The Department of Transportation/Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is requesting Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval for the revision of Form PHMSA F7100.1-1, Annual Report for Gas Distribution System. Proposed revisions include:

• Specify Commodity: Natural Gas, Synthetic Gas, Hydrogen Gas, Propane Gas, Landfill Gas and Other Gas. Operators will select a commodity group based on the predominant gas carried and complete the report for that commodity group.
• Specify Operator Type (new): Municipal, Privately Owned and Other (e.g., cooperatives, public utility districts).
• Additional Material Type: Adding “Reconditioned Cast Iron” as a pipe material and defining it as a cast iron gas distribution pipe that has been lined internally by use of suitable materials that ensure safe operation at a MAOP not to exceed the previously established MAOP. “Reconditioned Cast Iron” does not include cast iron pipe inserted with a gas pipe that is, by itself, suitable for gas service under Part 192.
• PHMSA has also proposed to revise leak cause categories and add excavation damage cause categories.

Submit comments on or before April 15, 2013 via the E-Gov Website. Identify the docket number, PHMSA–2013–0004, at the beginning of your comments.

For a copy of this Federal Register notice regarding revisions to the Gas Distribution Annual Report, contact Jessica Roger