80_FR_27937 80 FR 27844 - Hazardous Materials: Information Collection Activities

80 FR 27844 - Hazardous Materials: Information Collection Activities

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 93 (May 14, 2015)

Page Range27844-27845
FR Document2015-11625

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, PHMSA invites comments on its intention to revise an information collection under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 2137-0628, ``Flammable Hazardous Materials by Rail Transportation''. This reporting requirement would require tank car owners to report their progress in the retrofitting of tank cars to the Department of Transportation (DOT).

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 93 (Thursday, May 14, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 93 (Thursday, May 14, 2015)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11625]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2012-0082 (Notice No. 15-13)]


Hazardous Materials: Information Collection Activities

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), 
Department of Transportation (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 its intention to revise an information collection 
under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 2137-0628, 
``Flammable Hazardous Materials by Rail Transportation''. This 
reporting requirement would require tank car owners to report their 
progress in the retrofitting of tank cars to the Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
July 13, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by the docket number 
(PHMSA-2012-0082) by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Operations, 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 Docket Operations, 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 for this notice. Internet users may access comments 
received by DOT at: http://www.regulations.gov. Please note that 
comments received will be posted without change to: http://www.regulations.gov including any personal information provided.
    Privacy Act: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits 
comments from the public. 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.
    Requests for a copy of an information collection should be directed 
to Steven Andrews or T. Glenn Foster, Standards and Rulemaking Division 
(PHH-12), Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 1200 
New Jersey Avenue SE., East Building, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20590-
0001, Telephone (202) 366-8553.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Andrews or T. Glenn Foster, 
Standards and Rulemaking Division (PHH-12), Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., East 
Building, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20590-0001, Telephone (202) 366-
8553.

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 that PHMSA will be submitting to OMB for 
revision. This information collection request is contained in 49 CFR 
part 174 of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR parts 171-
180). PHMSA has revised the burden estimate, where appropriate, to 
reflect current reporting levels or adjustments based on changes 
described in this notice. The following information is provided for the 
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 three-year term of approval for the information collection 
activity and, when approved by OMB, publish a notice of the approval in 
the Federal Register.
    PHMSA requests comments on the following information collection:
    Title: Flammable Hazardous Materials by Rail Transportation.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0628.
    Summary: This information collection pertains to requirements for 
the creation of a sampling and testing program for mined gas or liquid 
and rail routing for High Hazard Flammable Trains (HHFTs),\a\ routing 
requirements for rail operators, and the reporting of incidents that 
may occur from HFFTs.
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    \a\ An HHFT means a single train transporting 20 or more loaded 
tank cars of a Class 3 flammable liquid in a continuous block or a 
single train carrying 35 or more loaded tank cars of a Class 3 
flammable liquid throughout the train consist.
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    In the final rule entitled ``Enhanced Tank Car Standards and 
Operational Controls for High-Hazard Flammable Trains'' PHMSA and FRA 
adopted a risk-based timeline for the retrofit of existing tank cars to 
meet an enhanced CPC-1232 standard when used as part of an HHFT. The 
retrofit timeline focuses on two risk factors, the packing group and 
differing types of DOT-111 and CPC-1232 tank cars. The timeline 
provides an accelerated risk reduction that more appropriately 
addresses the overall risk. The timeline is provided in the Sec. Sec.  
173.241, 173.242, and 173.243 tables of the final rulemaking (80 FR 
26643) and includes a January 1, 2017 deadline for of non-jacketed DOT-
111 tank cars in PG I service in an HHFT. Not adhering to the January 
1, 2017 deadline would trigger a reporting requirement.
    This reporting requirement would require owners of non-jacketed 
DOT-111 tank cars in Packing Group I service in an HHFT to report to 
DOT the following information regarding the retrofitting progress:
     The total number of tank cars retrofitted to meet the DOT-
117R specification;
     The total number of tank cars built or retrofitted to meet 
the DOT-117P specification;
     The total number of DOT-111 tank cars (including those 
built to CPC-1232 industry standard) that have not been modified;

