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hazardous materials may be transported 

to staging areas within 50 miles of the 

point of origin. Further transportation of 

the hazardous materials from staging 

areas must be in full compliance with 

the HMR. 

This Waiver Order is effective 

September 10, 2017, and shall remain in 

effect for 30 days from the date of 

issuance. 

Drue Pearce, 

Acting Administrator, Pipeline and 

Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20355 Filed 9–22–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2016–0128] 

Pipeline Safety: Meeting of the 

Voluntary Information-Sharing System 

Working Group 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

public meeting of the Voluntary 

Information-Sharing System (VIS) 

Working Group. The VIS Working 

Group will convene to continue the 

discussion on the need for, and the 

identification of, a voluntary 

information-sharing system. 

DATES: The VIS Working Group will 

meet on November 29, 2017, from 8:30 

a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on November 30, 

2017, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., ET. 

Members of the public who wish to 

attend in person are asked to register no 

later than November 19, 2017. 

Individuals requiring accommodations, 

such as sign language interpretation or 

other ancillary aids, are asked to notify 

the working group by November 22, 

2017. For additional information see the 

ADDRESSES section. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Hilton Arlington, 950 North Stafford 

Street, Arlington, Virginia 22203. The 

meeting agenda and any additional 

information will be published on the 

following VIS Working Group and 

registration page at: https://

primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/ 

MtgHome.mtg?mtg=126. 

The meeting will not be web cast; 

however, any documents presented will 

be available on the meeting Web site 

and posted on the E-Gov Web site: 

http://www.regulations.gov under 

docket number PHMSA–2016–0128 

within 30 days following the meeting. 

Public Participation 

This meeting will be open to the 

public. Members of the public who wish 

to attend in person are asked to register 

at: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/ 

meetings/MtgHome.mtg?mtg=126 to 

facilitate entry and guarantee seating. 

Members of the public who attend in 

person will also be provided an 

opportunity to make a statement during 

the meeting. 

Services for Individuals with 

Disabilities: The public meeting will be 

physically accessible to people with 

disabilities. Individuals requiring 

accommodations, such as sign language 

interpretation or other ancillary aids, are 

asked to notify Cheryl Whetsel at 

cheryl.whetsel@dot.gov. 

Written comments: Written comments 

on the meeting may be submitted to the 

docket 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: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

(DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

West Building, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

Hand Delivery: Room W12–140 on the 

ground level of the DOT West Building, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC, between 9:00 a.m. and 

5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except on Federal holidays. 

Instructions: Identify the docket 

number PHMSA–2016–0128 at the 

beginning of your comments. Note that 

all comments received will be posted 

without change to www.regulations.gov, 

including any personal information 

provided. You should know that 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.). 

Therefore, you may want to review 

DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement 

in the Federal Register published on 

April 11, 2000, (65 FR 19477) or view 

the Privacy Notice at 

www.regulations.gov before submitting 

any such comments. 

Docket: For access to the docket or to 

read background documents or 

comments, go to http://

www.regulations.gov at any time or to 

Room W12–140 on the ground level of 

the DOT West Building, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, 

between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

If you wish to receive confirmation of 

receipt of your written comments, 

please include a self-addressed, 

stamped postcard with the following 

statement: ‘‘Comments on PHMSA– 

2016–0128.’’ The Docket Clerk will date 

stamp the postcard prior to returning it 

to you via the U.S. mail. 

Privacy Act Statement 

DOT may solicit comments from the 

public regarding certain general notices. 

DOT posts these comments, without 

edit, including any personal information 

the commenter provides, to 

www.regulations.gov, as described in 

the system of records notice (DOT/ALL– 

14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 

www.dot.gov/privacy. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information about the meeting, contact 

Cheryl Whetsel by phone at 202–366– 

4431 or by email at cheryl.whetsel@

dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The VIS Working Group is a recently 

created advisory committee established 

in accordance with Section 10 of the 

Protecting our Infrastructure of 

Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act of 

2016 (Pub. L. 114–183), the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 

U.S.C., App. 2, as amended), and 41 

CFR 102–3.50(a). On December 15, 

2016, the Secretary of Transportation 

(the Secretary) appointed 24 members to 

the committee. The first committee 

meeting convened on December 19, 

2016, to conduct committee and staff 

introductions, review the mandate 

requirements, review the committee 

charter and bylaws, introduce the 

concept of voluntary informationsharing, and discuss plans for future 

meetings. The last committee meeting 

was on June 29–30, 2017, to discuss 

existing integrity management 

regulations, assessment types and tools, 

geographic information system pipeline 

data, operator implementation, and the 

potential need for short-term 

subcommittees. 

II. Meeting Details and Agenda 

The VIS Working Group agenda will 

include briefings on topics such as the 

mission and objective of the VIS effort, 

best practices, examples of existing 

information-sharing systems, safety 

management systems, and the 

establishment of subcommittees. As part 

of its work, the committee will 

ultimately provide recommendations to 


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the Secretary, as required and 

specifically outlined in Section 10 of 

Public Law 114–183, addressing: 

(a) The need for, and the 

identification of, a system to ensure that 

dig verification data are shared with inline inspection operators to the extent 

consistent with the need to maintain 

proprietary and security-sensitive data 

in a confidential manner to improve 

pipeline safety and inspection 

technology; 

(b) Ways to encourage the exchange of 

pipeline inspection information and the 

development of advanced pipeline 

inspection technologies and enhanced 

risk analysis; 

(c) Opportunities to share data, 

including dig verification data between 

operators of pipeline facilities and inline inspector vendors to expand 

knowledge of the advantages and 

disadvantages of the different types of 

in-line inspection technology and 

methodologies; 

(d) Options to create a secure system 

that protects proprietary data while 

encouraging the exchange of pipeline 

inspection information and the 

development of advanced pipeline 

inspection technologies and enhanced 

risk analysis; 

(e) Means and best practices for the 

protection of safety and securitysensitive information and proprietary 

information; and 

(f) Regulatory, funding, and legal 

barriers to sharing the information 

described in paragraphs (a) through (d). 

