069. All comments 

received will be posted without change 

to https://www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received in 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.). You may 

review the Department of 

Transportation’s complete Privacy Act 

statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78), or you may visit http://

DocketsInfo.dot.gov. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov or to the street 

address listed above. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the docket. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions, please contact: Karyn 

Gorman, Departmental Chief Privacy 

Officer, Privacy Office, Department of 

Transportation, Washington, DC 20590; 

privacy@dot.gov; or 202–366–3140. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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