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 1995 (44 USC

Chapter 35), 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 burden. The

Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting

comments on the following collection of information was published on

December 19, 1996 [FR 61, page 67092].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 18, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Thomas Klimek, Office of Motor

Carriers (202) 366-2212, Federal Highway Administration, Department of

Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

Title: Certification of Enforcement of Vehicle Size and Weight

Laws.

OMB Number: 2125-0034.

Affected Public: States, Local or Tribal Government.

Abstract: The following information collection is required annually

from each State, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico: (1) A

certification that they are enforcing their size and weight laws on

Federal-aid highways; (2) information to verify that the certification

is accurate; and (3) information on penalties assessed for violation of

their size and weight laws and requirements for oversize and overweight

permits.

Need: Title 23, U.S.C., section 141 requires all States to file an

annual certification that they are enforcing their size and weight laws

on Federal-aid highways and that their Interstate System weight limits

are consistent with Federal requirements to be eligible to receive an

apportionment of Federal highway trust funds. Section 141 also

authorizes the Secretary to require States to file such information as

is necessary to verify that their certifications are accurate. To

determine whether States are adequately enforcing their size and weight

limits, each must submit an updated plan for enforcing their size and

weight limits to the FHWA at the beginning of each fiscal year. At the

end of the fiscal year, they must submit their certifications and

sufficient information to verify that the enforcement goals established

in the plan have been met. Failure of a State to file a certification,

adequately enforce its size and weight laws, and enforce weight laws on

the Interstate System that are inconsistent with Federal requirements,

could result in a specified reduction of its Federal highway fund

apportionment for the next fiscal year. In addition, section 123 of the

Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-599, 92 Stat.

2689, 2701) requires each jurisdiction to inventory (1) its penalties

for violation of its size and weight laws, and (2) the term and cost of

its oversize and overweight permits.

Estimated Annual Burden: 4,160 hours.

ADDRESSES: 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

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techniques or other forms of information technology.

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 14, 1997.

Diane Litman,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97-6929 Filed 3-18-97; 8:45 am]

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