52938 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 178 / Friday, September 12, 2008 / Proposed Rules 

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requirements subject to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104– 

13. In addition, therefore, it does not 

contain any proposed information 

collection burden ‘‘for small business 

concerns with fewer than 25 

employees,’’ pursuant to the Small 

Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, 

Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(4). 

Provisions of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act of 1980 do not apply to 

this proceeding. Members of the public 

should note that from the time a Notice 

of Proposed Rule Making is issued until 

the matter is no longer subject to 

Commission consideration or court 

review, all ex parte contacts are 

prohibited in Commission proceedings, 

such as this one, which involve channel 

allotments. See 47 CFR 1.1204(b) for 

rules governing permissible ex parte 

contacts. 

For information regarding proper 

filing procedures for comments, see 47 

CFR 1.415 and 1.420. 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73 

Television, Television broadcasting. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Federal Communications 

Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR 

part 73 as follows: 

PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST 

SERVICES 

1. The authority citation for part 73 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336. 

§ 73.622(i) [Amended] 

2. Section 73.622(i), the DTV Table of 

Allotments under Texas, is amended by 

adding channel 29 and removing 

channel 28 at Bryan. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Clay C. Pendarvis, 

Associate Chief, Video Division, Media 

Bureau. 

[FR Doc. E8–21211 Filed 9–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

49 CFR Part 192 

[Docket ID PHMSA–RSPA–2004–19854] 

RIN 2137–AE15 

Pipeline Safety: Integrity Management 

Program for Gas Distribution Pipelines 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: PHMSA is extending the 

period for public comment to give 

interested persons an additional 30 days 

to comment on a proposed rule to 

amend the Federal Pipeline Safety 

Regulations to require operators of gas 

distribution pipelines to develop and 

implement integrity management (IM) 

programs. 

DATES: Anyone interested in filing 

written comments on the rule proposed 

in this document must do so by October 

23, 2008. PHMSA will consider late 

filed comments so far as practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should reference 

Docket No. PHMSA–RSPA–2004–19854 

and may be submitted in the following 

ways: 

• E-Gov Web Site: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. This site allows 

the public to enter comments on any 

Federal Register notice issued by any 

agency. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: DOT Docket Operations 

Facility (M–30), U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: DOT Docket 

Operations Facility, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, West Building, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590 between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: In the E-Gov Web site: 

http://www.regulations.gov, access the 

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking by 

typing ‘‘PHMSA–RSPA–2004–19854– 

0079’’ under ‘‘Search Documents’’ and 

clicking ‘‘Go.’’ Submit your comment by 

clicking the yellow bubble or ‘‘Send a 

Comment or Submission’’ then 

following the instructions. 

Identify docket number PHMSA– 

RSPA–2004–19854 at the beginning of 

your comments. For comments by mail, 

please provide two copies. To receive 

PHMSA’s confirmation receipt, include 

a self-addressed stamped postcard. 

Internet users may access all comments 

at http://www.regulations.gov, by 

searching for the docket number. 

Note: PHMSA will post all comments 

without changes or edits to http:// 

www.regulations.gov including any personal 

information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mike Israni at (202) 366–4571 or by 

e-mail at mike.israni@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PHMSA is 

extending, by 30 days, the comment 

period on the proposed rulemaking 

published on June 25, 2008 (73 FR 

36015) in response to a petition from 

American Gas Association (AGA) and 

an informal request from National 

Association of Pipeline Safety 

Representatives (NAPSR). AGA 

requested this extension in order to 

allow for more time for interested 

persons to evaluate the proposed 

rulemaking and submit comments. AGA 

views the proposed rule as the most 

extensive rulemaking for gas utilities 

since the code was codified in the 

1970s. AGA notes that there are more 

than 1,200 natural gas utilities— 

providing service to more than 70 

million Americans—that will be 

affected by the proposed rulemaking. 

AGA further notes critical issues that 

need to be addressed that were not 

discussed in the Distribution Integrity 

Management Phase 1 Report which was 

used to develop the proposed rule. In 

addition, AGA estimates that the 

proposed rule’s establishment of a 

plastic pipe database could result in the 

elimination of the Plastic Pipe Database 

Committee (PPDC) and the 16,000 data 

points that have been established over 

the last eight years. AGA notes that 

PPDC’s scheduled semi-annual meeting 

on August 26–27, 2008, does not afford 

PPDC the proper time for their members 

to discuss the potential impact on their 

organization, review with their 

constituents, and submit relevant 

comments to the docket prior to the 

September 23, 2008 comment deadline. 

PHMSA is granting a 30-day comment 

period extension in an effort to allow for 

the potentially impacted entities to 

submit comments and ensure that 

AGA’s concerns are addressed. 

Background information on the 

proposed rule may be found on-line at 

the following URLs: http:// 

www.phmsa.dot.gov/pipeline/imp and 

http://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/dimp/. 


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1 ‘‘LATCH’’ stands for ‘‘Lower Anchors and 

Tethers for Children,’’ a term that was developed 

by child restraint manufacturers and retailers to 

refer to the standardized child restraint anchorage 

system required to be installed in vehicles by 

FMVSS No. 225. The LATCH system is comprised 

of two lower anchorages and one top tether 

anchorage. Each lower anchorage includes a rigid 

round rod or bar onto which the connector of a 

child restraint system can be attached. The bars are 

located at the intersection of the vehicle seat 

cushion and seat back. The top tether anchorage is 

a fixture to which the tether of a child restraint 

system can be hooked. FMVSS No. 225 required the 

3-point LATCH system at two rear seating positions, 

and a top tether anchorage at a third rear seating 

position when a third rear seating position is 

provided in the vehicle. 

