81_FR_85912 81 FR 85684 - Pipeline Safety: Meeting of the Voluntary Information-Sharing System Working Group

81 FR 85684 - Pipeline Safety: Meeting of the Voluntary Information-Sharing System Working Group

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 228 (November 28, 2016)

Page Range85684-85685
FR Document2016-28425

This notice announces a public meeting of the newly created Voluntary Information-Sharing System (VIS) Working Group. The VIS Working Group will convene to discuss administrative procedures and consider the development of a voluntary information-sharing system.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 228 (Monday, November 28, 2016)
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 228 (Monday, November 28, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 85684-85685]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28425]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2016-0128]


Pipeline Safety: Meeting of the Voluntary Information-Sharing 
System Working Group

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), 
DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Voluntary Information-Sharing System Working Group 
Meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a public meeting of the newly created 
Voluntary Information-Sharing System (VIS) Working Group. The VIS 
Working Group will convene to discuss administrative procedures and 
consider the development of a voluntary information-sharing system.

DATES: The VIS Working Group will meet on Monday, December 19, 2016, 
from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., EST.
    The meeting will not be web cast; however, any documents presented 
will be available on the meeting Web site and posted on the E-Gov Web 
site: http://www.regulations.gov under docket number PHMSA-2016-0128 
within 30 days following the meeting.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at a location yet to be determined 
in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area. The meeting location, agenda 
and any additional information will be published on the following VIS 
Working Group and registration page at: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/MtgHome.mtg?mtg=122.

Public Participation

    This meeting will be open to the public. Members of the public who 
wish to attend in person are asked to register at: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/MtgHome.mtg?mtg=122 no later than 
December 16, 2016, in order to facilitate entry and guarantee seating. 
Members of the public who attend in person will also be provided an 
opportunity to make a statement during the meeting.
    Written comments: Persons who wish to submit written comments on 
the meeting may be submitted to the docket in the following ways:

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    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 the DOT West 
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9:00 a.m. 
and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except on Federal holidays.
    Instructions: Identify the docket number PHMSA-2016-0128 at the 
beginning of your comments. Note that all comments received will be 
posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any 
personal information provided. You should know that anyone is able to 
search the electronic form of all comments received into any of our 
dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or 
signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, 
business, labor union, etc.). Therefore, you may want to review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on 
April 11, 2000, (65 FR 19477) or view the Privacy Notice at http://www.regulations.gov before submitting any such 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 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.
    If you wish to receive confirmation of receipt of your written 
comments, please include a self-addressed, stamped postcard with the 
following statement: ``Comments on PHMSA-2016-0128.'' The Docket Clerk 
will date stamp the postcard prior to returning it to you via the U.S. 
mail.

Privacy Act Statement

    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.

Services for Individuals With Disabilities

    The public meeting will be physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Individuals requiring accommodations, such as sign 
language interpretation or other ancillary aids, are asked to notify 
Cheryl Whetsel at [email protected] by December 12, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about the meeting, 
contact Cheryl Whetsel by phone at 202-366-4431 or by email at 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The VIS Working Group is a newly created advisory committee 
established in accordance with Section 10 of the Protecting our 
Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety (PIPES) Act of 2016 
(Pub. L. 114-183), the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of 1972 (5 
U.S.C., App. 2, as amended), and 41 CFR 102-3.50(a).

