Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities

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title: "Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities"
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agencies:
  - "Transportation Department"
  - "Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration"
fr_citation: "77 FR 58622"
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#  Pipeline Safety: Information Collection Activities

**AGENCY:**

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), DOT.

**ACTION:**

Notice and request for comments.

**SUMMARY:**

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, PHMSA invites comments on a new information collection (IC) to help determine the effectiveness of PHMSA's 811 Public Service Announcement (PSA) campaign. A *Federal Register* Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on this information collection was published on July 5, 2012 (77 FR 39797). No comments were received.

**ADDRESSES:**

Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to OMB, Attention: Desk Officer for PHMSA, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.

**DATES:**

Comments must be submitted on or before October 22, 2012.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Angela Dow by telephone at 202-366-1246, by fax at 202-366-4566, or by  mail at U.S. DOT, PHMSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., PHP-30, Washington, DC 20590-0001.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

*Title:* U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration 811 Awareness Survey.

*OMB Control Number:* Pending.

*Type of Request:* New information collection.

*Abstract:* PHMSA is conducting a survey of awareness of 811 as the national “Call Before You Dig” toll-free telephone number, the importance of calling 811 before beginning an excavation project and the extent to which the newly-released PHMSA PSA is effective in raising awareness about this topic. This data is necessary to measure the effectiveness of the PSA campaign and plan future educational and outreach efforts.

*Affected Public:* All.

*Estimated number of responses:* 1,000.

*Estimated annual burden hours:* 120.

*Frequency of collection:* One time collection.

*Comments are invited on:* Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Department, including whether the information will have practical utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. A comment to OMB is most effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of the date of this notice's publication in the *Federal Register* .

**Authority:**

The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1:48.

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 18, 2012.

Jeffrey D. Wiese,

Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.