7620 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 26 / Wednesday, February 8, 1995 / Notices

Texas 77252- 8341, with Texas

Commerce Bank, National Association

as the surviving corporation in the

merger.

Dated: February 2, 1995.

By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

Murray A. Bloom,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–3127 Filed 2–7–95; 8:45 am]

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Notice of Merger of Approved Trustee

Notice is hereby given that Ameritrust

Texas, National Association, Houston,

Texas, changed its name to Texas

Commerce Trust Company, National

Association effective September 28,

1993. Texas Commerce Trust Company,

National Association merged with and

into Texas Commerce Bank, National

Association, P. O. Box 2558, Houston,

Texas 77252–8341, effective December

17, 1993, with Texas Commerce Bank,

National Association as the surviving

corporation in the merger.

Dated: February 2, 1995.

By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

Murray A. Bloom,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–3128 Filed 2–7–95; 8:45 am]

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Notice of Merger of Approved Trustee

Notice is hereby given that New First

City Texas-Beaumont, National

Association, Beaumont, Texas, merged

with and into Texas Commerce Bank,

National Association-Beaumont, P. O.

Box 2751, Beaumont, Texas 77704,

effective February 13, 1993, with Texas

Commerce Bank, National AssociationBeaumont as the surviving corporation

in the merger.

Dated: February 2, 1995.

By Order of the Maritime Administrator.

Murray A. Bloom,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–3130 Filed 2–7–95; 8:45 am]

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Research and Special Programs

Administration

[Docket No. PS–132; Notice 2]

Office of Pipeline Safety; Risk

Assessment Prioritization (RAP)

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration (RSPA), DOT.

ACTION: Request for information.

SUMMARY: RSPA, through the Office of

Pipeline Safety (OPS), is implementing

a pipeline Risk Assessment

Prioritization (RAP) process and invites

representatives of industry, government

agencies, environmental organizations,

public safety organizations and other

members of the public to contribute

information on solutions to pipeline

safety issues. The proposed solutions

are a vital part in developing the RAP

process. Through the RAP process, the

solutions will be prioritized and will

become a basis upon which OPS

management will decide how to commit

available resources.

DATES: Responses to this request for

information should be submitted on or

before April 10, 1995. Late-filed

comments will be considered to the

extent practicable.

ADDRESSES: Send comments in

duplicate to the Dockets Unit, Room

8421, Research and Special Programs

Administration, U.S. Department of

Transportation, 400 Seventh Street,

SW., Washington, DC 20590. Identify

the docket and notice number stated in

the heading of this notice. All comments

and docketed material will be available

for inspection and copying in room

8421 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. each

business day.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Ramirez, (202) 366–9864,

regarding the subject matter of this

notice. Contact the Dockets Unit, (202)

366–5046, for docket material.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background on RAP

OPS prescribes and enforces the

safety standards for the transportation of

gases and hazardous liquids by pipeline

and for liquified natural gas facilities.

OPS frequently must allocate its

resources to address safety actions

identified by authorities outside of the

agency, including Congress, the

National Transportation Safety Board,

and the General Accounting Office, OPS

believes that pipeline safety resources

can be most effectively utilized through

analyzing and prioritizing of potential

pipeline safety actions based on risk

assessment.

The RAP process was developed

following a thorough assessment of OPS

operations conducted in 1991 and the

adoption in 1992 of a set of goals

necessary to enable OPS to respond

most effectively to increasing pipeline

safety concerns. RAP is being developed

as a management process with which

OPS may: identify pipeline safety and

environmental protection issues;

identify potential solutions for these

issues; assess the relative impact of each

solution on the likelihood or

consequences of pipeline accidents;

estimate the cost to OPS and industry of

each proposed solution; and allocate

available OPS resources to the most

cost-effective set of solutions.

It is likely that OPS will not have the

resources necessary to implement, in

the near term, all of the solutions

proposed by industry, OPS and other

stakeholders. However, the RAP process

will help ensure that OPS can assign

available resources to solutions that will

produce the greatest reduction in

pipeline risks and environmental risks.

Highlights of the RAP process

The RAP process will utilize basic

risk-based prioritization and resource

allocation models to help structure and

focus OPS management decisions. In

addition, the process will facilitate

effective communication and

interactions with OPS stakeholders

through a common understanding of

pipelines safety concerns.

The details of the RAP process are

described in 58 FR 51402 dated October

1, 1993. The sequence of steps in the

RAP process is as follows:

a. Chart Pipeline Safety Subjects.

b. Poll for Issues—Federal Register

Notice dated Oct. 1, 1993.

c. Insert Mandated Issues.

d. Compile Issues List.

e. Poll for Solutions—Current stage in

the process.

f. Insert Mandated Solutions.

g. Compile Solutions List.

h. Set Rating Criteria.

i. Rate Each Solution.

j. Estimate Economic Impact.

k. Assemble Rated Priorities.

l. Identify Mandates.

m. Estimate Resource Availability.

n. Assign Resources.

o. Issue Action Plan.

p. Monitor Performance.

q. Maintain Data Base.

r. Repeat Cycle.

Request for Information

The purpose of this notice is to solicit

stakeholder participation in the second

data gathering step of the RAP process

by collecting solution statements

associated with pipeline issues

described in Section B of this notice.

After OPS has received and

consolidated the solutions, including

solutions identified by OPS in

connection with its ongoing risk

determination efforts (e.g., accident

investigations, special studies), OPS

will hold a public meeting to ensure

that interested stakeholders have a

thorough understanding of the issues

and solutions as well as the remainder

of the RAP process.