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 and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), 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 collections and their expected

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

soliciting comments on the following collections of information were

published on November 25, 1998, [65277-65278].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 26, 1999.

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:

Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA)

Title: Inspection and Testing of Portable Tanks and Intermediate

Bulk Containers.

OMB Control Number: 2137-0018.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: This information collection consolidates provisions for

documenting qualifications, inspections, tests and approvals pertaining

to the manufacture and use of portable tanks and intermediate bulk

containers under various provisions of the Hazardous Materials

Regulations (49 CFR Parts 171-180). It is necessary to ascertain

whether portable tanks and intermediate bulk containers have been

qualified, inspected and retested in accordance with the HMR. The

information is used to verify that certain portable tanks and

intermediate bulk containers meet required performance standards prior

to their being authorized for use and to document periodic

requalification and testing to ensure the packagings have not

deteriorated due to age or physical abuse to a degree that would render

them unsafe for the transportation of hazardous materials.

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Applicable sections are as follows: Sec. 173.32--retest, retest

marking, and record retention for portable tanks; Sec. 173.32a--

approval of IM portable tanks; Sec. 173.32b--periodic inspections and

testing for IM portable tanks; Sec. 178.245-6--certification markings

for DOT-51 portable tanks; Sec. 178.245-7--manufacturer's data report

for DOT-51 portable tanks: Sec. 178.255-14--certification markings for

DOT-60 portable tanks; Sec. 178.255-15--manufacturer's data report for

DOT-60 portable tanks; Sec. 178.270-14--certification marking of IM

portable tanks; Sec. 178.801--testing, retesting and recordkeeping for

intermediate bulk containers; and Sec. 180.352--periodic retests and

inspections for intermediate bulk containers.

Affected Public: Manufacturers and owners of portable tanks and

intermediate bulk containers.

Annual Burden Hours: 51,340.

Title: Testing, Inspection and Marking Requirements for Cylinders.

OMB Control Number: 2137-0022.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: Requirements in Sec. 173.34 for qualification,

maintenance and use of cylinders require that cylinders be periodically

inspected and retested to ensure continuing compliance with packaging

standards. Information collection requirements address registration of

retesters and marking of cylinders by retesters with their

identification number and retest date following conduct of tests.

Records showing the results of inspections and retests must be kept by

the cylinder owner or designated agent until expiration of the retest

period or until the cylinder is reinspected or retested, whichever

occurs first. These requirements are intended to ensure that retesters

have the qualifications to perform tests and to identify to cylinder

fillers and users that cylinders are qualified for continuing use.

Information collection requirements in Sec. 173.303 require that

fillers of acetylene cylinders keep, for at least 30 days, a daily

record of the representative pressure to which cylinders are filled.

Affected Public: Fillers, owners, users and retesters of reusable

cylinders.

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 168,431.

Title: Hazardous Materials Incident Reports.

OMB Control Number: 2137-0039.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: This collection is applicable upon occurrence of

incidents as prescribed in Secs. 171.15 and 171.16. Basically, a

Hazardous Materials Incident Report, DOT Form F5800.1, must be

completed by a carrier of hazardous materials when a hazardous material

transportation incident occurs, such as a release of materials, serious

accident, evacuation or highway shutdown. Serious incidents meeting

criteria in Sec. 171.15 also require a telephonic report by the

carrier. This information collection enhances the Department's ability

to evaluate the effectiveness of its regulatory program, determine the

need for regulatory changes, and address emerging hazardous materials

transportation safety issues. The requirements apply to all interstate

and intrastate carriers engaged in the transportation of hazardous

materials by rail, air, water, and highway.

Affected Public: Carriers of hazardous materials.

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 33,811.

Title: Flammable Cryogenic Liquids.

OMB Control Number: 2137-0542.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: Provisions in Sec. 177.818 require the carriage on a

motor vehicle of written procedures for venting flammable cryogenic

liquids and for responding to emergencies. Paragraph (h) of

Sec. 177.840 specifies certain safety procedures and documentation

requirements for drivers of these motor vehicles. These requirements

are intended to ensure a high level of safety when transporting

flammable cryogenics due to their extreme flammability and high

compression ratio when in a liquid state.

Affected Public: Carriers of cryogenic materials.

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 1,213.

Title: Approvals for Hazardous Materials.

OMB Control Number: 2137-0557.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: Without these requirements there is no means to: (1)

determine whether applicants who apply to become designated approval

agencies are qualified to evaluate package design, test packages,

classify hazardous materials, etc.; (2) verify that various containers

and special loading requirements for vessels meet the requirements of

the HMR; and (3) assure that regulated hazardous materials pose no

danger to life and property during transportation.

Affected Public: Businesses and other entities who must meet the

approval requirements in the HMR.

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 18,302.

Title: Testing Requirements for Non-bulk Packaging (Formerly

entitled Testing Requirements for Packaging).

OMB Control Number: 2137-0572.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: Detailed packaging manufacturing specifications have been

replaced by a series of performance tests that a non-bulk packaging

must be capable of passing before it is authorized to be used for

transporting hazardous materials. The HMR require proof that packagings

meet these testing requirements. Manufacturers must retain records of

design qualification tests and periodic retests. Manufacturers must

notify, in writing, persons to whom packagings are transferred of any

specification requirements that have not been met at the time of

transfer. Subsequent distributors, as well as manufacturers must

provide written notification. Performance-oriented packaging standards

allow manufacturers and shippers much greater flexibility in selecting

more economical packagings.

Affected Public: Each non-bulk packaging manufacturer that tests

packagings to ensure compliance with the HMR.

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 30,000.

Title: Container Certification Statement.

OMB Control Number: 2137-0582.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: Shippers of explosives, in freight containers or

transport vehicles by vessel, are required to certify on shipping

documentation that the freight container or transport vehicle meets

minimal structural serviceability requirements. This requirement is

intended to ensure an adequate level of safety for transport of

explosives aboard vessel and ensure consistency with similar

requirements in international standards.

Affected Public: Shippers of explosives in freight containers or

transport vehicles by vessel.

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 13,989.

Title: Hazardous Materials Public Sector Training and Planning

Grants.

OMB Control Number: 2137-0586.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: Part 110 of 49 CFR sets for the procedures for

reimbursable grants for public sector planning and training in support

of the emergency planning and training efforts of States, Indian tribes

and local communities to deal with hazardous materials emergencies,

particularly those involving

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transportation. Sections in this part address information collection

and recordkeeping with regard to applying for grants, monitoring

expenditures, reporting and requesting modifications. Affected Public:

State and local governments, Indian tribes.

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 4,082.

Title: Response Plans for Shipments of Oil.

OMB Control Number: 2137-0591.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: In recent years several major oil discharges damaged the

marine environment of the United States. Under authority of the Federal

Water Pollution Control Act, as amended by the Oil Pollution Act of

1990, RSPA issued regulations in 49 CFR Part 130 that require

preparation of written spill response plans. Affected Public: Carriers

that transport oil in bulk, by motor vehicle or rail.

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 10,560.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503, Attention RSPA 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.

A comment to OMB is most effective if OMB receives it within 30

days of publication.

Issued in Washington, DC on February 17, 1999.

Vanester M. Williams,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 99-4516 Filed 2-23-99; 8:45 am]

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