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1See the 60-day notice published under Docket 

No. PHMSA–2022–0052 (Notice No. 2022–09), on 

May 3, 2022 [87 FR 26259] at: https://

www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/05/03/ 

2022-09408/hazardous-materials-informationcollection-activities. 

Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) opposed 

this exemption, describing it as ‘‘both 

unjustified and impractical.’’ The CVSA 

noted that, ‘‘if granted, this exemption 

would negatively impact safety and 

place an excessive burden on the 

enforcement community. The Federal 

HOS requirements exist to help prevent 

and manage driver fatigue.’’ Mr. Michael 

Millard also opposed the request, stating 

that ‘‘[the] Harris Companies 

application for an exception from ELDs 

is most likely based on its small size 

and its thoughts on an added expense 

for installing ELDs.’’ In response to an 

opposing commenter, Harris filed a 

comment in favor of its own 

application. Harris’ comment 

emphasized the inability of its current 

ELDs to operate properly in rural areas 

with little to no internet connection. 

V. Method To Ensure an Equivalent or 

Greater Level of Safety 

To ensure an equivalent level of 

safety, Harris offered company safety 

policies and procedures. Harris 

referenced several ongoing company 

training programs to ensure compliance 

with the various Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Regulations. These training 

programs include general safety and 

compliance policies, vehicle operating 

policies, HOS training and compliance, 

drug and alcohol testing procedures, 

and risk management services. In 

addition, Harris offered the continuous 

use of paper RODS for recording and 

tracking their drivers’ HOS compliance. 

VI. FMCSA Response and Decision 

FMCSA has evaluated the Harris 

application for exemption and the 

public comments submitted. When the 

Agency adopted the ELD rule in 2015, 

as mandated by Congress, it determined 

that ELDs would improve CMV safety 

and reduce the overall paperwork 

burden for both motor carriers and 

drivers. ELDs have led to improved 

compliance with the applicable HOS 

rules. Harris has failed to provide a 

sufficient analysis of the safety impacts 

of the requested exemption or adequate 

countermeasures to ensure that the 

exemption would likely achieve a level 

of safety equivalent to, or greater than, 

the level that would be achieved by the 

current regulations. For these reasons, 

FMCSA denies the request for 

exemption. 

Robin Hutcheson, 

Deputy Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2022–15224 Filed 7–15–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2022–0052 (Notice No. 

2022–11)] 

Hazardous Materials: Information 

Collection Activities 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), Department of Transportation 

(DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

PHMSA invites comments on 

information collections pertaining to 

hazardous materials transportation for 

which PHMSA intends to request 

renewal and extension from the Office 

of Management and Budget. 

Additionally, we note that on May 3, 

2022, a notice with a 60-day comment 

period soliciting comments on these 

information collections was published 

in the Federal Register, and PHMSA did 

not receive any comments on it. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before August 

17, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the information 

collections should be sent within 30 

days of publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find these particular information 

collections by selecting ‘‘Currently 

under 30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. 

We invite comments on: (1) whether 

the collections of information are 

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 information collections; (3) ways 

to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) 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. 

Docket: For access to the Dockets to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steven Andrews or T. Glenn Foster, 

Standards and Rulemaking Division, 

(202) 366–8553, 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 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 previously 

published in a 60-day notice 1 seeking 

comments and is now submitting to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(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). PHMSA 

has revised burden estimates, where 

appropriate, to reflect current reporting 

levels or adjustments based on changes 

in proposed or final rules published 

since the information collection was last 

approved. 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 the information collection 

activity and will publish a notice in the 

Federal Register alerting the public to 

OMB’s approval. 

PHMSA requests comments on the 

following information collection: 

Title: Radioactive (RAM) 

Transportation Requirements. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0510. 

Summary: This information collection 

consolidates and describes the 

information collection provisions in the 

HMR involving the transportation of 

radioactive materials in commerce. 

