[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 116 (Thursday, June 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39326-39327]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14187]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2016-0027; Notice No. 2016-9]
Hazardous Materials: Information Collection Activities
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Information Collection Requests (ICRs)
discussed below will be forwarded to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for renewal and extension. These ICRs describe the nature
of the information collections and their expected burdens. A Federal
Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on
these ICRs was published in the Federal Register on March 24, 2016 [81
FR 15785] under Docket No. PHMSA-2016-0027 (Notice No. 2016-2). PHMSA
did not receive any comments in response to the March 24, 2016 notice.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on, or before
July 18, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, by mail to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget,
Attention: Desk Officer for DOT-PHMSA, 725 17th Street NW., Washington,
DC 20503, by fax, 202-395-5806, or by email, to
[email protected]. Comments should refer to the information
collection by title and/or OMB Control Number.
We invite comments on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Department, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of
the proposed information collection; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) 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.
Docket: For access to the dockets to read background documents or
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Andrews or T. Glenn Foster,
Standards and Rulemaking Division (PHH-12), U.S. Department of
Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., East Building, 2nd Floor, Washington, DC
20590-0001, Telephone (202) 366-8553.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1320.8(d), Title 5, Code of Federal
Regulations requires Federal agencies 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 requests that PHMSA will be
submitting to OMB for renewal and extension. These information
collections are contained in 49 CFR parts 172, 173, 173, 174, 175, 176,
177, 178 and 180 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 the information collections
were last approved. The following information is provided for each
information collection: (1) Title of the information collection,
including former title if a change is being made; (2) OMB Control
Number; (3) abstract of the information collection activity; (4)
description of affected persons; (5) estimate of total annual reporting
and recordkeeping burden; and (6) frequency of collection. PHMSA will
request a three-year term of approval for each information collection
activity and, when approved by OMB, publish notice of the approvals in
the Federal Register.
PHMSA requests comments on the following information collections:
Title: Inspection and Testing of Portable Tanks and Intermediate
Bulk Containers.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0018.
Summary: This information collection pertains to provisions for
documenting qualifications, inspections, tests, and approvals
pertaining to the manufacture and use of portable tanks and
intermediate bulk containers under various provisions of the HMR. It is
necessary to ascertain whether portable tanks and intermediate bulk
containers have been qualified, inspected, and retested in accordance
with the HMR. The information is used to verify that certain portable
tanks and intermediate bulk containers meet required performance
standards prior to their being authorized for use, and to document
periodic requalification and testing to ensure the packagings have not
deteriorated due to age or physical abuse to a degree that would render
them unsafe for the transportation of hazardous materials.
Affected Public: Manufacturers and owners of portable tanks and
intermediate bulk containers.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Number of Respondents: 8,770.
Total Annual Responses: 86,100.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 66,390.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Title: Hazardous Materials Shipping Papers and Emergency Response
Information.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0034.
Summary: This information collection is for the requirement to
provide a shipping paper and emergency response information with
shipments of hazardous materials. Shipping papers are considered to be
a basic communication tool relative to the transportation of hazardous
materials. The definition of a shipping paper in 49 CFR 171.8 includes
a shipping order, bill of lading, manifest, or other shipping document
serving a similar purpose and containing the information required by
Sec. Sec. 172.202, 172.203, and 172.204 of the HMR. A shipping paper
with emergency response information must accompany most hazardous
materials shipments and be readily available at all times during
transportation.
Shipping papers serve as the principal source of information
regarding the presence of hazardous materials, identification,
quantity, and emergency response procedures. They also serve as the
source of information for compliance with other requirements, such as
the placement of rail cars containing different hazardous materials in
trains; prevent the loading of poisons with foodstuffs; maintain the
separation of incompatible hazardous materials; and limit the amount of
radioactive materials that may be transported in a vehicle or aircraft.
Shipping papers and emergency response information also serve as a
means of notifying transport workers that hazardous materials are
present. Most importantly, shipping papers serve as a principal means
of identifying hazardous materials during transportation emergencies.
