[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 53 (Wednesday, March 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13207-13208]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6929]


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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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