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2 CFR part 25, etc. All applicants will 

be required to have pre-registered with 

the System for Award Management at 

https://sam.gov/SAM/. 

• Description of the applicant’s 

business operations, in sufficient detail 

to demonstrate how the applicant meets 

the statutory requirement as a 

municipality or community-owned 

utility. 

• Whether the applicant is currently 

engaged in any legal proceeding that 

could jeopardize its ability to fulfill the 

legal commitments required in statute as 

conditions for receiving funds under the 

Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure 

Safety and Modernization Grant 

Program. Examples of such proceedings 

could include, but are not limited to, 

any process related to the United States 

Bankruptcy Code, potential merger or 

acquisition discussions, or current 

litigation against the applicant. The 

NOFO will request that applicants 

identify any such issues at a high level 

and avoid including unnecessary details 

in the application. 

• Whether the applicant is delinquent 

on any debt to any Federal agency, 

along with supporting details. 

• A sworn certification as to the 

complete and accurate nature of all 

information provided, including all 

supporting documentation, subject to 

civil or criminal penalties. The specific 

certification language will include: ‘‘I 

certify under penalty of perjury that the 

information and certifications provided 

in the application and its attachments 

are true and correct. WARNING: 

Anyone who knowingly submits a false 

claim or makes a false statement is 

subject to criminal and/or civil 

penalties, including confinement for up 

to 5 years, fines, and civil penalties. (18 

U.S.C. 287, 1001; 31 U.S.C. 3729, 

3802).’’ 

Award recipients will be required to 

provide supporting documentation in 

sufficient detail to substantiate the 

actual costs, specifically excluding any 

personally identifiable information for 

any individual employees. Recipients 

will also be required to provide 

additional information and 

certifications in support of 

disbursement requests. 

III. Summary of Impacted Collection 

Section 1320.8(d), Title 5, CFR, 

requires PHMSA to provide interested 

members of the public and affected 

entities an opportunity to comment on 

information collection and 

recordkeeping requests. This notice 

identifies the proposed information 

collection request that PHMSA will 

forward to OMB for approval. 

The following information is provided 

for this 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 

approval for this information collection. 

PHMSA requests comments on the 

following information: 

Title: Natural Gas Distribution 

Infrastructure Safety and Modernization 

Grant Program. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0641. 

Current Expiration Date: 11/30/2022. 

Type of Request: Extension of an 

approved information collection. 

Abstract: This information collection 

covers the collection of applicant data 

from municipality and communityowned utilities that are interested in 

applying to receive funds from the 

‘‘Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructure 

Safety and Modernization Grant 

Program.’’ Solicitation for grants under 

the Natural Gas Distribution 

Infrastructure Safety and Modernization 

Grant Program is voluntary. No eligible 

entity is required to apply. To be 

eligible, however, municipality and 

community-owned utilities must meet 

all the requirements set forth in the law. 

Therefore, DOT must collect certain 

information from applicants to 

determine eligibility and evaluate 

applications. DOT must also verify the 

accuracy of grant requests from 

approved applicants, in accordance 

with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 

1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation 

Act of 1973, and other laws and 

regulations governing Federal financial 

assistance programs, including (but not 

limited to) the Anti-Deficiency Act, the 

Federal Funding Accountability and 

Transparency Act (FFATA), the 

Payment Integrity Information Act of 

2019, and 2 CFR part 200, among others. 

This information collection also covers 

the collection of data from grant 

recipients. PHMSA expects to receive 

approximately 200 applications from 

potential grantees. PHMSA estimates 

that it will take the 200 applicants 

approximately 82 hours to compile and 

submit the forms required to complete 

the application process for an annual 

burden of 16,400 hours. PHMSA 

estimates that 100 grant recipients will, 

on 8 occasions over the course of one 

year, spend 2.5 hours, or 20 hours 

annually, submitting post-award reports 

for an annual burden of 2,000 hours. 

Therefore, PHMSA estimates that there 

will be a total of 1,000 responses (200 

applications + 800 post-award reports) 

for an aggregate total annual burden for 

the information collection of 18,400 

hours (16,400 hours for applications + 

2,000 hours for post-award reports). 

Affected Public: Municipality and 

Community-owned Utilities. 

Annual Burden: 

Estimated number of responses: 

1,000. 

Estimated annual burden hours: 

18,400. 

Frequency of Collection: One-time 

application, grant reports no more than 

quarterly, to be followed by 

disbursement requests and closeout. 

Comments are invited on: 

(a) The need for this information 

collection 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; 

(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; and 

(e) Additional information that would 

be appropriate to collect to inform the 

reduction in risk to people, property, 

and the environment due to excavation 

damages. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

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

amended. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 10, 

2022, under authority delegated in 49 CFR 

1.97. 

Alan K. Mayberry, 

Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics 

[Docket Number DOT–OST–2017–0043] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activity; Continue To Collect 

Information: Oil and Gas Industry 

Safety Data Program 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Research and Technology 

(OST–R), Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics (BTS), U.S. Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice. 


