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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 203 (Monday, October 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84244-84246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24294]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2024-0056 (Notice No. 2024-12)]

Hazardous Materials: Information Collection Activities

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), 
DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces that the Information Collection Requests (ICRs) 
discussed below will be forwarded to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for renewal and extension. These ICRs describe the nature 
of the information collections and their expected burdens. A Federal 
Register notice and request for comments with a 60-day comment period 
on these ICRs was published in the Federal Register on May 10, 2024 
under Docket No. PHMSA-2024-0056 (Notice No. 2024-08). PHMSA received 
no comments in response to this notice.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
November 20, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    We invite comments on: (1) whether the proposed collection of 
information is 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 proposed information collection; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways 
to minimize the

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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 https://www.regulations.gov or DOT's Docket 
Operations Office (see ADDRESSES).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Andrews or Nina Vore, Standards 
and Rulemaking Division, (202) 366-8553, [email protected], 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 the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration (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 PHMSA will be submitting to 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). 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 each information collection activity and will 
publish a notice in the Federal Register upon OMB's approval. PHMSA 
requests comments on the following information collections:
    Title: Flammable Cryogenic Liquids.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0542.
    Summary: Provisions in Sec.  177.840(a)(2) specify certain safety 
procedures and documentation requirements for drivers of motor vehicles 
transporting flammable cryogenic liquids. This information allows the 
driver to take appropriate remedial actions to prevent a catastrophic 
release of the flammable cryogenics should the temperature of the 
material begin to rise excessively or if the travel time will exceed 
the safe travel time. These requirements are intended to ensure a high 
level of safety when transporting flammable cryogenics due to their 
extreme flammability and high compression ratio when in a liquid state. 
The following information collections and their burdens are associated 
with this OMB Control Number.

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                                                         Total annual                              Total annual
        Information collection            Respondents      responses        Time per response      burden hours
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Flammable Cryogenic Liquids--Reporting             175          18,200  3.5 minutes.............           1,062
Flammable Cryogenic Liquids--                      175          18,200  30 seconds..............             152
 Recordkeeping.
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    Affected Public: Carriers of cryogenic materials.
    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
    Number of Respondents: 350.
    Total Annual Responses: 36,400.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,214.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Title: Response Plans for Shipments of Oil.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0591.
    Summary: Under authority of the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, as amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et 
seq.), PHMSA issued regulations in 49 CFR part 130 that require 
preparation of written spill response plans. The following information 
collections and their burdens are associated with this OMB Control 
Number.

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                                                         Total annual                              Total annual
        Information collection            Respondents      responses        Time per response      burden hours
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Basic Written Response Plan--New Plans              80              80  33 hours................           2,640
Basic Written Response Plan--Updating            7,920           7,920  1 hour..................           7,920
 Plans.
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    Affected Public: Carriers that transport oil in bulk, by motor 
vehicle or rail.
    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
    Number of Respondents: 8,000.
    Total Annual Responses: 8,000.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 10,560.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Title: Requirements for United Nations (UN) Cylinders.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0621.
    Summary: This information collection and recordkeeping burden is 
the result of efforts to amend the HMR to adopt standards for the 
design, construction, maintenance, and use of cylinders and multiple-
element gas containers (MEGCs) based on the standards contained in the 
UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods. Aligning the 
HMR with the UN Recommendations promotes flexibility, permits the use 
of technological advances for the manufacture of the pressure 
receptacles, provides for a broader selection of pressure receptacles, 
reduces the need for special permits, and facilitates international 
commerce in the transportation of compressed gases. Information 
collection requirements address domestic and international 
manufacturers of cylinders that request approval by the approval agency 
for cylinder design types. The approval process for each cylinder 
design type includes review, filing, and recordkeeping of the approval 
application. The approval agency is required to maintain a set of the 
approved drawings and calculations for each design it reviews and a 
copy of each initial design type approval certificate approved by the 
Associate Administrator for the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety 
for not less than 20 years. The following information collections and 
their burdens are associated with this OMB Control Number.

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                                                         Total annual                              Total annual
        Information collection            Respondents      responses        Time per response      burden hours
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UN Pressure Receptacle Approval--New                35              35  6 hours.................             210
 Request.
UN Pressure Receptacle Approval--                  100             100  6 hours.................             600
 Modified Request.
UN Pressure Receptacle Approval--                   75              75  6 minutes...............               8
 Recordkeeping.
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    Affected Public: Fillers, owners, users, and retesters of UN 
cylinders.
    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
    Number of Respondents: 210.
    Total Annual Responses: 210.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 818.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on October, 16, 2024, under authority 
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Alexander Ronald Wolcott,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention Branch, Office of 
Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-24294 Filed 10-18-24; 8:45 am]
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