Notice of Information Collection Approval

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration

[Notice No. 97-14]

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 information collection

request for OMB No. 2137-0595, entitled Cargo Tank Motor Vehicles in

Liquefied Compressed Gas Service. This information collection has been

extended until March 31, 1999.

DATEs: The expiration date of this information collection is March 31,

1999.

ADDRESSES: Requests for a copy of an 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 1320) implementing provisions of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (P.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 received approval

from OMB for the information collection 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 closed on September 18, 1997. Based on comments

received on Notice 97-4, RSPA submitted a request to OMB for extension

of the information collection approval until March 31, 1999, which is

the expiration date for requirements in the final rule. RSPA received

no comments to Notice No. 97-4. RSPA has received approval from OMB for

information collection OMB No. 2137-0595, entitled ``Hazardous

Materials: Cargo Tank Motor Vehicles in Liquefied Compressed Gas

Service.''

This information collection approval expires on March 31, 1999.

Issued in Washington, DC on November 20, 1997.

Edward T. Mazzullo,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards.

[FR Doc. 97-30963 Filed 11-24-97; 8:45 am]

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