30-Day Federal Register Notice

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Incident Reports for Natural Gas Pipeline Operators

30-Day Federal Register Notice

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You may send comments
using any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov, and follow
the instructions on providing
comments.
• Fax: 202–493–2251.
• Mail: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, M–
30, West Building Ground Floor, Room
W 12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590.
• Hand Delivery: Deliver to mail
address above between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
Interested persons may inspect the
request and supporting documents by
contacting the FAA at the address listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Jorge E. Panteli, Compliance and Land
Use Specialist, Federal Aviation
Administration New England Region
Airports Division, 1200 District Avenue,
Burlington, Massachusetts 01803.
Telephone: 781–238–7618.
ADDRESSES:

Issued in Burlington, Massachusetts, on
May 6, 2021.
Julie Seltsam-Wilps,
Deputy Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Docket No. PHMSA–2019–0172]

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

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the information
collection requests (ICR) summarized
below are being forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comments. A Federal
Register notice soliciting comments on
the following information collections
with a 60-day comment period was
published on December 17, 2020.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before June 14, 2021.
Privacy Act Statement: DOT may
solicit comments from the public
regarding certain general notices. DOT
posts these comments, without edit,
including any personal information the
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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. Pursuant to 49 CFR 190.343, you
may ask PHMSA to give confidential
treatment to information you give to the
Agency by taking the following steps:
(1) Mark each page of the original
document submission containing CBI as
‘‘Confidential’’; (2) send PHMSA, along
with the original document, a second
copy of the original document with the
CBI deleted; and (3) explain why the
information you are submitting is CBI.
Only the redacted copy will be placed
in the public docket. Submissions
containing CBI should be sent to Angela
Hill, DOT, PHMSA, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, PHP–30, Washington, DC
20590–0001. Any commentary PHMSA
receives that is not specifically
designated as CBI will be placed in the
public docket for this matter.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Angela Hill by telephone at 202/680–
2034 or by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
Under procedures established by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,1
before seeking OMB approval, Federal
agencies must solicit public comment
on proposed collections of information.
On December 17, 2020, PHMSA
published a notice in the Federal
Register soliciting comments on several
proposed revisions to Form PHMSA
F7100.2–1, ‘‘Annual Report for Natural
and Other Gas Transmission and
Gathering Pipeline Systems,’’ and Form
PHMSA F7100.4–1, ‘‘Underground
Natural Gas Storage Facility Annual
Report,’’ both under OMB Control No.
2137–0522.2 PHMSA also proposed
changes to Form PHMSA F7100.2,
‘‘Incident Report—Gas Transmission
and Gathering Systems,’’ under OMB
Control No. 2137–0635.
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During the 60-day comment period,
PHMSA received comments from the
National Association of Pipeline Safety
Representatives (NAPSR) and a joint
comment from the American Gas
Association, the American Petroleum
Institute, the American Public Gas
Association, and the Interstate Natural
Gas Association of America
(collectively, the Associations).
The comments received are organized
by topic area, summarized, and
addressed below.
A. Form PHMSA F7100.2–1 Annual
Report for Natural and Other Gas
Transmission and Gathering Pipeline
Systems
The Associations suggested that
PHMSA modify the instructions for Part
G to clarify that operators are only
required to report baseline and
reassessment data for moderate
consequence area (MCA) segments
subject to 49 CFR 192.710. The
Associations recommended that
§ 192.710 be added to the form after
‘‘MCA’’ on Part G, sections d–h.
PHMSA appreciates the Associations
making the important distinction
between MCA segments and segments
required to be assessed under § 192.710.
PHMSA has implemented the
Associations’ suggestion by replacing
‘‘MCA’’ with ‘‘§ 192.710’’ in Part G,
sections d–h, to provide clarity. Further,
PHMSA’s proposed changes did not
recognize this important distinction in
Parts F and L of the form. Accordingly,
PHMSA has changed ‘‘MCA’’ to
‘‘§ 192.710’’ throughout Parts F and L.
The Associations commented that
PHMSA should further clarify which
relief valve and emergency shutdown
(ESD) events must be reported under
Part G1 of the annual form. Per the
Associations, the instructions should
clarify that leaks are not reportable in
Part G1 since they are already included
in Part M. The Associations commented