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SUMMARY: On October 21, 2021, the 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics 

(BTS) announced its intention in a 

Federal Register Notice to request that 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) approve the following 

information collection: Voluntary Oil 

and Gas Industry Safety Data Program. 

The Oil and Gas Industry Safety Data 

(ISD) program, is a component of BTS’s 

SafeOCS data sharing framework, that 

provides a trusted, proactive means for 

the oil and gas industry to report 

sensitive and proprietary safety 

information, and to identify early 

warnings of safety problems and 

potential issues by uncovering hidden, 

at-risk conditions not previously 

exposed through analysis of reportable 

accidents and incidents. The ISD 

identifies a broader range of data 

categories to ensure safe performance 

and appropriate risk management, 

which adds a learning component to 

assist the oil and gas industry in 

achieving improved safety performance. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by July 18, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: BTS seeks public comments 

on its proposed information collection. 

Comments should address whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

the accuracy of the estimated burden 

hours of the proposed information 

collection’s ways to enhance the quality, 

utility and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Send comments to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725– 

17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention: BTS Desk Officer. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Demetra V. Collia, Bureau of 

Transportation Statistics, Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Research and 

Technology, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Office of Safety Data 

and Analysis (OSDA), RTS–34, E36– 

302, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001; Phone No. 

(202) 366–1610; Fax No. (202) 366– 

3383; email: demetra.collia@dot.gov. 

Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 

p.m., EST, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Data Confidentiality Provisions: The 

confidentiality of oil and gas industry 

safety data information submitted to 

BTS is protected under the BTS 

confidentiality statute (49 U.S.C. 6307) 

and the Confidential Information 

Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act 

(CIPSEA) of 2018; (Pub. L.: 115–435 

Foundations for Evidence-Based 

Policymaking Act of 2018, Title III.) 

In accordance with these 

confidentiality statutes, only statistical 

(aggregated) and non-identifying data 

will be made publicly available by BTS 

through its reports. BTS will not release 

to the Bureau of Safety and 

Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), or 

to any other public or private entity, any 

information that might reveal the 

identity of individuals or organizations 

mentioned in failure notices or reports 

without explicit consent of the 

respondent and any other affected 

entities. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. The Data Collection 

The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. chapter 35; as amended) and 

5 CFR part 1320 require each Federal 

agency to obtain OMB approval to 

initiate an information collection 

activity. BTS is seeking OMB approval 

for the following BTS information 

collection activity: 

Title: Oil and Gas Industry Safety Data 

(ISD) Program. 

OMB Control Number: TBD. 

Type of Review: Approval to Continue 

to Collect. 

Respondent: Oil and Gas industry 

companies involved in the exploration 

and/or productions working in the Gulf 

of Mexico (GOM). 

Number of Potential Responses: 100. 

Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours 

per data file. 

Frequency: Annual. 

Total Annual Burden: 400 hours. 

II. Public Participation and Request for 

Public Comments 

On October 21, 2021, BTS published 

a Notice (86 FR 58391) encouraging 

interested parties to submit comments 

to Document Number 2021–22280 and 

allowing for a 60-day comment period. 

The comment period closed on 

December 20, 2021. There were no 

comments. To view the Notice, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and insert 

the Document Number 2021–22280 in 

the ‘‘search’’ box and click ‘‘Search.’’ 

Next click ‘‘Open Docket Folder’’ button 

and choose document listed to review. 

If you do not have access to the internet, 

you may view the docket by visiting the 

Docket Management Facility in Room 

Wl 2–140 on the ground floor of the 

DOT West Building, 1200 New Jersey 

Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20590, 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

Privacy Act 

All comments the BTS received were 

posted without change to http://

www.regulations.gov. Anyone may 

search the electronic form of all 

comments received into any of our 

dockets by the name of the individual 

submitting the comment (or of the 

person signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.) You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on January 17, 2008 (73 FR 

3316), or you may visit http://

edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8- 

785.pdf). 

III. Discussion of Public Comments and 

BTS Responses 

On October 21, 2021, BTS announced 

in a Federal Register Notice (86 FR 

58391) its intention to request that OMB 

approve the continued collection of 

safety data from the oil and gas industry 

for the ISD Program. BTS received no 

comments during the 60-day public 

comment period. 

Demetra Collia, 

Director, Office of Safety Data and Analysis, 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research 

and Technology, U.S. Department of 

Transportation. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Forms 8554 and 8554–EP 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service, 

as part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The 

IRS is soliciting comments concerning 

Form 8554, Application for Renewal of 

Enrollment to Practice Before the 

Internal Revenue Service and Form 

8554–EP, Application for Renewal of 

Enrollment to Practice Before the 

Internal Revenue Service as an Enrolled 

Retirement Plan Agent (ERPA). 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before August 15, 2022 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Molly Stasko, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6526, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224 or 


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