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     The total number of tank cars built to meet the DOT-117 
specification; and
     The total number of tank cars built or retrofitted to a 
DOT-117, 117R, or 117P specification that are Electronically Controlled 
Pneumatic (ECP) brake ready or ECP brake equipped.
    Although this reporting requirement applies to individual owners of 
non-jacketed DOT-111 tank cars in PG I service in an HHFT, DOT would 
accept a consolidated report from a group representing the affected 
industries. Furthermore, while not adhering to the January 1, 2017 
retrofit deadline triggers an initial reporting requirement, it would 
also trigger a requirement which would authorize the Secretary of 
Transportation to request additional reports of the above information 
with reasonable notice.
    We estimate that this additional requirement will result in a 
revised information collection and recordkeeping burden as follows:
    OMB No. 2137-0628, ``Flammable Hazardous Materials by Rail 
Transportation''
    Additional Burden request:
    Additional Number of Respondents: 50.
    Additional Annual Responses: 50.
    Additional Annual Burden Hours: 25.
    Additional Total Annual Burden Cost: $1,000.

    Revised Total First Year Burden:
    Revised Total Annual Number of Respondents: 2,039.
    Revised Total Annual Responses: 2,609.
    Revised Total Annual Burden Hours: 103,814.
    Revised Total Annual Burden Cost: $7,384,633.55.

