82 FR 15787 - Agency Information Collection Activity; Notice of Request for Approval To Continue To Collect Information: Barrier Failure Reporting in Oil and Gas Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Bureau of Transportation Statistics Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 60 (March 30, 2017)
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 60 (March 30, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-06272 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 60 (Thursday, March 30, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 15787-15789] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-06272] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Bureau of Transportation Statistics [Docket Number DOT-OST-2017-0043] Agency Information Collection Activity; Notice of Request for Approval To Continue To Collect Information: Barrier Failure Reporting in Oil and Gas Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R), U.S. Department of Transportation. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of BTS to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve continuation of the following information collection: Barrier Failure Reporting in Oil and Gas Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). In August 2013, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and BTS signed an Interagency Agreement (IAA) to develop and implement SafeOCS, a voluntary program for confidential reporting of `near misses' occurring on the OCS. BTS has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with BSEE to expand the scope of SafeOCS to include an industry-wide repository of equipment failure data, analyze and aggregate information provided under this program, and publish reports that will provide BSEE, the industry, and all OCS stakeholders with essential information about failure types and modes of critical safety barriers for offshore operations related to well control. The data collection effort that is the subject of this notice addresses the collection of failure data as referenced in recently issued BSEE regulations (81 FR 25887, April 29, 2016) and (81 FR 61834, September 7, 2016). BTS received permission to collect the data under an emergency OMB control number on September 29, 2016. Through this notice, BTS is requesting permission to continue this previously approved data collection. This information collection is necessary to aid BSEE, the oil and gas industry, and other stakeholders in identifying barrier failure trends and causes of critical safety barrier failure events. DATES: Written comments should be submitted by May 30, 2017. ADDRESSES: To ensure that your comments are not entered more than once into the docket, submit comments by only one of the following methods:Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and follow the instructions for sending your comments electronically. Docket Number: DOT-OST-2017-0043. Mail: Docket Services, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001. Hand Delivery: Deliver to mail address above between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Fax: (202) 493-2251. Identify all transmissions with ``Docket Number DOT-OST-2017-0043'' at the beginning of each page of the document. Instructions: All comments must include the agency name and docket number for this notice. Paper comments should be submitted in duplicate. The Docket Management Facility is open for examination and copying, at the above address from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST, 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 Docket Number DOT-OST-2017-0043.'' The Docket Clerk will date stamp the postcard prior to returning it to you via the U.S. mail. Please note that all comments received, including any personal information, will be posted and will be publicly viewable, without change, at www.regulations.gov. You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; pages 19477-78) or you may review the Privacy Act Statement at www.regulations.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Demetra V. Collia, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, U.S. Department of [[Page 15788]] Transportation, Office of Statistical and Economic Analysis, RTS-31, E36-302, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001; Phone No. (202) 366-1610; Fax No. (202) 366-3383; email: [email protected]. Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., EST, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Data Confidentiality Provisions: The confidentiality of barrier failure information submitted to BTS is protected under the BTS confidentiality statute (49 U.S.C. 6307) and the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-347, Title V). In accordance with these confidentiality statutes, only statistical (aggregated) and non-identifying data will be made publicly available by BTS through its reports. BTS will not release to BSEE or any other public or private entity any information that might reveal the identity of individuals or organizations mentioned in failure notices or reports without explicit consent of the respondent and any other affected entities. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. The Data Collection The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35; as amended) and 5 CFR part 1320 require each Federal agency to obtain OMB approval to initiate an information collection activity. BTS is seeking OMB approval to continue the following BTS information collection activity: Title: Barrier Failure Reporting in Oil and Gas Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf. OMB Control Number: 2139-0046. Type of Review: Approval of data collection. This information collection is limited to the establishment of BTS as an authorized repository for the previously approved BSEE information collections (OMB Control Number 1014-0028, expiration 04/30/2019, and OMB Control Number 1014-0003, expiration 08/31/2019) in order to ensure the confidentiality of submissions under CIPSEA. Respondents: BTS has entered into a MOU with BSEE to facilitate the collection of information from respondents identified in the BSEE notices for OMB Control Number 1014-0028 and OMB Control Number 1014- 0003. Responsibility for establishing the actual scope and burden for this collection resides with BSEE. This BTS information collection request does not create any additional burden for respondents. For the purposes of this collection BTS has identified BSEE as the sole respondent. Number of Potential Responses: For the purposes of this collection BTS has identified BSEE as the sole respondent reporting to BTS at the annual frequency of one. Estimated Time per Response: 60 minutes. Frequency: Once. Total Annual Burden: 1 hour. Abstract: The Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 note), can provide strong confidentiality protection for information acquired for statistical purposes under a pledge of confidentiality. CIPSEA Guidance from the Office of Management and Budget advises that a non-statistical agency or unit (BSEE) that wishes to acquire information with CIPSEA protection may consider entering into an agreement with a Federal statistical agency or unit (BTS). BTS and BSEE have determined that it is in the public interest to collect and process the barrier-related failure reports required by 30 CFR 250.730 and the safety and pollution prevention equipment failure reports required by 30 CFR 250.803, or any other data deemed necessary to administer BSEE's safety program pertaining to barrier failures under a pledge of confidentiality for statistical purposes only. BTS has agreed through an MOU with BSEE to undertake the information collection identified in the BSEE notice for OMB Control Number 1014-0028 and the BSEE notice for OMB Control Number 1014-0003 in order to ensure the confidentiality of submissions under CIPSEA. Since this information collection is limited to the establishment of BTS as an authorized repository for the previously approved information collection (OMB Control Number 1014-0028, expiration 04/30/2019 and OMB Control Number 1014-0003, expiration 08/ 31/2019), this information collections request does not create any additional burden for respondents. II. Background In August 2013, BTS and BSEE signed an IAA to develop and implement SafeOCS, a voluntary program for confidential reporting of `near misses' occurring on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The goal of the voluntary near miss reporting system is to provide BTS with essential information about accident precursors and other hazards associated with OCS oil and gas operations. Under the program, BTS will develop and publish aggregate reports that BSEE, the industry and all OCS stakeholders can use--in conjunction with incident reports and other sources of information--to reduce safety and environmental risks and continue building a more robust OCS safety culture. In July 2016, new BSEE regulations became effective which require, in part, the reporting of barrier-related failure event and analysis information (see 81 FR 25887) and reporting of failure event and analysis information of safety and pollution prevention equipment (see 81 FR 61834). BSEE requested and BTS agreed to expand the scope of SafeOCS to include reports of equipment failure mandated by a BSEE regulations (see 81 FR 25887 and 81 FR 61834), as well as near-miss reports voluntarily submitted by either employees or companies. Both BTS and BSEE agree that reports on equipment failures are considered a type of precursor safety information and can be included in SafeOCS to provide a means of identifying industry-wide data trends on barrier failures or potential for barrier failures. This data collection will provide parties in the oil and gas industry a trusted means to report sensitive proprietary and safety information related to equipment failures and to foster trust in the confidential collection, handling, and storage of the raw data. BTS will use the data collected to establish a comprehensive source of barrier-related failure data for statistical purposes. With input from subject matter experts, BTS will process and analyze information on equipment failures, and publish results of such analyses in public reports. Such reports will provide BSEE, the industry, and all OCS stakeholders with essential information about failure types and modes of critical safety barriers for offshore operations related to well control and production safety systems. BTS will continue to collect failure notices, failure analysis reports, and design change/modified procedures reports as described in 30 CFR 250.730 and 30 CFR 250.803 submitted by industry operators, their contractors, original equipment manufacturers, and others employed in the oil and gas industry; develop an analytical database using the reported data and other pertinent information; conduct statistical analyses and develop public