83_FR_60784 83 FR 60557 - Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities, Gas and Liquid Pipeline Safety Program Certification

83 FR 60557 - Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities, Gas and Liquid Pipeline Safety Program Certification

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 227 (November 26, 2018)

Page Range60557-60557
FR Document2018-25652

PHMSA is preparing to request Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the renewal, without change, of the information collection covering the Gas and Liquid Pipeline Safety Program Certifications currently approved under OMB control number 2137-0584. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, PHMSA invites comments from affected agencies and members of the public on the information collection detailed below.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. PHMSA-2018-0109]


Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities, Gas and 
Liquid Pipeline Safety Program Certification

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

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: PHMSA is preparing to request Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) approval for the renewal, without change, of the information 
collection covering the Gas and Liquid Pipeline Safety Program 
Certifications currently approved under OMB control number 2137-0584. 
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, PHMSA invites 
comments from affected agencies and members of the public on the 
information collection detailed below.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before 
January 25, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted in the following ways:
    E-Gov website: 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 DOT, West 
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 
5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Instructions: Identify the docket number, PHMSA-2018-0109, 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 can 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 19476) or visit 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 DOT, West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 
SE, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 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-2018-
0109.'' The docket clerk will date stamp the postcard prior to 
returning it to you via the U.S. mail. Please note that due to delays 
in the delivery of U.S. mail to Federal offices in Washington, DC, we 
recommend that persons consider an alternative method (internet, fax, 
or professional delivery service) of submitting comments to the docket 
and ensuring their timely receipt at DOT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Hill by telephone at 202-366-
1246, by fax at 202-366-4566, or by mail at DOT, PHMSA, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue SE, PHP-30, Washington, DC 20590-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1320.8(d), Title 5, Code of Federal 
Regulations, requires PHMSA to provide interested members of the public 
and affected agencies an opportunity to comment on information 
collection and recordkeeping requests. This notice identifies an 
information collection request that PHMSA will submit to OMB for 
approval.
    The following information is provided below for the impacted 
information collection: (1) Title of the information collection; (2) 
OMB control number; (3) Current expiration date; (4) Type of request; 
(5) Abstract of the information collection activity; (6) Description of 
affected public; (7) Estimate of total annual reporting and 
recordkeeping burden; and (8) Frequency of collection.
    PHMSA requests comments on the following information collection:
    Title: Gas Pipeline Safety Program Certification and Hazardous 
Liquid Pipeline Safety Program Certification.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0584.
    Current Expiration Date: 02/28/2019.
    Abstract: A state must submit an annual certification to assume 
responsibility for regulating intrastate pipelines. Certain records 
must be maintained to demonstrate that the state is ensuring 
satisfactory compliance with the pipeline safety regulations. PHMSA 
uses this information to evaluate a state's eligibility to receive 
Federal grants.
    Affected Public: State and local governments.
    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
    Total Annual Responses: 118.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,532.
    Frequency of Collection: Annually.
    Comments are invited on:
    (a) The need for the proposed collection of information, including 
whether the information will have practical utility in helping the 
agency to achieve its pipeline safety goals;
    (b) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed collection of information;
    (c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (d) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques.