    Revised Subsequent Year Burden:
    Revised Total Annual Number of Respondents: 2,039.
    Revised Total Annual Responses: 2,609.
    Revised Total Annual Burden Hours: 29,054.
    Revised Total Annual Burden Cost: $2,038,988.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on May 11, 2015.
William S. Schoonover,
Deputy Associate Administrator, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-11625 Filed 5-13-15; 8:45 am]
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27844 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 93 / Thursday, May 14, 2015 / Notices exists or a NHTSA order for the • Mail: Docket Operations, U.S. including former title if a change is notification and remedy of a safety- Department of Transportation, West being made; (2) OMB control number; related defect as alleged by the Building, Ground Floor, Room W12– (3) summary of the information petitioner at the conclusion of the 140, Routing Symbol M–30, 1200 New collection activity; (4) description of requested investigation. Therefore, Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC affected public; (5) estimate of total given a thorough analysis of the 20590. annual reporting and recordkeeping potential for finding a safety related • Hand Delivery: To Docket burden; and (6) frequency of collection. defect in the vehicle and in view of the Operations, Room W12–140 on the PHMSA will request a three-year term of need to allocate and prioritize NHTSA’s ground floor of the West Building, 1200 approval for the information collection limited resources to best accomplish the New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, activity and, when approved by OMB, agency’s safety mission and mitigate DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., publish a notice of the approval in the risk, the petition is respectfully denied. Monday through Friday, except Federal Federal Register. This action does not constitute a finding holidays. PHMSA requests comments on the by NHTSA that a safety-related defect Instructions: All submissions must following information collection: does not exist. The agency will take include the agency name and docket Title: Flammable Hazardous Materials further action if warranted by future number for this notice. Internet users by Rail Transportation. circumstances. may access comments received by DOT OMB Control Number: 2137–0628. Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30162(d); delegations at: http://www.regulations.gov. Please Summary: This information collection of authority at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.8. note that comments received will be pertains to requirements for the creation posted without change to: http:// of a sampling and testing program for Frank S. Borris, II, www.regulations.gov including any mined gas or liquid and rail routing for Acting Associate Administrator for personal information provided. High Hazard Flammable Trains Enforcement. Privacy Act: In accordance with 5 (HHFTs),a routing requirements for rail [FR Doc. 2015–11632 Filed 5–13–15; 8:45 am] U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments operators, and the reporting of incidents BILLING CODE 4910–59–P from the public. DOT posts these that may occur from HFFTs. comments, without edit, including any In the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhanced personal information the commenter Tank Car Standards and Operational DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION provides, to www.regulations.gov, as Controls for High-Hazard Flammable described in the system of records Trains’’ PHMSA and FRA adopted a Pipeline and Hazardous Materials notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can risk-based timeline for the retrofit of Safety Administration be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy. existing tank cars to meet an enhanced Requests for a copy of an information CPC–1232 standard when used as part [Docket No. PHMSA–2012–0082 (Notice No. collection should be directed to Steven of an HHFT. The retrofit timeline 15–13)] Andrews or T. Glenn Foster, Standards focuses on two risk factors, the packing Hazardous Materials: Information and Rulemaking Division (PHH–12), group and differing types of DOT–111 Collection Activities Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety and CPC–1232 tank cars. The timeline Administration, 1200 New Jersey provides an accelerated risk reduction AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Avenue SE., East Building, 2nd Floor, that more appropriately addresses the Materials Safety Administration Washington, DC 20590–0001, overall risk. The timeline is provided in (PHMSA), Department of Transportation Telephone (202) 366–8553. the §§ 173.241, 173.242, and 173.243 (DOT). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: tables of the final rulemaking (80 FR ACTION: Notice and request for Steven Andrews or T. Glenn Foster, 26643) and includes a January 1, 2017 comments. Standards and Rulemaking Division deadline for of non-jacketed DOT–111 (PHH–12), Pipeline and Hazardous tank cars in PG I service in an HHFT. SUMMARY: In accordance with the Materials Safety Administration, 1200 Not adhering to the January 1, 2017 Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, New Jersey Avenue SE., East Building, deadline would trigger a reporting PHMSA invites comments on its 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20590–0001, requirement. intention to revise an information Telephone (202) 366–8553. This reporting requirement would collection under Office of Management SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section require owners of non-jacketed DOT– and Budget (OMB) Control Number 1320.8(d), Title 5, Code of Federal 111 tank cars in Packing Group I service 2137–0628, ‘‘Flammable Hazardous Regulations requires PHMSA to provide in an HHFT to report to DOT the Materials by Rail Transportation’’. This interested members of the public and following information regarding the reporting requirement would require affected agencies an opportunity to retrofitting progress: tank car owners to report their progress comment on information collection and • The total number of tank cars in the retrofitting of tank cars to the recordkeeping requests. This notice retrofitted to meet the DOT–117R Department of Transportation (DOT). identifies an information collection specification; DATES: Interested persons are invited to request that PHMSA will be submitting • The total number of tank cars built submit comments on or before July 13, to OMB for revision. This information or retrofitted to meet the DOT–117P 2015. collection request is contained in 49 specification; ADDRESSES: You may submit comments CFR part 174 of the Hazardous Materials • The total number of DOT–111 tank identified by the docket number Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR parts 171– cars (including those built to CPC–1232 industry standard) that have not been tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES (PHMSA–2012–0082) by any of the 180). PHMSA has revised the burden following methods: estimate, where appropriate, to reflect modified; • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to current reporting levels or adjustments a An HHFT means a single train transporting 20 http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the based on changes described in this or more loaded tank cars of a Class 3 flammable online instructions for submitting notice. 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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 93 / Thursday, May 14, 2015 / Notices 27845 • The total number of tank cars built reports of the above information with Revised Total Annual Burden Hours: to meet the DOT–117 specification; and reasonable notice. 103,814. • The total number of tank cars built We estimate that this additional Revised Total Annual Burden Cost: or retrofitted to a DOT–117, 117R, or requirement will result in a revised $7,384,633.55. 117P specification that are information collection and Revised Subsequent Year Burden: Electronically Controlled Pneumatic recordkeeping burden as follows: Revised Total Annual Number of OMB No. 2137–0628, ‘‘Flammable (ECP) brake ready or ECP brake Respondents: 2,039. Hazardous Materials by Rail equipped. Revised Total Annual Responses: Transportation’’ Although this reporting requirement 2,609. Additional Burden request: applies to individual owners of non- Additional Number of Respondents: Revised Total Annual Burden Hours: jacketed DOT–111 tank cars in PG I 50. 29,054. service in an HHFT, DOT would accept Additional Annual Responses: 50. Revised Total Annual Burden Cost: a consolidated report from a group Additional Annual Burden Hours: 25. $2,038,988. representing the affected industries. Additional Total Annual Burden Cost: Signed in Washington, DC, on May 11, Furthermore, while not adhering to the $1,000. 2015. January 1, 2017 retrofit deadline triggers Revised Total First Year Burden: William S. Schoonover, an initial reporting requirement, it Revised Total Annual Number of Deputy Associate Administrator, Pipeline and would also trigger a requirement which Respondents: 2,039. Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. would authorize the Secretary of Revised Total Annual Responses: [FR Doc. 2015–11625 Filed 5–13–15; 8:45 am] Transportation to request additional 2,609. BILLING CODE 4910–60–P tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:59 May 13, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00218 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\14MYN1.SGM 14MYN1


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Document Modified: 2015-12-15 15:33:22
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice and request for comments.
DatesInterested persons are invited to submit comments on or before July 13, 2015.
ContactSteven Andrews or T. Glenn Foster, Standards and Rulemaking Division (PHH-12), Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., East Building, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20590-0001, Telephone (202) 366- 8553.
FR Citation80 FR 27844 
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