reports; and protect the confidentiality of notices and reports in accordance with BTS' own statute and CIPSEA. Accordingly, only statistical and non-sensitive information will be made available through BTS' publications and reports. Those publications and reports will potentially provide the industry, BSEE, other OCS stakeholders, and the public with valuable information regarding precursors to safety risks and [[Page 15789]] contribute to research and development of intervention programs aimed at preventing accidents and fatalities in the OCS. Respondents who report equipment failures will be asked to fill out a form and submit pertinent supplemental information as described in 30 CFR 250.730, 30 CFR 250.803 and cited industry standards. Respondents will have the option to mail or submit the report electronically to BTS. Respondents will be asked to provide information such as: (1) Name and contact information; (2) time and location of the failure event; (3) a short description of the failure event and operating conditions that existed at the time of the event; (4) contributing factors to the event; (5) results of an investigation or safety analysis report; (6) any design or procedural changes as a result of the reported equipment failure; and (7) any other information that might be useful in determining ways to prevents such failures from occurring. III. Request for Public Comment BTS requests comments on any aspects of this information collection request, including: (1) Ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the collected information; and (2) ways to minimize the collection burden without reducing the quality of the information collected, including additional use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Patricia Hu, Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, U.S. Department of Transportation. [FR Doc. 2017-06272 Filed 3-29-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-9X-P
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disease which is accompanied by and/or summarizes the Agency’s recent denials 61834, September 7, 2016). BTS
likely to cause symptoms of syncope, as required under 49 U.S.C. 31315(b)(4). received permission to collect the data
dyspnea, collapse, or congestive cardiac The following three applicants are under an emergency OMB control
failure. However, the subjective decision of
whether the nature and severity of an
denied exemptions from the number on September 29, 2016.
individual’s condition will likely cause cardiovascular standard: Through this notice, BTS is requesting
symptoms of cardiovascular insufficiency is Gary Francher permission to continue this previously
on an individual basis and qualification rests Henry McGuire approved data collection. This
with the medical examiner and the motor Matthew Wilson information collection is necessary to
carrier. aid BSEE, the oil and gas industry, and
Issued on: March 23, 2017.
In the case of persons with ICDs, the other stakeholders in identifying barrier
Larry W. Minor,
underlying condition for which the ICD failure trends and causes of critical
Associate Administrator for Policy. safety barrier failure events.
was implanted places the individual at
[FR Doc. 2017–06271 Filed 3–29–17; 8:45 am]
high risk for syncope (a transient loss of DATES: Written comments should be
consciousness) or other unpredictable BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P submitted by May 30, 2017.
events known to result in gradual or ADDRESSES: To ensure that your
sudden incapacitation. ICDs may comments are not entered more than
discharge, which could result in loss of DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
once into the docket, submit comments
ability to safely control a CMV. See the Bureau of Transportation Statistics by only one of the following methods:
Evidence Report on ‘‘Cardiovascular • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
Disease and Commercial Motor Vehicle [Docket Number DOT–OST–2017–0043] http://www.regulations.gov and follow
Driver Safety,’’ April 2007.2 A focused the instructions for sending your
research report entitled ‘‘Implantable Agency Information Collection
comments electronically. Docket
Cardioverter Defibrillators and the Activity; Notice of Request for
Number: DOT–OST–2017–0043.
Impact of a Shock on a Patient When Approval To Continue To Collect • Mail: Docket Services, U.S.
Deployed,’’ completed for the FMCSA Information: Barrier Failure Reporting Department of Transportation, 1200
in December 2014, indicates that the in Oil and Gas Operations on the Outer New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building,
available scientific data on persons with Continental Shelf Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
ICDs and CMV driving does not support AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation Washington, DC 20590–0001.
that persons with ICDs who operate Statistics (BTS), Office of the Assistant • Hand Delivery: Deliver to mail
CMVs are able to meet an equal or Secretary for Research and Technology address above between 9 a.m. and 5
greater level of safety and upholds the (OST–R), U.S. Department of p.m. EST, Monday through Friday,
findings of the April 2007 report. Copies Transportation. except Federal holidays.
of the April 2007 report and the • Fax: (202) 493–2251.
ACTION: Notice and request for
December 2014 report are included in Identify all transmissions with ‘‘Docket
the docket for this notice. comments.
