Information Collection Activities

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration

[Notice No. 97-4]

Information Collection Activities

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, RSPA

invites comments on emergency information collection approval, OMB No.:

2137-0595, ``Cargo Tank Motor Vehicles in Liquefied Compressed Gas

Service'', expiration date: 08/31/97 for which RSPA intends to request

renewal and extension of approval from the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB).

DATES: Comments must be received by September 18, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Address written comments to the Dockets Unit (DHM-30), Room

8421, Research and Special Programs Administration, U.S. Department of

Transportation, 400 Seventh St., SW, Washington, DC 20590-0001. Two

copies of written comments are requested. Comments may also be

submitted by fax to (202) 366-3753 or by e-mail to: rules

@rspa.dot.gov. Comments should identify the Notice number and the

appropriate Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 2137-

0595. Persons wishing to receive confirmation of receipt of their

mailed written comments should include a self-addressed, stamped

postcard showing the Notice number. Comments may be reviewed at the

Dockets Unit between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday

through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Requests for a copy of this information collection should be

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directed to Deborah Boothe, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards

(DHM-10), Research and Special Programs Administration, Room 8102, 400

Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590-0001, Telephone (202) 366-

8553.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Boothe, Office of Hazardous

Materials Standards (DHM-10), Research and Special Programs

Administration, Room 8102, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC

20590-0001, Telephone (202) 366-8553.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 1320.8(d), Title 5, Code of

Federal Regulations requires that RSPA provide interested members

of the public and affected agencies an opportunity to comment on

information collection and recordkeeping requests. This information

collection approval originally was published under Docket RSPA-97-

2133 (HM-225), entitled Hazardous Materials: Cargo Tank Motor

Vehicles in Liquefied Compressed Gas Service, on February 19, 1997

(62 FR 7638) with a 60-day comment period and was forwarded to OMB

for emergency approval. Notice of Information Collection Approval,

OMB No. 2137-0595, was published under RSPA Notice No. 97 on March

4, 1997 (62 FR 9819). RSPA is requesting an 18-month emergency

renewal and extension for this information collection activity and,

when approved by OMB, will publish notice of the approval in the

Federal Register.

RSPA requests comments on the following information collection

renewal and extension:

Title: Cargo Tank Motor Vehicles in Liquefied Compressed Gas

Service.

OMB Control Number: 2137-0595.

Abstract: The reason for this information collection activity and

burden is to ensure the safe operation of certain cargo tank motor

vehicles used in the transportation of liquefied compressed gases.

Based on information that emergency discharge shut-off features on

these types of cargo tanks do not operate properly in emergency

situations, RSPA requires that motor carrier and cargo tank operators

develop emergency operating procedures for manually shutting off the

flow of product in the event of an emergency and that a copy of the

procedure be displayed in or on each cargo tank motor vehicle. The

information collection and recordkeeping burdens are imposed on motor

carriers and operators of these cargo tank motor vehicles.

Respondents: Each motor carrier using a cargo tank motor vehicle

which does not conform to 49 CFR 178.337-11(a)(1)(i) to carry liquefied

compressed gas products.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping:

Number of Respondents: 6,800.

Total Annual Responses: 25,000.

Total Annual Burden Hours: 18,573.

Frequency of collection: Procedures are developed on a one-time

basis and are maintained on a vehicle on a continuing basis while the

vehicle is in use.

Issued in Washington, DC on August 13, 1997.

Edward T. Mazzullo,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards.

[FR Doc. 97-21867 Filed 8-18-97; 8:45 am]

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