Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
08/14/2025
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
11/30/2025
4,213
4,213
85,724
85,724
0
0
Pipeline Safety Regulations require
operators of natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines to document
certain procedures and to maintain records pertaining to various
aspects of their rupture-mitigation valve operations. Operators who
have experienced a rupture or rupture-mitigation valve shut-off are
required to complete a post-incident review. The post-incident
summary, all investigation and analysis documents used to prepare
it, and records of lessons learned must be kept for the life of the
pipeline. PHMSA estimates that it will take operators, on average,
40 hours to comply with this requirement. Operators must also
develop written rupture identification procedures to evaluate and
identify whether a notification of potential rupture is an actual
rupture event or non-rupture event as soon as practicable. These
procedures must, at a minimum, specify the sources of information,
operational factors, and other criteria that operator personnel use
to evaluate a notification of potential rupture. PHMSA estimates
that it will take operators 40 hours comply with this requirement.
Operators are also required to maintain certain records if they
experience certain circumstances involving their rupture-mitigation
valve operations. On average, PHMSA expects that it will take
operators 8 hours to complete these recordkeeping requirements.
PHMSA estimates that 1,812 operators (1,304 natural gas and 508
hazardous liquid) operators will be potentially impacted by these
requirements. At minimum, all 1,812 operators will be required to
develop written rupture identification procedures. PHMSA estimates
46 (24 gas and 22 hazardous liquid) of these operators will
experience a rupture that will require the completion of a
post-incident summary. PHMSA expects that 10 percent of the
affected community (approximately 181 operators) will be subject to
the various other recordkeeping requirements. As a result, PHMSA
expects this information collection to result in 2,383 responses
and 77,320 burden hours annually.
US Code:
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USC 60102 Name of Law: Pipeline Safety Laws
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.
Rupture Mitigation Valve Recordkeeping Requirements 2025 Supporting Statement.docx
195.420 (f) Remedial measures for valves