Firefighters, police, and other emergency response personnel are
trained to obtain the DOT shipping papers and emergency response
information when responding to hazardous materials transportation
emergencies. The availability of accurate information concerning
hazardous materials being transported
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significantly improves response efforts in these types of emergencies.
It should also be noted that PHMSA recently completed a collection
of information under the Hazardous Materials Automated Cargo
Communications for Efficient and Safe Shipments (HM-ACCESS) pilot
program. The burden hours posted in this notice no longer reflect the
collection of information related to the HM-ACCESS pilot program.
Affected Public: Shippers and carriers of hazardous materials in
commerce.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Number of Respondents: 260,000.
Total Annual Responses: 185,000,000.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 4,625,846.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Title: Cargo Tank Motor Vehicles in Liquefied Compressed Gas
Service.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0595.
Summary: These information collection and recordkeeping
requirements pertain to the manufacture, certification, inspection,
repair, maintenance, and operation of certain DOT specification and
non-specification cargo tank motor vehicles used to transport liquefied
compressed gases. These requirements are intended to ensure cargo tank
motor vehicles used to transport liquefied compressed gases are
operated safely, and to minimize the potential for catastrophic
releases during unloading and loading operations. They include: (1)
Requirements for operators of cargo tank motor vehicles in liquefied
compressed gas service to develop operating procedures applicable to
unloading operations and carry the operating procedures on each
vehicle; (2) inspection, maintenance, marking, and testing requirements
for the cargo tank discharge system, including delivery hose
assemblies; and (3) requirements for emergency discharge control
equipment on certain cargo tank motor vehicles transporting liquefied
compressed gases that must be installed and certified by a Registered
Inspector.
Affected Public: Carriers in liquefied compressed gas service,
manufacturers and repairers.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Number of Respondents: 6,958.
Total Annual Responses: 920,538.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 200,914.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Title: Inspection and Testing of Meter Provers.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0620.
Summary: This information collection and recordkeeping burden
pertains to the requirements for the use, inspection, and maintenance
of mechanical displacement meter provers (meter provers) used to check
the accurate flow of liquid hazardous materials into bulk packagings,
such as portable tanks and cargo tank motor vehicles, under the HMR.
These meter provers are used to ensure that the proper amount of liquid
hazardous materials is being loaded and unloaded involving bulk
packagings, such as cargo tanks and portable tanks. These meter provers
consist of a gauge and several pipes that always contain small amounts
of the liquid hazardous material in the pipes as residual material,
and, therefore, must be inspected and maintained in accordance with the
HMR to ensure they are in proper calibration and working order. These
meter provers are not subject to the specification testing and
inspection requirements in part 178. However, these meter provers must
be visually inspected annually and hydrostatic pressure tested every
five years in order to ensure they are properly working as specified in
Sec. 173.5a of the HMR. Therefore, this information collection
requires that:
(1) Each meter prover must undergo and pass an external visual
inspection annually to ensure that the meter provers used in the flow
of liquid hazardous materials into bulk packagings are accurate and in
conformance with the performance standards in the HMR.
(2) Each meter prover must undergo and pass a hydrostatic pressure
test at least every five years to ensure that the meter provers used in
the flow of liquid hazardous materials into bulk packagings are
accurate and in conformance with the performance standards in the HMR.
(3) Each meter prover must successfully complete the test and
inspection and must be marked in accordance with Sec. Sec. 180.415(b)
and 173.5a.
(4) Each owner must retain a record of the most recent visual
inspection and pressure test until the meter prover is requalified.
Affected Public: Owners of meter provers used to measure liquid
hazardous materials flow into bulk packagings such as cargo tanks and
portable tanks.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Number of Respondents: 50.
Total Annual Responses: 250.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 175.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Signed in Washington, DC, on June 10, 2016.
William S. Schoonover,
Deputy Associate Administrator, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-14187 Filed 6-15-16; 8:45 am]
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