Information Collection Activity

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration

[Notice No. 97]

Information Collection Activity

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

ACTION: Notice of information collection approval

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

notice announces the emergency approval by the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) of an information collection request (ICR). An emergency

interim final rule (IFR) regarding cargo tank motor vehicles in

liquefied compressed gas service contained the ICR and was published in

the Federal Register on February 19, 1997, in Docket No. RSPA-97-2133

(HM225) with a 60-day comment period (62 FR 7638). The ICR describes

the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and

burden.

DATES: OMB approval of the information collection request expires

August 15, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Boothe, Office of Hazardous

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

Administration, Room 8102, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, DC

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB regulations (5 CFR 1320) implementing

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (Pub. L. 104-

13; 109 Stat.163; 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) require that interested

members of the public and affected agencies be given an opportunity to

comment on information collection and recordkeeping activities (see 5

CFR 1320.8(d)). Under the PRA, no person is required to respond to an

information collection unless it displays a valid OMB control number.

The IFR requires that a comprehensive emergency operating procedure

be developed for all liquefied compressed gas transfer operations. The

information collection and recordkeeping requirements contained in the

IFR have received emergency approval by OMB under the provisions of the

PRA. The OMB control number for the information collection is 2137-

0595, and the approval expires August 15, 1997. The comment period for

the IFR, including the information collection requirements, closes

April 21, 1997. If RSPA receives substantive comments on the

information collection requirements, a revised ICR will be submitted to

OMB for emergency approval. RSPA estimates that the total information

collection and recordkeeping burden of the IFR is 18,753 hours, at a

cost of $422,660, for the development and maintenance of the

comprehensive emergency operating procedure. Requests for a copy of

this information collection should be directed to the address above.

Issued in Washington, DC on February 27, 1997.

Edward T. Mazzullo,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards.

[FR Doc. 97-5294 Filed 3-3-97; 8:45 am]

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