Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements

AGENCY: Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of the Secretary.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice lists those forms, reports, and recordkeeping

requirements imposed upon the public which were transmitted by the

Department of Transportation to the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for its approval in accordance with the requirements of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 USC Chapter 35).

DATES: August 4, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the DOT information collection requests

should be forwarded, as quickly as possible, to Edward Clarke, Office

of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10202,

Washington, DC 20503. If you anticipate submitting substantive

comments, but find that more than 10 days from the date of publication

are needed to prepare them, please notify the OMB official of your

intent immediately.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the DOT information

collection requests submitted to OMB may be obtained from Susan Pickrel

or Gemma deGuzman, Information Resource Management (IRM) Strategies

Division, M-32, Office of the Secretary of Transportation, 400 Seventh

Street SW., Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366-4735.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3507 of Title 44 of the United

States Code, as adopted by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980,

requires that agencies prepare a notice for publication in the Federal

Register, listing those information collection requests submitted to

OMB for approval or renewal under that Act. OMB reviews and approves

agency submissions in accordance with criteria set forth in that Act.

In carrying out its responsibilities, OMB also considers public

comments on the proposed forms and the reporting and recordkeeping

requirements. OMB approval of an information collection requirement

must be renewed at least once every three years.

Items Submitted to OMB for Review

The following information collection requests were submitted to OMB

on August 4, 1995:

DOT No: 4091.

OMB No: 2115-0597.

Administration: United States Coast Guard.

Title: State Access to the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for

Removal Costs under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.

Need for Information: 33 USC 2712 provides Coast Guard the

authority to promulgate regulations detailing the manner in which to

obligate the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund.

Proposed Use of Information: This information will be used by the

Coast Guard s National Pollution Fund Center to determine whether

expenditures submitted by the State to the Fund are compensable and to

ensure that the correct amount of funding of costs is made from the

Fund.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden Estimate: 6,792 hours.

Respondents: State Governments.

Form(s): None.

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 1.5 hours reporting.

DOT No: 4092.

OMB No: 2125-New.

Administration: Federal Highway Administration.

Title: Indian Reservation Roads Program Administration Survey.

Need for Information: 23 USC 204(f) provides the authority for the

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Bureau of Indian Affairs

(BIA) to jointly administer the Indian Reservation Roads Program. The

Government Performance and Results Act requires the establishment of

performance measures consistent with the overall program goals and

outcomes.

Proposed Use of Information: This information will be used by the

FHWA and the BIA to improve the administration of the Indian

Reservation Roads Program.

Frequency: Annual.

Burden Estimate: 272 hours.

Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government.

Form(s): None.

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.

DOT No: 4093.

OMB No: 2127-0046.

Administration: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

(NHTSA).

Title: 49 CFR part 552, Petitions for Rulemaking, Defect, and

Noncompliance Orders.

Need for Information: 49 USC 30162 specifies that any ``interested

person may file a petition with the Secretary of Transportation

requesting the Secretary to begin a proceeding'' to prescribe a motor

vehicle safety standard under 49 USC Chapter 301 or to decide whether

to issue an order under 49 USC 30118(b). To implement these statutory

provisions, NHTSA promulgated part 552 according to the informal

rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 USC 553 et

seq.) This regulation allows the agency to ensure that the petitions

filed under section 30162 are both properly substantiated and

efficiently processed.

Proposed Use of Information: This information will be used by NHTSA

to identify and respond on a timely basis to petitions for rulemaking

or defect or noncompliance determination and to inform the public of

the procedures following in response to such petitions.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden Estimate: 100 hours.

Respondents: Individuals, businesses, or small businesses.

Form(s): None.

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 1 hour.

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DOT No: 4094.

OMB No: 2132-0047.

Administration: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Title: 49 CFR part 580, Odometer Disclosure Statement.

Need for Information: The Motor Vehicle Information and Cost

Savings Act, as amended by 15 USC 1988, and implementing regulations,

49 CFR Part 580, require each transferor of a motor vehicle to provide

the transferee a written disclosure of the vehicle s mileage.

Proposed Use of Information: This information will be used by motor

vehicle transferors and lessors to determine the mileage and value of

the vehicles.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden Estimate: 2,586,160 hours.

Respondents: Individuals and businesses.

Form(s): None.

Average Burden Hours Per Response: .004 hours.

DOT No: 4095.

OMB No: 2120-0564

Administration: Federal Aviation Administration.

Title: Unescorted Access Privilege--Parts 107 and 108 of the

Federal Aviation Regulation.

Need for Information: Section 105 of Public Law 101-604, the

Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1990, directs the FAA

Administrator to promulgate regulations that subject individuals with

unescorted access to U.S. or foreign air carrier aircraft, or to

secured areas of U.S. airports served by air carriers, to access

investigations, including such criminal history records checks as the

Administrator determines necessary to ensure air transportation

security.

Proposed Use of Information: This information will be used by

airport operators and air carriers to maintain evidence of compliance

with investigative requirements for all affected individuals. The

Federal Aviation Administration will review the records to ensure that

individuals with unescorted access to the Security Identification

Display Area have been subject to the access investigation requirements

and a determination has been made permitting such authority.

Frequency: As needed.

Burden Estimate: 36,720 annually.

Respondents: Air carriers and airports.

Form(s): None.

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 10 minutes per individual

recordkeeping.

DOT No: 4096.

OMB No: 2120-0508.

Administration: Federal Aviation Administration.

