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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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