The Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of
2002 (Pub. L. 107–355), 49 U.S.C. 60132, ‘‘National Pipeline
Mapping System,’’ requires, the operator of a pipeline facility
(except distribution lines and gathering lines) to provide
information to the Pipeline and Hazardous Safety Administration
(PHMSA). Each operator is required to submit geospatial data
appropriate for use in the National Pipeline Mapping System or data
in a format that can be readily converted to geospatial data; the
name and address of the person with primary operational control (to
be known as its operator), and a means for a member of the public
to contact the operator for additional information about the
pipeline facilities it operates. This revision will require
operators to submit more pipeline attributes geospatially.
Operators will submit the requested data elements once and make
annual updates to the data if necessary. The new data elements will
strengthen the effectiveness of PHMSA’s risk rankings and
evaluations, which are used as a factor in determining pipeline
inspection priority and frequency; allow for more effective
assistance to emergency responders by providing them with a more
reliable, complete data set of pipelines and facilities; and
provide better support to PHMSA’s inspectors by providing more
accurate pipeline locations and additional pipeline-related
geospatial data that can be linked to tabular data in PHMSA’s
inspection database.
PHMSA has found that the
current data accuracy and minimal set of attributes included with
NPMS submissions no longer meet its needs, and requires more
accurate and complete information about a pipeline, LNG plant, or
breakout tank. In an effort to increase data accuracy, PHMSA is
revising this information to collect additional information with a
greater level of granularity. The additional number of pipeline
attributes requested, specifically the positional accuracy data,
accounts for the increase in burden.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
2137-0596 2018 Supporting Statement_04_25_2019 (1).docx
National Pipeline Mapping Program