[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 13 (Thursday, January 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3333-3334]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1279]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Special Programs Administration
[Docket Number RSPA-98-4452 Notice 5]
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
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Programs Administration's (RSPA) intention to request a renewal of a
currently approved information collection in support of the Office of
Pipeline Safety's (OPS) Recordkeeping for Gas Pipeline Operators. RSPA
received no comments on that notice. RSPA is publishing an additional
notice giving 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 20590, (202)
366-6205, or by e-mail at marvin.fell@rspa.dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Recordkeeping for Gas Pipeline Operators.
OMB Number: 2137-0049.
Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: 49 U.S.C. 60117 requires the Secretary of Transportation
to determine whether a person transporting gas is complying with
Federal safety standards. This statue requires the maintenance of
records and reports and the provision of requested information to the
Department of Transportation upon request. These records help ascertain
compliance and provide information for incident investigation.
Estimate of Burden: The average burden hours per operator is 41.5.
Respondents: Gas pipeline operators.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 22,700.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 940,991.
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 of Information Resource Management, Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-1279 Filed 1-20-99; 8:45 am]
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