82294 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 197 / Thursday, October 10, 2024 / Notices 

[FR Doc. 2024–23406 Filed 10–9–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2024–0137] 

Pipeline Safety: Information Collection 

Activities 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

PHMSA invites public comments about 

PHMSA’s intention to request Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

approval to renew eight information 

collections that are scheduled to expire 

in 2025. PHMSA has reviewed each 

information collection and considers 

them vital to maintaining pipeline 

safety. As such, PHMSA will request 

renewal from OMB, without change, for 

each information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

December 9, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted in the following ways: 

E-Gov Website: http://

www.regulations.gov. This site allows 

the public to submit comments on any 

Federal Register notice issued by any 

agency. 

Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

(DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

West Building, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Delivery: Room W12–140 on the 

ground level of DOT, West Building, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC, between 9:00 a.m. and 

5:00 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: Identify the docket 

number, PHMSA–2024–0137, at the 

beginning of your comments. Note that 

all comments received will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. You 

should know that anyone is able to 

search the electronic form of all 

comments received into 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.). 

Therefore, you may want to review 

DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement 

in the Federal Register published on 

April 11, 2000, (65 FR 19477) or visit 

http://www.regulations.gov before 

submitting any such comments. 

Docket: For access to the docket or to 

read background documents or 

comments, go to http://

www.regulations.gov at any time or to 

Room W12–140 on the ground level of 

DOT, West Building, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 

9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. ET, Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

If you wish to receive confirmation of 

receipt of your written comments, 

please include a self-addressed, 

stamped postcard with the following 

statement: ‘‘Comments on: PHMSA– 

2024–0137.’’ The Docket Clerk will date 

stamp the postcard prior to returning it 

to you via the U.S. mail. Please note that 

due to delays in the delivery of U.S. 

mail to Federal offices in Washington, 

DC, we recommend that persons 

consider an alternative method 

(internet, fax, or professional delivery 

service) of submitting comments to the 

docket and ensuring their timely receipt 

at DOT. 

Privacy Act Statement: DOT may 

solicit comments from the public 

regarding certain general notices. DOT 

posts these comments, without edit, 

including any personal information the 

commenter provides, to 

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/ 

ALL—14 FDMS), which can be 

reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy. 

Confidential Business Information: 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

is commercial or financial information 

that is both customarily and actually 

treated as private by its owner. Under 

the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 

(5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt from 

public disclosure. If your comments 

responsive to this notice contain 

commercial or financial information 

that is customarily treated as private, 

that you actually treat as private, and 

that is relevant or responsive to this 

notice, it is important that you clearly 

designate the submitted comments as 

CBI. Pursuant to 49 CFR 190.343, you 

may ask PHMSA to give confidential 

treatment to information you give to the 

Agency by taking the following steps: 

(1) mark each page of the original 

document submission containing CBI as 

‘‘Confidential’’; (2) send PHMSA, along 

with the original document, a second 

copy of the original document with the 

CBI deleted; and (3) explain why the 

information you are submitting is CBI. 

Unless you are notified otherwise, 

PHMSA will treat such marked 

submissions as confidential under the 

FOIA, and they will not be placed in the 

public docket of this notice. 

Submissions containing CBI should be 

sent to Angela Hill, DOT, PHMSA, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE, PHP–30, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. Any 

commentary PHMSA receives that is not 

specifically designated as CBI will be 

placed in the public docket for this 

matter. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angela Hill by telephone at 202–366– 

1246 or by email at Angela.Hill@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 5, 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 

section 1320.8(d), requires PHMSA to 

provide interested members of the 

public and affected agencies the 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection and recordkeeping requests 

before they are submitted to OMB for 

approval. This notice identifies eight 

information collection requests that 

PHMSA will submit to OMB for renewal 

and requests comment from interested 

parties. The information collections 

(including their expiration dates) are as 

follows: (1) OMB control number 2137– 

0627, OPID Assignment Request and 

Registry Notifications (03/31/2025); (2) 

