89 FR 92 pgs. 40535-40537 - Hazardous Materials: Information Collection Activities
Type: NOTICEVolume: 89Number: 92Pages: 40535 - 40537
Pages: 40535, 40536, 40537Docket number: [Docket No. PHMSA-2024-0056 (Notice No. 2024-08)]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2024-10241 Filed 5-9-24; 8:45 am]
Agency: Transportation Department
Sub Agency: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2024-0056 (Notice No. 2024-08)]
Hazardous Materials: Information Collection Activities
AGENCY:
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), DOT.
ACTION:
Notice and request for comments.
SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, PHMSA invites comments on three Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control numbers pertaining to hazardous materials transportation. PHMSA intends to request renewal and extension for these three control numbers from OMB.
DATES:
Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before July 9, 2024.
ADDRESSES:
You may submit comments identified by the Docket Number PHMSA-2024-0056 (Notice No. 2024-08) 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-2024-0056) 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.
[top] Requests for a copy of an information collection should be directed to Steven Andrews or Nina Vore, Standards and Rulemaking Division, (202) 366-8553, ohmspra@dot.gov, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
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.
Confidential Business Information: Confidential Business Information (CBI) is commercial or financial information that is both customarily and actually treated as private by its owner. Under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt from public disclosure. If your comments responsive to this notice contain commercial or financial information that is customarily treated as private, that you actually treat as private, and that is relevant or responsive to this notice, it is important that you clearly designate the submitted comments as CBI. Please mark each page of your submission containing CBI as "PROPIN." PHMSA will treat such marked submissions as confidential under the FOIA, and they will not be placed in the public docket of this notice. Submissions containing CBI should be sent to Steven Andrews or Nina Vore, Standards and Rulemaking Division, and addressed to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001 or ohmspra@dot.gov. Comments received by PHMSA which are not specifically designated as "CBI" will be placed in the public docket for this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steven Andrews or Nina Vore, Standards and Rulemaking Division, (202) 366-8553, ohmspra@dot.gov, 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 the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (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 requests PHMSA will be submitting to OMB for renewal and extension. These information collections are 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 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) 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 each information collection activity and will publish a notice in the Federal Register upon OMB's approval. PHMSA requests comments on the following information collections:
Title: Flammable Cryogenic Liquids.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0542.
Summary: Provisions in §?177.840(a)(2) specify certain safety procedures and documentation requirements for drivers of motor vehicles transporting flammable cryogenic liquids. This information allows the driver to take appropriate remedial actions to prevent a catastrophic release of the flammable cryogenics should the temperature of the material begin to rise excessively or if the travel time will exceed the safe travel time. These requirements are intended to ensure a high level of safety when transporting flammable cryogenics due to their extreme flammability and high compression ratio when in a liquid state. The following information collections and their burdens are associated with this OMB Control Number.
| Information collection | Respondents | Total annual responses | Time per response | Total annual burden hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flammable Cryogenic Liquids-Reporting | 175 | 18,200 | 3.5 minutes | 1,062 |
| Flammable Cryogenic Liquids-Recordkeeping | 175 | 18,200 | 30 seconds | 152 |
Affected Public: Carriers of cryogenic materials.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Number of Respondents: 350.
Total Annual Responses: 36,400.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,214.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Title: Response Plans for Shipments of Oil.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0591.
Summary: Under authority of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. ), PHMSA issued regulations in 49 CFR part 130 that require preparation of written spill response plans. The following information collections and their burdens are associated with this OMB Control Number.
| Information collection | Respondents | Total annual responses | Time per response (hours) | Total annual burden hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Written Response Plan-New Plans | 80 | 80 | 33 | 2,640 |
| Basic Written Response Plan-Updating Plans | 7,920 | 7,920 | 1 | 7,920 |
Affected Public: Carriers that transport oil in bulk, by motor vehicle or rail.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Number of Respondents: 8,000.
Total Annual Responses: 8,000.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 10,560.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Title: Requirements for United Nations (UN) Cylinders.
[top] OMB Control Number: 2137-0621.
Summary: This information collection and recordkeeping burden is the result of efforts to amend the HMR to adopt standards for the design, construction, maintenance, and use of cylinders and multiple-element gas containers (MEGCs) based on the standards contained in the UN Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods. Aligning the HMR with the UN Recommendations promotes flexibility, permits the use of technological advances for the manufacture of the pressure receptacles, provides for a broader selection of pressure receptacles, reduces the need for special permits, and facilitates international commerce in the transportation of compressed gases. Information collection requirements address domestic and international manufacturers of cylinders that request approval by the approval agency for cylinder design types. The approval process for each cylinder design type includes review, filing, and recordkeeping of the approval application. The approval agency is required to maintain a set of the approved drawings and calculations for each design it reviews and a copy of each initial design type approval certificate approved by the Associate Administrator for the Office of Hazardous Materials Safety for not less than 20 years. The following information collections and their burdens are associated with this OMB Control Number.
| Information collection | Respondents | Total annual responses | Time per response | Total annual burden hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UN Pressure Receptacle Approval-New Request | 35 | 35 | 6 hours | 210 |
| UN Pressure Receptacle Approval-Modified Request | 100 | 100 | 6 hours | 600 |
| UN Pressure Receptacle Approval-Recordkeeping | 75 | 75 | 6 minutes | 8 |
Affected Public: Fillers, owners, users, and retesters of UN cylinders.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden:
Number of Respondents: 210.
Total Annual Responses: 210.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 818.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2024, under authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.97.
Steven W. Andrews Jr.,
Acting Chief, Regulatory Review and Reinvention Branch, Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-10241 Filed 5-9-24; 8:45 am]
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