[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 38 (Monday, February 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 7153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4185]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Special Programs Administration
[Docket PS-147]
Notice of Request for Reinstatement of an Expired Information
Collection
AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Research and Special Programs Administration's
(RSPA) intention to request reinstatement of an information collection
in support of the Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) for Recordkeeping for
Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Facilities.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before April 26,
1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marvin Fell, Office of Pipeline
Safety, Research and Special Programs Administration, Department of
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, D.C. 20590, (202)
366-4046.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Recordkeeping for Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) Facilities.
OMB Number: 2137-0048.
Expiration Date of Approval:
Type of Request: Reinstatement of an information collection.
Abstract: 49 USC 60103 Standards for liquefied natural gas pipeline
facilities delegates the responsibility for ensuring safe operation of
LNG facilities to the Secretary of Transportation. Regulations for
enforcing this legislation are found in 49 CFR 193 Liquefied Natural
Gas Facilities: Federal Safety Standards. These regulations include
recordkeeping requirements that allow Federal and State inspectors to
ensure that these facilities are operated and maintained in a safe
manner.
Estimate of Burden: The average burden hours per response is 120.
Respondents: LNG facility operators.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 150.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 400.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 18,000 hours.
Copies of this information collection can be reviewed at the
Dockets Unit, Room 8421, Research and Special Programs Administration,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington,
D.C.
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 to Marvin Fell, OPS,
RSPA, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street SW., Room
2335, Washington, DC. 20590.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will also be a matter of public
record.
Issued in Washington, DC on February 16, 1996.
Cesar De Leon,
Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 96-4185 Filed 2-23-96; 8:45 am]
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