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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 204 (Monday, October 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61504-61505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-21141]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket: RSPA-98-4957]

Request for Public Comments and Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) Approval of an Existing Information Collection (2137-0600)

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), 
Department of Transportation (DOT).
SUMMARY: This notice requests public participation in the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) approval process for the renewal of an 
existing PHMSA information collection. In compliance with the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces that the Information 
Collection Request (ICR) described below has been forwarded to OMB for 
extension of the currently approved collection. The ICR describes the 
nature of the information collection and the expected burden. PHMSA 
published a Federal Register Notice soliciting comments on the 
following collection of information and received none. The purpose of 
this notice is to allow the public an additional 30 days from the date 
of this notice to submit comments.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 23, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503, Attention DOT Desk Officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Fuentevilla, (202) 366-6199, 
by e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments are invited on 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; the accuracy of the Department's estimate of 
the burden of the proposed information collections; 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 of 
other forms of information technology. PHMSA published a Federal 
Register Notice with a 60-day comment period for this ICR on August 11, 
2005 (70 FR 46914).
    Congress expressed concern with unskilled pipeline personnel in the 
Pipeline Safety and Reauthorization Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-561). This 
Act authorized the Secretary of Transportation to require all 
individuals responsible for the operation and maintenance of pipeline 
facilities to be properly qualified to safely perform their tasks. The 
operator qualification requirements are described in the pipeline 
safety regulations at 49 CFR part 192, subpart N and 49 CFR part 195, 
subpart G.

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    This information collection supports the DOT strategic goal of 
safety by reducing the number of fatalities, injuries, and amount of 
property damage.
    As used in this notice, ``information collection'' includes all 
work related to preparing and disseminating information related to this 
recordkeeping requirement including completing paperwork, gathering 
information and conducting telephone calls.
    Type of Information Collection Request: Renewal of Existing 
Collection.
    Title of Information Collection: Operator Qualification of Pipeline 
Personnel.
    Respondents: Gas and hazardous liquid pipeline operators.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 22,300.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 466,667 hours.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 18, 2005.
Florence L. Hamn,
Director of Regulations, Office of Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 05-21141 Filed 10-21-05; 8:45 am]
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