[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 75 (Friday, April 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19159-19162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10066]
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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: The Department of Transportation (DOT) will submit the
following emergency processing public information collection requests
(ICRs) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and
clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44
U.S.C. Chapter 35). The DOT is publishing a notice in the Federal
Register, informing the public of DOT's plan to submit to OMB, 13
information collections for reinstatement, some with changes, of
previously approved collections for which approval has expired, under
the emergency processing procedures, 5 CFR 1320.13. The titles,
descriptions, affected public, with burden estimates are shown below.
Because OMB approval is valid for 180 days, DOT is taking appropriate
steps to obtain a regular approval.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before June 17,
1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Phillip Leach, DOT Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Office of Information Resource
Management, Room 7107-R, Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590, Telephone: (202) 366-0770.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
Title: University Research and Training Program.
OMB Control Number: 2132-0547.
Affected Public: Accredited Institutions of Higher Learning.
Abstract: 49 U.S.C. 5312 authorizes the Secretary of Transportation
to make grants to public and private nonprofit institutions of higher
learning to assist in establishing or carrying on comprehensive
research in the problems of transportation in urban and rural areas.
The information collected is submitted in the form of an application
for a grant and is used to determine eligibility of grant applicants
and to assure that all FTA and Federal requirements are met. This
information also enables FTA and the academic community to properly
define subject matter categories and to identify the kinds of
organizations that are submitting proposals. Also, the information is
essential to support basic and theoretical research within the academic
community that will advance the current knowledge base, improve the
transportation service provider's decisionmaking and management
processes, and assist transit professionals to anticipate significant
national issues and trends. The information is also used to report
annually to Congress, the Secretary, and to the FTA Administrator on
how grantees are responding to national emphasis areas and
Congressional direction, and allows FTA to track grantees' use of
Federal planning and research funds.
Estimated Annual Burden: 4,728 hours.
Title: Managerial Training Program.
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OMB Control Number: 2132-0551.
Affected Public: State and local governments, business or other for
profit, and non-profit institutions.
Abstract: 49 U.S.C. 5323(c) authorizes the Secretary of
Transportation to make grants to States and local public transportation
services to provide fellowships for training personnel employed in
managerial, technical, and professional positions in the public
transportation field. The information collected is submitted in the
form of an application and is used to determine eligibility and
appropriateness of intended training in light of program goals.
Collection of information for this program is also necessary to provide
documentation that grant applicants and recipients are complying with
appropriate FTA Circular C 6300.1A and other Federal requirements.
Without this information, FTA would not be able to determine if the
goals and objectives as set forth for this program are being met fully,
partially, or not at all.
Estimated Annual Burden: 1,412 hours.
Federal Highway Administration
Title: Statement of Materials and Labor used by Contractors on
Highway Construction Involving Federal Funds.
OMB Control Number: 2125-0033.
Form Number: FHWA-47.
Affected Public: Contractors.
Abstract: The form FHWA-47, ``Statement of Materials and Labor Used
by Contractors on Highway Construction Involving Federal Funds,'' is
needed to obtain information on the usage of materials and labor in
highway construction. Title 29 U.S.C. 2 authorizes the Department of
Labor to collect the labor-related information using its own forces or
by getting the information from other Federal agencies. An informal
agreement has been reached for FHWA to collect the desired data for the
Department of Labor. This information is used by FHWA for estimating
current material usage and cost distribution on Federal-aid highway
construction contracts to aid in planning for future requirements based
on anticipated program levels. There is also considerable interest by
industry, particularly suppliers of highway construction materials, for
the usage information derived from the FHWA-47 forms. This data is
collected from contracts of $1,000,000 or more on the National Highway
System and is not considered confidential. The respondent must submit
the FHWA-47 form after the project has been completed.
Estimated Annual Burden: 7,475 hours.
Title: Utility Use and Occupancy Agreements.
OMB Control Number: 2125-0522.
Affected Public: Highway authorities.
