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 1995 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35), this notice

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announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted

below has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

for review and comment. 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 April 18, 1997 (62 FR 19160).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 10, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Larry Minor, Office of Motor

Carriers, (202) 366-4012, Federal Highway Administration, Department of

Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

Title: Inspection, Repair, and Maintenance.

OMB Number: 2125-0037.

Type of Request: Reinstatement, without change, of a previously

approved collection for which approval has expired.

Affected Public: Motor carriers.

Abstract: Motor carriers must maintain, or cause to be maintained,

records that document the inspection, repair, and maintenance

activities performed on their owned and leased motor vehicles. Burden

hours will increase due primarily to a revised estimate of the daily

usage rate of commercial motor vehicles that increases the estimated

frequency of a recordkeeping requirement.

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 33,114,100.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory

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

Washington, DC 20503, Attention DOT Desk Officer. Comments are invited

on: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the

proper performance of the functions of the Department, including

whether the information will have practical utility; the accuracy of

the Department's estimate of the burden of the proposed information

collection; 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 respondents, including the use of

automated collection techniques or other forms of information

technology.

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 5, 1997.

Vanester M. Williams,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97-21150 Filed 8-8-97; 8:45 am]

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