that relief valve ‘‘chatter,’’ which can
generally be rectified by adjustment of
the relief device, is not reportable under
Part G1. They suggested reporting only
‘‘confirmed’’ activations/events and
stated that the proposed reporting
changes do not require operators to
implement new procedures to identify
relief valve activations. The
Associations suggested that the
proposed changes should simply require
operators to report the number of relief
valve activations and ESD events that
are observed (and currently recorded as
abnormal operating conditions) by
operator personnel. The Associations
also recommended that PHMSA should
not begin requiring the reporting of any
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until the 2022 calendar year annual
reports (due in March 2023) since
operators need time to modify processes
to collect and report relief valve
activations and ESD events in the form
PHMSA proposes to collect it.
PHMSA is not implementing the
changes suggested by the Associations
regarding the reporting of relief valve
and ESD events. PHMSA is withdrawing
its proposal to move reporting of these
events from the incident form (Form
PHMSA F7100.2) to the annual form
(Form PHMSA F7100.2–1) at this time
because PHMSA’s initial proposal
inadvertently omitted notice to the
public that the annual form would
include an additional requirement that
operators report the volume of natural
gas released during these events. As
currently noticed, PHMSA would not be
able to collect the amount of gas
released from relief valve and ESD
events after making the change from the
incident to the annual reports. The
volume of gas released is important data
that PHMSA currently collects via the
incident reports so no changes will be
made at this time to avoid any
disruption in the data collected.
PHMSA intends to address this issue in
a future information collection
amendment and will consider all of the
comments provided at that time.
NAPSR requested that a section for
reporting excavation damages be added
to the Annual Report for Natural and
Other Gas Transmission and Gathering
Pipeline Systems. NAPSR commented
that, for consistency, the added section
should reflect the ‘‘causes’’ from the
existing Section D of the Gas
Distribution Annual Report (Form
PHMSA F7100.1–1). The addition
would include excavation damage, root
cause, and the total number of one-call
ticket requests by state. NAPSR stated
this addition will provide for accurate
and consistent statistical data across all
pipeline types.
PHMSA did not propose the change
requested by NAPSR in the 60-day
notice, so it cannot be added to this
information collection proposal.
PHMSA intends to address this issue in
a future information collection change.
B. Form PHMSA F7100.2 Incident
Report—Gas Transmission and
Gathering Systems
The Associations recommended
additional changes to ensure a clear
distinction between ‘‘intentional’’ and
‘‘unintentional’’ releases through relief
valves and ESDs.
PHMSA is not implementing the
changes suggested by the Associations
regarding the reporting of relief valve
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PHMSA is withdrawing its proposal to
move reporting of relief valve activation
and ESD events from the incident report
(Form PHMSA F 7100.2) to the annual
report (Form PHMSA F 7100.2–1) at this
time because PHMSA’s initial proposal
inadvertently omitted notice that
operators would be required to report
the volume of natural gas released
during these events on the annual
report. PHMSA intends to address this
issue in a future information collection
change and will consider these
comments at that time.
C. Form PHMSA F7100.4–1
Underground Natural Gas Storage
Facility Annual Report
The Associations recommended
adding an additional category of wells
as Part C10c in the report. The
Associations stated that by adding
‘‘number of wells plugged and
abandoned during the calendar year’’ as
an additional category in C10, there
would be no duplication among counts
in C10. PHMSA agrees and has added
C10c.
The Associations recommended that
PHMSA clarify what is meant by ‘‘wells
plugged but not abandoned’’ and stated
they believe this category is not
intended to include temporary plugs.
PHMSA agrees and has modified the
instructions for the report by explicitly
excluding ‘‘temporary bridge plugs.’’
II. Summary of Impacted Collection
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
submit to OMB for revision.
The following information is provided
for this information collection: (1) Title
of the information collection; (2) OMB
control number; (3) current expiration
date; (4) type of request; (5) abstract of
the information collection activity; (6)
description of affected public; (7)
estimate of total annual reporting and
recordkeeping burden; and (8)
frequency of collection.
PHMSA will request a 3-year term of
approval for this information collection
activity. PHMSA requests comments on
the following information:
1. Title: Annual and Incident Reports
for Gas Pipeline Operators.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0522.
Current Expiration Date: 1/31/2023.
Type of Request: Revision.
Abstract: This mandatory information
collection covers the collection of data
from operators of natural gas pipelines,

