83 FR 7549 - Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R); Agency Information Collection Activity; Notice of Reinstatement To Collect Information: Barrier Failure Reporting in Oil and Gas Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf; OMB Number Correction

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 35 (February 21, 2018)

Page Range		7549-7550
FR Document		2018-03508

The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) BTS published a 30-day comment period notice in the Federal Register Notice (82 FR 56116) on November 27, 2017 and a 60-day comment period Notice 82 FR 15787 on March 30, 2017. The notices were published using the wrong Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Number, 2139-0046. The correct OMB Number is 2138-0046. Therefore, BTS is reissuing the 30-day notice and extending the comment period accordingly. Comments submitted during the first notice will be considered.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 2018)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

[Docket Number: DOT-OST-2017-0043]

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
(OST-R); Agency Information Collection Activity; Notice of
Reinstatement To Collect Information: Barrier Failure Reporting in Oil
and Gas Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf; OMB Number
Correction

AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Research Technology (OST-R), U.S. Department of
Transportation.

ACTION: 30-Day notice/revised.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) BTS published
a 30-day comment period notice in the Federal Register Notice (82 FR
56116) on November 27, 2017 and a 60-day comment period Notice 82 FR
15787 on March 30, 2017. The notices were published using the wrong
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Number, 2139-0046. The correct
OMB Number is 2138-0046. Therefore, BTS is reissuing the 30-day notice
and extending the comment period accordingly. Comments submitted during
the first notice will be considered.

DATES: Comments must be received by March 23, 2018.

ADDRESSES: This notice announces the intention of the BTS to request
the OMB to reinstate OMB Number 2138-0046. BTS seeks public comments on
its proposed reinstatement of information collection. Comments should
address whether the information will have practical utility; the
accuracy of the estimated burden hours of the proposed information
collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology. Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street NW,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: BTS Desk Officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Demetra V. Collia, Bureau of
Transportation Statistics, Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Research and Technology (OST-R), U.S. Department of Transportation,
Office of Statistical and Economic Analysis (OSEA), RTS-31, E36-302,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001; Phone

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No. (202) 366-1610; Fax No. (202) 366-3383; email:
demetra.collia@dot.gov. Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., EST,
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Data Confidentiality Provisions: This data collection is protected
under the BTS confidentiality statute (49 U.S.C. 6307(b)) 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 and non-identifying data
will be made publicly available through reports. Further, BTS will not
release to Bureau of Safety and Environment Enforcement (BSEE) or any
other public or private entity any information that might reveal the
identity of individuals or organizations mentioned in SafeOCS reports.

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 continue an information collection activity. BTS is seeking
OMB approval for the following BTS information collection activity:
Title: Barrier Failure Reporting in Oil and Gas Operations on the
Outer Continental Shelf.
OMB Control Number: 2138-0046.
Type of Review: Approval of data collection.
Respondents: Oil and Gas Operators on the Outer Continental Shelf.
Number of Respondents: As a request to be authorized repository for
previously collected information, 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.
BTS has agreed through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with
BSEE to undertake the information collection identified in the
previously approved BSEE notice for OMB Control Number(s) 1014-0028,
expiration 4/30/2019 and the BSEE notice with OMB Control Number 1014-
0003, expiration 8/31/2019, to ensure the confidentiality of
submissions under CIPSEA. The information collection is limited to the
establishment of BTS as an authorized repository. This information
collection request does not create any additional burden for
respondents.

II. Public Participation and Request for Public Comments

On November 27, 2017, the DOT published a 30-day comment period
notice in the Federal Register (82 FR 56116) seeking comment to
reinstate previously approved information collection entitled ``Barrier
Failure Reporting in Oil and Gas Operations on the Outer Continental
Shelf.'' On March 30, 2017, BTS published a notice (82 FR 15787)
encouraging interested parties to submit comments to docket number DOT-
OST-2017-0043 and allowing for a 60-day comment period. DOT published
both the 30 and 60-day notices using the wrong OMB Number, 2139-0046.
The correct OMB Number is 2138-0046. Therefore, BTS is reissuing the
30-day notice and extending the comment period accordingly. Comments
submitted during the first notice will be considered. To view comments,
go to http://www.regulations.gov and insert the docket number, ``DOT-
OST-2017-0043'' in the ``Search'' box and click ``Search.'' Next, click
``Open Docket Folder'' button and choose document listed to review. If
you do not have access to the internet, you may view the docket by
visiting the Docket Management Facility in Room W12-140 on the ground
floor of the U.S. DOT West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.

Privacy Act

All comments the BTS received were posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov. Anyone may search the electronic form of all
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or of the person signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.).
You may review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal
Register published on January 17, 2008 (73 FR 3316), or you may visit
https://www.thefederalregister.org/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-03-30/pdf/2017-06272.pdf.

III. Discussion of Public Comments and BTS Responses

BTS announced on March 30, 2017 in a Federal Register Notice (82 FR
15788) its intention to request that OMB approve the following
continuation of information collection: Barrier Failure Reporting in
Oil and Gas Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf. BTS received no
comments during the 60-day public comment period. The March 30th notice
stated that the BTS was seeking to renew the previously approved
collection. The 60-day notice referenced the wrong OMB Number, the
correct number is 2138-0046. On November 27, 2017, the DOT published a
30-day comment period notice in the Federal Register (82 FR 56116)
seeking comment to reinstate previously approved information collection
entitled ``Barrier Failure Reporting in Oil and Gas Operations on the
Outer Continental Shelf,'' also referencing the wrong OMB Number.
Comments submitted in response to the November 27, 2017 notice will be
considered along with comments to this notice.
The 30-day notice clarifies that BTS is seeking reinstatement of
the expired collection and is requesting OMB authorize the collection
for three years. DOT is issuing a revised notice with the correct OMB
Number and extending the comment period 30 days from the publication of
the corrected notice.

