33974 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 138 / Wednesday, July 18, 2018 / Notices 

Issued on: July 13, 2018. 

Christopher Gatchell, 

Director, Office of Engineering, Federal 

Highway Administration, New York Division. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15416 Filed 7–16–18; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics 

[Docket Number: DOT–OST–2017–0043] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activity; Response to Comments on 

Notice of Request for Approval To 

Collect New Information: Oil and Gas 

Industry Safety Data Program 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Research and Technology 

(OST–R), Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics (BTS), U.S. Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: 30-day Notice and Response to 

Comments. 

SUMMARY: On May 7, 2019, the Bureau 

of Transportation Statistics (BTS) 

announced its intention in a Federal 

Register Notice (83 FR 20139) to request 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approve the following 

information collection: Voluntary Oil 

and Gas Industry Safety Data Program. 

The Oil and Gas Industry Safety Data 

(ISO) program, is a component of BTS’s 

SafeOCS data sharing framework, that 

provides a trusted, proactive means for 

the oil and gas industry to report 

sensitive and proprietary safety 

information, and to identify early 

warnings of safety problems and 

potential safety issues by uncovering 

hidden, at-risk conditions not 

previously exposed from analysis of 

reportable accidents and incidents. The 

ISD identifies a broader range of data 

categories to ensure safe performance 

and appropriate risk management, 

which adds a learning component to 

assist the oil and gas industry in 

achieving improved safety performance. 

At that time, BTS also encouraged 

interested parties to submit comments 

to docket number DOT–OST–2017– 

0043, allowing for a 60-day comment 

period. The comment period closed on 

July 7, 2018. BTS received two nonrelevant comments from the anonymous 

public entities. The purpose of this 

Notice is to respond to the comments 

received on the May 7, 2018 

announcement and allow 30 days for 

public comment to OMB on this 

collection from all interested 

individuals and organizations. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by August 17, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: BTS seeks public comments 

on its proposed information collection. 

Comments should address whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

the accuracy of the estimated burden 

hours 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. 

Send comments to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention: BTS Desk Officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Demetra V. Collia, Bureau of 

Transportation Statistics, Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Research and 

Technology, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Office of Statistical and 

Economic Analysis, RTS–31, E36–302, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001; Phone No. 

(202) 366–1610; Fax No. (202) 366– 

3383; email: demetra.collia@dot.gov. 

Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 

p.m., EST, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Data Confidentiality Provisions: The 

confidentiality of oil and gas industry 

safety data information submitted to 

BTS is protected under the BTS 

confidentiality statute (49 U.S.C. 6307) 

and the Confidential Information 

Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act 

(CIPSEA) of 2002 (Pub. L. 107–347, Title 

V.) In accordance with these 

confidentiality statutes, only statistical 

(aggregated) and non-identifying data 

will be made publicly available by BTS 

through its reports. BTS will not release 

to the Bureau of Safety and 

Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), or 

to any other public or private entity, any 

information that might reveal the 

identity of individuals or organizations 

mentioned in failure notices or reports 

without explicit consent of the 

respondent and any other affected 

entities. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. The Data Collection 

The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. chapter 35; as amended) and 

5 CFR part 1320 require each Federal 

agency to obtain OMB approval to 

initiate an information collection 

activity. BTS is seeking OMB approval 

for the following BTS information 

collection activity: 

Title: Oil and Gas Industry Safety Data 

(ISD) Program. 

OMB Control Number: TBD. 

Type of Review: Approval of data 

collection. 

Respondent: Oil and gas industry 

companies involved in the exploration 

and/or productions working in the Gulf 

of Mexico (GOM). 

Number of Potential Responses: One 

hundred. 

Estimated Time per Response: 40 

hours. 

Frequency: Annual. 

Total Annual Burden: 400 hours. 

II. Public Participation and Request for 

Public Comments 

On May 7, 2018, BTS published a 

Notice (83 FR 20139) encouraging 

interested parties to submit comments 

to docket number DOT–OST–2017–0043 

and allowing for a 60-day comment 

period. The comment period closed on 

July 6, 2018. There were two comments 

non-relevant to the topic of the Notice. 

To view comments, go to http://

www.regulations.gov and insert the 

docket number, ‘‘DOT–OST–2017– 

0043’’ in the ‘‘search’’ box and click 

‘‘Search.’’ Next click ‘‘Open Docket 

Folder’’ button and choose document 

listed to review. If you do not have 

access to the internet, you may view the 

docket by visiting the Docket 

Management Facility in Room W 12– 

140 on the ground floor of the DOT 

West Building, 1200 New Jersey Ave SE, 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Privacy Act 

All comments the BTS received were 

posted without change to http://

www.regulations.gov. Anyone may 

search the electronic form of all 

comments received into any of our 

dockets by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or of the 

person signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.) You may 

review DOT’ s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on January 17, 2008 (73 FR 

3316), or you may visit http://

edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8- 

785.pdf). 

III. Discussion of Public Comments and 

BTS Responses 

BTS announced on May 7, 2018 in a 

Federal Register Notice (83 FR 20139) 

its intention to request that OMB 

approve the new collection of: Oil and 

Gas Industry Safety Data Program. BTS 

received no relevant comment during 

the 60-day public comment period. The 

May 7th notice stated that the BTS was 

seeking approval to collect Industry 

Safety Data information. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 138 / Wednesday, July 18, 2018 / Notices 33975 

Dated: July 11, 2018. 

