Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information

Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501

et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Request

(ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICR describes the nature

of the information collection and its expected burden. The Federal

Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the

following collection of information was published on March 3, 1997 [61,

FR page 9478].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 20, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Davis, U.S. Coast Guard,

Office of Information Management, telephone (202) 267-2326.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

United States Coast Guard

Title: Incorporation and Adoption of Industry Standards into 33 CFR

& 46 CFR Subchapters.

OMB No.: 2115-0525.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Affected Public: Manufacturers of pressure-vacuum relief valves and

safety relief valves.

Abstract: The collection of information requires manufacturers of

pressure-vacuum relief valves or safety relief valves to submit to the

Coast Guard, drawings and test reports of this equipment.

Need: Under 46 CFR 162.017-162.018, Coast Guard has the authority

to approve specific types of safety equipment and materials that are to

be installed on commercial vessels to ensure the equipment meets the

minimum levels of safety and performance.

Annual Estimated Burden: The estimated burden is 279 hours

annually.

ADDRESSEE: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503, Attention USCG Desk Officer.

Comments are invited on: the need for the proposed collection of

information for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,

including whether the information will have practical utility; the

accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed

collection of information including the validity of the methodology and

assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of

the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who are to respond, including the

use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques.

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 15, 1997.

Phillip A. Leach,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97-13270 Filed 5-20-97; 8:45 am]

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