II. Meeting Details and Agenda

    The VIS Working Group will consider and provide recommendations to 
the Secretary as specifically outlined in section 10 of Public Law 114-
183:
    (a) The need for, and the identification of, a system to ensure 
that dig verification data are shared with in-line inspection operators 
to the extent consistent with the need to maintain proprietary and 
security-sensitive data in a confidential manner to improve pipeline 
safety and inspection technology;
    (b) Ways to encourage the exchange of pipeline inspection 
information and the development of advanced pipeline inspection 
technologies and enhanced risk analysis;
    (c) Opportunities to share data, including dig verification data 
between operators of pipeline facilities and in-line inspector vendors 
to expand knowledge of the advantages and disadvantages of the 
different types of in-line inspection technology and methodologies;
    (d) Options to create a secure system that protects proprietary 
data while encouraging the exchange of pipeline inspection information 
and the development of advanced pipeline inspection technologies and 
enhanced risk analysis;
    (e) Means and best practices for the protection of safety- and 
security-sensitive information and proprietary information; and
    (f) Regulatory, funding, and legal barriers to sharing the 
information described in paragraphs (a) through (d).
    The Secretary will publish the VIS Working Group's recommendations 
on a publicly available DOT Web site. The VIS Working Group will 
fulfill its purpose once its recommendations are published online.
    The agenda will be published on the PHMSA Web site.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on November 21, 2016, under authority 
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Linda Daugherty,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Field Operations.
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                                                  these vehicles must be replaced,                        each update that will be made available               delegation of authority at 49 CFR 1.95(a); 49
                                                  providing GM the additional time it                     through the public docket. During this                CFR parts 556, 573, 577.
                                                  requests will not delay GM’s efforts to                 time, any interested person may also                  Paul A. Hemmersbaugh,
                                                  develop and validate replacement                        submit written data, views, and                       Chief Counsel.
                                                  inflators as an available remedy for the                arguments regarding this Petition.                    [FR Doc. 2016–28476 Filed 11–25–16; 8:45 am]
                                                  Subject GMT900 Vehicles, should that                    Following the conclusion of the                       BILLING CODE 4910–59–P
                                                  remedy ultimately be required. Id.                      requested deferral—i.e., August 31,
                                                    The Agency acknowledges that GM                       2017, NHTSA will make a decision
                                                  has produced probative evidence to
                                                                                                          whether to grant or deny the Petition                 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
                                                  support its inconsequentiality claim.
                                                                                                          after considering all available
                                                  The testing and data collected by GM to                                                                       Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
                                                  date—while not yet sufficient—tends to                  information.
                                                                                                                                                                Safety Administration
                                                  support GM’s Petition, at least with                       NHTSA reserves the right to deny this
                                                  respect to the short-term safety of the                 Petition at any time prior to August 31,              [Docket No. PHMSA–2016–0128]
                                                  covered passenger inflators. Based upon                 2017, in the event necessary to mitigate
                                                                                                                                                                Pipeline Safety: Meeting of the
                                                  the data GM has developed and                           an unreasonable risk to safety within the
                                                                                                                                                                Voluntary Information-Sharing System
                                                  presented to date, NHTSA believes that                  meaning of the Safety Act, based upon,                Working Group
                                                  in the coming months this evidence                      inter alia, future field ruptures, ballistic
                                                  could ultimately grow and develop to                    testing failures that are not related to              AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous
                                                  support GM’s position with respect to                   artificial aging tests, or other relevant             Materials Safety Administration
                                                  the long-term safety of the covered                     facts or circumstances.                               (PHMSA), DOT.
                                                  passenger inflators. Presently, however,                                                                      ACTION: Notice of Voluntary
                                                  the evidence GM has presented is not                       Accordingly, NHTSA hereby gives
                                                                                                                                                                Information-Sharing System Working
                                                  yet sufficient to prove (by a                           notice of its receipt of GM’s Petition for
                                                                                                                                                                Group Meeting.
                                                  preponderance of the evidence) their                    Inconsequentiality and Request for
                                                  long-term safety. Based upon the                        Deferral of Determination Regarding                   SUMMARY:   This notice announces a
                                                  evidence and analysis GM has presented                  Certain GMT900 Vehicles Equipped                      public meeting of the newly created
                                                  to date, and its plan to develop and                    with Takata ‘‘SPI YP’’ and ‘‘PSPI–L YD’’              Voluntary Information-Sharing System
                                                  analyze additional data, NHTSA agrees                   Passenger Inflators. And it is hereby                 (VIS) Working Group. The VIS Working
                                                  that GM’s request for additional time is                ORDERED that:                                         Group will convene to discuss
                                                  reasonable and supported by the testing                                                                       administrative procedures and consider
                                                                                                             1. GM’s request to file an
                                                  and data collected to date.                                                                                   the development of a voluntary
                                                                                                          inconsequentiality petition for DIRs