Patricia Hu, 

Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research 

and Technology U.S. Department of 

Transportation. 

[FR Doc. 2018–15316 Filed 7–17–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade 

Bureau 

[Docket No. TTB–2018–0001] 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request (No. 70) for Chemist 

Certification Program 

AGENCY: Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and 

Trade Bureau, Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: As part of our continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, and as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade 

Bureau (TTB) invites comments on the 

proposed information collection 

associated with its chemist certification 

program. 

DATES: Comments are due on or before 

September 17, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: As described below, you 

may send comments on the proposed 

information collection using the 

‘‘Regulations.gov’’ online comment form 

for this document, or you may send 

written comments via U.S. mail or hand 

delivery. TTB no longer accepts public 

comments via email or fax. 

• https://www.regulations.gov: Use 

the comment form for this document 

posted within Docket No. TTB–2018– 

0001 on ‘‘Regulations.gov,’’ the Federal 

e-rulemaking portal, to submit 

comments via the internet; 

• U.S. Mail: Michael Hoover, 

Regulations and Rulings Division, 

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade 

Bureau, 1310 G Street NW, Box 12, 

Washington, DC 20005. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier in Lieu of 

Mail: Michael Hoover, Alcohol and 

Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, 1310 G 

Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 

20005. 

Please reference the proposed 

information collection’s title in your 

comment. You may view copies of this 

document and all comments received in 

response to this document within 

Docket No. TTB–2018–0001 at https://

www.regulations.gov. A link to that 

docket is posted on the TTB website at 

https://www.ttb.gov/forms/comment-onform.shtml. You may also obtain paper 

copies of this document and any 

comments received in response to this 

document by contacting Michael Hoover 

at the addresses or telephone number 

shown below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Hoover, Alcohol and Tobacco 

Tax and Trade Bureau, 1310 G Street 

NW, Box 12, Washington, DC 20005; 

telephone (202) 453–1039, ext. 135; or 

email informationcollections@ttb.gov 

(please do not submit comments on the 

proposed information collection to this 

email address). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Request for Comments 

As required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 

et seq.), the Department of the Treasury 

and its Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and 

Trade Bureau (TTB), as part of a 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, invite the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies to comment on the proposed 

information collection associated with 

TTB’s chemist certification program. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be included or 

summarized in our request for Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval of the proposed information 

collection. All comments are part of the 

public record and subject to disclosure. 

Please do not include any confidential 

or inappropriate material in comments. 

In particular, we invite comments on: 

(a) Whether the information collection 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the agency’s functions, including 

whether the information has practical 

utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the information collection’s 

burden; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information 

collected; (d) ways to minimize the 

information collection’s burden on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

and (e) estimates of capital or start-up 

costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide the requested information. 

Chemist Certification Information 

Collection 

Currently, we are seeking comments 

on the following information collection: 

Title: Applications, Notices, and 

Record Related to the Voluntary 

Chemist Certification Program for the 

Analysis of Wine, Distilled Spirits, and 

Beer for Export. 

OMB Number: 1513–NEW. 

Abstract: The TTB chemist 

certification program, established under 

the authority of section 105(e) of the 

Federal Alcohol Administration Act 

(FAA Act; 27 U.S.C. 205(e)), is a 

voluntary program that certifies private 

industry chemists to analyze alcohol 

beverages and report the results of 

specific chemical analyses on alcohol 

beverages to the governments of 

importing countries. As a condition of 

importation, some countries require that 

their own government laboratories (or 

laboratories certified by their 

government) perform these analyses, 

while other countries allow a person 

certified by the government of the 

exporting country to perform the 

analyses. TTB conducts its chemist 

certification program as a service to the 

alcohol beverage industry to facilitate 

the export of domestic alcohol beverage 

products. This certification program 

helps ensure that chemists, enologists, 

brewers, and technicians (referred to in 

this document collectively as 

‘‘chemists’’) generate quality data and 

have the required proficiencies to 

conduct chemical analyses associated 

with exportation of alcohol beverages 

from the United States. 

The information collected under 

TTB’s chemist certification program 

includes: Letterhead applications for 

chemist certification and supporting 

documentation such as copies of 

diplomas, transcripts, accreditation 

certificates, and laboratory verification 

statements; results of qualifying 

analyses of TTB-supplied alcohol 

beverage samples made by applicants; 

and miscellaneous letterhead 

applications and notices to TTB such as 

applications and supporting documents 

related to requests for certification in 

additional types of analysis, requests for 

TTB-affirmed reports of analysis, and 

notices of changes in employment place 

or status. TTB believes the burden 

associated with the application portion 

of this information collection is minimal 

and is the minimum necessary to ensure 

that certified chemists are professionally 

qualified to conduct analyses of alcohol 

beverages for export purposes. 

Certified chemists also must retain, 

and allow TTB inspection of, records of 

all analysis results conducted under the 

authority of a TTB certificate, for a 

period of up to two years. In addition, 

the laboratories of certified chemists 

must retain for a similar period, and 

allow TTB inspection of, records related 

to laboratory equipment, laboratory 

quality control policies, procedures and 

systems, analyst training and 

competence, and analysis records 

pertaining to certified tests. TTB 

believes that the required records are 


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