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ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: 

RTCA Headquarters, 1150 18th Street 

NW., Suite 910, Washington, DC 20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karan Hofmann at khofmann@rtca.org 

or 202–330–0680, or The RTCA 

Secretariat, 1150 18th Street NW., Suite 

910, Washington, DC 20036, or by 

telephone at (202) 833–9339, fax at (202) 

833–9434, or Web site at http://

www.rtca.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby 

given for a meeting of the Fifty Second 

RTCA SC–224 Plenary. The agenda will 

include the following: 

Tuesday, October 24, 2017—10:00 a.m.– 

1:00 p.m. 

1. Welcome/Introductions/ 

Administrative Remarks 

2. Review/Approve Previous Meeting 

Summary 

3. Report on TSA participation 

4. Report on Document Distribution 

Mechanisms. 

5. Report on the New Guidelines and 

other Safe Skies Reports 

6. Discussion on DO–230I 

7. TOR Changes 

8. Action Items for Next Meeting 

9. Time and Place of Next Meeting 

10. Any Other Business 

11. Adjourn 

1. 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairman, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC on September 

25, 2017. 

Mohannad Dawoud, 

Management & Program Analyst, Partnership 

Contracts Branch, ANG–A17, NextGen, 

Procurement Services Division, Federal 

Aviation Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20826 Filed 9–27–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Revised Notice of Land Use Change 

and Release of Grant Assurance 

Restrictions at the Sacramento 

International Airport (SMF), 

Sacramento, California 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Revised notice of a nonaeronautical land-use change. 

SUMMARY: This Notice revises ‘‘Notice of 

Land Use Change and Release of Grant 

Assurance Restrictions at the 

Sacramento International Airport’’, June 

14, 2016, Page 38772. The previous 

Notice proposed to rule and invite 

public comment on the application for 

a land-use change for approximately 

31.1 acres of airport property at 

Sacramento International Airport (SMF), 

California. The parcel size has changed 

from 31.1 acres to approximately 35.32 

acres of airport property. The land use 

change will allow airport land to be 

released from the aeronautical use 

provisions of the Grant Assurances that 

require it to serve an airport purposes 

since the land is not needed for 

aeronautical uses. The reuse of the land 

for energy generating solar arrays 

represents a compatible land use that 

will not interfere with the airport or its 

operations. The solar generated 

electricity will benefit the airport by 

producing a market return on the land 

while reducing electrical costs. Cost 

savings will equal or exceed the fair 

market rental value of the land occupied 

by the solar farms. These benefits will 

serve the interest of civil aviation and 

contribute to the self-sustainability of 

the airport. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before October 30, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Comments on the request may be mailed 

or delivered to the FAA at the following 

address: Mr. James W. Lomen, Manager, 

Federal Aviation Administration, San 

Francisco Airports District Office, 

Federal Register Comment, 1000 Marina 

Boulevard, Suite 220, Brisbane, CA 

94005. In addition, one copy of the 

comment submitted to the FAA must be 

mailed or delivered to Mr. Glen 

Rickelton, Airport Manager, Sacramento 

International Airport, 6900 Airport 

Boulevard, Sacramento, CA 95837. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Wendell H. Ford 

Aviation Investment and Reform Act for 

the 21st Century (AIR 21), Public Law 

106–181 (Apr. 5, 2000; 114 Stat. 61), 

this notice must be published in the 

Federal Register 30 days before the 

Secretary may waive any condition 

imposed on a federally obligated airport 

by surplus property conveyance deeds 

or grant agreements. 

The following is a brief overview of 

the request: 

The County of Sacramento, California 

request for a modification to the 

conditions in the Grant Assurances to 

permit the non-aeronautical use of 

approximately 31.1 acres of land at 

Sacramento International Airport for 

two separate solar array sites to produce 

solar generated electricity was revised 

from 31.1 acres to approximately 35.3 

acres of airport land. One solar array site 

was changed from 16.3 acres to 20.3 

acres of unimproved land located in the 

north portion of the airfield, west of 

Taxiway D. The other solar array site 

was changed from 14.8 acres to 15.0 

acres of an unused parking area between 

Aviation Drive and Taxiway D in the 

south portion of the airfield. The size of 

the solar arrays did not change. Reuse 

of the land for the solar arrays will not 

impede future development of the 

airport as there is sufficient land for 

airport development. The lease rate is 

based on the appraised market value of 

the land. Compensation will be in the 

form of a reduced electrical rate that 

will produce cost savings that equals or 

exceeds the appraised market value of 

the land. The use of the property for the 

solar arrays represents a compatible use. 

