Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 76 / Tuesday, April 21, 2015 / Notices 22263 

A Comment to OMB is most effective if 

OMB receives it within 30 days of 

publication. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c); delegation of 

authority at 49 CFR 1.50. 

Raymond R. Posten, 

Associate Administrator for Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2015–09081 Filed 4–20–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA 2015–0003] 

Pipeline Safety: Information Collection 

Activities 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: On February 2, 2015, in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the Pipeline and 

Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration (PHMSA) published a 

notice in the Federal Register (80 FR 

5617) inviting comments on an 

information collection titled ‘‘Pipeline 

Safety: Periodic Underwater Inspection 

and Notification of Abandoned 

Underwater Pipelines’’ identified by 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control number 2137–0618. This 

information collection will be expiring 

on August 31, 2015. PHMSA will 

request an extension with no change for 

this information collection. 

PHMSA received no comments in 

response to that notice. PHMSA is 

publishing this notice to provide the 

public with an additional 30 days to 

comment on the renewal of this 

information collection and announce 

that the Information Collection will be 

submitted to OMB for approval. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before May 21, 

2015 to be assured of consideration. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angela Dow by telephone at 202–366– 

1246, by email at angela.dow@dot.gov, 

by fax at 202–366–4566, or by mail at 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

PHMSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

PHP–30, Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by the docket number 

PHMSA–2015–0003 by any of the 

following methods: 

• Fax: 1–202–395–5806. 

• Mail: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Records 

Management Center, Room 10102 

NEOB, 725 17th Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20503, ATTN: Desk 

Officer for the U.S. Department of 

Transportation\PHMSA. 

• Email: Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, OMB, at the 

following email address: OIRA_

Submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Requests for a copy of the information 

collection should be directed to 

Cameron Satterthwaite by telephone at 

202–366–1319, by fax at 202–366–4566, 

by email at cameron.satterthwaite@

dot.gov, or by mail at U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 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 PHMSA will submit to OMB for 

renewal. The following information is 

provided for each 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 3-year term of 

approval for this information collection 

activity. PHMSA requests comments on 

the following information collection: 

1. Title: Pipeline Safety: Periodic 

Underwater Inspection and Notification 

of Abandoned Underwater Pipelines. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0618. 

Current Expiration Date: 8/31/2015. 

Type of Request: Renewal of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: The Federal pipeline safety 

regulations at 49 CFR 192.612 and 

195.413 require operators to conduct 

appropriate periodic underwater 

inspections in the Gulf of Mexico and 

its inlets. If an operator discovers that 

its underwater pipeline is exposed or 

poses a hazard to navigation, among 

other remedial actions such as marking 

and reburial in some cases, the operator 

must contact the National Response 

Center by telephone within 24 hours of 

discovery and report the location of the 

exposed pipeline. 

PHMSA’s regulations for reporting the 

abandonment of underwater pipelines 

can be found at §§ 192.727 and 195.59. 

These provisions contain certain 

requirements for disconnecting and 

purging abandoned pipelines and 

require operators to notify PHMSA of 

each abandoned offshore pipeline 

facility or each abandoned onshore 

pipeline facility that crosses over, under 

or through a commercially navigable 

waterway. 

Affected Public: Operators of pipeline 

facilities (except master meter 

operators). 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Estimated number of responses: 92. 

Estimated annual burden hours: 

1,372. 

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. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 16, 

2015, under authority delegated in 49 CFR 

1.97. 

John A. Gale, 

Director, Office of Standards and 

Rulemaking. 

[FR Doc. 2015–09094 Filed 4–20–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

Research and Technology; Advisory 

Council on Transportation Statistics; 

Notice of Meeting 

AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics, U.S. Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

This notice announces, pursuant to 

section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) (Pub. L. 72–363; 

5 U.S.C. app. 2), a meeting of the 

Advisory Council on Transportation 

Statistics (ACTS). The meeting will be 

held on Tuesday, May 19th from 8:30 

a.m. to 4:00 p.m. E.S.T. at the U.S. 

Department of Transportation, Room 

E37–302, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., 


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