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and Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 820 Bear Tavern Road,
Suite 306, West Trenton, NJ 08034.
Telephone: (609) 989–2256, Fax: (609)
989–2277 or, via email: patrick.durkin@
dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Public Actions Requested
If ICC, DOT-Specification, or DOTSpecial Permit cylinders have been
taken to or received from Liberty
Industrial Gases and Welding Supplies
Inc., from April 1986 through October
2014, these cylinders may not have been
properly tested as prescribed by the
Hazardous Materials Regulations
(HMR). These cylinders should be
considered unsafe and not authorized
for the filling of hazardous materials
unless the cylinder is first properly
tested by an individual or company
authorized to requalify DOTSpecification and DOT-Special Permit
cylinders. Cylinders described in this
safety advisory notice that are filled
with atmospheric gas should be vented
or otherwise safely discharged.
Cylinders that are filled with a material
other than an atmospheric gas should
not be vented but instead should be
safely discharged.
Prior to refilling or continued use, the
cylinders must be taken to a DOTauthorized cylinder requalifier to ensure
their suitability for continued service. A
list of authorized requalifiers may be
obtained at the following Web site:
http://www.phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat/
regs/sp-a/approvals/cylinders.
II. Background
A cylinder requalification consisting
of a visual inspection and a hydrostatic
test, conducted as prescribed in the
HMR, specifically 49 CFR § 173.301, is
used to verify the structural integrity of
a cylinder. If the requalification is not
performed in accordance with the
regulations, a cylinder with
compromised structural integrity may
not be detected and may be returned to
service when it should be condemned.
Extensive property damage, serious
personal injury, or death could result
from rupture of a cylinder.
Investigators from PHMSA’s Office of
Hazardous Materials Safety (OHMS)
recently conducted a compliance
inspection of Liberty Industrial Gases
and Welding Supplies Inc. after the
company self-reported improper
marking of cylinders. As a result of that
inspection, PHMSA determined that
Liberty Industrial Gases and Welding
Supplies Inc. marked an unknown
number of high pressure compressed gas
cylinders with unauthorized markings

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and certified an unknown number of
high pressure compressed gas cylinders
as being properly requalified when it
had not conducted the required testing.
The evidence suggests that Liberty
Industrial Gases and Welding Supplies
Inc. marked Requalifier Identification
Number (RIN) A890 on these cylinders.
However, Liberty Industrial Gases and
Welding Supplies Inc. does not hold a
RIN approval authorizing it to requalify
cylinders. RIN A890 was issued by
PHMSA to another company, Hi
Pressure Technologies, located in
Newark, NJ, granting it authority to
requalify cylinders under the terms of
the RIN approval supplied to it. Thus,
if the cylinders were serviced by the
approved RIN holder, Hi Pressure
Technologies, they are not subject to
this notice. Only cylinders serviced by
Liberty Industrial Gases and Welding
Supplies Inc. bearing these markings are
affected.
Issued in Washington, DC, on April 17,
2015 under authority delegated in 49 CFR
Part 106.
Magdy El-Sibaie,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous
Materials Safety, Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2015–0098 (Notice No.
15–8)]

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 certain
information collections pertaining to
hazardous materials transportation for
which PHMSA intends to request
renewal and extension from the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before June 29,
2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by the docket number
(PHMSA–2015–0098) by any of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
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online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• 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 or Regulation Identification
Number (RIN) for this notice. Internet
users may access comments received by
DOT at: http://www.regulations.gov.
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 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.
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 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, 174,
175, 176, and 177 of the Hazardous
Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR
parts 171–180). PHMSA has revised

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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 three-year term of
approval for each 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
collections:
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 §§ 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 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
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Department of Transportation (DOT)
shipping papers and emergency
response information when responding
to hazardous materials transportation
emergencies. The availability of
accurate information concerning
hazardous materials being transported
significantly improves response efforts
in these types of emergencies.
PHMSA is revising this information
collection burden to reflect the
anticipated completion of the collection
of information under the Hazardous
Materials Automated Cargo
Communications for Efficient and Safe
Shipments (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: Radioactive (RAM)
Transportation Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0510.
Summary: This information collection
consolidates and describes the
information collection provisions in the
HMR involving the transportation of
radioactive materials in commerce.
Information collection requirements for
RAM include: Shipper notification to
consignees of the dates of shipment of
RAM; expected arrival; special loading/
unloading instructions; verification that
shippers using foreign-made packages
hold a foreign competent authority
certificate and verification that the
terms of the certificate are being
followed for RAM shipments being
made into this country; and specific
handling instructions from shippers to
carriers for fissile RAM, bulk shipments
of low specific activity RAM, and
packages of RAM which emit high
levels of external radiation. These
information collection requirements
help to establish that proper packages
are used for the type of radioactive
material being transported; external
radiation levels do not exceed
prescribed limits; and packages are
handled appropriately and delivered in
a timely manner, so as to ensure the
safety of the general public, transport
workers, and emergency responders.
Affected Public: Shippers and carriers
of radioactive materials in commerce.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping
Burden:
Number of Respondents: 3,817.
Total Annual Responses: 21,519.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 15,270.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