OMB control number 2137–0600, 

Qualification of Pipeline Safety Training 

(04/30/2025); (3) OMB control number 

2137–0605, Hazardous Liquid Integrity 

Management (04/30/2025); (4) OMB 

control number 2137–0622, Public 

Awareness Program (04/30/2025); (5) 

OMB control number 2137–0584, Gas 

and Liquid Pipeline Safety Program 

Certification (05/31/2025); (6) OMB 

control number 2137–0589, Response 

Plans for Onshore Oil Pipelines (9/30/ 

2025); (7) OMB control number 2137– 

0610, Gas Transmission Integrity 

Management in HCAs (09/30/2025); and 

(8) OMB 2137–0624, Control Room 

Management/Human Factors (09/30/ 

2025). 

The following information is provided 

for these information collections: (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 each of the following 

information collection activities. 

PHMSA requests comments on the 

following information: 

1. Title: OPID Assignment Request 

and Registry Notifications. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0627. 

Current Expiration Date: 3/31/2025. 


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Type of Request: Renewal with no 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Abstract: The National Registry of 

Pipeline and LNG Operators serves as 

the storehouse for the reporting 

requirements for an operator regulated 

or subject to reporting requirements 

under 49 CFR parts 192, 193, or 195. 

This mandatory information collection 

would require jurisdictional pipeline 

operators to submit the required data to 

register with the National Registry of 

Pipeline and LNG Operators and notify 

PHMSA when they experience 

significant asset changes, including new 

construction, that affect PHMSA’s 

ability to accurately monitor and assess 

pipeline safety performance. Certain 

types of changes to, or within, an 

operator’s facilities or pipeline network 

represent potential safety-altering 

activities for which PHMSA may need 

to inspect, investigate, or otherwise 

oversee to ensure that any public safety 

concerns are adequately and proactively 

addressed. The forms for assigning and 

maintaining Operator Identification 

(OPID) information are the Operator 

Assignment Request Form (PHMSA F 

1000.1) and Operator Registry 

Notification Form (PHMSA F 1000.2). 

The purpose of this information 

collection is to maintain an accurate 

assessment of the nation’s pipeline 

infrastructure and to be kept abreast of 

conditions that could potentially 

compromise the safety and economic 

viability of the U.S. pipeline system. 

Due to the provisions contained within 

the Safety of Gas Gathering Pipelines: 

Extension of Reporting Requirements, 

Regulation of Large, High-Pressure 

Lines, and Other Related Amendments 

final rule, gas gathering pipeline 

operators must now request OPIDs due 

to the repeal of the reporting exception 

for gathering pipelines other than 

regulated gathering lines as determined 

in § 192.8. PHMSA plans to adjust the 

burden for this information collection to 

account for this addition to the 

reporting community. 

Affected Public: Operators of natural 

gas and hazardous liquid pipeline 

systems and operators of liquefied 

natural gas facilities. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Estimated number of responses: 744. 

Estimated annual burden hours: 744. 

Frequency of collection: On occasion. 

2. Title: Qualification of Pipeline 

Safety Training. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0600. 

Current Expiration Date: 04/30/2025. 

Type of Request: Renewal with no 

change of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: 49 CFR part 192 subpart N 

and part 195 subpart G require all 

individuals who operate and maintain 

pipeline facilities to be qualified and 

keep records of qualification. The 

purpose of this mandatory information 

collection request is to ensure 

compliance with the record keeping 

requirements prescribed in the federal 

pipeline safety regulations. Pipeline 

operators must make and maintain the 

records as described and have those 

records available for compliance 

inspection by PHMSA staff upon 

request. Examples of such records 

include the identification of qualified 

individuals; identification of covered 

tasks; dates of current qualification; and 

qualification methods. Records 

supporting an individual’s current 

qualification shall be maintained while 

the individual is performing the covered 

task. Records of prior qualification and 

records of individuals no longer 

performing covered tasks shall be 

retained for a period of five years. 

