Notice of Information Collection Approval

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration

[Notice No. 97-9]

Notice of Information Collection Approval

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

ACTION: Notice of information collection approval

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SUMMARY: This notice announces OMB approval of a request for extension

of approval of an information collection, OMB No. 2137-0595, entitled

``Hazardous Materials: Cargo Tank Motor Vehicles in Liquefied

Compressed Gas Service''. The information collection has been extended

until February 28, 1998.

DATES: The expiration date for information collection OMB No. 2137-0595

is February 28, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Requests for a copy of the information collection should be

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.

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: Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

regulations (5 CFR part 1320) implementing provisions of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) require that interested members

of the public and affected agencies have an opportunity to comment on

information collection and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR

1320.8(s) and specify that no person is required to respond to an

information collection unless it displays a valid OMB control number.

RSPA published a final rule in the Federal Register (62 FR 44038) on

August 18, 1997, entitled ``Hazardous Materials: Cargo Tank Motor

Vehicles in Liquefied Compressed Gas Service''. RSPA has received

approval from OMB for the information collection contained in that

final rule under OMB No. 2137-0595. The approval expires on February

28, 1998.

RSPA published Notice No. 97-4 (62 FR 44169) on August 19, 1997,

requesting comments on this information collection. The comment period

on Notice No. 97-4 closes on September 18, 1997. Based on comments

received on Notice 97-4, RSPA will submit a request to OMB for

extension of the information collection approval until March 1, 1999,

which is the expiration date for requirements in the final rule. RSPA

will then publish notice of OMB's action in the Federal Register.

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 3, 1997.

Edward T. Mazzullo,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards.

[FR Doc. 97-23780 Filed 9-8-97; 8:45 am]

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