Document ID: PHMSA-2015-0003-0001
Agency: phmsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Pipeline Safety; Periodic Underwater Inspection and Notification of Abandoned Underwater Pipelines
Posted Date: 2015-02-02T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 21 (Monday, February 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5617-5618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01838]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA 2015-0003]

Pipeline Safety: 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 an information collection that will be expiring in 
the summer of 2015. PHMSA will request an extension with no change for 
the information collection titled ``Pipeline Safety: Periodic 
Underwater Inspection and Notification of Abandoned Underwater 
Pipelines'' identified by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control 
number 2137-0618.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
April 3, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Comments 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: 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 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.
    Instructions: When you submit a comment on this notice to the 
docket, identify the docket number, PHMSA-2015-0003, at the beginning 
of your 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 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

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statement: ``Comments on PHMSA-2015-0003.'' The Docket Clerk will date 
stamp the postcard prior to returning it to you via the U.S. mail. 
Please note that due to delays in the delivery of U.S. mail to Federal 
offices in Washington, DC, we recommend that persons consider an 
alternative method (internet, fax, or professional delivery service) of 
submitting comments to the docket and ensuring their timely receipt at 
DOT.
    Privacy Act Statement: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, PHMSA solicits comments from the public to better inform 
its information collection process. PHMSA 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: Cameron Satterthwaite by telephone at 
202-366-1319 or by email at cameron.satterthwaite@dot.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1320.8(d), Title 5, Code of Federal 
Regulations, 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 PHMSA will submit to OMB for renewal. 
The following information is provided for each information collection: 
(1) Title of the information collection; (2) OMB control number; (3) 
Current expiration date; (4) Type of request; (5) Abstract of the 
information collection activity; (6) Description of affected public; 
(7) Estimate of total annual reporting and recordkeeping burden; and 
(8) Frequency of collection. PHMSA will request a three-year term of 
approval for each information collection activity. PHMSA requests 
comments on the following information collections:
    1. Title: Pipeline Safety: Periodic Underwater Inspection and 
Notification of Abandoned Underwater Pipelines.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0618.
    Current Expiration Date: 8/31/2015.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: The Federal pipeline safety regulations at 49 CFR 192.612 
and 195.413 require operators to conduct appropriate periodic 
underwater inspections in the Gulf of Mexico and its inlets. If an 
operator discovers that its underwater pipeline is exposed or poses a 
hazard to navigation, among other remedial actions such as marking and 
reburial in some cases, the operator must contact the National Response 
Center by telephone within 24 hours of discovery and report the 
location of the exposed pipeline.
    PHMSA's regulations for reporting the abandonment of underwater 
pipelines can be found at Sec. Sec.  192.727 and 195.59. These 
provisions contain certain requirements for disconnecting and purging 
abandoned pipelines and require operators to notify PHMSA of each 
abandoned offshore pipeline facility or each abandoned onshore pipeline 
facility that crosses over, under or through a commercially navigable 
waterway.
    Affected Public: Operators of pipeline facilities (except master 
meter operators).
    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
    Estimated number of responses: 92.
    Estimated annual burden hours: 1,372.
    Frequency of collection: On occasion.
    Comments are invited on:
    (a) The need for the renewal and revision of these collections of 
information for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (b) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    (c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (d) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques.

    Authority:  The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.

    Issued in Washington, DC on January 27, 2015, under authority 
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
John A. Gale,
Director, Office of Standards and Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 2015-01838 Filed 1-30-15; 8:45 am]
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