Affected Public: Operators of PHMSAregulated pipelines. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Total Annual Responses: 29,172. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 7,293. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

3. Title: Hazardous Liquid Integrity 

Management. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0605. 

Current Expiration Date: 04/30/2025. 

Type of Request: Renewal with no 

change of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: Operators of Hazardous 

Liquid Pipelines are required to 

document the continual assessment and 

evaluation of their pipelines’ integrity 

through inspection or testing, as well as 

remedial preventive, and mitigative 

actions. In cases where a determination 

about pipeline threats has not been 

obtained within 180 days following the 

date of inspection, pipeline operators 

must notify PHMSA in writing and 

provide an expected date when 

adequate information will become 

available. Operators must also notify 

PHMSA if they are unable to assess their 

pipeline via an in-line inspection. 

Operators who choose to use an 

alternate assessment method must 

demonstrate that their pipeline is not 

capable of accommodating an in-line 

inspection tool and that the use of an 

alternative assessment method will 

provide a substantially equivalent 

understanding of the condition of the 

pipeline. This mandatory record 

keeping requirement supports the U.S. 

Department of Transportation’s 

‘‘SAFETY STRATEGIC GOAL’’ which 

targets three main strategic initiatives: 

managing risk and integrity, sharing 

responsibility, and providing effective 

stewardship. This goal enhances public 

health and safety by working toward the 

elimination of transportation-related 

deaths and injuries. This information is 

used by PHMSA to determine 

compliance with federal pipeline safety 

regulations and is also used by Agency 

and State Officials to assist federal and 

state pipeline safety inspectors who 

audit this information when they 

conduct compliance inspections and to 

provide background for failure 

investigations. 

Affected Public: Operators of 

hazardous liquid pipeline systems. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Estimated number of responses: 

10,515. 

Estimated annual burden hours: 

344,807. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

4. Title: Public Awareness Program. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0622. 

Current Expiration Date: 04/30/2025. 

Type of Request: Renewal with no 

change of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: This information collection 

request would require pipeline 

operators to develop and implement 

public awareness programs. The public 

awareness programs should establish 

communications and provide 

information necessary to enhance public 

understanding of how pipelines 

function and the public’s role in 

promoting pipeline safety. This 

mandatory information collection 

requires operators to submit their 

completed programs to PHMSA or, in 

the case of an intrastate pipeline facility 

operator, the appropriate State agency. 

The operator’s program documentation 

and evaluation results must also be 

available for periodic review by 

appropriate regulatory agencies. This 

information will be used by PHMSA to 

evaluate compliance with pipeline 

safety regulations. The purpose of the 

collection is to prevent the risks caused 

by unintentional pipeline releases and 

their impact on the public and the 

environment. 

Affected Public: Operators of natural 

gas and hazardous liquid pipelines. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Estimated number of responses: 

45,004. 

Estimated annual burden hours: 

517,546. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

5. Title: Gas and Liquid Pipeline 

Safety Program Certification. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0584. 

Current Expiration Date: 05/31/2025. 


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Type of Request: Renewal with no 

change of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: Section 60105 of 49 U.S.C. 

sets forth specific requirements a state 

must meet to qualify for certification 

status to assume regulatory and 

enforcement responsibility for intrastate 

pipelines, i.e., state adoption of 

minimum federal safety standards, state 

inspection of pipeline operators to 

determine compliance with the 

standards, and state provision for 

enforcement sanctions substantially the 

same as those authorized by chapter 

601, 49 U.S.C. A state must submit an 

annual certification to assume 

responsibility for regulating intrastate 

pipelines, and states who receive 

Federal grant funding must have 

adequate damage prevention plans and 

associated records in place. PHMSA 

uses this information to evaluate a 

state’s eligibility for Federal grants and 

to enforce regulatory compliance. This 

information collection request requires a 

participating state to annually submit a 

Gas Pipeline Safety Program 

Certification and/or a Hazardous Liquid 

Pipeline Safety Program Certification to 

PHMSA’s Office of Pipeline Safety 

(OPS) signifying compliance with the 

terms of the certification and to 

maintain records detailing a damage 

prevention plan for PHMSA inspectors 

whenever requested. The purpose of the 

collection is to exercise oversight of the 

grant program and to ensure that states 

are compliant with federal pipeline 

safety regulations. 

