Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities 30 Day Notice

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date will be evaluated, if it is possible
to do so without incurring additional
expense or delay. PHMSA will consider
each relevant comment it receives in
making its decision to grant or deny this
special permit request.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 19,
2021, under authority delegated in 49 CFR
1.97.
Alan K. Mayberry,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2021–0003]

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

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), 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 February 16, 2021, (86 FR
9568).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before June 24, 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
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.
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
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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.
Unless you are notified otherwise,
PHMSA will treat such marked
submissions as confidential under the
FOIA, and they will not be placed in the
public docket of this notice.
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.
Angela Hill by telephone at 202/680–
2034 or by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
On February 16, 2021, PHMSA
published a notice in the Federal
Register soliciting comments on several
information collections that are due to
expire in 2021 unless they are renewed
by OMB.
During the 60-day comment period,
PHMSA received one comment from the
National Association of Pipeline Safety
Representatives (NAPSR) in support of
PHMSA’s decision to request a renewal,
without change, for each of the
information collections summarized
below.
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 the information
collection requests that PHMSA will
submit to OMB for renewal.
The following information is provided
for each 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.

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PHMSA will request a three-year term
of approval for each information
collection activity. PHMSA requests
comments on the following information
collections:
1. Title: Post-Accident Drug Testing
for Pipeline Operators.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0632.
Current Expiration Date: 6/30/2021.
Type of Request: Renewal of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Pursuant to 49 CFR 199.227,
operators are required to maintain
records of its alcohol misuse prevention
program. The post-accident drug testing
for pipeline operators information
collection pertains specifically to 49
CFR 199.227(b)(4), which requires
operators to maintain records of
decisions not to administer postaccident employee alcohol tests for a
minimum of three years. Operators must
make those records available to the
Secretary of Transportation upon
request.
Affected Public: Operators of PHMSAregulated pipelines.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping
Burden:
Total Annual Responses: 609.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,218.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
2. Title: Customer-Owned Service
Lines.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0594.
Current Expiration Date: 8/31/2021.
Type of Request: Renewal of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Pursuant to 49 CFR 192.16,
operators of gas service lines who do not
maintain their customers’ buried piping
between service lines and building
walls or gas utilization equipment are
required to send written notices to their
customers prescribing the proper
maintenance of these gas lines and of
the potential hazards of not properly
maintaining these gas lines. Operators
also must maintain records that include
a copy of the notice currently in use and
evidence that notices were sent to
customers within the previous three
years. The purpose of the collection is
to provide the Office of Pipeline Safety
with adequate information about how
customer-owned service lines are being
maintained to prevent the potential
hazards associated with not maintaining
the lines. An example of sufficient
notification includes a prepared
notification with the customer’s bill.
Affected Public: State and local
governments.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping
Burden:
Estimated number of responses:
550,000.

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Estimated annual burden hours:
9,167.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
3. Title: Public Awareness Program.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0622.
Current Expiration Date: 9/30/2021.
Type of Request: Renewal of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Pursuant to the Federal
Pipeline Safety Regulations in 49 CFR
192.616 and 49 CFR 195.440 each
pipeline operator is required to develop
and implement a written continuing
public education program that follows
the guidance provided in the American
Petroleum Institute’s (API)
Recommended Practice (RP) 1162. Upon
request, operators must submit their
completed programs to PHMSA or, in
the case of an intrastate pipeline facility
operator, the appropriate state agency.
The operator’s program documentation
and evaluation results must also be
available for periodic review by
appropriate regulatory agencies. The
purpose of the collection is to educate
the public, appropriate government
organizations, and persons engaged in
excavation activities on the use of a onecall notification system, possible
hazards associated with unintentional
releases, physical indications that a
release may have occurred, and steps
that should be taken for public safety in
the event of a release and procedures for
reporting releases.
Affected Public: Operators of natural
gas and hazardous liquid pipelines.
Estimated number of responses:
45,000.
Estimated annual burden hours:
517,500 hours.
Frequency of collection: Annual.
4. Title: Recordkeeping Requirements
for Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0048.
Current Expiration Date: 09/30/2021.
Type of Request: Renewal with no
change of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: Pursuant to the Federal
Pipeline Safety Regulations, liquefied
natural gas facility owners and operators
are required to maintain various
records, make reports, and provide
information regarding their liquefied
natural gas facilities to the Secretary of
Transportation at the Secretary’s
request.
Affected Public: Operators and
owners of liquefied natural gas facilities.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping
Burden:
Estimated number of responses:
40,400.
Estimated annual burden hours:
12,120.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

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5. Title: Qualification of Pipeline
Safety Training.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0600.
Current Expiration Date: 10/31/2021.
Type of Request: Renewal with no
change of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: The Federal Pipeline Safety
Regulations require that all individuals
responsible for the operation and
maintenance of pipeline facilities to be
properly qualified to safely perform
their tasks. Chapter 49 CFR 192.807
requires each operator to maintain
records that demonstrate compliance
with the mandated qualification criteria.
Operators are required to maintain
records demonstrating compliance and
provide them to PHMSA upon request.
Affected Public: Operators of pipeline
facilities.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping
Burden:
Estimated number of responses:
29,167.
Estimated annual burden hours:
7,292.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
6. Title: Periodic Underwater
Inspection and Notification of
Abandoned Underwater Pipelines.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0618.
Current Expiration Date: 10/31/2021.
Type of Request: Renewal with no
change of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: The Federal Pipeline Safety
Regulations at 49 CFR 192.612 and
195.413 require operators of pipelines in
the Gulf of Mexico and its inlets in
waters less than 15 feet (4.6 meters)
deep to conduct appropriate periodic
underwater inspections to determine
whether the pipelines are exposed or
pose a hazard to navigation. If an
operator discovers that its underwater
pipeline is exposed or poses a hazard to
navigation, among other remedial
actions, the operator must contact the
National Response Center by telephone
within 24 hours of discovery and report
the location of the exposed pipeline or
hazardous pipeline.
PHMSA’s regulations for reporting the
abandonment of underwater pipelines
can be found at 49 CFR 192.727 and 49
CFR 195.59. These provisions contain
certain requirements for disconnecting
and purging abandoned pipelines and
require operators to notify PHMSA of
each abandoned offshore pipeline
facility and each abandoned onshore
pipeline facility that crosses over,
under, or through a commercially
navigable waterway.
Affected Public: Operators of pipeline
facilities (except master meter
operators).
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping
Burden:

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Estimated number of responses: 92.
Estimated annual burden hours:
1,372.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
7. Title: Recordkeeping for
Underground Natural Gas Storage
Facilities.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0634.
Current Expiration Date: 10/31/2021.
Type of Request: Renewal of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The Federal Pipeline Safety
Regulations at 49 CFR 192.12 requires
operators of underground natural gas
storage facilities to maintain
documentation and provide information
to the Secretary of Transportation at the
Secretary’s request. Examples of the
required records include operations and
maintenance procedures, results of
required tests, records of inspections
and repairs, and notifications to the
public.
Affected Public: Operators of
underground natural gas storage
facilities.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping
Burden:
Estimated number of responses: 136.
Estimated annual burden hours: 220.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Comments are invited on:
(a) The need for the renewal and
revision of these collections 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.
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 20,
2021, under authority delegated in 49 CFR
1.97.
John A. Gale,
Director, Standards and Rulemaking Division.
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