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Title: Subsidiary Hazard Class and
Number/Type of Packagings.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0613.
Summary: The HMR require that
shipping papers and emergency
response information accompany each
shipment of hazardous materials in
commerce. In addition to the basic
shipping description information, we
also require the subsidiary hazard class
or subsidiary division number(s) to be
entered in parentheses following the
primary hazard class or division number
on shipping papers. This requirement
was originally required only by
transportation by vessel. However, the
lack of such a requirement posed
problems for motor carriers with regard
to complying with segregation,
separation, and placarding
requirements, as well as posing a safety
hazard. For example, in the event the
motor vehicle becomes involved in an
accident, when the hazardous materials
being transported include a subsidiary
hazard such as ‘‘dangerous when wet’’
or a subsidiary hazard requiring more
stringent requirements than the primary
hazard, there is no indication of the
subsidiary hazards on the shipping
papers and no indication of the
subsidiary risks on placards. Under
circumstances such as motor vehicles
being loaded at a dock, labels are not
enough to alert hazardous materials
employees loading the vehicles, nor are
they enough to alert emergency
responders of the subsidiary risks
contained on the vehicles. Therefore, we
require the subsidiary hazard class or
subsidiary division number(s) to be
entered on the shipping paper, for
purposes of enhancing safety and
international harmonization.
We also require the number and type
of packagings to be indicated on the
shipping paper. This requirement makes
it mandatory for shippers to indicate on
shipping papers the numbers and types
of packages, such as drums, boxes,
jerricans, etc., being used to transport
hazardous materials by all modes of
transportation.
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
significantly improves response efforts
in these types of emergencies. The
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emergency responders by more clearly
identifying the hazard.
Affected Public: Shippers and carriers
of hazardous materials in commerce.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping
Burden:
Number of Respondents: 250,000.
Total Annual Responses: 6,337,500.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 17,604.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
William S. Schoonover,
Deputy Associate Administrator, Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA 2015–0004]

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

On February 4, 2015, in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety
Administration (PHMSA) published a
notice in the Federal Register (80 FR
6172) inviting comments on an
information collection titled
‘‘Transportation of Hazardous Liquids
by Pipeline: Recordkeeping and
Accident Reporting’’ identified by
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number 2137–0047. This
information collection will be expiring
on July 31, 2015. PHMSA will request
an extension with a minor revision for
this information collection.
During the 60-day comment period,
PHMSA received no comments in
response to this collection. PHMSA is
publishing this notice to provide the
public with an additional 30 days to
comment on the renewal of this
information collection and announce
that the information collection will be
submitted to OMB for approval.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before May 29,
2015 to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by the docket number
PHMSA–2015–0004 by any of the
following methods:
• Fax: 1–202–395–5806.
• Mail: Office of Information and
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Management Center, Room 10102
NEOB, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, ATTN: Desk
Officer for the U.S. Department of
Transportation/PHMSA.
• Email: Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, OMB, at the
following email address: OIRA_
[email protected].
Requests for a copy of the Information
Collection should be directed to
Cameron Satterthwaite by telephone at
202–366–1319, by fax at 202–366–4566,
by email at cameron.satterthwaite@
dot.gov, or by mail at U.S. Department
of Transportation, PHMSA, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., PHP–30,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Angela Dow by telephone at 202–366–
1246, by email at [email protected],
by fax at 202–366–4566, or by mail at
U.S. Department of Transportation,
PHMSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
PHP–30, Washington, DC 20590–0001.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Background
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 minor revision
and extension approval. The
information collection expires July 31,
2015, and is identified under OMB
Control No. 2137–0047, titled:
‘‘Transportation of Hazardous Liquids
by Pipeline: Recordkeeping and
Accident Reporting.’’ This information
collection addresses general
recordkeeping and accident reporting
requirements for hazardous liquid
pipeline operators under 49 CFR part
195. The minor revision, as more fully
described in the February notice,
simplifies the instructions for reporting
the amount of product released when
completing form PHMSA F 7000–1
ACCIDENT REPORT—HAZARDOUS
LIQUID PIPELINE SYSTEMS. This
proposed revision to the instructions
will not increase the hourly burden
estimate for this information collection.
B. Summary of Comments Received
During the 60-day comment period,
PHMSA received no comments on this
information collection.
C. Summary of Impacted Collection
The following information is provided
for this information collection: (1) Title
of the information collection; (2) OMB
control number; (3) Type of request; (4)

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Abstract of the information collection
activity; (5) Description of affected
public; (6) Estimate of total annual
reporting and recordkeeping burden;
and (7) Frequency of collection. PHMSA
will request a three-year term of
approval for this information collection
activity. PHMSA requests comments on
the following information collection:
Title: Transportation of Hazardous
Liquids by Pipeline: Recordkeeping and
Accident Reporting.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0047.
Current Expiration Date: 7/31/2015.
Type of Request: Revision.
Abstract: This information collection
covers recordkeeping and accident
reporting by hazardous liquid pipeline
operators who are subject to 49 CFR part
195. Section 195.50 specifies the
definition of an ‘‘accident’’ and the
reporting criteria for submitting a
Hazardous Liquid Accident Report
(form PHMSA F7000–1) is detailed in
§ 195.54. PHMSA is proposing to revise
the form PHMSA F7000–1 instructions
for editorial and clarification purposes.
Affected Public: Hazardous liquid
pipeline operators.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping
Burden:
Annual Responses: 897.
Annual Burden Hours: 52,429.
Frequency of collection: On Occasion.
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.
Issued in Washington, DC, on April 22,
2015.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy
and Programs.
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