    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.48.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on November 19, 2018, under authority 
delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
John A. Gale,
Director, Standards and Rulemaking Division.
[FR Doc. 2018-25652 Filed 11-23-18; 8:45 am]
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     DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION                            2000, (65 FR 19476) or visit http://                  state’s eligibility to receive Federal
                                                             www.regulations.gov before submitting                 grants.
     Pipeline and Hazardous Materials                        any such comments.                                      Affected Public: State and local
     Safety Administration                                      Docket: For access to the docket or to             governments.
     [Docket No. PHMSA–2018–0109]                            read background documents or                            Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping
                                                             comments, go to http://                               Burden:
     Pipeline Safety: Information Collection                 www.regulations.gov at any time or to                   Total Annual Responses: 118.
     Activities, Gas and Liquid Pipeline                     Room W12–140 on the ground level of                     Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,532.
     Safety Program Certification                            DOT, West Building, 1200 New Jersey                     Frequency of Collection: Annually.
                                                             Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9                    Comments are invited on:
     AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous                          a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through                         (a) The need for the proposed
     Materials Safety Administration                         Friday, except Federal holidays. If you               collection of information, including
     (PHMSA), DOT.                                           wish to receive confirmation of receipt               whether the information will have
     ACTION: Notice and request for                          of your written comments, please                      practical utility in helping the agency to
     comments.                                               include a self-addressed, stamped                     achieve its pipeline safety goals;
                                                             postcard with the following statement:                  (b) The accuracy of the agency’s
     SUMMARY:   PHMSA is preparing to                        ‘‘Comments on: PHMSA–2018–0109.’’                     estimate of the burden of the proposed
     request Office of Management and                        The docket clerk will date stamp the                  collection of information;
     Budget (OMB) approval for the renewal,                  postcard prior to returning it to you via               (c) Ways to enhance the quality,
     without change, of the information                      the U.S. mail. Please note that due to                utility, and clarity of the information to
     collection covering the Gas and Liquid                  delays in the delivery of U.S. mail to                be collected; and
     Pipeline Safety Program Certifications                  Federal offices in Washington, DC, we                   (d) Ways to minimize the burden of
     currently approved under OMB control                    recommend that persons consider an                    the collection of information on those
     number 2137–0584. In accordance with                    alternative method (internet, fax, or                 who are to respond, including the use
     the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,                    professional delivery service) of                     of appropriate automated, electronic,
     PHMSA invites comments from affected                    submitting comments to the docket and                 mechanical, or other technological
     agencies and members of the public on                   ensuring their timely receipt at DOT.                 collection techniques.
     the information collection detailed
                                                             FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                        Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
     below.
                                                             Angela Hill by telephone at 202–366–                  of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
     DATES:  Interested persons are invited to               1246, by fax at 202–366–4566, or by                   and 49 CFR 1.48.
     submit comments on or before January                    mail at DOT, PHMSA, 1200 New Jersey                     Issued in Washington, DC, on November
     25, 2019.                                               Avenue SE, PHP–30, Washington, DC                     19, 2018, under authority delegated in 49
     ADDRESSES: Comments may be                              20590–0001.                                           CFR 1.97.
     submitted in the following ways:                        SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section                    John A. Gale,
        E-Gov website: http://                               1320.8(d), Title 5, Code of Federal                   Director, Standards and Rulemaking Division.
     www.regulations.gov. This site allows                   Regulations, requires PHMSA to provide                [FR Doc. 2018–25652 Filed 11–23–18; 8:45 am]
     the public to enter comments on any                     interested members of the public and                  BILLING CODE 4910–60–P
     Federal Register notice issued by any                   affected agencies an opportunity to
     agency.                                                 comment on information collection and
        Fax: 1–202–493–2251.                                 recordkeeping requests. This notice                   DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
        Mail: Docket Management Facility,                    identifies an information collection
     U.S. Department of Transportation                       request that PHMSA will submit to                     Office of Foreign Assets Control
     (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,                       OMB for approval.
     West Building, Room W12–140,                               The following information is provided              Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions
     Washington, DC 20590–0001.                              below for the impacted information
        Hand Delivery: Room W12–140 on the                   collection: (1) Title of the information              AGENCY:  Office of Foreign Assets
     ground level of DOT, West Building,                     collection; (2) OMB control number; (3)               Control, Treasury.
     1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,                              Current expiration date; (4) Type of                  ACTION: Notice.
     Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5                    request; (5) Abstract of the information
     p.m., Monday through Friday, except                                                                           SUMMARY:   The Department of the
                                                             collection activity; (6) Description of
     Federal holidays.                                                                                             Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets
                                                             affected public; (7) Estimate of total
        Instructions: Identify the docket                                                                          Control (OFAC) is publishing the names
                                                             annual reporting and recordkeeping
     number, PHMSA–2018–0109, at the                                                                               of one or more persons and vessels that
                                                             burden; and (8) Frequency of collection.
     beginning of your comments. Note that                                                                         have been placed on OFAC’s Specially
                                                                PHMSA requests comments on the
     all comments received will be posted                                                                          Designated Nationals and Blocked
                                                             following information collection:
     without change to http://                                                                                     Persons List based on OFAC’s
                                                                Title: Gas Pipeline Safety Program
     www.regulations.gov, including any                                                                            determination that one or more
                                                             Certification and Hazardous Liquid
     personal information provided. You                                                                            applicable legal criteria were satisfied.
                                                             Pipeline Safety Program Certification.
     should know that anyone can search the                     OMB Control Number: 2137–0584.                     All property and interests in property
     electronic form of all comments                            Current Expiration Date: 02/28/2019.               subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these
     received into any of our dockets by the                    Abstract: A state must submit an                   persons and these vessels are blocked,
     name of the individual submitting the                   annual certification to assume                        and U.S. persons are generally
     comment (or signing the comment, if                     responsibility for regulating intrastate              prohibited from engaging in transactions
     submitted on behalf of an association,                  pipelines. Certain records must be                    with them.
     business, labor union, etc.). Therefore,                maintained to demonstrate that the state              DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
     you may want to review DOT’s                            is ensuring satisfactory compliance with              section.
     complete Privacy Act Statement in the                   the pipeline safety regulations. PHMSA                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
     Federal Register published on April 11,                 uses this information to evaluate a                   OFAC: Associate Director for Global


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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 and request for comments.
DatesInterested persons are invited to submit comments on or before January 25, 2019.
ContactAngela Hill by telephone at 202-366- 1246, by fax at 202-366-4566, or by mail at DOT, PHMSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, PHP-30, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
FR Citation83 FR 60557 

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