                                                    Moreover, although a pending                                                                                information-sharing system.
                                                                                                          16V–381 and 16V–383 beyond the 30-
                                                  inconsequentiality petition tolls GM’s                                                                        DATES: The VIS Working Group will
                                                  obligation to provide a remedy, NHTSA                   day deadline is GRANTED;
                                                                                                                                                                meet on Monday, December 19, 2016,
                                                  does not believe consumers will be                         2. The period for public comment on                from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., EST.
                                                  significantly impacted by the requested                 GM’s Petition shall run from the                         The meeting will not be web cast;
                                                  deferral. As explained above, GM has                    publication of this decision through                  however, any documents presented will
                                                  been working toward an alternative                      September 14, 2017;                                   be available on the meeting Web site
                                                  remedy in the event it should become                       3. GM’s request for a deferral of the              and posted on the E-Gov Web site:
                                                  necessary, and expects that remedy to                   Agency’s decision so that it may have                 http://www.regulations.gov under
                                                  be available in June 2017. The length of                                                                      docket number PHMSA–2016–0128
                                                                                                          additional time to present evidence and
                                                  the requested deferral is through August                                                                      within 30 days following the meeting.
                                                                                                          analysis in support of this Petition is
                                                  2017. Therefore, if NHTSA ultimately                                                                          ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
                                                  were to deny this Petition at the                       GRANTED, and GM’s time for the
                                                                                                                                                                a location yet to be determined in the
                                                  conclusion of GM’s engineering                          development and presentation of further
                                                                                                                                                                Washington, DC Metropolitan area. The
                                                  analysis, no significant delay in the                   evidence, data, and information is                    meeting location, agenda and any
                                                  availability of remedy parts would                      extended to August 31, 2017;                          additional information will be
                                                  result.                                                    4. GM shall provide NHTSA with                     published on the following VIS Working
                                                    For these reasons, NHTSA will grant                   monthly updates on its engineering                    Group and registration page at: https://
                                                  the requested relief, and allow GM an                   analysis, Orbital ATK’s study, and any                primis.phmsa.dot.gov/meetings/
                                                  opportunity to provide more evidence                    other data, analysis, or test results the             MtgHome.mtg?mtg=122.
                                                  and a fuller record upon which the                      company develops in its effort to
                                                  Agency can make its determination.                                                                            Public Participation
                                                                                                          support this Petition, and GM shall
                                                  Subject to the conditions that follow,                  provide the Agency with a non-                           This meeting will be open to the
                                                  GM shall have until August 31, 2017 to                                                                        public. Members of the public who wish
                                                                                                          confidential summary of each update
                                                  present all data, views, and arguments                                                                        to attend in person are asked to register
                                                  supporting this Petition, including                     that will be added to the public docket;
                                                                                                                                                                at: https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/
                                                  additional analysis and testing results,                and
                                                                                                                                                                meetings/MtgHome.mtg?mtg=122 no
                                                  through a supplement or amendment,                         5. NHTSA retains the right to rule on              later than December 16, 2016, in order
                                                  which shall be published in the docket.                 the Petition at any time before August                to facilitate entry and guarantee seating.
                                                  GM shall be required to provide NHTSA                   31, 2017 (i.e., to either deny or grant the           Members of the public who attend in
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                                                  with monthly updates on GM’s                            Petition) should additional evidence,                 person will also be provided an
                                                  engineering analysis, Orbital ATK’s                     facts, or circumstances—in NHTSA’s                    opportunity to make a statement during
                                                  study, and any other data, analysis, or                 sole judgment and discretion—warrant                  the meeting.
                                                  test results GM develops in its effort to               such a decision.                                         Written comments: Persons who wish
                                                  support its inconsequentiality claim. In                                                                      to submit written comments on the
                                                                                                            Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30101, et seq., 30118,
                                                  addition, GM shall provide the Agency                                                                         meeting may be submitted to the docket
                                                                                                          30120(h), 30162, 30166(b)(1), 30166(g)(1);
                                                  with a non-confidential summary of                                                                            in the following ways:


