PHMSA Publishes 60-day Renewal Notice for 7 Hazmat ICRs

Yesterday DOT’s Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA) published a 60-day information collection request (ICR) renewal notice in the Federal Register (91 FR 4172-4178) for seven hazardous materials ICRs. According to the notice: “PHMSA has revised burden estimates, where appropriate, to reflect current reporting levels or adjustments based on changes in proposed or final rules published since the information collections were last approved.”

The seven ICRs include:

Inspection and Testing of Portable Tanks and Intermediate Bulk Containers (2137-0018),

Hazardous Materials Incident Reports (2137-0039),

Rail Carrier and Tank Car Tanks Requirements, Rail Tank Car Tanks—Transportation of Hazardous Materials by Rail (2137-0559),

Testing Requirements for Non-Bulk Packaging (2137-0572),

Hazardous Materials Public Sector Training and Planning Grants (2137-0586),

Cargo Tank Motor Vehicles in Liquefied Compressed Gas Service (2137-0595), and

Inspection and Testing of Meter Provers (2137-0620).

NOTE: The first link for each ICR is for the description of the collection in yesterday’s notice. The last link is to the currently approved ICR record.

The table below shows the burden estimate for both this renewal notice and the currently approved ICR.

 

There is no explanation for the large change in the burden estimates for 2137-0559 in yesterday’s notice. Comparing the detailed burden information in the notice with the Supporting Document that PHMSA provided to OIRA for the current ICR, there are six information collections missing from the notice:

• Hazardous Materials Train Consist Additional Information (Class I, II, III Railroads) - Section 174.26 (131,042 responses and 10,876 hrs),

• Notification of Hazardous Materials Accidents or Incidents - Class I, II, II Railroad - Section 174.26 (491 responses and 122.75 hrs),

• Creation of Test Records for Emergency System Notification Test (Class I, II, III) – Section (658 responses and 1438 hrs),

• Retention of Test Records for Emergency System Notification Test – Section 174.28(b) (758 responses and 63 hrs),

• Creation of Class III alternative emergency response information plan – Section (388 responses and 1,552 hrs), and

• Retention of Class III alternative emergency response information plan (Retention Only) – Section (388 responses and 32 hrs).

These may have been moved to new ICR. We will be able to tell for sure when PHMSA submits the renewal request to OIRA after the 30-day ICR notice is published.

PHMSA is soliciting public comments on this ICR renewal. Comments may be submitted via the Federal eRulemaking Portal (www.Regulations.gov; Docket #PHMSA-2026-0199). Comments should be submitted by March 31^st, 2026.