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Authority: (49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120:
delegations of authority at 49 CFR 1.95 and
501.8).
Jeffrey M. Giuseppe,
Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Safety Administration
[Docket No. PHMSA–2012–0082 (Notice No.
15–16)]

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

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
PHMSA invites comments on its
intention to revise an information
collection under Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) Control Number
2137–0628, ‘‘Flammable Hazardous
Materials by Rail Transportation.’’ This
reporting requirement would require
tank car owners to report their progress
in the retrofitting of tank cars to the
Department of Transportation (DOT).
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on, or before
November 13, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding
the burden estimate, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, by
mail to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, Attention:
Desk Officer for DOT–PHMSA, 725 17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, by
fax, 202–395–5806, or by email, to
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov.
Comments should refer to the
information collection by title and/or
OMB Control Number.
We invite comments on: (1) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
the Department’s estimate of the burden
of the proposed information collection;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.

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Docket: For access to the dockets to
read background documents or
comments received, go to http://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steven Andrews or T. Glenn Foster,
Standards and Rulemaking Division
(PHH–12), Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., East Building,
2nd Floor, Washington, DC 20590–0001,
Telephone (202) 366–8553.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 be submitting
to OMB for revision. This information
collection request is contained in 49
CFR part 174 of the Hazardous Materials
Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR parts 171–
180). PHMSA has revised the burden
estimate, where appropriate, to reflect
current reporting levels or adjustments
based on changes described in this
notice. The following information is
provided for the information collection:
(1) Title of the information collection,
including former title if a change is
being made; (2) OMB control number;
(3) summary of the information
collection activity; (4) description of
affected public; (5) estimate of total
annual reporting and recordkeeping
burden; and (6) frequency of collection.
PHMSA will request a three-year term of
approval for the information collection
activity and, when approved by OMB,
publish a notice of the approval in the
Federal Register.
PHMSA requests comments on the
following information collection:
Title: Flammable Hazardous Materials
by Rail Transportation.
OMB Control Number: 2137–0628.
Summary: This information collection
pertains to requirements for the creation
of a sampling and testing program for
unrefined petroleum-based products
and rail routing for High Hazard
Flammable Trains (HHFTs) a, routing
requirements for rail operators, and the
reporting of incidents that may occur
from HFFTs.
In the final rule entitled ‘‘Enhanced
Tank Car Standards and Operational
Controls for High-Hazard Flammable
Trains’’ PHMSA and the Federal
Railroad Administration (FRA) adopted
a An HHFT means a single train transporting 20
or more loaded tank cars of a Class 3 flammable
liquid in a continuous block or a single train
carrying 35 or more loaded tank cars of a Class 3
flammable liquid throughout the train consist.

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a risk-based timeline for the retrofit of
existing tank cars to meet an enhanced
Casualty Prevention Circular (CPC–
1232) standard when used as part of an
HHFT. The retrofit timeline focuses on
two risk factors, the packing group and
differing types of DOT–111 and CPC–
1232 tank cars. The timeline provides
an accelerated risk reduction that more
appropriately addresses the overall risk.
The timeline is provided in the
§§ 173.241, 173.242, and 173.243 tables
of the final rulemaking [80 FR 26643]
and includes a January 1, 2017 deadline
for of non-jacketed DOT–111 tank cars
in PG I service in an HHFT. Not
adhering to the January 1, 2017 deadline
would trigger a reporting requirement.
This reporting requirement would
require owners of non-jacketed DOT–
111 tank cars in Packing Group I service
in an HHFT to report to DOT the
following information regarding the
retrofitting progress:
• The total number of tank cars
retrofitted to meet the DOT–117R
specification;
• The total number of tank cars built
or retrofitted to meet the DOT–117P
specification;
• The total number of DOT–111 tank
cars (including those built to CPC–1232
industry standard) that have not been
modified;
• The total number of tank cars built
to meet the DOT–117 specification; and
• The total number of tank cars built
or retrofitted to a DOT–117, 117R, or
117P specification that are
Electronically Controlled Pneumatic
(ECP) brake ready or ECP brake
equipped.
Although this reporting requirement
applies to individual owners of nonjacketed DOT–111 tank cars in PG I
service in an HHFT, DOT would accept
a consolidated report from a group
representing the affected industries.
Furthermore, while not adhering to the
January 1, 2017 retrofit deadline triggers
an initial reporting requirement, it
would also trigger a requirement which
would authorize the Secretary of
Transportation to request additional
reports of the above information with
reasonable notice.
PHMSA received comments on the
60-Day Notice (80 FR 27844) for the
revision to this collection from the
American Fuel & Petrochemical
Manufacturers (AFPM) and the
Oklahoma Department of Transportation
(DOT) both in support of the tank car
retrofit reporting requirements. AFPM
states that expanding the final rule’s
reporting requirement would improve
the understanding of how the retrofit