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underground natural gas storage
facilities, and liquefied natural gas
(LNG) facilities for annual reports. 49
CFR 191.17 requires operators of
underground natural gas storage
facilities, gas transmission systems, and
gas gathering systems to submit an
annual report by March 15, for the
preceding calendar year. The revision to
this information collection includes
changes to the form and instructions for
PHMSA F7100.4–1, ‘‘Underground
Natural Gas Storage Facility Annual
Report,’’ and revisions to the form and
instructions for PHMSA F7100.2–1,
‘‘Annual Report for Natural and Other
Gas Transmission and Gathering
Pipeline Systems.’’ The revisions to the
‘‘Underground Natural Gas Storage
Facility Annual Report’’ Form provide
clarity on submitting data and include
no new data elements. The revisions to
the ‘‘Annual Report for Natural and
Other Gas Transmission and Gathering
Pipeline Systems’’ Form include
collecting the number of miles in high
consequence areas in accordance with
49 CFR 192.903 and the type of risk
model used; and to reorganize some
data fields to streamline the reporting of
certain data elements.
Affected Public: Operators of Natural
Gas Pipelines, Underground Natural Gas
Storage Facilities, and LNG Facilities.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping
Burden:
Annual Responses: 10,547.
Annual Burden Hours: 80,101.
Frequency of collection: Annually and
on occasion.
2. Title: Incident Reporting for Natural
Gas Pipeline Operators and LNG
Facilities.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0635.
Current Expiration Date: 1/31/2023.
Type of Request: Revision.
Abstract: Operators of natural gas
pipelines and LNG facilities are
required to report incidents, on
occasion, to PHMSA per the
requirements in 49 CFR part 191.
PHMSA proposes to revise the form and
instructions for the Incident Report—
Natural and Other Gas Transmission
and Gathering Pipeline System (PHMSA
F7100.2) to include details on when
operators are to answer questions E6
through E8 of the incident report.
Affected Public: Natural Gas Pipeline
Operators and Operators of LNG
Facilities.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping
Burden:
Estimated number of responses: 301.
Estimated annual burden hours:
3,612.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Comments are invited on:
(a) The need for the renewal and
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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.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 11,
2021, under authority delegated in 49 CFR
1.97.
John A. Gale,
Director, Standards and Rulemaking Division.
[FR Doc. 2021–10234 Filed 5–13–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Department of the
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is publishing the names
of one or more persons that have been
removed from the Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Person List (SDN
List) and list of Foreign Sanctions
Evaders (FSE List). Their property and
interests in property are no longer
blocked, and U.S. persons are no longer
generally prohibited from engaging in
transactions with them. Additionally,
OFAC is publishing updates to the
identifying information of one person
currently included in the SDN List. All
property and interests in property
subject to U.S. jurisdiction of this
person remain blocked, and U.S.
persons are generally prohibited from
engaging in transactions with them.
DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
section for applicable date(s).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
OFAC: Andrea Gacki, Director, tel.:
202–622–2480; Associate Director for
Global Targeting, tel.: 202–622–2420;
Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.:
202–622–2480; Assistant Director for

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Regulatory Affairs, tel.: 202–622–4855;
or Assistant Director for Sanctions
Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202–622–
2490.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Availability
The Specially Designated Nationals
and Blocked Persons List, Foreign
Sanctions Evader List, and additional
information concerning OFAC sanctions
programs are available on OFAC’s
website (www.treasury.gov/ofac).
Notice of OFAC Actions
A. On May 11, 2021, OFAC
determined that circumstances no
longer warrant the inclusion of the
following person on the SDN List and
that their property and interests in
property are no longer blocked under
the relevant sanctions authority listed
below.
Individual
1. JAMI JAMI (a.k.a. JAMA’ JAMA’; a.k.a.
JAMEA, Jamea Kamil; a.k.a. JAM’I JAM’I);
DOB 16 Jun 1954; POB Jablah, Zama, Syria;
Brigadier General (individual) [SYRIA].
Designated on August 15, 2006 pursuant to
one or more of the criteria set forth in
Executive Order 13338, ‘‘Blocking Property
of Certain Persons and Prohibiting the Export
of Certain Goods to Syria.’’

