[Federal Register: October 15, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 199)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration
[Docket No. RSPA-98-4452 Notice 2]

 
Notice of Request for Extension of an Existing 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 a renewal of a currently approved 
information collection in support of the Office of Pipeline Safety 
(OPS) Recrordkeeping for Gas Pipeline Operators.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before December 
14, 1998.

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) 
366-6205, 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 explains that in order to enable the 
Secretary of Transportation to decide whether a person transporting gas 
is complying with Federal Safety standards this statue requires the 
maintenance of records and reports and that these and other requested 
information be provided 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 42.3.
    Respondents: Gas Pipeline operators.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 22,700.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 959,191.
    Copies of this information collection can be reviewed at the 
Dockets Facility, Plaza 401, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 
Seventh St. 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 Dockets Facility, 
Plaza 401, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh St. SW., 
Washington, D.C. 20590-0001 or by e-mail to ops.comments@rspa.dot.gov.
    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 October 8, 1998.
Richard Felder,
Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.
[FR Doc. 98-27663 Filed 10-14-98; 8:45 am]
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