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 of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces that the Information

Collection Requests (ICRs) abstracted below have been forwarded to the

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICRs

describe the nature of the information collection and its expected

burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period

soliciting comments on this collection was published on February 19,

1997 [62 FR 7638-7648].

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before November

7, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Delmer Billings, Information

Collection Clearance Officer, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards

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

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590, Telephone: (202) 366-4482.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA)

Title: Cargo Tank Motor Vehicles in Liquified Compressed Gas

Service.

OMB Control Number: 2137-0595.

Affected Public: 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.

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.

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 18,573.

Number of Respondents: 6,800.

Total Annual Responses: 25,000.

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.

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 October 1, 1997.

Vanester M. Williams,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97-26615 Filed 10-7-97; 8:45 am]

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