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OMB Control No: 2137-0637	ICR Reference No: 202205-2137-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202002-2137-001
Agency/Subagency: DOT/PHMSA	Agency Tracking No: Valve Final Rule
Title: Rupture Mitigation Valve Recordkeeping Requirements
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 11/29/2022
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 09/16/2022
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	11/30/2025	36 Months From Approved
Responses	4,213	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	85,724	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The “Amendments to Parts 192 and 195 to Require Valve Installation and Minimum Rupture Detection Standards Final Rule” require operators of natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines to document certain procedures and to maintain records pertaining to various aspects of their rupture-mitigation valve operations. Operators who have experienced a rupture or rupture-mitigation valve shut-off are required to complete a post-incident review. The post-incident summary, all investigation and analysis documents used to prepare it, and records of lessons learned must be kept for the life of the pipeline. PHMSA estimates that it will take operators, on average, 40 hours to comply with this requirement. Operators must also develop written rupture identification procedures to evaluate and identify whether a notification of potential rupture is an actual rupture event or non-rupture event as soon as practicable. These procedures must, at a minimum, specify the sources of information, operational factors, and other criteria that operator personnel use to evaluate a notification of potential rupture. PHMSA estimates that it will take operators 40 hours comply with this requirement. Operators are also required to maintain certain records if they experience certain circumstances involving their rupture-mitigation valve operations. On average, PHMSA expects that it will take operators 8 hours to complete these recordkeeping requirements. PHMSA estimates that 1,812 operators (1,304 natural gas and 508 hazardous liquid) operators will be potentially impacted by these requirements. At minimum, all 1,812 operators will be required to develop written rupture identification procedures. PHMSA estimates 46 (24 gas and 22 hazardous liquid) of these operators will experience a rupture that will require the completion of a post-incident summary. PHMSA expects that 10 percent of the affected community (approximately 181 operators) will be subject to the various other recordkeeping requirements. As a result, PHMSA expects this information collection to result in 2,383 responses and 77,320 burden hours annually.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 49 USC 60102 Name of Law: Pipeline Safety Laws

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
2137-AF06	Final or interim final rulemaking	87 FR 20940	04/08/2022

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	4,213	4,213
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	85,724	85,724
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: According to the provisions contained within the Pipeline Safety: Amendments to Parts 192 and 195 to Require Valve Installation and Minimum Rupture Detection Standards Final Rule, operators are now required to document certain procedures and to maintain records pertaining to various aspects of their rupture-mitigation valve operations. Operators who have experienced a rupture or rupture-mitigation valve shut-off are required to complete a post-incident review. The post-incident summary, all investigation and analysis documents used to prepare it, and records of lessons learned must be kept for the life of the pipeline. Operators must also develop written rupture identification procedures to evaluate and identify whether a notification of potential rupture is an actual rupture event or non-rupture event as soon as practicable. These procedures must, at a minimum, specify the sources of information, operational factors, and other criteria that operator personnel use to evaluate a notification of potential rupture. Operators are required to maintain records if they establish an unanticipated or unplanned pressure loss threshold that is greater than a 10 percent pressure loss within a time interval of 15 minutes or less; use a manual valve in lieu of a rupture-mitigation valve for a crossover connection; or increase the valve spacing intervals by 1.25 times the allotted distance.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Angela Dow 202 366-1246 angela.dow@dot.gov

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