Affected Public: Operators of pipeline 

facilities. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Estimated number of responses: 117. 

Estimated annual burden hours: 

4,473. 

Frequency of collection: On occasion. 

6. Title: Response Plans for Onshore 

Oil Pipelines. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0589. 

Current Expiration Date: 09/30/2025. 

Type of Request: Renewal with no 

change of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: Title 49 CFR part 194 

requires an operator of an onshore oil 

pipeline facility to prepare and submit 

an oil spill response plan to PHMSA for 

review and approval. This mandatory 

recordkeeping requirement details 

operators’ plans to prepare for 

emergency situations involving oil 

spills. This mandatory information 

collection is used by PHMSA to 

determine if an operator is compliant 

with the requirements in part 194. Plans 

are submitted and/or updated annually. 

This information collection covers 

operators’ submission of facility 

response plans for onshore hazardous 

liquid pipeline facilities. 

Affected Public: Operators of onshore 

oil pipeline facilities. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Estimated number of responses: 540. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 

73,980. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

7. Title: Gas Transmission Integrity 

Management in High Consequence 

Areas. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0610. 

Current Expiration Date: 09/30/2025. 

Type of Request: Renewal with no 

change of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: This mandatory information 

collection request pertains to gas 

transmission operators jurisdictional to 

49 CFR part 192 subpart O Gas 

Transmission Integrity Management 

Program. The information collection 

requires gas transmission operators in 

high consequence areas to maintain a 

written integrity management program 

and keep records that demonstrate 

compliance with 49 CFR part 192 

subpart O. Operators must maintain 

their integrity management records for 

the life of the pipeline, and PHMSA or 

State regulators may review it as a part 

of inspections. Gas transmission 

operators are also required to report to 

PHMSA certain actions related to their 

integrity management program. This 

information collection supports the 

DOT strategic goal of safety by reducing 

the number of incidents in natural gas 

transmission pipelines. 

Affected Public: Operators of gas 

transmission pipeline systems. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Estimated Number of Responses: 733. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 

1,018,807. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

8. Title: Control Room Management/ 

Human Factors. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0624. 

Current Expiration Date: 09/30/2025. 

Type of Request: Renewal with no 

change of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: Operators of gas and 

hazardous liquid pipelines must 

develop, implement, and submit a 

human factors management plans 

designed to reduce risk associated with 

human factors in each control room. 

This mandatory record keeping 

requirement supports the U.S. 

Department of Transportation’s 

‘‘SAFETY STRATEGIC GOAL’’ which 

targets three main strategic initiatives: 

managing risk and integrity, sharing 

responsibility, and providing effective 

stewardship. This goal enhances public 

health and safety by working toward the 

elimination of transportation-related 

deaths and injuries. The information is 

used by PHMSA to determine 

compliance with federal pipeline safety 

regulations and is also used by Agency 

and State Officials to assist federal and 

state pipeline safety inspectors who 

audit this information when they 

conduct compliance inspections and to 

provide background for failure 

investigations. 

Affected Public: Operators of natural 

gas and hazardous liquid pipeline 

systems. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

11,656. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 

127,328. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Comments are invited on: 

(a) The need for the renewal and 

revision of these collections 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. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

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

amended; and 49 CFR 1.48. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 3, 

2024, under authority delegated in 49 CFR 

1.97. 

John A. Gale, 

Director, Standards and Rulemaking Division. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

Hazardous Materials: Notice of 

Applications for Modification to 

Special Permits 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 


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