[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 227 (Friday, November 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 59484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29852]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[FHWA Docket No. MC-96-35]


Notice of Request for Extension of Currently Approved Information 
Collection; Transportation of Hazardous Materials; Highway Routing

AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), 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. 3051, 3506(c) (2) (A)), the FHWA solicits comment on its intent 
to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend the 
information collection for FHWA's Transportation of Hazardous 
Materials, Highway Routing.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 21, 1997.

ADDRESSES: All signed, written comments should refer to the docket 
number that appears at the top of this document and must be submitted 
to HCC-10, Room 4232, Office of the Chief Counsel, Federal Highway 
Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. All 
comments received will be available for examination at the above 
address from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays. Those desiring notification of receipt of 
comments must include a self-addressed, stamped postcard/envelope.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Kevin Toth, Safety and Hazardous 
Materials Division, Office of Motor Carriers (202) 366-6121, Department 
of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 400 Seventh Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 
p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title: Transportation of Hazardous Materials; Highway Routing.
    OMB Number: 2125-0554.
    Background: Public comment is requested regarding the burden 
associated with this collection of information. The data for the 
Transportation of Hazardous Materials; Highway Routing designations are 
collected under authority of 49 U.S.C. 5112 and 5125, which places the 
responsibility on the Secretary of Transportation to specify and 
regulate standards for establishing, maintaining, and enforcing routing 
designations. The Federal Highway Administrator has the authority, as 
required in 49 CFR 397.73, to request that each State and Indian tribe, 
through its routing agency, provide information identifying hazardous 
materials routing designations within their respective jurisdictions. 
This information will be consolidated by the FHWA and published 
annually in whole or as updates in the Federal Register.
    Interested parties are invited to send comments regarding any 
aspect of these information collections, including, but not limited to: 
(1) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the collected 
information; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; and (3) ways to 
minimize the collection burden without reducing the quality of the 
collected information. Comments submitted in response to this notice 
will be summarized and/or included in the request for an OMB extension 
of this information collection.
    Respondents: The reporting burden is shared by the 50 States, the 
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, Northern 
Marianas, and the Virgin Islands.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: The annual reporting burden is 
estimated to be 63 hours.
    Frequency: The data is collected by the respondents and submitted 
to FHWA initially and 60 days thereafter if any changes occur.

    Authority: 49 U.S. Code 5112 and 5125; Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of 
Pub. L. 104-13; 49 CFR 1.48.

    Issued on: November 12, 1996.
G. Moore,
Associate Administrator for Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-29852 Filed 11-21-96; 8:45 am]
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