[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 13 (Thursday, January 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 3333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1277]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Special Programs Administration
[Docket RSPA-98-4452 Notice 6]
Request for Comments and OMB Approval
AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Request for comments and OMB approval.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, RSPA
published a notice in the Federal Register on October 15, 1998, that
announced the Research and Special Programs Administration's (RSPA)
intention to request renewal of an information collection in support of
the Office of Pipeline Safety's (OPS) Recordkeeping for Liquid Natural
Gas (LNG) Facilities. No comments were received. RSPA is publishing
this additional notice to give the public an additional 30 days to
provide comments.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before February
22, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marvin Fell, Office of Pipeline
Safety, Research and Special Programs Administration, Department of
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW Washington, DC 20950, (202) 366-
1640 or e-mail marvin.fell@rspa.dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Recordkeeping for Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Facilities.
OMB Number: 2137-0048.
Abstract: 49 U.S.C. 60103, standards for liquefied natural gas
pipeline facilities delegates the responsibility for ensuring safe
operation of LNG facilities to the Secretary of Transportation.
Enforcement regulations are found in 33 CFR 193, Liquefied Natural Gas
Facilities: Federal Safety Standards. These regulations require
recordkeeping to allow Federal and State inspectors to ensure safe
operations and maintenance of LNG facilities.
Estimate of Burden: The average burden hours per response is 120.
Respondents: LNG facility operators.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 95.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 400.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 11,400 hours.
Copies of this information collection can be reviewed at the
Dockets Facility, Plaza 401, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400
Seventh St., SW Washington, DC. Comments are invited on: (a) the need
for the proposed collection 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.
Send comments directly to Office of Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, 726 Jackson Place, NW, Washington, DC 20503
ATTN: Desk Officer for the Department of Transportation.
Issued in Washington, DC on January 14, 1999.
Diane Litman,
Director for Information Resource Management, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-1277 Filed 1-20-99; 8:45 am]
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