Title: Fuel Venting and Exhaust Emission Requirements for Turbine

Engine Powered Airplanes.

Need for Information: As required by FAR 45, this is a labeling

requirement to put the data of manufacture and compliance status on the

identification plate and is intended to minimize the effort required to

determine whether a turbojet engine may legally be installed and

operate on an aircraft in the United States.

Proposed Use of Information: This information will be used by the

Federal Aviation Administration inspectors, purchasers, owners and

operators periodically, during the course of the year, to confirm that

the engines meet U.S. Environmental Protection Agency pollution

requirements in lieu of searching through extensive paper records.

Frequency: As required.

Burden Estimate: 100 hours annually.

Respondents: Manufacturers of aviation engines.

Form(s): None.

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 5 minutes or less per response.

DOT No: 4097

OMB No: 2120-0040

Administration: Federal Aviation Administration.

Title: Aviation Maintenance Technician Schools.

Need for Information: 49 USC 44707 authorizes the Administrator of

the Federal Aviation Administration to examine and rate the air

agencies.

Proposed Use of Information: This information will be used by the

Federal Aviation Administration to rate aviation maintenance technician

schools to maintain a standardized level of proficiency.

Frequency: As required.

Burden Estimate: 78,461 hours annually.

Respondents: Aviation Maintenance Technician School Operators.

Form(s): FAA Form 8310-6.

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 40 hours per applicant.

DOT No: 4098.

OMB No: 2120-0034.

Administration: Federal Aviation Administration.

Title: Application for Airman Medical Certificate or Airman Medical

and Student Pilot Certificate.

Need for Information: 49 USC 40113, 44701, 44510, 44702, 44703,

44709, 45303, and 80111 authorizes the collection of this information.

Airman medical certification program is implemented by Title 14, Code

of Federal Regulations parts 61 and 67.

Proposed Use of Information: This information will be used by the

Federal Aviation Administration to perform the duties associated with

the class of airman medical certificate sought.

Frequency: As required.

Burden Estimate: 859,069 hours.

Respondents: Airmen.

Form(s): FAA Forms 8500-7, 8500-8, 8500-14, 8500-20.

Average Burden Hours Per Response: FAA Form 8500-7 = 15 minutes,

FAA Form 8500-8 = 2 hours, FAA Form 8500-14 = 15 minutes, FAA Form

8500-20 = 11 minutes.

DOT No: 4099.

OMB No: 2127-0003.

Administration: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Title: Highway Safety Program Cost Summary HS Form 217.

Need for Information: The Surface Transportation and Uniform

Relocation Assistance Act of 1987 Section 206(d) authorizes the

Secretary to begin a rulemaking process to determine those programs

most effective in reducing accidents, injuries, and deaths.

Proposed Use of Information: The information will be used by the

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to determine whether the

States have demonstrated compliance with the statutory requirements for

the State and Community Highway Safety Grant Program.

Frequency: Annually.

Burden Estimate: 31,601 hours.

Respondents: States.

Form(s): HS-217.

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 3 hours.

DOT No: 4100

OMB No: 2137-0047

Administration: Research and Special Programs Administration.

Title: Transportation of Hazardous Liquids by Pipeline:

Recordkeeping and Accident Reporting.

Need for Information: 49 USC 60117 authorizes the Secretary of

Transportation to require hazardous liquid pipeline operators to

prepare and maintain written records and reports and to make them

available to the Secretary of Transportation upon request.

Proposed Use of Information: This information will be used by the

Research and Special Programs Administration to evaluate the compliance

of operators of hazardous liquid pipelines with the pipeline safety

requirements.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden Estimate: 49,219 hours.

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Respondents: pipeline operators.

Form(s): DOT 7000-1.

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 12 minutes.

DOT No: 4101

OMB No: 2137-0578.

Administration: Research and Special Programs Administration.

Title: Reporting Safety-Related Conditions on Gas, Hazardous

Liquid, and Carbon Pipelines and Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities.

Need for Information: 49 USC 60102 requires each operator of a

pipeline facility (except master meter) to submit to DOT a written

report on any safety-related condition that causes or has caused a

significant change or restriction in the operation of a pipeline

facility or a condition that is a hazard to life, property or the

environment.

Proposed Use of Information: This information will be used by the

Research and Special Programs Administration to monitor the corrective

actions proposed by operators in order to prevent the occurrence of an

incident or accident.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden Estimate: 342 hours.

Respondents: Gas, Hazardous Liquid, Carbon Dioxide, and Liquefied

Natural Gas Operators.

Form(s): None.

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 6 hours.

DOT No: 4102

OMB No: 2115-New.

Administration: U.S. Coast Guard.

Title: Operational Measures for Existing Tank Vessels 5,000 Gross

Tons or Greater without Double Hulls.

Need for Information: Title 46 USC 3703A mandates that regulations

be established to provided improved protection from oil spills in

waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States due to

collisions and groundings.

Proposed Use of Information: Coast Guard inspectors will use this

information to determine if a vessel is in compliance with the

regulations or in case of a casualty, whether failure to meet these

proposed regulations contributed to the casualty.

Frequency: Annually.

Burden Estimate: 76,908 hours.

Respondents: Master, owner or operator of tank vessels.

Form(s): None.

Average Burden Hours Per Response: 55 hours reporting; 37 hours

recordkeeping.

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 4, 1995.

Ray Reynaldo,

Computer Specialist, Information Resource Management (IRM) Strategies

Division.

[FR Doc. 95-19895 Filed 8-10-95; 8:45 am]

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