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• What would be the transportation 

implications of different settlement 

patterns? 

Respondents: Approximately 800 

respondents for survey 1 and 600 

respondents for survey 2. 

Frequency: One time. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 30 minutes per survey. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 

Approximate one time burden of 700 

hours. 

Electronic Access: Internet users may 

access all comments received by the 

U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL–401, by 

using the universal resource locator 

(URL): http://dms.dot.gov, 24 hours 

each day, 365 days each year. Please 

follow the instructions online for more 

information and help. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

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

and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued on: April 17, 2007. 

James R. Kabel, 

Chief, Management Programs and Analysis 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E7–7560 Filed 4–19–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2007–27950] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA has forwarded the 

information collection request described 

in this notice to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

renew an information collection. We 

published a Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day public comment period 

on this information collection on 

February 13, 2007. We are required to 

publish this notice in the Federal 

Register by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. 

DATES: Please submit comments by May 

21, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, 

within 30 days, to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Washington, DC, 

20503, Attention DOT Desk Officer. You 

are asked to comment on any aspect of 

this information collection, including: 

(1) Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the FHWA’s performance; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways for the FHWA to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the collected information; and 

(4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized, including the use of 

electronic technology, without reducing 

the quality of the collected information. 

All comments should include the 

Docket Number FHWA–2007–27950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob 

Bini, 202–366–6799, or Cynthia Hatley, 

202–493–0426, Office of Federal Lands 

Highway, Federal Highway 

Administration, Department of 

Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, 

SW., Washington, DC, 20590. Office 

hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Federal Lands Highway 

Program. 

OMB Control #: 2125–0598. 

Background: Title 23 U.S.C. 204 

requires the Secretary of Transportation 

and the Secretary of each appropriate 

Federal land management agency to 

develop, to the extent appropriate, 

safety, bridge, pavement, and congestion 

management systems for roads funded 

under the Federal Lands Highway 

Program (FLHP). A management system 

is a process for collecting, organizing, 

and analyzing data to provide a strategic 

approach to transportation planning, 

program development, and project 

selection. Its purposes are to improve 

transportation system performance and 

safety, and to develop alternative 

strategies for enhancing mobility of 

people and goods. This data collection 

clearance addresses the management 

systems for the National Park Service 

(NPS) and the Park Roads and Parkways 

(PRP) Program; Bureau of Indian Affairs 

(BIA) and the Indian Reservation Roads 

(IRR) Program; Fish and Wildlife 

Service (FWS) and the Refuge Roads 

(RR) Program; and Forest Service (FS) 

and the Forest Highway (FH) Program. 

Outputs from the management 

systems are important tools for the 

development of transportation plans 

and transportation improvement 

programs, and in making project 

selection decisions consistent with 23 

U.S.C. 204. Further, management system 

outputs also provide important 

information to the FHWA for their 

stewardship and oversight roles for the 

Park Roads and Parkways, Indian 

Reservation Roads, Refuge Roads, and 

Forest Highway Programs. The data 

collection required to implement these 

management systems supports the DOT 

Strategic Objectives of Safety, Mobility, 

Environmental Stewardship, and 

Organizational Excellence. The 

proposed data collection also directly 

supports the FHWA’s Vital Few 

Initiative of Safety, Congestion 

Mitigation, and Environmental 

Stewardship and Streamlining that 

represent the three most important 

strategic planning and performance 

goals for the agency. 

The National Park Service, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Fish and Wildlife 

Service, and Forest Service are 

continuing to implement the required 

management systems and the associated 

information collections. Completion of 

this phase-in of the management 

systems is expected to occur during the 

time period covered by this information 

collection, and the average annual 

burden estimates are based on expected 

increases in the overall burden over that 

time period. The management systems 

vary in complexity among the four 

agencies and reflect differences in the 

characteristics of the transportation 

systems involved such as size, 

ownership, and eligibility for inclusion 

in the program. These variations result 

in differences among the agencies in the 

expected number of respondents to the 

information collection, and in the 

anticipated time necessary to respond to 

the information collection. 

Typical information that might be 

collected for the management systems 

includes: 

• Traffic information including 

volumes, speeds, and vehicle 

classification; 

• Pavement features such as number 

of lanes, length, width, surface type, 

functional classification, and shoulder 

information; and pavement condition 

information such as roughness, distress, 

rutting, and surface friction; 

• Bridge features such as deck width, 

under/over-clearance, details of 

structural elements such as girders, 

joints, railings, bearings, abutments, and 

piers; and information on the condition 

of the bridge elements sufficient to 

describe the nature, extent, and severity 

of deterioration; 

• Safety information such as crash 

records, crash rates, and an inventory of 

safety appurtenances such as signs and 

guardrails; or 

• Congestion measures such as 

roadway level of service or travel delay. 