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activity is affecting rail transportation of
flammable liquids and allow PHMSA to
make data-driven decisions in advance
of the compliance milestones in the
retrofit schedule. The Oklahoma DOT
states that it does not object to the tank
car retrofitting reporting requirements
but encourages PHMSA to reemphasize
the importance of evaluating the causes
of oil by rail accidents so as to prevent
them in the future.
We estimate that this reporting
requirement will result in a revised
information collection and
recordkeeping burden as follows:
OMB No. 2137–0628, ‘‘Flammable
Hazardous Materials by Rail
Transportation.’’
Additional Burden request:
Additional Number of Respondents:
50.
Additional Annual Responses: 50.
Additional Annual Burden Hours: 25.
Additional Total Annual Burden Cost:
$1,000.
Revised Total First Year Burden:
Revised Total Annual Number of
Respondents: 2,039.
Revised Total Annual Responses:
2,609.
Revised Total Annual Burden Hours:
103,814.
Revised Total Annual Burden Cost:
$7,384,633.55.
Revised Subsequent Year Burden:
Revised Total Annual Number of
Respondents: 2,039.
Revised Total Annual Responses:
2,609.
Revised Total Annual Burden Hours:
29,054.
Revised Total Annual Burden Cost:
$2,038,988.
Signed in Washington, DC, on October 7,
2015.
William S. Schoonover,
Deputy Associate Administrator, Pipeline and
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.
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[Docket No. PHMSA–2015–0188, Notice No.
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International Standards on the
Transport of Dangerous Goods
Pipeline and Hazardous
Materials Safety Administration
(PHMSA).
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:

This notice is to advise
interested persons of two public

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meetings occurring on Thursday,
November 12, 2015, both held at the
Department of Transportation (DOT)
headquarters. PHMSA will conduct a
public meeting to discuss proposals in
preparation for the 48th session of the
United Nations Sub-Committee of
Experts on the Transport of Dangerous
Goods (UNSCOE TDG), to be held
November 30 to December 09, 2015, in
Geneva, Switzerland. During this
meeting, PHMSA is also requesting
comments relative to potential new
work items that may be considered for
inclusion in its international agenda.
Also on Thursday, November 12,
2015, the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA) will
conduct a public meeting (Docket No.
OSHA–H022k–2006–0062) to discuss
proposals in preparation for the 30th
session of the United Nations SubCommittee of Experts on the Globally
Harmonized System of Classification
and Labelling of Chemicals
(UNSCEGHS), to be held December 9 to
December 11, 2015, in Geneva,
Switzerland.
Time and Location: Both the PHMSA
and OSHA public meetings will take
place on Thursday, November 12, 2015
at the DOT Headquarters in the West
Building, which is located at 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC
20590–0001. The times are:
PHMSA pubic meeting: 9:00 a.m. to
12:00 noon EST.
OSHA public meeting: 1:00 p.m. to
4:00 p.m. EST.
Advanced Meeting Registration: The
DOT requests that attendees pre-register
for these meetings by completing the
form at https://
www.surveymonkey.com/r/LVXNWYT.
Attendees may use the same form to
pre-register for both the PHMSA and the
OSHA meetings. Failure to pre-register
may delay your access into the DOT
Headquarters building. Additionally, if
you are attending in-person, arrive early
to allow time for security checks
necessary to access the building.
Conference call-in and ‘‘live meeting’’
capability will be provided for both
meetings. Specific information on callin and live meeting access will be
posted when available at http://
www.phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat/regs/
international under Upcoming Events
and at http://www.osha.gov/dsg/
hazcom/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Steven Webb or Mr. Aaron Wiener,
Office of Hazardous Materials Safety,
Department of Transportation,
Washington, DC 20590, 202–366–8553.
Supplementary Information on the
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of PHMSA’s meeting will be to prepare
for the 48th session of the UNSCOE
TDG, which is the second of four
meetings scheduled for the 2015–2016
biennium. The UNSCOE will consider
proposals for the 20th Revised Edition
of the United Nations
Recommendations on the Transport of
Dangerous Goods Model Regulations,
which may be implemented into
relevant domestic, regional, and
international regulations from January 1,
2019. Copies of working documents,
informal documents, and the meeting
agenda may be obtained from the United
Nations Transport Division’s Web site at
http://www.unece.org/trans/main/dgdb/
dgsubc3/c3age.html. General topics on
the agenda for the UNSCOE TDG
meeting include:
• Explosives and related matters;
• Listing, classification, and packing;
• Electric storage systems;
• Transport of gases;
• Global harmonization of transport
of dangerous goods regulations with the
Model Regulations;
• Guiding principles for the Model
Regulations;
• Electronic data interchange for
documentation purposes;
• Cooperation with the International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA);
• New proposals for amendments to
the Model Regulations;
• Issues relating to the Globally
Harmonized System of Classification
and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS); and
• Miscellaneous pending issues.
Following the 48th session of the
UNSCOE TDG, a copy of the SubCommittee’s report will be available at
the United Nations Transport Division’s
Web site at http://www.unece.org/trans/
main/dgdb/dgsubc3/c3rep.html.
PHMSA’s Web site at http://
www.phmsa.dot.gov/hazmat/regs/
international provides additional
information regarding the UNSCOE TDG
and related matters.
Supplementary Information on the
OSHA Meeting: The Federal Register
notice and additional detailed
information relating to OSHA’s public
meeting will be available upon
publication at http://
www.regulations.gov (Docket No.
OSHA–H022k-2006–0062) and on the
OSHA Web site at http://www.osha.gov/
dsg/hazcom/.
Signed at Washington, DC, on October 7,
2015.
Magdy El-Sibaie,
Associate Administrator for Hazardous
Materials Safety.
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