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: Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice and Request for Comments.

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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 comment. The ICR describes the nature

of the information collection and its expected cost and burden. The

Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting

comments on the following collection of information was published

November 21, 1996 [FR 61, Page 59271].

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before April 1,

1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Richard Cronin. Telephone: (202)

366-9424.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Office of the Secretary

Title: Indoor Air Quality Medical Questionnaire.

OMB Control Number: 2105-0533.

Type of Request: New Collection.

Affected Entities: 5,500 Occupants of the U.S. Department of

Transportation workers in the Nassif Building.

Abstract: The Department of Transportation (DOT) is announcing a 3-

year voluntary health questionnaire to conduct surveys to provide

medical evaluations of DOT workers in the Nassif Building.

Participation is entirely voluntary. Health surveys of the Nassif

Building occupants will be conducted to help determine the role that

the building conditions play in employees

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health. In several weeks, a survey will be conducted to establish a

baseline of information. The same survey will be conducted again after

the cleaning and repair of the building is complete to further identify

the link between employees' symptoms and building conditions. The

results of the survey will provide updated data on the status of

employees' health as it relates to the Nassif Building.

Estimated Total Burden on Respondents: 1,500 hours.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to the Office of Information and

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

NW, Washington, DC 20503, Attention OST Desk Officer. As it relates to

this information collection 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 January 27, 1997.

Phillip A. Leach,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97-2370 Filed 1-30-97; 8:45 am]

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