Document ID: PHMSA-2019-0137-0002
Agency: phmsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
Posted Date: 2019-10-08T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53826-53827]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21909]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2019-0137]

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 compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the information 
collection request abstracted below is being forwarded to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment.
    PHMSA will request an extension with no change for the information 
collection identified by OMB control number 2137-0631, which is due to 
expire on March 31, 2020. A Federal Register notice soliciting comments 
on this information collection was published on July 30, 2019, (84 FR 
37004). PHMSA did not receive any comments pertaining to the renewal of 
this information collection.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
November 7, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Hill by telephone at 202-366-
1246, by email at angela.hill@dot.gov, or by mail at DOT, PHMSA, 1200 
New Jersey Avenue SE, PHP-30, Washington, DC 20590-0001.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding the burden estimate, including 
suggestions for reducing the burden, to OMB, Attention: Desk Officer 
for the Office of the Secretary of Transportation, 725 17th Street NW, 
Washington, DC 20503.

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Confidential Business Information

    Confidential Business Information (CBI) is commercial or financial 
information that is both customarily and actually treated as private by 
its owner. Under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552), 
CBI is exempt from public disclosure. If your comments responsive to 
this notice contain commercial or financial information that is 
customarily treated as private, that you actually treat as private, and 
that is relevant or responsive to this notice, it is important that you 
clearly designate the submitted comments as CBI. Pursuant to 49 CFR 
190.343, you may ask PHMSA to give confidential treatment to 
information you give to the agency by taking the following steps: (1) 
Mark each page of the original document submission containing CBI as 
``Confidential''; (2) send PHMSA, along with the original document, a 
second copy of the original document with the CBI deleted; and (3) 
explain why the information you are submitting is CBI. Unless you are 
notified otherwise, PHMSA will treat such marked submissions as 
confidential under the Freedom of Information Act, and they will not be 
placed in the public docket of this notice. Submissions containing CBI 
should be sent to Angela Hill at DOT, PHMSA, PHP-30, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue SE, PHP-30, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    Any commentary PHMSA receives that is not specifically designated 
as CBI will be placed in the public docket for this matter.

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. In accordance with this 
regulation, on February 11, 2019, (84 FR 3278) PHMSA published a 
Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on the information collection. In response, PHMSA received no 
comments.
    The following information is provided for this 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 this information collection activity.
    1.Title: Customer Notifications for Installation of Excess Flow 
Valves.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0631.
    Current Expiration Date: 3/31/2020.
    Type of Request: Renewal without change.
    Abstract: This information collection will cover the reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements for gas pipeline operators associated with 
the requirement of operators to notify customers of their right to 
request the installation of excess flow valves.
    Affected Public: Gas pipeline operators.
    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
    Estimated number of responses: 4,381.
    Estimated annual burden hours: 4,381.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Comments to OMB are invited on:
    (a) The need for the proposed information, including whether the 
information will have practical utility in helping the agency to 
achieve its pipeline safety goals;
    (b) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection;
    (c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (d) Ways to minimize the burden 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 October 2, 2019, under authority 
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
John A. Gale,
Director, Standards and Rulemaking Division.
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