Information collection requirements for 

RAM include: documenting testing and 

engineering evaluations for packages, 

documenting DOT 7A packages, 

revalidating foreign competent authority 

certifications, providing specific written 

instruction of exclusive use shipment 

controls, providing written instructions 

for exclusive use shipment controls, 

obtaining U.S. competent authority for 

package design, registering with U.S. 

competent authority as user of a 

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competent authority for a special form 

of radioactive material. The following 

information collections and their 

burdens are associated with this OMB 

Control Number: 

Information collection Respondents Total annual 

responses 

Hours per 

response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Document Test and Engineering Evaluation or Comparative Data for Packaging—Reporting ....... 50 100 40 4,000 

DOT Specification 7A Package Documentation—Reporting ............................................................ 50 100 80 8,000

DOT Specification 7A Package Documentation—Recordkeeping ................................................... 50 500 0.0833 41.67 

Revalidation of Foreign Competent Authority Certification—Reporting ........................................... 25 25 80 2,000 

Offeror Providing Specific Written Instruction of Exclusive Use Shipment Controls to the Carrier—Reporting .............................................................................................................................. 100 2,000 0.5 1,000 

Offeror Obtaining U.S. Competent Authority for Package Design—Reporting ................................ 10 40 2 80 

Register with U.S. Competent Authority as User of a Package—Reporting ................................... 25 50 0.5 25 

Request for a U.S. Competent Authority as Required by the IAEA Regulations for Special 

Form—Reporting ........................................................................................................................... 10 100 2 200 

Affected Public: Shippers and carriers 

of radioactive materials in commerce. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden 

Number of Respondents: 320. 

Total Annual Responses: 2,915. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 

15,346.67. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Title: Subsidiary Hazard Class and 

Number/Type of Packagings. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0613. 

Summary: The HMR require that 

shipping papers and emergency 

response information accompany each 

shipment of hazardous materials in 

commerce. Shipping papers serve as a 

principal means of identifying 

hazardous materials during 

transportation emergencies. Firefighters, 

police, and other emergency response 

personnel are trained to obtain the DOT 

shipping papers and emergency 

response information when responding 

to hazardous materials transportation 

emergencies. The availability of 

accurate information concerning 

hazardous materials being transported 

significantly improves response efforts 

in these types of emergencies. 

In addition to the basic shipping 

description information on shipping 

papers, we also require the subsidiary 

hazard class or subsidiary division 

number(s) to be entered in parentheses 

following the primary hazard class or 

division number on shipping papers. 

This requirement was originally 

required only by transportation by 

vessel. However, the lack of such a 

requirement posed problems for motor 

carriers regarding compliance with 

segregation, separation, and placarding 

requirements, as well as posing a safety 

hazard. For example, in the event the 

motor vehicle becomes involved in an 

accident, when the hazardous materials 

being transported include a subsidiary 

hazard such as ‘‘dangerous when wet’’ 

or a subsidiary hazard requiring more 

stringent requirements than the primary 

hazard, there is no indication of the 

subsidiary hazards on the shipping 

papers and no indication of the 

subsidiary risks on placards. Under 

circumstances such as motor vehicles 

being loaded at a dock, labels are not 

sufficient to alert hazardous materials 

employees loading the vehicles, nor are 

they sufficient to alert emergency 

responders of the subsidiary risks 

contained on the vehicles. Therefore, we 

require the subsidiary hazard class or 

subsidiary division number(s) to be 

entered on the shipping paper for 

purposes of enhancing safety and 

international harmonization. 

The following information collection 

and burden is associated with this OMB 

Control Number: 

Information collection Respondents Total annual 

responses 

Seconds per 

response 

Total annual 

burden hours 

Subsidiary Hazard Class on Shipping Papers ................................................ 260,000 43,810,000 2 24,339 

Affected Public: Shippers and carriers 

of hazardous materials in commerce. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden 

Number of Respondents: 260,000. 

Total Annual Responses: 43,810,000. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 24,339. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 13, 

2022. 

Shane C. Kelley, 

Director, Standards and Rulemaking,Office 

of Hazardous Materials Safety,Pipeline and 

Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2022–15252 Filed 7–15–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Bureau of Transportation Statistics 

[Docket No. BTS–2022–XXXX] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; New Information Collection: 

Freight Logistics Optimization Works 

(FLOW) Initiative 

AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation 

Statistics (BTS), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of information collection. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, BTS 

announces its plan to submit the 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for its 

review and approval and invites public 

comment. BTS is also requesting an 

emergency approval for the pilot effort 

to develop a proof of concept for this 

collection as described below. BTS is 

requesting OMB approval for the 

emergency aspect of the collection 

within 7 days. 

DATES: Comments regarding the pilot 

effort of this collection should be 

submitted within 5 days. All other 

comments should be submitted within 

60 calendar days from the date of this 

publication. 

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding the 

pilot effort of this collection should be 

submitted directly to the Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725—17th 

Street NW, Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention: BTS Desk Officer, by email at 

Michael.J.McManus@omb.eop.gov. All 


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