Issued on: February 14, 2018.
Patricia Hu,
Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Research and Technology.
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the average number of assessments for (3) Estimated Annual Burden Hours: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
impaired driving and occupant 26,615
[Docket Number: DOT–OST–2017–0043]
protection grants per year, the overall
increase in cost would be $325,000. We Under the grant application and
Office of the Assistant Secretary for
have added this amount to the total annual report requirements for Sections
Research and Technology (OST–R);
estimated costs for the collection. 402 and 405, we estimate that it will
Agency Information Collection
Estimate of the Total Annual take each respondent approximately 420
Activity; Notice of Reinstatement To
Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden hours to collect, review and submit the Collect Information: Barrier Failure
Resulting from the Collection of required information to NHTSA. For Reporting in Oil and Gas Operations
Information: 5 traffic safety information system on the Outer Continental Shelf; OMB
improvement grants, we estimate that it Number Correction
(1) Estimated Number of Respondents
will take 165 hours to respond to
The estimated burden hours for the questions under the assessment. For AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation
grant application and annual report part occupant protection and impaired Statistics (BTS), Office of the Assistant
of the collection of information are driving countermeasures grants, we Secretary for Research Technology
based on all eligible respondents each estimate that it will take 80 hours to (OST–R), U.S. Department of
year for each of the grants: provide the required information and Transportation.
• Section 402 grants: 57 (fifty States, respond to questions under an ACTION: 30-Day notice/revised.
the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, assessment. Based on the above
the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
information, the estimated annual Transportation (U.S. DOT) BTS
American Samoa, the Commonwealth of burden hours for all respondents are
the Northern Mariana Islands, and the published a 30-day comment period
26,615 hours. notice in the Federal Register Notice (82
Bureau of Indian Affairs);
Assuming the average salary of the FR 56116) on November 27, 2017 and a
• Section 405 Grants (except
individuals preparing the application 60-day comment period Notice 82 FR
Impaired Driving Countermeasures,
materials or assessment responses is 15787 on March 30, 2017. The notices
Motorcyclist Safety and Nonmotorized
$50.00 per hour, the estimated cost for were published using the wrong Office
Grants) and Section 1906 Grant: 56 (fifty
each respondent to respond is $23,350. of Management and Budget (OMB)
States, the District of Columbia, Puerto
If all eligible States applied for and Number, 2139–0046. The correct OMB
Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam,
received grants for all programs (and Number is 2138–0046. Therefore, BTS is
American Samoa, and the
reissuing the 30-day notice and
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana including the annual number of
extending the comment period
Islands); and assessment responses required from
accordingly. Comments submitted
• Section 405, Impaired Driving States), the total labor costs for all
during the first notice will be
Countermeasures, Motorcyclist Safety respondents would be $1,330,750. considered.
and Nonmotorized Grants: 52 (fifty In addition to these labor costs,
States, the District of Columbia, and DATES: Comments must be received by
NHTSA is revising the total costs to March 23, 2018.
Puerto Rico).
include the assessment team costs paid
The estimated burden hours for the ADDRESSES: This notice announces the
for by States under occupant protection intention of the BTS to request the OMB
assessment part of the collection of
and impaired driving assessments. to reinstate OMB Number 2138–0046.
information are based on the average
Annually, these additional costs are BTS seeks public comments on its
number of State assessments that are
carried out each year in each of the $25,000 per assessment, totaling proposed reinstatement of information
covered grant areas: 6 $325,000 based on the average estimated collection. Comments should address
• Section 405, Occupant protection number of assessments conducted each whether the information will have
grants: 9 assessments; year for these programs. Based on these practical utility; the accuracy of the
• Section 405, Traffic safety additional costs, the overall total cost is estimated burden hours of the proposed
information system improvement grants: revised to be $1,655,750. information collection; ways to enhance
11 assessments; and Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act the quality, utility and clarity of the
• Section 405, Impaired driving of 1995, 44. U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; information to be collected; and ways to
countermeasure grants: 4 assessments. 5 CFR part 1320; and 49 CFR 1.95. minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including
(2) Estimated Hours per Respondent Issued in Washington, DC, on: February 14, the use of automated collection
• Section 402 and 405 Grant 2018. techniques or other forms of information
Applications/Annual Report: 420 Mary D. Gunnels, technology. Send comments to the
• Occupant Protection Grant Associate Administrator for Regional Office of Information and Regulatory
Assessments: 80 Operations and Program Delivery. Affairs, Office of Management and
• Traffic Safety Information System [FR Doc. 2018–03515 Filed 2–20–18; 8:45 am] Budget, 725 17th Street NW,
Improvement Grant Assessments: 165 Washington, DC 20503, Attention: BTS
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• Impaired Driving Countermeasures Desk Officer.
Grant Assessments: 80 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		30-Day notice/revised.
Dates		Comments must be received by March 23, 2018.
Contact		Demetra V. Collia, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R), U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of Statistical and Economic Analysis (OSEA), 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.
FR Citation		83 FR 7549