Construction and operations of the solar 

arrays will not interfere with airport 

operations. The solar arrays will reduce 

airport operational costs, which will 

enhance the self-sustainability of the 

airport and, thereby, serve the interest of 

civil aviation. 

Issued in Brisbane, California, on 

September 21, 2017. 

James W. Lomen, 

Manager, San Francisco Airports District 

Office, Western-Pacific Region. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20851 Filed 9–27–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2017–0018 (Notice No. 

2017–05)] 

Hazardous Materials: Information 

Collection Activities 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

PHMSA invites comments on 11 

information collections pertaining to 

hazardous materials transportation for 

which PHMSA intends to request 

renewal from the Office of Management 

and Budget. On April 21, 2017, PHMSA 

published a notice with a 60-day 

comment period soliciting comments on 

these ICRs [82 FR 18828] under Docket 

No. PHMSA–2017–0018 (Notice No. 

2017–01). PHMSA received one 

comment; however, it was outside the 

scope of the April 21, 2017, notice. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

30, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Docket No. PHMSA–2017– 

0018 (Notice No. 2017–05) by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management System; 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

West Building, Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, Routing Symbol M–30, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20590. 

• Hand Delivery: To the Docket 

Management System; Room W12–140 

on the ground floor of the West 

Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and Docket 

Number (PHMSA–2017–0018) for this 

notice at the beginning of the comment. 

To avoid duplication, please use only 

one of these four methods. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to the Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) and will 

include any personal information you 

provide. 

Requests for a copy of an information 

collection should be directed to 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. 

Docket: For access to the dockets to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http://

www.regulations.gov or DOT’s Docket 

Operations Office (see ADDRESSES). 

Privacy Act: In accordance with 5 

U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments 

from the public to better inform its 

rulemaking process. 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: 

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 that PHMSA will be 

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– 

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 

collections were last approved. The 

following 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 

each information collection activity and 

will publish a notice in the Federal 

Register upon OMB’s approval. 

PHMSA requests comments on the 

following 11 information collections: 

1. Title: Hazardous Materials Security 

Plans. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0612. 

Summary: To assure public safety, 

shippers and carriers must take 

reasonable measures to plan and 

implement procedures to prevent 

unauthorized persons from taking 

control of, or attacking, hazardous 

materials shipments. Part 172 of the 

HMR requires persons who offer or 

transport certain hazardous materials to 

develop and implement written plans to 

enhance the security of hazardous 

materials shipments. The security plan 

requirements as prescribed in 

§ 172.800(b) apply to specific types of 

shipments. Such shipments include but 

are not limited to: Shipments greater 

than 3,000 kg (6,614 pounds) for solids 

or 3,000 liters (792 gallons) for liquids 

and gases in a single packaging such as 

a cargo tank motor vehicle, portable 

tank, tank car, or other bulk container; 

any quantity of a Division 1.1, 1.2, or 1.3 

material; a large bulk quantity of a 

Division 2.1 material; or any quantity of 

a poison-by-inhalation material. A 

security plan reduces the possibility 

that a hazardous materials shipment 

will be used as a weapon of opportunity 

by a terrorist or criminal. 

Affected Public: Shippers and carriers 

of hazardous materials in commerce. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Number of Respondents: 54,999. 

Total Annual Responses: 54,999. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 427,719. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

2. Title: Rulemaking, Special Permits, 

and Preemption Requirements. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0051. 

Summary: This information collection 

applies to procedures for requesting 

changes, exceptions, and other 

determinations in relation to the HMR. 

Specific areas covered in this 

information collection include part 105, 

subparts A and B, ‘‘Hazardous Materials 

Program Definitions and General 

Procedures’’; part 106, subpart B, 

‘‘Participating in the Rulemaking 

Process’’; part 107, subpart B, ‘‘Special 

Permits’’; and part 107, subpart C, 

‘‘Preemption.’’ The Federal hazardous 

materials transportation law directs the 

Secretary of Transportation to prescribe 

regulations for the safe transportation of 

hazardous materials in commerce. 