B. On May 11, 2021, OFAC
determined that circumstances no
longer warrant the inclusion of the
following persons on the SDN List and
the FSE List and that their property and
interests in property are no longer
blocked under the relevant sanctions
authorities listed below.
Individuals
1. HOLLEBRAND, Alexander (a.k.a.
HOLLEBRAND, Sander); DOB 20 Dec 1954;
POB Netherlands (individual) [SYRIA] [FSE–
SY].
Designated on December 17, 2014 pursuant
to one or more of the criteria set forth in
Executive Order 13582, ‘‘Blocking Property
of the Government of Syria and Prohibiting
Certain Transactions With Respect to Syria,’’
and Executive Order 13608, ‘‘Prohibiting
Certain Transactions With and Suspending
Entry Into the United States of Foreign
Sanctions Evaders With Respect to Iran and
Syria.’’
2. VAN MAZIJK, Paul; DOB 24 Jan 1958;
Passport NSK7K05F4 (Netherlands)
(individual) [SYRIA] [FSE–SY].
Designated on December 17, 2014 pursuant
to one or more of the criteria set forth in
Executive Order 13582, ‘‘Blocking Property
of the Government of Syria and Prohibiting
Certain Transactions With Respect to Syria,’’
and Executive Order 13608, ‘‘Prohibiting
Certain Transactions With and Suspending
Entry Into the United States of Foreign
Sanctions Evaders With Respect to Iran and
Syria.’’

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Entity
1. STAROIL B.V. (a.k.a. STAROIL S.A.),
Wilhelminastraat 43 A, Haarlem 2011 VK,
Netherlands; 30 A Rte de Chene, Geneva
1208, Switzerland; Registration ID 819860578
(Netherlands); V.A.T. Number NL
819860578B01 (Netherlands); Commercial
Registry Number 34311024 (Netherlands)
[SYRIA] [FSE–SY].
Designated on December 17, 2014 pursuant
to one or more of the criteria set forth in
Executive Order 13582, ‘‘Blocking Property
of the Government of Syria and Prohibiting
Certain Transactions With Respect to Syria,’’
and Executive Order 13608, ‘‘Prohibiting
Certain Transactions With and Suspending
Entry Into the United States of Foreign
Sanctions Evaders With Respect to Iran and
Syria.’’

C. On May 11, 2021, OFAC updated
the entry on the SDN List for the
following person, whose property and
interests in property subject to U.S.
jurisdiction continue to be blocked
under the relevant sanctions authority
listed below.
Individual
1. PAVLENKO, Vladimir Nikolaevich
(a.k.a. PAVLENKO, Volodymyr
Mykolaiovych), Ukraine; Gender Male;
Minister of State Security of the so-called
Donetsk People’s Republic (individual)
[UKRAINE–EO13660] (Linked To: DONETSK
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC).
-toPAVLENKO, Vladimir Nikolaevich
(Cyrillic: GFDKTYRJ, Dkflbvbh Ybrjkftdbx)
(a.k.a. PAVLENKO, Vladimir Viktorovich
(Cyrillic: GFDKTYRJ, Dkflbvbh Dbrnjhjdbx);
a.k.a. PAVLENKO, Volodymyr
Mykolaiovych; a.k.a. PAVLENKO,
Volodymyr Viktorovich (Cyrillic:
GFDKTYRJ, Djkjlbvbh D“rnjhjdbx)),
Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine; DOB 14
Apr 1962; Gender Male; Minister of State
Security of the so-called Donetsk People’s
Republic (individual) [UKRAINE–EO13660]
(Linked To: DONETSK PEOPLE’S
REPUBLIC).
Designated pursuant to section 1(a)(v) of
Executive Order 13660 of March 6, 2014,
‘‘Blocking Property of Certain Persons
Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine’’
(E.O. 13660) for having acted or purported to
act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly,
the so-called ‘‘DONETSK PEOPLE’S
REPUBLIC,’’ a person whose property and
interests in property are blocked pursuant to
to E.O. 13660.
Dated: May 11, 2021.
Bradley T. Smith,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets
Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury.
[FR Doc. 2021–10252 Filed 5–13–21; 8:45 am]
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