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                                                     E-Gov Web site: http://                              Services for Individuals With                           (f) Regulatory, funding, and legal
                                                  www.regulations.gov. This site allows                   Disabilities                                          barriers to sharing the information
                                                  the public to enter comments on any                                                                           described in paragraphs (a) through (d).
                                                                                                            The public meeting will be physically                 The Secretary will publish the VIS
                                                  Federal Register notice issued by any
                                                                                                          accessible to people with disabilities.               Working Group’s recommendations on a
                                                  agency.
                                                                                                          Individuals requiring accommodations,                 publicly available DOT Web site. The
                                                     Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
                                                                                                          such as sign language interpretation or               VIS Working Group will fulfill its
                                                     Mail: Docket Management Facility;                    other ancillary aids, are asked to notify
                                                  U.S. Department of Transportation                                                                             purpose once its recommendations are
                                                                                                          Cheryl Whetsel at                                     published online.
                                                  (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,                      cheryl.whetsel@dot.gov by December 12,
                                                  West Building, Room W12–140,                                                                                    The agenda will be published on the
                                                                                                          2016.                                                 PHMSA Web site.
                                                  Washington, DC 20590–0001.
                                                     Hand Delivery: Room W12–140 on the                   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For                    Issued in Washington, DC, on November
                                                  ground level of the DOT West Building,                  information about the meeting, contact                21, 2016, under authority delegated in 49
                                                  1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,                             Cheryl Whetsel by phone at 202–366–                   CFR 1.97.
                                                  Washington, DC, between 9:00 a.m. and                   4431 or by email at                                   Linda Daugherty,
                                                  5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday,                       cheryl.whetsel@dot.gov.                               Deputy Associate Administrator for Field
                                                  except on Federal holidays.                             SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            Operations.
                                                     Instructions: Identify the docket                                                                          [FR Doc. 2016–28425 Filed 11–25–16; 8:45 am]
                                                  number PHMSA–2016–0128 at the                           I. Background                                         BILLING CODE 4910–60–P
                                                  beginning of your comments. Note that                     The VIS Working Group is a newly
                                                  all comments received will be posted                    created advisory committee established
                                                  without change to http://                               in accordance with Section 10 of the                  DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
                                                  www.regulations.gov, including any                      Protecting our Infrastructure of
                                                  personal information provided. You                                                                            Office of the Secretary
                                                                                                          Pipelines and Enhancing Safety (PIPES)
                                                  should know that anyone is able to                      Act of 2016 (Pub. L. 114–183), the                    [Docket No. DOT–OST–2016–0171]
                                                  search the electronic form of all                       Federal Advisory Committee Act
                                                  comments received into any of our                       (FACA) of 1972 (5 U.S.C., App. 2, as                  Request for Comments
                                                  dockets by the name of the individual                   amended), and 41 CFR 102–3.50(a).
                                                  submitting the comment (or signing the                                                                        AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, U.S.
                                                  comment, if submitted on behalf of an                   II. Meeting Details and Agenda                        Department of Transportation
                                                  association, business, labor union, etc.).                                                                    ACTION: Notice and request for
                                                                                                             The VIS Working Group will consider
                                                  Therefore, you may want to review                                                                             comments
                                                                                                          and provide recommendations to the
                                                  DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement                    Secretary as specifically outlined in                 SUMMARY:   In accordance with the
                                                  in the Federal Register published on                    section 10 of Public Law 114–183:                     Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
                                                  April 11, 2000, (65 FR 19477) or view
                                                                                                             (a) The need for, and the                          U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice
                                                  the Privacy Notice at http://