PHMSA is authorized to accept 

petitions for rulemaking and appeals, as 

well as applications for special permits, 

preemption determinations, and waivers 

of preemption. The types of information 

collected include: 

(1) Petitions for Rulemaking: Any 

person may petition PHMSA to add, 

amend, or delete a regulation in parts 

110, 130, 171 through 180, or may 

petition the Office of the Chief Counsel 

to add, amend, or delete a regulation in 

parts 105, 106, or 107. Petitions 

submitted to PHMSA are required to 

contain information as required by 

§ 106.100 of the HMR. 

(2) Appeals: Except as provided in 

§ 106.40(e), any person may submit an 

appeal to our actions in accordance with 

the Appeals procedures found in 

§§ 106.110 through 106.130. 

(3) Applications for Special Permit: 

Any person applying for a special 

permit must include the citation of the 

specific regulation from which the 

applicant seeks relief; specification of 

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the proposed mode or modes of 

transportation; detailed description of 

the proposed special permit (e.g., 

alternative packaging, test, procedure, or 

activity), including as appropriate, 

written descriptions, drawings, flow 

charts, plans and other supporting 

documents, etc. 

(4) Applications for Preemption 

Determination: With the exception of 

highway routing matters covered under 

49 U.S.C. 5125(c), any person directly 

affected by any requirement of a State, 

political subdivision, or Indian tribe 

may apply to the Chief Counsel for a 

determination whether that requirement 

is preempted by § 107.202(a), (b), or (c). 

The application must include the text of 

the State, political subdivision, or 

Indian tribe requirement for which the 

determination is sought; specify each 

requirement of the Federal hazardous 

materials transportation law, regulations 

issued under the Federal hazardous 

material transportation law, or 

hazardous material transportation 

security regulations or directives issued 

by the Secretary of Homeland Security 

with which the applicant seeks the 

State, political subdivision, or Indian 

tribe requirement to be compared; 

explain why the applicant believes the 

State, political subdivision, or Indian 

tribe requirement should or should not 

be preempted under the standards of 

§ 107.202; and state how the applicant 

is affected by the State, political 

subdivision, or Indian tribe 

requirement. 

(5) Waivers of Preemption: With the 

exception of requirements preempted 

under 49 U.S.C. 5125(c), any person 

may apply to the Chief Counsel for a 

waiver of preemption with respect to 

any requirement that: (1) The State, 

political subdivision thereof, or Indian 

tribe acknowledges to be preempted 

under the Federal hazardous materials 

transportation law, or (2) has been 

determined by a court of competent 

jurisdiction to be so preempted. The 

Chief Counsel may waive preemption 

with respect to such requirement upon 

a determination that such requirement 

affords an equal or greater level of 

protection to the public than is afforded 

by the requirements of the Federal 

hazardous materials transportation law 

or the regulations issued thereunder, 

and does not unreasonably burden 

commerce. 

The information collected under these 

application procedures is used in the 

review process by PHMSA in 

determining the merits of the petitions 

for rulemakings and for reconsideration 

of rulemakings, as well as applications 

for special permits, preemption 

determinations, and waivers of 

preemption to the HMR. The procedures 

governing these petitions for rulemaking 

and for reconsideration of rulemakings 

are covered in subpart B of part 106. 

Applications for special permits, 

preemption, determinations, and 

waivers of preemption are covered 

under subparts B and C of part 107. 

Rulemaking procedures help PHMSA 

determine if a rule change is necessary, 

is consistent with public interest, and 

maintains a level of safety equal to or 

superior to that of current regulations. 

Special permit procedures provide the 

information required for analytical 

purposes to determine if the requested 

relief provides for a comparable level of 

safety as provided by the HMR. 

Additionally, PHMSA uses information 

from preemption procedures to 

determine whether a requirement of a 

State, political subdivision, or Indian 

tribe is preempted under 49 U.S.C. 

5125, or regulations issued thereunder, 

or whether a waiver of preemption 

should be issued. 