2The final rule amended FMVSS No. 213, ‘‘Child 

restraint systems’’ (49 CFR 571.213), to require the 

components on the child restraints, and to set 

performance requirements that child restraints must 

meet when attached to a vehicle seat assembly 

using the LATCH system. The requirements applied 

to child restraints manufactured on or after 

September 1, 2002. (This document uses the term 

‘‘LATCH-equipped’’ to refer to a child restraint 

system equipped with the components that attach 

to a vehicle’s LATCH system.) In addition, the rule 

required all child restraints to continue to be 

capable of being attached to a vehicle by way of the 

vehicle’s belt system. 

3A locking clip is a flat H-shaped metal clip 

intended to fasten together belt webbing (lap and 

shoulder portion) at a sliding latch plate, to prevent 

the webbing from sliding through. 

4The procedure for demonstrating compliance 

with the lockability requirement is in S7.1.1.5(c) of 

FMVSS No. 208. The lockability requirement 

applies to vehicles with a gross vehicle weight 

rating of 4,536 kilograms (10,000 pounds) or less. 

5An ALR is a seat belt retractor that locks when 

the continuous motion of spooling the belt out is 

stopped. From that point, the seat belt cannot be 

pulled out further without first letting the belt 

retract into the retractor housing. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 8, 

2008. 

Jeffrey D. Wiese, 

Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety. 

[FR Doc. E8–21283 Filed 9–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

49 CFR Part 571 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2008–0149] 

RIN 2127–AK25 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety 

Standards; Occupant Crash Protection 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: NHTSA is proposing to 

remove the sunset of a requirement in 

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 

(FMVSS) No. 208, ‘‘Occupant crash 

protection,’’ that a vehicle’s lap belt 

must be lockable to tightly secure a 

child restraint system. Under FMVSS 

No. 208, the requirement ceases to apply 

to designated seating positions that are 

equipped with a child restraint 

anchorage system on vehicles 

manufactured on or after September 1, 

2012. This NPRM proposes to amend 

the standard such that the requirement 

will continue to apply after September 

1, 2012, even when a child restraint 

anchorage system is present. Data 

indicate that motorists are still using 

vehicle belts to attach child restraint 

systems to a large degree, so the agency 

is seeking to ensure that lap belts 

continue to be lockable in vehicles 

manufactured on or after September 1, 

2012. 

DATES: You should submit your 

comments early enough to ensure that 

the Docket receives them not later than 

November 12, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

(identified by the DOT Docket ID 

Number above) by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility: 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251. 

Instructions: For detailed instructions 

on submitting comments and additional 

information on the rulemaking process, 

see the Public Participation heading of 

the Supplementary Information section 

of this document. Note that all 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. Please 

see the Privacy Act heading below. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or 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 April 11, 2000 (65 FR 

19477–78). 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov or the street 

address listed above. Follow the online 

instructions for accessing the dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Carla Cuentas, Office of 

Crashworthiness Standards, Light Duty 

Vehicle Division (telephone 202–366– 

4583, fax 202–493–2739). For legal 

issues, contact Ms. Deirdre Fujita, Office 

of Chief Counsel (telephone 202–366– 

2992, fax 202–366–3820). You may send 

mail to these officials at the National 

Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

On March 5, 1999, NHTSA published 

a final rule establishing Federal Motor 

Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 

225, ‘‘Child restraint anchorage 

systems’’ (49 CFR 571.225) (64 FR 

10786; Docket No. 98–3390, Notice 2). 

The final rule required motor vehicle 

manufacturers to install ‘‘LATCH’’ child 

restraint anchorage systems in their 

vehicles,1 and required child restraint 

manufacturers to attach components to 

child restraints that enable the child 

restraint to connect to a LATCH system 

on a vehicle.2

The final rule also amended FMVSS 

No. 208, ‘‘Occupant crash protection’’ 

(49 CFR 571.208), by rescinding the 

‘‘lockability’’ requirement for vehicles 

manufactured on or after September 1, 

2012, with respect to vehicle seating 

positions that are equipped with a 

LATCH system. FMVSS No. 208 

requires passenger vehicles to be 

equipped with seat belts and frontal air 

bags for the protection of vehicle 

occupants in crashes. Since September 

1995, the standard requires the lap belt 

to be lockable to tightly secure child 

restraint systems, without the need to 

attach a locking clip 3 or any other 

device to the vehicle’s seat belt 

webbing. This requirement, in S7.1.1.5 

of FMVSS No. 208, is called the 

‘‘lockability’’ requirement.4 A lockable 

lap belt is best for securing CRSs if seat 

belts must be used because it cinches 

the seat belt tightly and thus allows for 

a more secure installation. 

FMVSS No. 208 requires vehicles to 

be equipped with an emergency locking 

retractor (ELR) for Type 2 (lap/shoulder) 

seat belt assemblies. An ELR is a seat 

belt retractor that locks only in response 

to the rapid deceleration of the vehicle 

or rapid spooling out of the seat belt 

webbing from the retractor, and 

increases the comfort of the seat belt 

assembly as compared to an automatic 

locking retractor (ALR).5 To meet the 


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