83 FR 59446 - Hazardous Materials: Information Collection Activities

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 226 (November 23, 2018)

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, PHMSA invites comments on this information collection pertaining to hazardous materials transportation for which PHMSA intends to request renewal from the Office of Management and Budget.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 226 (Friday, November 23, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59446-59447]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25484]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2018-0102 (Notice No. 2018-19)]


Hazardous Materials: Information Collection Activities

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), 
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 this information collection pertaining to hazardous 
materials transportation for which PHMSA intends to request renewal 
from the Office of Management and Budget.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
January 22, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by the Docket No. PHMSA-
2018-0102 (Notice No. 2018-19) by any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Management System; 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 the Docket Management System; 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 (PHMSA-2018-0102) for this notice at the beginning of the 
comment. To avoid duplication, please use only one of these four 
methods. All comments received will be posted without change to the 
Federal Docket Management System (FDMS) and will include any personal 
information you provide.
    Requests for a copy of an information collection should be directed 
to Steven Andrews or Shelby Geller, Standards and Rulemaking Division, 
(202) 366-8553, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, 
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
    Docket: For access to the dockets to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov or DOT's Docket 
Operations Office (see ADDRESSES).
    Privacy Act: 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Andrews or Shelby Geller, 
Standards and Rulemaking Division, (202) 366-8553, Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1320.8 (d), title 5, Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) 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 
information collection request that PHMSA will be submitting to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for renewal and extension. This 
information collection is contained in 49 CFR 171.6 of the Hazardous 
Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR parts 171-180). PHMSA has revised 
burden estimates, where appropriate, to reflect current reporting 
levels or adjustments based on changes in proposed or final rules 
published since this information collection was last approved. The 
following is provided for this 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 3-year term of approval for this 
information collection activity and will publish a notice in the 
Federal Register upon OMB's approval.
    PHMSA requests comments on the following information collection:
    Title: Flammable Hazardous Materials by Rail Transportation.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0628.
    Summary: This OMB control number is used for information and 
recordkeeping requirements pertaining to the sampling and testing 
certification, routing analysis, and incident reporting for flammable 
liquids by rail transportation. Rail carriers, shippers, PHMSA's Office 
of Hazardous Materials Safety (OHMS), the Federal Railroad 
Administration (FRA), and the Association of American Railroads (AAR) 
may use this information to ensure that rail tank cars transporting 
flammable liquids are properly classified, ensure trains are routed 
appropriately, and collect all relevant incident data. This OMB control 
number is being offered for renewal includes the following information 
collections and associated burden hours:

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                                                                                     Hours per
             Information collection                 Respondents      Responses       response       Total hours
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Sampling and Testing Plan Burden for Subsequent            1,804           1,804              10          18,040
 Year Revision..................................
Routing--Collection by Segment for Class II                   10              10              40             400
 Railroads......................................
Routing--Collection by Segment for Class III                 160             160              40           6,400
 Railroads......................................
Routing Analysis Burden for Class II Railroads..              10              50              16             800
Routing Analysis Burden for Class III Railroads.             160             320               8           2,560
Routing Security Analysis Burden for Class II                 10              40              12             480
 Railroads......................................
Routing Security Analysis Burden for Class III                64              32               4             128
 Railroads......................................

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Tank Car Retrofit Burden........................              50              50             0.5              25
Crude Oil Incident Reporting....................              15              15               2              30
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    Affected Public: Shippers and carriers of petroleum liquids by 
rail.
    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
    Number of Respondents: 2,283.
    Total Annual Responses: 2,481.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 28,863.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on November 19, 2018.
William S. Schoonover,
Associate Administrator for Hazard Materials Safety, Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 2018-25484 Filed 11-21-18; 8:45 am]
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