Affected Public: Shippers, carriers, 

packaging manufacturers, and other 

affected entities. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Number of Respondents: 3,304. 

Total Annual Responses: 4,294. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,899. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

3. Title: Requirements for United 

Nations (UN) Cylinders. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0621. 

Summary: This information collection 

and recordkeeping burden is the result 

of efforts to amend the HMR to adopt 

standards for the design, construction, 

maintenance, and use of cylinders and 

multiple-element gas containers 

(MEGCs) based on the standards 

contained in the UN Recommendations 

on the Transport of Dangerous Goods. 

Aligning the HMR with the UN 

Recommendations promotes flexibility, 

permits the use of technological 

advances for the manufacture of the 

pressure receptacles, provides for a 

broader selection of pressure 

receptacles, reduces the need for special 

permits, and facilitates international 

commerce in the transportation of 

compressed gases. Information 

collection requirements address 

domestic and international 

manufacturers of cylinders that request 

approval by the approval agency for 

cylinder design types. The approval 

process for each cylinder design type 

includes review, filing, and 

recordkeeping of the approval 

application. The approval agency is 

required to maintain a set of the 

approved drawings and calculations for 

each design it reviews and a copy of 

each initial design type approval 

certificate approved by the Associate 

Administrator for the Office of 

Hazardous Materials Safety for not less 

than 20 years. 

Affected Public: Fillers, owners, users, 

and retesters of UN cylinders. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Number of Respondents: 50. 

Total Annual Responses: 150. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 900. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

4. Title: Response Plans for Shipments 

of Oil. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0591. 

Summary: In recent years, several 

major oil discharges damaged the 

marine environment of the United 

States. Under authority of the Federal 

Water Pollution Control Act, as 

amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 

1990, PHMSA issued regulations in 49 

CFR part 130 that require preparation of 

written spill response plans. 

Affected Public: Carriers that 

transport oil in bulk, by motor vehicle 

or rail. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Number of Respondents: 8,000. 

Total Annual Responses: 8,000. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 10,560. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

5. Title: Cargo Tank Specification 

Requirements. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0014. 

Summary: This information collection 

consolidates and describes the 

information collection provisions in 

parts 107, 178, and 180 of the HMR 

involving the manufacture, 

qualification, maintenance, and use of 

all specification cargo tank motor 

vehicles. It also includes the 

information collection and 

recordkeeping requirements for persons 

who are engaged in the manufacture, 

assembly, requalification, and 

maintenance of DOT specification cargo 

tank motor vehicles. The types of 

information collected include: 

(1) Registration Statements: Cargo 

tank manufacturers and repairers, as 

well as cargo tank motor vehicle 

assemblers, are required to be registered 

with DOT and must furnish information 

relative to their qualifications to 

perform the functions in accordance 

with the HMR. DOT uses the 

registration statements to identify these 

persons to ensure they possess the 

knowledge and skills necessary to 

perform the required functions and that 

they are performing the specified 

functions in accordance with the 

applicable regulations. 

(2) Requalification and Maintenance 

Reports: These reports are prepared by 

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persons who requalify or maintain cargo 

tanks. This information is used by cargo 

tank owners, operators and users, and 

DOT compliance personnel to verify 

that the cargo tanks are requalified, 

maintained, and in proper condition for 

the transportation of hazardous 

materials. 

(3) Manufacturers’ Data Reports, 

Certificates, and Related Papers: These 

reports are prepared by cargo tank 

manufacturers and certifiers. They are 

used by cargo tank owners, operators, 

users, and DOT compliance personnel 

to verify that a cargo tank motor vehicle 

was designed and constructed to meet 

all requirements of the applicable 

specification. 

Affected Public: Manufacturers, 

assemblers, repairers, requalifiers, 

certifiers, and owners of cargo tanks. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Number of Respondents: 41,366. 

Total Annual Responses: 132,600. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 101,507. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

6. Title: Container Certification 

Statements. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0582. 

Summary: Shippers of explosives, in 

freight containers or transport vehicles 

by vessel, are required to certify on 

shipping documentation that the freight 

container or transport vehicle meets 

minimal structural serviceability 

requirements. This requirement ensures 

an adequate level of safety for transport 

of explosives aboard vessel and 

consistency with similar requirements 

in international standards. 