Abstract: In carrying out the requirements of 23 U.S.C. 116 to
assure Federal-aid highway projects are being properly maintained, the
Secretary of Transportation is authorized by 23 U.S.C. 315 to prescribe
and promulgate rules and regulations. This authority is delegated to
the Federal Highway Administrator at 49 CFR 1.48. Further, 23 CFR 1.23
and 1.27 establish the authority and responsibility of the Federal
Highway Administrator to prescribe policies and procedures for the use,
occupancy, and maintenance of the rights-of-way of Federal-aid
projects. Under the Federal-aid highway program, States, or their
political subdivisions, actually own the highway rights-of-way. State
and/or local highway authorities are responsible for maintaining the
highway rights-of-way, which includes controlling utility use of it.
The FHWA regulations found in 23 CFR 645, Subpart B require that in
controlling utility use on Federal-aid highway projects, the highway
authority is to document the terms under which the utility is to cross
or otherwise occupy highway rights-of-way. This documentation,
consisting of a use and occupancy agreement, is to be in writing and
must be contained in the highway authority's files. No submission to
the FHWA is required. The use and occupancy agreement issued by the
highway authority serves to document the arrangements made between it
and a utility to allow the utility to use public right-of-way under the
control of the highway authority. These agreements are reviewed
periodically by the FHWA to determine whether or not the State is
effectively maintaining the highway right-of-way and fulfilling its
responsibilities under its utility accommodation policy. The use and
occupancy agreements are an important means of controlling the
installation of utilities in order to provide a safe environment for
highway users.
Estimated Annual Burden: 552,000 hours.
Title: Inspection, Repair, and Maintenance.
OMB Control Number: 2125-0037.
Affected Public: Motor carriers.
Abstract: Motor carriers must maintain, or cause to be maintained,
records that document the inspection, repair, and maintenance
activities performed on their owned and leased motor vehicles. Burden
hours will increase due primarily to a revised estimate of the daily
usage rate of commercial motor vehicles that increases the estimated
frequency of a recordkeeping requirement.
Estimated Annual Burden: 37,614,867 hours.
Title: Medical Qualification Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 2125-0080.
Affected Public: Medical examiners, medical specialists,
physicians, licensed doctors of medicine or osteopathy, motor carriers,
and CMV drivers.
Abstract: The Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1984 requires the
Secretary of Transportation to prescribe regulations to ensure that the
physical qualification of commercial motor vehicle (CMV) operators is
adequate to enable them to operate CMVs safely. Information about an
individual's physical condition must be collected in order for the FHWA
and motor carriers to verify that the individual meets the physical
qualification standards for CMV drivers and for the FHWA to determine
whether the individual is physically able to operate a CMV safely.
Estimated Annual Burden: 459,097 hours.
Title: Operations Plan, Traffic Surveillance and Control.
OMB Control Number: 2125-0512.
Affected Public: State and local transportation agencies who
utilize federal funds for traffic management projects and contractors
involved in ITS/Traffic Management, who may write the implementation
plan for the state and local transportation agency.
Abstract: An implementation plan for a federal aid traffic control
project is required from the states and local agencies to assure that
there are adequate provisions and resources for the acquisition and
operational phases of the project.
Estimated Annual Burden: 160 hours.
Title: Developing and Recording Costs for Utility Adjustments.
OMB Number: 2125-0519.
Affected Public: 3,000 U.S. Utilities Companies.
Abstract: Under the provisions of 23 U.S.C. 123, Federal-aid
highway funds may be used to reimburse State highway agencies (SHAs)
when they have paid for the cost of relocation of utility facilities
necessitated by the construction of Federal-aid highway projects. This
reimbursement is based on actual costs incurred by a utility company as
a result of adjusting its facilities. Payment for ``costs incurred'' is
a basic tenet of the Federal-aid program. This general principle is
also established in 23 U.S.C. 121 when Federal-aid highway funds are
being used to reimburse the State highway agencies for the cost of
construction of Federal-aid highway projects. To
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implement these provisions of law, Federal Highway Administration
(FHWA) regulations, 23 CFR 645, Subpart A, require that the utility be
able to document its costs or expenses for adjusting its facilities.