Number DOT–OST–2017–0043’’ at the
Discussion of Public Comments SUMMARY: In accordance with the beginning of each page of the document.
requirements of the Paperwork Instructions: All comments must
On October 20, 2016, FMCSA include the agency name and docket
Reduction Act of 1995, this notice
published in a Federal Register Notice number for this notice. Paper comments
announces the intention of BTS to
the names of three individuals seeking should be submitted in duplicate. The
request the Office of Management and
ICD exemption and requested public Docket Management Facility is open for
Budget (OMB) to approve continuation
comment. The public comment period examination and copying, at the above
of the following information collection:
closed on November 21, 2016. One address from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST,
Barrier Failure Reporting in Oil and Gas
comment was received that was out of Monday through Friday, except Federal
Operations on the Outer Continental
scope for this notice. holidays. If you wish to receive
Shelf (OCS). In August 2013, the Bureau
Conclusion of Safety and Environmental confirmation of receipt of your written
FMCSA evaluated the three Enforcement (BSEE) and BTS signed an comments, please include a self-
individual exemption requests on their Interagency Agreement (IAA) to develop addressed, stamped postcard with the
merits, available data from Evidence and implement SafeOCS, a voluntary following statement: ‘‘Comments on
Reports and Medical Expert Panel program for confidential reporting of Docket Number DOT–OST–2017–0043.’’
opinions on the impact of ICDs on CMV ‘near misses’ occurring on the OCS. BTS The Docket Clerk will date stamp the
driving, and the public comments has entered into a memorandum of postcard prior to returning it to you via
received. The Agency has determined understanding (MOU) with BSEE to the U.S. mail. Please note that all
that the available medical literature and expand the scope of SafeOCS to include comments received, including any
data does not support a conclusion that an industry-wide repository of personal information, will be posted
granting these exemptions would equipment failure data, analyze and and will be publicly viewable, without
achieve a level of safety equivalent to or aggregate information provided under change, at www.regulations.gov. You
greater than the level of safety this program, and publish reports that may review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
maintained without the exemptions. will provide BSEE, the industry, and all Statement in the Federal Register
OCS stakeholders with essential published on April 11, 2000 (Volume
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Each applicant has, prior to this notice,
received a letter of final disposition on information about failure types and 65, Number 70; pages 19477–78) or you
his/her exemption request. Those modes of critical safety barriers for may review the Privacy Act Statement at
decision letters fully outlined the basis offshore operations related to well www.regulations.gov.
for the denial and constitute final control. The data collection effort that is FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Agency action. The list published today the subject of this notice addresses the Demetra V. Collia, Bureau of
collection of failure data as referenced Transportation Statistics, Office of the
2 Now available at http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/30000/ in recently issued BSEE regulations (81 Assistant Secretary for Research and
30100/30123/Final_CVD_Evidence_Report_v2.pdf. FR 25887, April 29, 2016) and (81 FR Technology, U.S. Department of
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contribute to research and development to the generic clearance for the Abstract: FinCEN is renewing,
of intervention programs aimed at collection of qualitative feedback on without change, the bureau’s capability
preventing accidents and fatalities in agency service delivery. This request for to solicit feedback from the public with
the OCS. comments is being made pursuant to the respect to timeliness, appropriateness,
Respondents who report equipment Paperwork Reduction Act (‘‘PRA’’) of accuracy of information, courtesy,
failures will be asked to fill out a form 1995, Public Law 104–13, 44 U.S.C. efficiency of service delivery, and
and submit pertinent supplemental 3506(c)(2)(A). resolution of issues with service
information as described in 30 CFR delivery. Responses will be assessed to
DATES: Written comments are welcome
250.730, 30 CFR 250.803 and cited plan and inform efforts to improve or
and must be received on or before May
industry standards. Respondents will maintain the quality of service offered to
30, 2017.
have the option to mail or submit the the public. If this information is not
report electronically to BTS. ADDRESSES: Written comments should
collected, vital feedback from customers
Respondents will be asked to provide be submitted to: Policy Division, and stakeholders on the Agency’s
information such as: (1) Name and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, services will be unavailable.