Affected Public: Shippers of 

explosives in freight containers or 

transport vehicles by vessel. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Number of Respondents: 650. 

Total Annual Responses: 890,000. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 14,908. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

7. Title: Testing Requirements for 

Non-Bulk Packaging. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0572. 

Summary: This information collection 

consolidates and describes the 

information provisions in parts 173 and 

180 of the HMR on the testing 

requirements for non-bulk packagings. 

This OMB control number covers 

performance-oriented packaging 

standards and allows packaging 

manufacturers and shippers increased 

flexibility in selecting more economical 

packagings for their products. This 

information collection also allows 

customizing the design of packagings to 

better suit the transportation 

environment that they will encounter 

and encourages technological 

innovations, decreases packaging costs, 

and significantly reduces the need for 

special permits. 

Affected Public: Each non-bulk 

packaging manufacturer that tests 

packagings to ensure compliance with 

the HMR. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Number of Respondents: 5,010. 

Total Annual Responses: 15,500. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 32,500. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

8. Title: Testing, Inspection, and 

Marking Requirements for Cylinders. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0022. 

Summary: Requirements in § 173.301 

for qualification, maintenance, and use 

of cylinders include periodic 

inspections and retesting to ensure 

continuing compliance with packaging 

standards. Information collection 

requirements address registration of 

retesters and marking of cylinders by 

retesters with their identification 

number and retest date following the 

completion of required tests. The 

cylinder owner or designated agent 

must keep records showing the results 

of inspections and retests either until 

expiration of the retest period or until 

the cylinder is re-inspected or retested, 

whichever occurs first. These 

requirements ensure that retesters have 

the qualifications to perform tests and 

identify to cylinder fillers and users that 

cylinders are qualified for continuing 

use. Information collection 

requirements in § 173.303 require that 

fillers of acetylene cylinders keep, for at 

least 30 days, a daily record of the 

representative pressure to which 

cylinders are filled. 

Affected Public: Fillers, owners, users, 

and retesters of reusable cylinders. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Number of Respondents: 139,352. 

Total Annual Responses: 153,287. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 171,462. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

9. Title: Flammable Cryogenic 

Liquids. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0542. 

Summary: Provisions in 

§ 177.840(a)(2) specify certain safety 

procedures and documentation 

requirements for drivers of motor 

vehicles transporting flammable 

cryogenic liquids. This information 

allows the driver to take appropriate 

remedial actions to prevent a 

catastrophic release of the flammable 

cryogenics should the temperature of 

the material begin to rise excessively or 

if the travel time will exceed the safe 

travel time. These requirements are 

intended to ensure a high level of safety 

when transporting flammable 

cryogenics due to their extreme 

flammability and high compression 

ratio when in a liquid state. 

Affected Public: Carriers of cryogenic 

materials. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Number of Respondents: 65. 

Total Annual Responses: 18,200. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,213. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

10. Title: Approval for Hazardous 

Materials. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0557. 

Summary: Without these 

requirements, there is no means to: (1) 

Determine whether applicants who 

apply to become designated approval 

agencies are qualified to evaluate 

package design, test packages, classify 

hazardous materials, etc.; (2) verify that 

various containers and special loading 

requirements for vessels meet the 

requirements of the HMR; and (3) assure 

that regulated hazardous materials pose 

no danger to life and property during 

transportation. 

There are several approval provisions 

contained in the HMR and associated 

procedural regulations. Responses to 

these information collections are 

required to obtain benefits, such as 

becoming an approval or certification 

agency, or to obtain a variance from 

packaging or handling requirements 

based on information provided by the 

respondent. These benefits and 

variances involve areas, for example, 

such as UN third-party certification; 

authorization to examine and test 

lighters; authorization to examine and 

test explosives; and authorization to requalify DOT cylinders. 

Affected Public: Business and other 

entities who must meet the approval 

requirements in the HMR. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Number of Respondents: 14,323. 

Total Annual Responses: 14,674. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 30,070. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

11. Title: Rail Carrier and Tank Car 

Tanks Requirements, Rail Tank Car 

Tanks—Transportation of Hazardous 

Materials by Rail. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0559. 

