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the driver looking at a device, 

manipulating a device-related control 

with the driver’s hand, and watching for 

visual feedback). 

The proposed NHTSA Guidelines list 

certain secondary, non-driving related 

tasks that, based on NHTSA’s research, 

are believed by the agency to interfere 

inherently with a driver’s ability to 

safely control the vehicle. The 

Guidelines recommend that those invehicle devices be designed so that they 

cannot be used by the driver to perform 

such tasks while the driver is driving. 

For all other secondary, non-drivingrelated visual-manual tasks, the NHTSA 

Guidelines specify a test method for 

measuring the impact of performing 

those tasks on driving safety and timebased acceptance criteria for assessing 

whether a task interferes too much with 

driver attention to be suitable to be 

performed while driving. If a task does 

not meet the acceptance criteria, the 

NHTSA Guidelines recommend that invehicle devices be designed so that the 

task cannot be performed by the driver 

while driving. 

In addition to identifying inherently 

distracting tasks and providing a means 

for measuring and evaluating the level 

of distraction associated with other nondriving-related tasks, the NHTSA 

Guidelines set forth several design 

recommendations for in-vehicle devices 

in order to minimize their potential for 

distraction. 

The proposed NHTSA Guidelines 

were published in the Federal Register 

on February 24, 2012 (77 FR 11200) and 

are available on the Web pages listed 

above under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT and also in the rulemaking 

docket. The notice is also available at 

http://www.nhtsa.gov/staticfiles/

rulemaking/pdf/Distraction_NPFG-0216

2012.pdf. 

Background information concerning 

the proposal in particular and the 

problem of distracted driving in general 

is available at http://www.nhtsa.gov/ 

About+NHTSA/Press+Releases/2012/

U.S.+Department+of+

Transportation+Proposes+

’Distraction’+Guidelines

+for+Automakers and at http:// 

www.distraction.gov/. 

The purpose of the public technical 

workshop is to provide interested 

parties with an opportunity to discuss 

issues relevant to the technical aspects 

of NHTSA’s Visual-Manual Driver 

Distraction Guidelines. The workshop 

will include brief NHTSA presentations 

outlining the content and basis of the 

proposed Guidelines. The workshop 

will be held in a lab environment. 

Technical Workshop Procedures. 

Because the technical workshop will be 

located in a lab environment, NHTSA 

requests that the number of those 

attending from each affiliation be held 

to a minimum. For security purposes, 

photo identification is required to enter 

NHTSA’s Vehicle Research and Test 

Center. 

NHTSA will conduct the workshop 

informally. Thus, technical rules of 

evidence will not apply. There will be 

an opportunity for attendees to make 

presentations and ask NHTSA staff 

questions related to the technical 

aspects of the proposed Guidelines. 

Once NHTSA establishes how many 

people have registered to make 

presentations at the workshop, we will 

allocate an appropriate amount of time 

to each participant, allowing time for 

necessary breaks. In addition, we will 

reserve a block of time for anyone else 

in the audience who wants to make a 

presentation. 

For planning purposes, each speaker 

should anticipate speaking for 

approximately 15–20 minutes, although 

we may need to shorten that time if 

there is a large turnout. We will 

accommodate your requested 

presentation time to the extent we can, 

consistent with the other requests we 

receive. We request that you bring three 

copies of your statement or other 

material (e.g., film clips and slides) so 

that it can be placed into the docket. 

If you plan to use technological aids 

(e.g., audio-visuals, computer 

slideshows), you must notify the contact 

person in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section above in advance of the 

meeting and make advance 

arrangements with that person regarding 

the use of any aids in order to facilitate 

set-up. 

Presenters wishing to provide 

supplementary information should 

submit it by the April 24th deadline for 

written comments. Written statements 

and supporting information submitted 

during the comment period will be 

considered with the same weight as oral 

comments and supporting information 

presented at the technical workshop. 

Issued on March 9, 2012. 

David L. Strickland, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6266 Filed 3–12–12; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2011–0342] 

Pipeline Safety: Information Collection 

Activities 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: On December 27, 2011, in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, PHMSA 

published a notice with request for 

comments in the Federal Register (76 

FR 81013). The notice regards the 

renewal of an information collection 

titled, ‘‘Gas Pipeline Safety Program 

Certification and Hazardous Liquid 

Pipeline Safety Program Certification,’’ 

and identified under Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) control 

number 2137–0584. PHMSA received 

no comments on the notice and is now 

forwarding the information collection 

request to OMB for approval and 

providing an additional 30 days for 

comments. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 16, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding 

the burden estimate, including 

suggestions for reducing the burden, 

directly to OMB, Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: Desk 

Officer for the U.S. Department of 

Transportation (PHMSA), 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 DOT, 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 titled, ‘‘Gas Pipeline 

Safety Program Certification and 

Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety 

Program Certification’’ (OMB control 

number 2137–0584). 

