Document ID: PHMSA-2009-0375-0002
Agency: phmsa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities
Posted Date: 2010-01-28T05:00Z

[Federal Register: January 28, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 18)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2009-0375]

 
Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: On November 24, 2009, as required by the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration 
(PHMSA) published a notice in the Federal Register (74 FR 61403) of its 
intent to renew an information collection under Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) Control No. 2137-0604, titled ``Pipeline Integrity 
Management in High Consequence Areas Operators with more than 500 Miles 
of Hazardous Liquid Pipeline.'' No comments were received. PHMSA is 
publishing this notice to provide the public with an additional 30 days 
to comment and announce that the Information Collection renewal will be 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by March 1, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted to the docket identified as PHMSA-
2009-0375 by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 1-202-395-6566.
     Mail: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 726 Jackson Place, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503, Attn: Desk Officer for Department of 
Transportation (DOT).
     E-mail: Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs 
(OIRA), Office of Management and Budget, at the following address: 
oira_submissions@omb.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cameron Satterthwaite by telephone at 
202-366-1319, by fax at 202-366-4566, or by mail at U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., PHP-30, Washington, DC 20590-0001.

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 renewal that PHMSA will be submitting to OMB for 
approval. This information collection is contained in the pipeline 
safety regulations, 49 CFR parts 190-199. 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 
information is provided for each information collection: (1) Title of 
the information collection; (2) OMB control number; (3) Type of 
request; (4) Abstract of the information collection activity; (5) 
Description of affected public; (6) Estimate of total annual reporting 
and recordkeeping burden; and (7) Frequency of collection. PHMSA will 
request a three-year term of approval for each information collection 
activity.
    PHMSA requests comments on the following information collection:
    Title of Information Collection: Pipeline Integrity Management in 
High Consequence Areas Operators with more than 500 Miles of Hazardous 
Liquid Pipeline.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0604.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: Hazardous liquid operators with pipelines in high 
consequence areas (i.e., commercially navigable waterways, high 
population areas, other populated areas, and unusually sensitive areas 
as defined in 49 CFR 195.450) are subject to certain information 
collection requirements relative to the Integrity Management Program 
provisions of 49 CFR 195.452. This information collection (2137-0604) 
covers each operator that has more than 500 miles of hazardous liquid 
pipelines.
    Affected Public: Operators of hazardous liquid pipelines located in 
high consequence areas that operate more than 500 miles of pipeline.

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    Recordkeeping:
    Estimated number of responses: 71.
    Estimated annual burden hours: 57,510 hours.
    Frequency of collection: Annually.

    Issued in Washington, DC on January 26, 2010.
Jeffrey D. Wiese,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 2010-1876 Filed 1-27-10; 8:45 am]
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