45360 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 187 / Thursday, September 28, 2017 / Notices 

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 

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requirements imposed by EPA Region 2 

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 22, 2017, and shall remain in 

effect for 30 days from the date of 

issuance. 

Issued in Washington, DC. 

Drue Pearce, 

Acting Administrator, Pipeline and 

Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20766 Filed 9–27–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials 

Safety Administration 

[Docket No. PHMSA–2017–0073 (Notice No. 

2017–04)] 

Hazardous Materials: Information 

Collection Activities 

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous 

Materials Safety Administration 

(PHMSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

PHMSA invites comments on an 

information collection pertaining to 

hazardous materials transportation for 

which PHMSA intends to request 

renewal from the Office of Management 

and Budget. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 27, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. PHMSA–2017– 

0073 (Notice No. 2017–04), 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–2017–0073) 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 

provided. 

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 an information 

collection request that PHMSA will be 

submitting to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for renewal and 

extension. This information collection is 

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 collection was last 

approved. The following information is 

provided for this 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 this information collection 

activity and will publish a notice in the 

Federal Register upon OMB’s approval. 

PHMSA requests comments on the 

following information collection: 

Title: Hazardous Materials Shipping 

Papers & Emergency Response 

Information. 

OMB Control Number: 2137–0034. 

Summary: This information collection 

is for the requirement to provide a 

shipping paper and emergency response 

information with shipments of 

hazardous materials. Shipping papers 

are a basic communication tool in the 

transportation of hazardous materials 

and, by definition (see 49 CFR 171.8), 

include a shipping order, bill of lading, 

manifest, or other shipping document 

serving a similar purpose and 

containing the information required by 

§§ 172.202, 172.203, and 172.204 of the 

HMR. A shipping paper with emergency 

response information must accompany 

most hazardous materials shipments 

and be readily available at all times 

during transportation. 

Shipping papers serve as the principal 

source of information regarding the 

presence of hazardous materials, 

identification, quantity, and emergency 

response procedures. They inform on 

compliance with other requirements 

(i.e., the placement of rail cars 

containing different hazardous materials 

in trains); prevent the loading of poisons 

with foodstuffs; maintain the separation 

of incompatible hazardous materials; 

and limit the amount of radioactive 

materials that may be transported in a 

vehicle or aircraft. Shipping papers and 

emergency response information also 

notify transport workers that hazardous 

materials are present and serve as a 

principal means of identifying 

hazardous materials during 

transportation emergencies. Firefighters, 

police, and other emergency response 

personnel are trained to obtain the DOT 

shipping papers and emergency 

response information when responding 

to hazardous materials transportation 

emergencies. 

The availability of accurate 

information concerning hazardous 

materials being transported significantly 

improves response efforts in these types 

of emergencies. 

Affected Public: Shippers and carriers 

of hazardous materials in commerce.