PHMSA notes that the Federal 

Register notice published on December 

27, 2011, contained a clerical error. 

Specifically, the notice inadvertently 


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identified the burden hour estimated for 

the information collection at ‘‘3,820’’. 

As reflected in this notice, the correct 

burden hour estimate for the 

information collection is ‘‘3,920’’. 

The following information is provided 

for the information collection: (1) Title 

of the information collection; (2) OMB 

control number; (3) Current expiration 

date; (4) Type of request; (5) Abstract of 

the information collection activity; (6) 

Description of affected public; (7) 

Estimate of total annual reporting and 

recordkeeping burden; and (8) 

Frequency of collection. PHMSA will 

request a three-year term of approval for 

the information collection activity. 

PHMSA requests comments on the 

following information collection: 

Title: Gas Pipeline Safety Program 

Certification and Hazardous Liquid 

Pipeline Safety Program Certification. 

OMB control number: 2137–0584. 

Current Expiration Date: 6/30/2012. 

Abstract: A state must submit an 

annual certification to assume 

responsibility for regulating intrastate 

pipelines, and certain records must be 

maintained to demonstrate that the state 

is ensuring satisfactory compliance with 

the pipeline safety regulations. PHMSA 

uses this information to evaluate a 

state’s eligibility for Federal grants. 

Affected Public: State and local 

governments. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Total Annual Responses: 67. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 3,920. 

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. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 8, 

2012. 

John A. Gale, 

Director, Office of Standards and 

Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6206 Filed 3–14–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

Notice of Application for Special 

Permits 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: List of Applications for Special 

Permits. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

procedures governing the application 

for, and the processing of, special 

permits from the Department of 

Transportation’s Hazardous Material 

Regulations (49 CFR part 107, subpart 

B), notice is hereby given that the Office 

of Hazardous Materials Safety has 

received the application described 

herein. Each mode of transportation for 

which a particular special permit is 

requested is indicated by a number in 

the ‘‘Nature of Application’’ portion of 

the table below as follows: 1—Motor 

vehicle, 2—Rail freight, 3—Cargo vessel, 

4—Cargo aircraft only, 5—Passengercarrying aircraft. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 16, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Address Comments To: 

Record Center, Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration U.S. 

Department of Transportation 

Washington, DC 20590. Comments 

should refer to the application number 

and be submitted in triplicate. If 

confirmation of receipt of comments is 

desired, include a self-addressed 

stamped postcard showing the special 

permit number. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of the applications are 

available for inspection in the Records 

Center, East Building, PHH–30, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue Southeast, 

Washington DC or at http:// 

regulations.gov. 

This notice of receipt of applications 

for special permit is published in 

accordance with Part 107 of the Federal 

hazardous materials transportation law 

(49 U.S.C. 5117(b); 49 CFR 1.53(b)). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 8, 

2012. 

Donald Burger, 

Chief, General Approvals and Permits. 

Applicant No. Docket No. Applicant Regulation(s) affected Nature of special permits thereof 

New Special Permits 

15547–N ...... Southern California Edison 

(SCE) Chino, CA.

49 CFR 172.101 Column 

(9B), 172.204(c)(3), 

173.27(b)(2) and 

175.30(a)(1) in that the 

explosives are forbidden 

by cargo aircraft.

To authorize the transportation in commerce of certain 

forbidden explosives in sling load operations in remote areas of the US without being subject to hazard communication requirements, quantity limitations, and certain loading and stowage requirements. (mode 4) 

15559–N ...... Colorado Mountain Helicopters, LLC dba New 

Air Helicopters Logan, 

UT.

49 CFR 49 CFR 172.101 

Column (9B), 172.200, 

172.204 (c)(3), 172.301 

(c), 173.27 (b)(2), 175.30 

(a)(1), 175.33, 175.75, 

178.

To authorize the transportation in commerce of certain 

forbidden explosives in sling load operations in remote areas of the US without being subject to hazard communication requirements, quantity limitations, and certain loading and stowage requirements. (mode 4) 

15566–N ...... Lake and Peninsula Airlines, Inc. Port Alsworth, 

AK.

49 CFR 173.302(f)(3) and 

(f)(4).

To authorize the transportation in commerce of certain 

cylinders of compressed oxygen, when no other 

practical means of transportation exist, without their 

outer packaging being capable of passing the Flame 

Penetration and Resistance Test and the Thermal 

Resistance Test. (modes 4, 5) 

15568–N ...... ATK Launch Systems 

Corinne, UT.

49 CFR 172.101(b) ........... To authorize the transportation in commerce soils containing solid explosive compounds (not greater than 

3%) in bulk. (mode 1) 


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