Respondents to the information 

collection might be collecting and 

submitting information in one or more 

of these categories for the portion of 

their transportation system that is 

covered under the FLHP. For example, 

this might include the collection and 

submission of information for State or 

county-owned roads that are Forest 

Highways, or Indian Reservation Roads 


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owned by Indian Tribal Governments. 

Typically, the respondents would 

collect information each year for the 

portion of their system. Burden 

estimates have been developed using 

this assumption combined with an 

estimate of the time needed to collect 

and provide the information. 

Respondents: The estimated average 

annual number of respondents for the 

management systems for each of the 

agencies addressed by this information 

collection is: The NPS management 

systems consist of 75 respondents. The 

breakdown is 35 States and 40 

Metropolitan Planning Organizations 

(MPOs), regional transportation 

planning agencies, counties, local or 

tribal governments. 

The BIA management system consists 

of 85 respondents. The breakdown is 35 

States and 50 MPOs, regional 

transportation planning agencies, 

counties, local or tribal governments. 

The FWS management system consists 

of 75 respondents. The breakdown is 35 

States and 40 MPOs, regional 

transportation planning agencies, 

counties, local or tribal governments. 

The FS management system consists of 

85 respondents. The breakdown is 35 

States and 50 MPOs, regional 

transportation planning agencies, 

counties, local or tribal governments. 

Frequency: Annual. 

Estimated Average Annual Burden 

per Response: 

NPS management systems—

Approximately 40 hours per 

respondent. 

BIA management systems—

Approximately 60 hours per 

respondent. 

FWS management systems—

Approximately 20 hours per 

respondent. 

FS management systems—

Approximately 60 hours per 

respondent. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: Total estimated average annual 

burden is 14,700 hours. 

Issued on: April 17, 2007. 

James R. Kabel, 

Chief, Management Programs and Analysis 

Division. 

[FR Doc. E7–7561 Filed 4–19–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–97–3001] 

Pipeline Safety: Notice of Availability 

of a Study on Burial of Submerged 

Pipelines 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), Department of Transportation 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of availability of study 

and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of PHMSA’s study titled 

‘‘Burial of Submerged Pipelines’’, which 

addresses the hazards to navigation 

from offshore submerged pipelines. 

PHMSA requests comments on the 

study to assist in evaluating the need for 

further analysis due to anticipated 

changes in the offshore environment. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted by 

May 21, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: The study is located in 

docket number PHMSA–97–3001. To 

submit comments, reference the docket 

number and use one of the following: 

• 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–97–3001, 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. Online 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 for 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: Joy 

Kadnar at (202) 366–0568, or by e-mail 

at joy.kadnar@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In July 1987, a fishing vessel struck 

and ruptured an eight-inch natural gas 

liquid pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico. 

The resulting explosion killed two 

crewmembers. In October 1989, a 

similar accident occurred in the Gulf of 

Mexico when a vessel struck a 16-inch 

gas pipeline. The resulting fire caused 

11 fatalities. 

The National Transportation Safety 

Board (NTSB) investigated these 

incidents and in 1990 issued safety 

recommendation number PS–90–29 to 

PHMSA, in 1990. The NTSB 

recommended PHMSA ‘‘develop and 

implement effective methods and 

requirements to bury, protect, and 

inspect the burial depth of, and 

maintain, all submerged pipelines in 

areas subject to damage by surface 

vessels and their operations.’’

PHMSA took immediate actions in 

response to this recommendation. In 

April 1990, PHMSA issued an Alert 

Notice to warn pipeline operators and 

the commercial fishing industry about 

the dangers of submerged pipelines. 

After completing extensive research, 

PHMSA developed a risk management 

profile for submerged pipelines. 

PHMSA also issued regulations 

requiring operators to develop and 

follow a procedure to identify and 

conduct periodic inspections of 

submerged pipelines in the Gulf of 

Mexico that pose a hazard to navigation 

(69 FR 48400; August 17, 2004). 

The NTSB expressed concern that the 

2004 final rule did not address offshore 

submerged pipelines outside the Gulf of 

Mexico, and requested that PHMSA 

further study these submerged 

pipelines. PHMSA recently completed 

the study to address the NTSB’s 

concern. The study found that since 


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