On September 4, 2008, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) published a notice in the Federal Register of its intent to revise the following standardized forms for reporting pipeline incidents and accidents.

• Incident Report Form PHMSA F 7100.1, Gas Distribution Systems (Impacted Information Collection: OMB Control No. 2137-0522)
• Incident Report Form PHMSA F 7100.2, Gas Transmission and Gathering Systems (Impacted Information Collection: OMB Control No. 2137-0522)
• Incident Report Form PHMSA F 7000-1, Accident Report– Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Systems (Impacted Information Collection: OMB Control No. 2137-0047)

PHMSA later extended the time for responding to that notice until December 12, 2008, and received timely comments from several pipeline operators, five trade associations representing pipeline operators, the association representing State pipeline safety regulators, two State pipeline regulatory agencies, and one public interest group.

PHMSA has published another notice to respond to comments, provide the public with an additional 30 days to comment on the proposed revisions to the incident and accident report forms, including the form instructions, and announce that the revised Information Collections will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval.

Comments on the latest notice must be received by September 16, 2009 to be assured of consideration. You may submit comments identified by the docket number PHMSA-2008-0211 to www.regulations.gov.