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practice API 1130 ‘‘Computational 

Pipeline Monitoring for Liquid 

Pipelines’’ (API 1130). PHMSA is not 

proposing any revisions to these areas of 

the information collection. 

D. Summary of Impacted Collection 

The following information is provided 

for this information collection: (1) Title 

of the information collection; (2) OMB 

control number; (3) Type of request; (4) 

Abstract of the information collection 

activity; (5) Description of affected 

public; (6) Estimate of total annual 

reporting and recordkeeping burden; 

and (7) Frequency of collection. PHMSA 

will request a three-year term of 

approval for this information collection 

activity. PHMSA requests comments on 

the following information collection: 

Title: Transportation of Hazardous 

Liquids by Pipeline: Recordkeeping and 

Accident Reporting. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0047. 

Current Expiration Date: 7/31/2015. 

Type of Request: Revision. 

Abstract: This information collection 

covers recordkeeping and accident 

reporting by hazardous liquid pipeline 

operators who are subject to 49 CFR part 

195. Section 195.50 specifies the 

definition of an ‘‘accident’’ and the 

reporting criteria for submitting a 

Hazardous Liquid Accident Report 

(form PHMSA F7000–1) is detailed in 

§ 195.54. PHMSA is proposing to revise 

the form PHMSA F7000–1 instructions 

for editorial and clarification purposes. 

Affected Public: Hazardous liquid 

pipeline operators. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Annual Responses: 897. 

Annual Burden Hours: 52,429. 

Frequency of collection: On Occasion. 

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 January 30, 

2015. 

Alan K. Mayberry, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy 

and Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02148 Filed 2–3–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

Pipeline Safety: Renewal requests for 

Special Permit 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA); DOT. 

ACTION: This Notice pertains to the 

renewal requests for Special Permits 

with the following Docket Numbers: 

PHMSA–2008–0213 Empire Pipeline Inc. 

PHMSA–2005–20323 Northern Natural Gas 

Company 

PHMSA–2006–26614 Northern Natural Gas 

Company 

PHMSA–2008–0141 Northern Natural Gas 

Company 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

pipeline safety laws, PHMSA is 

publishing this notice of multiple 

special permit renewal requests that we 

have received from two natural gas 

transmission pipeline operators, seeking 

relief from compliance with certain 

requirements in the Federal pipeline 

safety regulations. This notice seeks 

public comments on these requests, 

including comments on any safety or 

environmental impacts the renewal of 

these special permits would have. For 

each listed Special Permit renewal 

request, an Environmental Assessment 

is available for review and comment in 

the respective dockets. At the 

conclusion of the 30-day comment 

period, PHMSA will evaluate the 

comments received and the technical 

analysis of the renewal requests to 

determine whether to grant or deny the 

renewal requests. 

DATES: Submit any comments regarding 

these special permit requests by March 

6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference 

the specific docket number for which 

the comment applies. Comments may be 

submitted in the following ways: 

• At the 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. 

• By Mail: Docket Management 

System: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. 

• By Hand Delivery: DOT Docket 

Management System: U.S. Department 

of Transportation, Docket Operations, 

M–30, West Building Ground Floor, 

Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590 

between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

Instructions: At the beginning of your 

comments, please identify the docket 

number for the special permit renewal 

request you are commenting on. If you 

submit your comments by mail, please 

submit two copies. To receive 

confirmation that PHMSA has received 

your comments, please include a selfaddressed stamped postcard. Internet 

users may submit comments at http:// 

www.Regulations.gov. 

Note: Please read the privacy statement 

published on http://www.Regulations.gov. 

Comments, including any personal 

information provided, are posted without 

changes or edits to http:// 

www.Regulations.gov. 

Contacts for general or technical 

information: 

General: Kay McIver by telephone at 

(202) 366–0113; or by email at 

kay.mciver@dot.gov. 

Technical: Steve Nanney by telephone 

at (713) 272–2855; or by email at 

steve.nanney@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA 

has received the following special 

permit renewal requests from two 

pipeline operators who seek relief from 

compliance with certain federal 

pipeline safety regulations. Each request 

includes a technical analysis provided 

by the respective operators, and filed 

under the original issued special permit 

number in the Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) at http:// 

www.Regulations.gov. PHMSA invites 

interested persons to participate by 

reviewing these special permit renewal 

requests and submitting written 

comments, data or other views in the 

FDMS. Please include comments on any 

potential environmental impacts that 

may result if these special permit 

renewals are granted. 

Details of Special Permit renewals 

received: 

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1CNOTP states that, following abandonment, 

CNOTP intends to convey the Line, its legal rights 

to the right-of-way, in addition to six bridges that 

are located on the Line, to KT Group, L.L.C. (the 

Group). CNOTP also states that the Group will be 

required, by contract, to abide by all of the Board’s 

environmental conditions when performing salvage 

activities on the Line. 

Docket No. Requesters Regulations affected Nature of special permit 

PHMSA–2008– 

0213.