contact information; (2) time and P.O. Box 39, Vienna, VA 22183, The Agency will only submit a
location of the failure event; (3) a short ‘‘Attention: Comments on generic collection for approval under this
description of the failure event and clearance for the collection of generic clearance if it meets the
operating conditions that existed at the qualitative feedback on agency service following conditions:
time of the event; (4) contributing delivery.’’ Comments also may be • The collections are voluntary;
factors to the event; (5) results of an submitted by electronic mail to the • The collections are low-burden for
investigation or safety analysis report; following Internet address: respondents (based on considerations of
(6) any design or procedural changes as regcomments@fincen.gov, again with a total burden hours, total number of
a result of the reported equipment caption, in the body of the text, respondents, or burden-hours per
failure; and (7) any other information ‘‘Attention: Comments on generic respondent) and are low-cost for both
that might be useful in determining clearance for the collection of the respondents and the Federal
ways to prevents such failures from qualitative feedback on agency service government;
occurring. delivery.’’ Please submit by one method • The collections are non-
only. controversial and do not raise issues of
III. Request for Public Comment FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The concern to other Federal agencies;
BTS requests comments on any FinCEN Resource Center at 800–767– • Any collection is targeted to the
aspects of this information collection 2825 or electronically at frc@fincen.gov. solicitation of opinions from
request, including: (1) Ways to enhance SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: respondents who have experience with
the quality, usefulness, and clarity of Abstract: The Director of FinCEN is the program or may have experience
the collected information; and (2) ways the delegated administrator of the Bank with the program in the near future;
to minimize the collection burden Secrecy Act (‘‘Act’’). The Act authorizes • Personally identifiable information
without reducing the quality of the the Director to issue regulations to is collected only to the extent necessary
information collected, including require all financial institutions defined and is not retained;
additional use of automated collection as such in the Act to maintain certain • Information gathered is intended to
techniques or other forms of information records or file certain reports that have be used only internally for general
technology. been determined to have a high degree service improvement and program
Patricia Hu, of usefulness in criminal, tax, or management purposes and is not
Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, regulatory investigations or proceedings, intended for release outside of the
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research or in the conduct of intelligence or agency (if released, the agency must
and Technology, U.S. Department of counter-intelligence activities, including indicate the qualitative nature of the
Transportation. analysis, to protect against international information);
[FR Doc. 2017–06272 Filed 3–29–17; 8:45 am] terrorism, and to implement anti-money • Information gathered will not be
BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P laundering programs and compliance used for the purpose of substantially
procedures.1 FinCEN periodically informing influential policy decisions;
surveys its stakeholders to collect and
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY qualitative customer and stakeholder • Information gathered will yield
feedback in an efficient, timely manner, qualitative information; the collections
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network in accordance with the Agency’s will not be designed or expected to
commitment to improving service yield statistically reliable results or used
Agency Information Collection delivery. as though the results are generalizable to
Activities: Proposed Collection; Title: Generic Clearance for the the population of study.
Comment Request; Generic Clearance Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Current Action: Renewal without
for the Collection of Qualitative Agency Service Delivery. change to an existing collection.
Feedback on Agency Service Delivery Office of Management and Budget Type of Review: Extension of a
Control Number: 1506–0062. currently approved information
AGENCY: Financial Crimes Enforcement
collection.
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Network (’’FinCEN’’), Department of the 1 Public Law 91–508, as amended and codified at Affected Public: Businesses and other
Treasury. 12 U.S.C. 1829b, 12 U.S.C. 1951–1959 and 31 U.S.C. for-profit institutions.
ACTION: Notice and request for 5311–5332. Language expanding the scope of the Burden: Estimated Number of
comments. BSA to intelligence or counter-intelligence
activities to protect against international terrorism Respondents: 162,188.2
SUMMARY: As part of our continuing was added by section 358 of the Uniting and
Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate 2 This number includes depository institutions
effort to reduce paperwork and Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (10,772), broker-dealers in securities (5,100), future
respondent burden, we invite comment (‘‘USA PATRIOT’’) Act of 2001, Public Law 107– commission merchants (101), introducing brokers
on a proposed renewal, without change, 56. Continued
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