                                                                                                          identification of, a system to ensure that            announces that the U.S. Department of
                                                  www.regulations.gov before submitting
                                                                                                          dig verification data are shared with in-             Transportation (DOT) will forward the
                                                  any such comments.
                                                                                                          line inspection operators to the extent               Information Collection Request (ICR)
                                                     Docket: For access to the docket or to               consistent with the need to maintain                  abstracted below to the Office of
                                                  read background documents or                            proprietary and security-sensitive data               Management and Budget (OMB) for
                                                  comments, go to http://                                 in a confidential manner to improve                   renewal of a previously approved
                                                  www.regulations.gov at any time or to                   pipeline safety and inspection                        collection. The ICR describes the nature
                                                  Room W12–140 on the ground level of                     technology;                                           of the information collection and its
                                                  the DOT West Building, 1200 New                                                                               expected cost and burden hours. The
                                                  Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC,                         (b) Ways to encourage the exchange of
                                                                                                          pipeline inspection information and the               OMB approved the form in 2015 with its
                                                  between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.,                                                                              renewal required by December 31, 2016.
                                                  Monday through Friday, except Federal                   development of advanced pipeline
                                                                                                          inspection technologies and enhanced                  The Federal Register Notice with a 60-
                                                  holidays.                                                                                                     day comment period soliciting
                                                                                                          risk analysis;
                                                     If you wish to receive confirmation of                                                                     comments on the form renewal was
                                                  receipt of your written comments,                          (c) Opportunities to share data,
                                                                                                          including dig verification data between               published on September 16, 2016, [FR
                                                  please include a self-addressed,                                                                              Vol. 81, No. 180, page 63855]. No
                                                  stamped postcard with the following                     operators of pipeline facilities and in-
                                                                                                          line inspector vendors to expand                      comments were received.
                                                  statement: ‘‘Comments on PHMSA–
                                                                                                          knowledge of the advantages and                       DATES: Comments on this notice must be
                                                  2016–0128.’’ The Docket Clerk will date
                                                  stamp the postcard prior to returning it                disadvantages of the different types of               received by December 28, 2016.
                                                  to you via the U.S. mail.                               in-line inspection technology and                     ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
                                                                                                          methodologies;                                        invited to submit comments regarding
                                                  Privacy Act Statement                                      (d) Options to create a secure system              this proposal to the DOT/OST Desk
                                                    In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c),                   that protects proprietary data while                  Officer, Office of Information and
                                                  DOT solicits comments from the public                   encouraging the exchange of pipeline                  Regulatory Affairs, Office of
                                                  to better inform its rulemaking process.                inspection information and the                        Management and Budget, Docket
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                                                  DOT posts these comments, without                       development of advanced pipeline                      Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street,
                                                  edit, including any personal information                inspection technologies and enhanced                  NW., Washington, DC 20503, or by
                                                  the commenter provides, to                              risk analysis;                                        email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
                                                  www.regulations.gov, as described in                       (e) Means and best practices for the               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                  the system of records notice (DOT/ALL–                  protection of safety- and security-                   Tami L. Wright, Associate Director,
                                                  14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at                      sensitive information and proprietary                 Equal Employment Opportunity
                                                  www.dot.gov/privacy.                                    information; and                                      Complaints and Investigations Division


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of Voluntary Information-Sharing System Working Group Meeting.
DatesThe VIS Working Group will meet on Monday, December 19, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., EST.
ContactFor information about the meeting, contact Cheryl Whetsel by phone at 202-366-4431 or by email at [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 85684 

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