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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

[Docket No. PHMSA–2016–0027; Notice No.
2016–9]

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, 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.

SUMMARY:

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

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comments received, go to http://
www.regulations.gov.
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

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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 §§ 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
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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 nonspecification 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
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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 § 173.5a of the HMR.

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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 §§ 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]
BILLING CODE 4910–60–P

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