Empire Pipeline Inc 49 CFR 192.611 .... To reauthorize Empire Pipeline Inc., (Empire) to continue its operation as defined in the original Special Permit issued on May 20, 2010, for the operation 

of five pipeline segments located in Genesee, Niagara and Monroe Counties 

in western and central New York, where the class location has changed from 

a Class 1 or Class 2 to Class 3 location. The Special Permit renewal request 

seeks to waive compliance from certain Federal regulations found in 49 CFR 

192.611. The segments operate at an MAOP of 1,440 psig. In addition, Empire is requesting that it be allowed to extend the Special permit area of Section 5 by approximately 840 feet. 

PHMSA–2005– 

20323.

Northern Natural 

Gas Company.

49 CFR 

192.625(b)(1).

To reauthorize Northern Natural Gas Company to continue its operation as defined in the original Special Permit issued on April 10, 2010, for the nonodorization of a pipeline lateral. The Special Permit renewal request seeks to 

waive compliance from certain Federal regulations found in 49 CFR 

192.625(b)(1) for the exclusion from installing odorization equipment on Special Permit Segment 1: the 23⁄8-inch diameter Rippey branch line (500 psig) 

located near Highway 44 in Greene County, Iowa and; Special Permit Segment 2: the 41⁄2-inch diameter (1,885 feet length, 800 psig) La Crescent 

branch line located in Houston County, Minnesota. 

PHMSA–2006– 

26614.

Northern Natural 

Gas Company.

49 CFR 

192.625(b)(1).

To reauthorize Northern Natural Gas Company to continue its operation as defined in the original Special Permit issued on April 10, 2010, for the nonodorization of a pipeline lateral. The Special Permit renewal request seeks to 

waive compliance from certain Federal regulations found in 49 CFR 

192.625(b)(1) for the exclusion from installing odorization equipment on one 

segment of the Northern Natural Gas Company’s 31⁄2-inch diameter St. Joseph transmission pipeline system located in Benton and Stearns Counties, 

Minnesota. The Special Permit segment is approximately 8 miles long and 

operates at an MAOP of 1,050 psig. 

PHMSA–2006– 

0141.

Northern Natural 

Gas Company.

49 CFR 

192.625(b)(1).

To reauthorize Northern Natural Gas Company to continue its operation as defined in the original Special Permit issued on April 10, 2010, for the nonodorization of a pipeline lateral. The Special Permit renewal request seeks to 

waive compliance from certain Federal regulations found in 49 CFR 

192.625(b)(1) for the exclusion from installing odorization equipment on one 

segment of the Northern Natural Gas Company transmission pipeline system 

located on the Sioux Falls 14-inch diameter (Nebraska to South Dakota 

Mainline) pipeline in Lincoln County, South Dakota. This segment operates 

at an MAOP of 446 psig. 

Before acting on the special permit 

renewal requests, PHMSA will evaluate 

all comments received on or before the 

comments closing date. PHMSA will 

consider each relevant comment 

received in its decision to grant or deny 

the renewal requests. Comments will be 

evaluated after this date only if it is 

possible to do so without incurring 

additional expense or delay. 

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 60118(c)(1) and 49 

CFR 1.53. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 30, 

2015. 

Alan K. Mayberry, 

Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy 

and Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02146 Filed 2–3–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. AB 290 (Sub–No. 355X)] 

The Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas 

Pacific Railway Company— 

Abandonment Exemption—in Scott 

County, Tenn. 

The Cincinnati, New Orleans and 

Texas Pacific Railway Company 

(CNOTP), a wholly owned subsidiary of 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company, 

has filed a verified notice of exemption 

under 49 CFR part 1152 subpart F— 

Exempt Abandonments to abandon 

approximately 12.63 miles of rail line 

from milepost NR 0.0 at New River to 

milepost NR 12.63 at Sterling, in Scott 

County, Tenn. (the Line).1 The Line 

traverses United States Postal Service 

Zip Codes 37755 and 37852. 

CNOTP has certified that: (1) No local 

traffic has moved over the Line for at 

least two years; (2) no overhead traffic 

has moved over the Line for at least two 

years and that overhead traffic, if there 

were any, could be rerouted over other 

lines; (3) no formal complaint filed by 

a user of rail service on the Line (or by 

a state or local government entity acting 

on behalf of such user) regarding 

cessation of service over the Line either 

is pending with the Surface 

Transportation Board (Board) or with 

any U.S. District Court or has been 

decided in favor of complainant within 

the two-year period; and (4) the 

requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7(c) 

(environmental report), 49 CFR 1105.11 

(transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12 

(newspaper publication), and 49 CFR 

1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental 

agencies) have been met. 

As a condition to this exemption, any 

employee adversely affected by the 

abandonment shall be protected under 

Oregon Short Line Railroad— 

Abandonment Portion Goshen Branch 

Between Firth & Ammon, in Bingham & 

Bonneville Counties, Idaho, 360 I.C.C. 

91 (1979). To address whether this 

condition adequately protects affected 

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