[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 199 (Thursday, October 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55425-55426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27664]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration
[Docket RSPA-98-4452 Notice 3]


Notice of Request for Extension of an Existing Information 
Collection

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration, DOT

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces the Research and Special Programs Administration's 
(RSPA) intention to request renewal of an information collection in 
support of the Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) for Recordkeeping for 
Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Facilities.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before December 
14, 1998, to be assured of consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marvin Fell, Office of Pipeline 
Safety, Research and Special Programs Administration, Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street SW, Washington, D.C. 20950, (202) 
366-1640 or e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Recordkeeping for Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Facilities.
    OMB Number: 2137-0048.
    Abstract: 49 U.S.C. 60103 Standards for liquefied natural gas 
pipeline facilities delegates the responsibility for ensuring safe 
operation of LNG facilities to the Secretary of Transportation. 
Regulations for enforcing this legislation are found in 33 CFR 193 
Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities: Federal Safety Standards. These 
regulations include recordkeeping requirements that allow

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Federal and State inspectors to ensure that these facilities are 
operated and maintained in a safe manner.
    Estimate of Burden: The average burden hours per response is 120.
    Respondents: LNG facility operators.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 95
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 400.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 11,400 hours.
    Copies of this information collection can be reviewed at the 
Dockets Facility, Plaza 401, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 
Seventh St. SW, Washington, D.C.
    Comments are invited on: (a) The need for the proposed collection 
of information for the proper performance of the functions of the 
agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; 
(b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used; (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. Send comments to Dockets Facility 
Plaza 401, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh St. SW, 
Washington, D.C. 20590-0001 or by e-mail to OPS.[email protected].
    All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the 
request for OMB approval. All comments will also be a matter of public 
record.

    Issued in Washington, DC on October 8, 1998.
Richard B. Felder,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 98-27664 Filed 10-14-98; 8:45 am]
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