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exists or a NHTSA order for the
notification and remedy of a safetyrelated defect as alleged by the
petitioner at the conclusion of the
requested investigation. Therefore,
given a thorough analysis of the
potential for finding a safety related
defect in the vehicle and in view of the
need to allocate and prioritize NHTSA’s
limited resources to best accomplish the
agency’s safety mission and mitigate
risk, the petition is respectfully denied.
This action does not constitute a finding
by NHTSA that a safety-related defect
does not exist. The agency will take
further action if warranted by future
circumstances.
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30162(d); delegations
of authority at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.8.
Frank S. Borris, II,
Acting Associate Administrator for
Enforcement.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2012–0082 (Notice No.
15–13)]

Hazardous Materials: Information
Collection Activities
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA), Department of Transportation
(DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
PHMSA invites comments on its
intention to revise an information
collection under Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) Control Number
2137–0628, ‘‘Flammable Hazardous
Materials by Rail Transportation’’. This
reporting requirement would require
tank car owners to report their progress
in the retrofitting of tank cars to the
Department of Transportation (DOT).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before July 13,
2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by the docket number
(PHMSA–2012–0082) by any of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.

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• Mail: Docket Operations, 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 Docket
Operations, 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 for this notice. Internet users
may access comments received by DOT
at: http://www.regulations.gov. Please
note that comments received will be
posted without change to: http://
www.regulations.gov including any
personal information provided.
Privacy Act: In accordance with 5
U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments
from the public. 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.
Requests for a copy of an information
collection should be directed to Steven
Andrews or T. Glenn Foster, Standards
and Rulemaking Division (PHH–12),
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., East Building, 2nd Floor,
Washington, DC 20590–0001,
Telephone (202) 366–8553.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steven Andrews or T. Glenn Foster,
Standards and Rulemaking Division
(PHH–12), 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 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 be submitting
to OMB for revision. This information
collection request is contained in 49
CFR part 174 of the Hazardous Materials
Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR parts 171–
180). PHMSA has revised the burden
estimate, where appropriate, to reflect
current reporting levels or adjustments
based on changes described in this
notice. The following information is
provided for the information collection:
(1) Title of the information collection,

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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 three-year term of
approval for the information collection
activity and, when approved by OMB,
publish a notice of the approval in the
Federal Register.
PHMSA requests comments on the
following information collection:
Title: Flammable Hazardous Materials
by Rail Transportation.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0628.
Summary: This information collection
pertains to requirements for the creation
of a sampling and testing program for
mined gas or liquid and rail routing for
High Hazard Flammable Trains
(HHFTs),a routing requirements for rail
operators, and the reporting of incidents
that may occur from HFFTs.
In the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhanced
Tank Car Standards and Operational
Controls for High-Hazard Flammable
Trains’’ PHMSA and FRA adopted a
risk-based timeline for the retrofit of
existing tank cars to meet an enhanced
CPC–1232 standard when used as part
of an HHFT. The retrofit timeline
focuses on two risk factors, the packing
group and differing types of DOT–111
and CPC–1232 tank cars. The timeline
provides an accelerated risk reduction
that more appropriately addresses the
overall risk. The timeline is provided in
the §§ 173.241, 173.242, and 173.243
tables of the final rulemaking (80 FR
26643) and includes a January 1, 2017
deadline for of non-jacketed DOT–111
tank cars in PG I service in an HHFT.
Not adhering to the January 1, 2017
deadline would trigger a reporting
requirement.
This reporting requirement would
require owners of non-jacketed DOT–
111 tank cars in Packing Group I service
in an HHFT to report to DOT the
following information regarding the
retrofitting progress:
• The total number of tank cars
retrofitted to meet the DOT–117R
specification;
• The total number of tank cars built
or retrofitted to meet the DOT–117P
specification;
• The total number of DOT–111 tank
cars (including those built to CPC–1232
industry standard) that have not been
modified;
a An HHFT means a single train transporting 20
or more loaded tank cars of a Class 3 flammable
liquid in a continuous block or a single train
carrying 35 or more loaded tank cars of a Class 3
flammable liquid throughout the train consist.

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• The total number of tank cars built
to meet the DOT–117 specification; and
• The total number of tank cars built
or retrofitted to a DOT–117, 117R, or
117P specification that are
Electronically Controlled Pneumatic
(ECP) brake ready or ECP brake
equipped.
Although this reporting requirement
applies to individual owners of nonjacketed DOT–111 tank cars in PG I
service in an HHFT, DOT would accept
a consolidated report from a group
representing the affected industries.
Furthermore, while not adhering to the
January 1, 2017 retrofit deadline triggers
an initial reporting requirement, it
would also trigger a requirement which
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reports of the above information with
reasonable notice.
We estimate that this additional
requirement will result in a revised
information collection and
recordkeeping burden as follows:
OMB No. 2137–0628, ‘‘Flammable
Hazardous Materials by Rail
Transportation’’
Additional Burden request:
Additional Number of Respondents:
50.
Additional Annual Responses: 50.
Additional Annual Burden Hours: 25.
Additional Total Annual Burden Cost:
$1,000.
Revised Total First Year Burden:
Revised Total Annual Number of
Respondents: 2,039.
Revised Total Annual Responses:
2,609.

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Revised Total Annual Burden Hours:
103,814.
Revised Total Annual Burden Cost:
$7,384,633.55.
Revised Subsequent Year Burden:
Revised Total Annual Number of
Respondents: 2,039.
Revised Total Annual Responses:
2,609.
Revised Total Annual Burden Hours:
29,054.
Revised Total Annual Burden Cost:
$2,038,988.
Signed in Washington, DC, on May 11,
2015.
William S. Schoonover,
Deputy Associate Administrator, Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
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