The Secretary will publish the VIS 

Working Group’s recommendations on a 

publicly available DOT Web site. The 

VIS Working Group will fulfill its 

purpose once its recommendations are 

published online. 

The agenda will be published on the 

PHMSA meeting page https://

primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/ 

MtgHome.mtg?mtg=126, once it is 

finalized. 

Issued in Washington, DC on September 

19, 2017, under authority delegated in 49 

CFR 1.97. 

Alan K. Mayberry, 

Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20389 Filed 9–22–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2017–0109; Notice No. 

2017–08] 

Hazardous Materials: Emergency 

Waiver No. 2 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of emergency waiver 

order. 

SUMMARY: The Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration is 

issuing an emergency waiver order to 

persons conducting operations under 

the direction of Environmental 

Protection Agency Regions 2 or 4 or 

United States Coast Guard 7th District 

within the Hurricane Irma emergency 

and disaster areas of Florida, Puerto 

Rico, South Carolina, and the United 

States Virgin Islands. This Waiver Order 

is effective September 8, 2017, and shall 

remain in effect for 30 days from the 

date of issuance. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Adam Horsley, Deputy Assistant Chief 

Counsel for Hazardous Materials Safety, 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration, telephone: (202) 366– 

4400. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

In accordance with the provisions of 

49 U.S.C. 5103(c), the Acting 

Administrator for the Pipeline and 

Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration (PHMSA), hereby 

declares that an emergency exists that 

warrants issuance of a Waiver of the 

Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR, 

49 CFR parts 171–180) to persons 

conducting operations under the 

direction of Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Region 2 (290 Broadway, 

New York, NY 10007–1866) or Region 4 

(61 Forsyth Street SW., Atlanta, GA 

30303) or United States Coast Guard 

(USCG) 7th District (Brickell Plaza 

Federal Building, 909 SE 1st Avenue, 

Miami, FL 33131–3050) within the 

Hurricane Irma emergency and disaster 

areas of Florida, Puerto Rico, South 

Carolina, and the United States Virgin 

Islands. The Waiver is granted to 

support EPA and USCG in taking 

appropriate actions to prepare for, 

respond to, and recover from a threat to 

public health, welfare, or the 

environment caused by actual or 

potential oil and hazardous materials 

incidents resulting from Hurricane Irma. 

On September 5, 2017, the President 

issued an Emergency Declaration for 

Hurricane Irma for all 67 Florida 

counties (EM–3385), and all 78 

municipalities in the Commonwealth of 

Puerto Rico (EM–3384). On September 

7, 2017, the President issued an 

Emergency Declaration for Hurricane 

Irma for all 46 South Carolina counties 

and the Catawba Indian Nation (EM– 

3386), and a Major Disaster Declaration 

for all of the United States Virgin 

Islands (DR–4335). 

This Waiver Order covers all areas 

identified in the declarations, as 

amended. Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5103(c), 

PHMSA has authority delegated by the 

Secretary (49 CFR 1.97(b)(3)) to waive 

compliance with any part of the HMR 

provided that the grant of the waiver is: 

(1) In the public interest; (2) not 

inconsistent with the safety of 

transporting hazardous materials; and 

(3) necessary to facilitate the safe 

movement of hazardous materials into, 

from, and within an area of a major 

disaster or emergency that has been 

declared under the Robert T. Stafford 

Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 

Given the continuing impacts caused 

by Hurricane Irma, PHMSA’s Acting 

Administrator has determined that 

regulatory relief is in the public interest 

and necessary to ensure the safe 

transportation in commerce of 

hazardous materials while EPA and 

USCG execute their recovery and 

cleanup efforts in Florida, Puerto Rico, 

South Carolina, and the United States 

Virgin Islands. Specifically, PHMSA’s 

Acting Administrator finds that issuing 

this Waiver Order will allow EPA and 

USCG to conduct their emergency 

support function under the National 

Response Framework to safely remove, 

transport, and dispose of hazardous 

materials. By execution of this Waiver 

Order, persons conducting operations 

under the direction of EPA Regions 2 or 

4 or USCG 7th District within the 

Hurricane Irma emergency and disaster 

areas of Florida, Puerto Rico, South 

Carolina, and the United States Virgin 

Islands are authorized to offer and 

transport non-radioactive hazardous 

materials under alternative safety 

requirements imposed by EPA Regions 

2 or 4 or USCG 7th District when 

compliance with the HMR is not 

practicable. Under this Waiver Order, 

non-radioactive hazardous materials 

may be transported to staging areas 

within 50 miles of the point of origin. 

Further transportation of the hazardous 

materials from staging areas must be in 

full compliance with the HMR. 

This Waiver Order is effective 

September 8, 2017, and shall remain in 


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