Summary: This information collection 

consolidates and describes the 

information provisions in parts 172, 

173, 174, 179, and 180 of the HMR on 

the transportation of hazardous 

materials by rail and the manufacture, 

qualification, maintenance, and use of 

tank cars. The types of information 

collected include: 

(1) Approvals of the Association of 

American Railroads (AAR) Tank Car 

Committee: An approval is required 

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from the AAR Tank Car Committee for 

a tank car to be used for a commodity 

other than those specified in part 173 

and on the certificate of construction. 

This information is used to ascertain 

whether a commodity is suitable for 

transportation in a tank car. AAR 

approval is also required for an 

application for approval of designs, 

materials and construction, conversion 

or alteration of tank car tanks 

constructed to a specification in part 

179, or an application for construction 

of tank cars to any new specification. 

This information is used to ensure that 

the design, construction, or 

modification of a tank car or the 

construction of a tank car to a new 

specification is performed in accordance 

with the applicable requirements. 

(2) Progress Reports: Each owner of a 

tank car that is required to be modified 

to meet certain requirements specified 

in § 173.31 must submit a progress 

report to the Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA). FRA uses this 

information to ensure that all affected 

tank cars are modified before the 

regulatory compliance date. 

(3) FRA Approvals: An approval is 

required from FRA to transport a bulk 

packaging (such as a portable tank, IM 

portable tank, intermediate bulk 

container, cargo tank, or multi-unit tank 

car tank) containing a hazardous 

material in container-on-flat-car or 

trailer-on-flat-car service other than as 

authorized by § 174.63. FRA uses this 

information to ensure that the bulk 

package is properly secured using an 

adequate restraint system during 

transportation. An FRA approval is also 

required for the movement of any tank 

car that does not conform to the 

applicable requirements in the HMR. 

These latter movements are currently 

being reported under the information 

collection for special permit 

applications. 

(4) Manufacturer Reports and 

Certificate of Construction: These 

documents are prepared by tank car 

manufacturers and used by owners, 

users, and FRA personnel to verify that 

rail tank cars conform to the applicable 

specification. 

(5) Quality Assurance Program: 

Facilities that build, repair, and ensure 

the structural integrity of tank cars are 

required to develop and implement a 

quality assurance program. This 

information is used by the facility and 

DOT compliance personnel to ensure 

that each tank car is constructed or 

repaired in accordance with the 

applicable requirements. 

(6) Inspection Reports: A written 

report must be prepared and retained for 

each tank car that is inspected and 

tested in accordance with § 180.509 of 

the HMR. Rail carriers, users, and FRA 

use this information to ensure that rail 

tank cars are properly maintained and 

in safe condition for transporting 

hazardous materials. 

Affected Public: Manufacturers, 

owners, and rail carriers of tank. 

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Burden: 

Number of Respondents: 266. 

Total Annual Responses: 17,685. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 2,834. 

Frequency of Collection: Annually. 

William S. Schoonover, 

Associate Administrator of Hazard Materials 

Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20796 Filed 9–27–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2017–0122; Notice No. 

2017–10] 

Hazardous Materials: Emergency 

Waiver No. 4 

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 Region 2 or United 

States Coast Guard 7th District within 

the Hurricane Maria emergency and 

disaster areas of Puerto Rico and the 

United States Virgin Islands. This 

Waiver Order is effective September 22, 

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 United States Coast Guard (USCG) 

7th District (Brickell Plaza Federal 

Building, 909 SE 1st Avenue, Miami, FL 

33131–3050) within the Hurricane 

Maria emergency and disaster areas of 

Puerto Rico 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 

Maria. 

On September 18, 2017, the President 

issued an Emergency Declarations for 

Hurricane Maria for the Commonwealth 

of Puerto Rico (EM–3391) and the 

United States Virgin Islands (EM–3390). 

On September 20, 2017, the President 

issued a Major Disaster Declaration for 

the United States Virgin Islands (DR– 

4340). 

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 Maria, 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 Puerto Rico 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 Region 2 or USCG 7th 

District within the Hurricane Maria 

emergency and disaster areas of Puerto 

Rico and the United States Virgin 

Islands are authorized to offer and 

transport non-radioactive hazardous 

materials under alternative safety