LSP Survey 30 day notice

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[Federal Register: September 7, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 173)]
[Notices]
[Page 51489-51490]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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----------------------------------------------------------------------DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA-2003-15864]

Request for Public Comment and Office of Management and Budget
Approval for a New Information Collection
AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA),
U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
----------------------------------------------------------------------SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA),
this notice announces that PHMSA has forwarded an Information
Collection Request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a
new information collection. This information collection is a survey of
hazardous liquid operators to obtain information on unregulated lowstress hazardous liquid pipeline characteristics. The purpose of this
notice is to invite the public to submit comments on the request to
OMB.
DATES: Submit comments on or before October 9, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Send comments directly to the Office of Management and
Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn: Desk
Officer for the Department of Transportation, 725 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lane Miller at (405) 954-4969, or by
e-mail at Lane.Miller@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Pipeline Inspection, Protection,
Enforcement, and Safety Act of 2006 (PIPES Act) enacted into law on
December 29, 2006, reauthorizes PHMSA-administered pipeline safety
programs for fiscal years 2007 through 2010. Section 4 of the PIPES
Act
requires that PHMSA issue regulations by December 31, 2007, subjecting
all low-stress hazardous liquid pipelines to the same standards and
regulations as other hazardous liquid pipelines. PHMSA currently
exempts low stress pipelines from regulations except for those in
populated areas and crossing navigable waterways. On May 18, 2007,
PHMSA published a supplementary notice of proposed rulemaking
proposing
to apply all Federal Hazardous liquid pipeline safety regulations to a
specific set of these remaining low rural low-stress lines (72 FR
28008).
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Low-stress pipelines are pipelines operating at 20 percent or less
of the specified minimum yield strength of the line pipe. PHMSA does
not have data on the total extent of currently unregulated hazardous
liquid low-stress pipelines in the United States. To address this gap
in the data and to obtain a more accurate understanding of the
unregulated hazardous liquid low-stress pipelines, PHMSA is requesting
OMB approval to conduct a one-time information collection survey. To
the extent possible, all operators of hazardous liquid pipelines will
be surveyed about low stress mileage (including interplant pipeline
mileage), diameter, pipeline material, products transported, and
location.
In order to reach as many operators as possible, the survey will
be
delivered electronically to each of the companies currently operating
regulated hazardous liquid pipelines. PHMSA will also attempt to reach
companies that own and/or operate currently unregulated pipelines
exclusively by working with industry associations to announce and
distribute the survey via e-mail newsletters to members. Respondents
will be able to print an electronic version of the survey and mail a
hard copy, or complete the survey on-line and e-mail it. Participation
in the survey is optional.
Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA, PHMSA is required

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to obtain OMB approval for information collections. The term
``information collection'' includes all work related to preparing and
disseminating information related to this proposed information
collection including: Completing paperwork, gathering information, and
conducting telephone calls. PHMSA published a notice providing a 60day
period for comments on the proposed information collection in the
Federal Register on June 14, 2007 (72 FR 32941), and received no
comments. PHMSA is now providing an additional 30-day comment period
and inviting comments on whether the proposed information collection
is
necessary for DOT's proper performance. The comments may include (1)
whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy
of DOT's estimate of the burden of the proposed information
collection;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collection; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the
information collection on respondents, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Type of Information Collection Request: New Collection.
Respondents: 158.
Frequency: This is a one-time survey.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 16 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2,528 hours.
Dated: August 31, 2007.
Florence L. Hamn,
Director of Regulations.
[FR Doc. 07-4362 Filed 9-6-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-60-M

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