This record of costs then forms the basis for payment by the SHA to the
utility company and in turn FHWA reimburses the SHA for its payments to
the utility company. A utility company's cost accounting records
establish a means of identifying the costs incurred in adjusting
utility facilities. The SHA uses these records to verify the costs to
base its payments on. The FHWA payment is based on the costs the State
pays for. If the utility did not keep a record of its costs, then there
would be no documentation of the expenses it would have incurred in
adjusting its facilities. If this should occur, there would be no basis
for Federal-aid highway fund participation in the costs and, under 23
U.S.C. 123, the FHWA would not be able to reimburse the State for
utility adjustments. There are approximately 30,000 utility companies
in the United States. In any one year, it is estimated that about 10
percent, or 3,000, of these utilities will be involved with
reimbursable utility adjustments on Federal-aid projects. It is further
estimated that each of these 3,000 utilities will have about 3
adjustments of its facilities per year on Federal-aid projects. The net
impact is approximately 9,000 reimbursable utility adjustments. For a
typical adjustment, about 20 hours of staff time (16 hours professional
staff; 4 hours secretarial staff) are expended to establish and
maintain the record of costs.
Estimated Annual burden: 180,000 hours.
Title: Notification Requirements for Commercial Driver License
Holders (Previous title: Commercial Driver Licensing and Testing
Standards).
OMB Control Number: 2125-0542.
Affected Public: Commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers.
Abstract: An active commercial motor vehicle (CMV) driver who holds
a commercial driver's license (CDL) is required to notify his/her
employer of all traffic law violations, his/her State licensing agency
of traffic law convictions in other jurisdictions, and his/her employer
of license suspensions. Any person applying for employment as a driver
of a CMV for which a CDL is required, must provide his/her prospective
employer with his/her employment history for the previous 10 years.
Estimated Burden Hours: 500,000 hours.
United States Coast Guard (USCG)
Title: Non Destructive Testing Proposal and Results for Pressure
Vessels Cargo Tanks on Unmanned Barges.
OMB Control Number: 2115-0563.
Affected Public: Owners of inspected barges.
Abstract: This collection of information requires owners of
unmanned barges with tanks that are required to be nondestructively
tested (NDT) to submit a proposal which includes the NDT methods and
procedures, and locations of the tanks to be tested. The results must
also be submitted to identify any defects and to evaluate the
suitability of a tank to remain in service. The Coast Guard requires
pressure vessel type tanks that are thirty years old and older to be
subjected to NDT at 10 year intervals.
Need: Under 46 U.S.C. 3703, the U.S. Coast Guard is responsible for
ensuring safe shipment of liquid dangerous cargoes and has promulgated
regulations on board certain barges to ensure that safety standards are
met.
Estimated Annual Burden: 39 hours.
Title: Display of Plans.
OMB Number: 2115-0135.
Affected Public: Owners or operators of inspected vessels.
Abstract: This collection of information requires owners or
operators of inspected vessels to display certain vessel plans.
Need: Under 46 U.S.C. 3305 and 3306, the U.S. Coast Guard is
responsible for ensuring the safety of inspected vessels and has
promulgated regulations to ensure that safety standards are met. The
information contained on these plans will be used by shipboard
personnel during routine duties, such as equipment and system
maintenance or servicing, as well as under emergency conditions such as
fire or flooding. In the event assistance is rendered from external
sources, the plans allow for rapid familiarization with the vessels and
its system, the information and its availability is crucial in
minimizing danger to those on board, damage to the vessel, and the
safety of the port and the environment.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Annual Burden: 900 hours
Title: Plan Approval and Records for Foreign Vessels Carrying Oil
in Bulk.
OMB Number: 2115-0106.
Affected Public: Owners or operators of foreign vessels carrying
oil in bulk.
Abstract: This collection of information requires owners or
operators of certain foreign vessels carrying oil in bulk to submit
documents to the U.S. Coast Guard to determine if vessels meets certain
requirements in 33 CFR 157. This collection mainly affects vessels from
countries that are not signatory to the International Convention for
the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as amended by the
Protocol of 1978 relating thereto (MARPOL 73/78).
Need: Under 46 U.S.C. 3703 and 3703(a), the U.S. Coast Guard is
authorized to issue regulations dealing with design, construction,
alteration, repair, maintenance, operation and equipping of foreign
vessels which carry or are constructed to carry or adapted to carry,
oil in bulk. The information will be used to determine if (1) the
vessel meets the Double Hull standards in 33 CFR 157.10(d); (2)
information is available to vessel personnel to operate the vessel and
equipment required and (3) a means is available to appeal U.S. Coast
Guard decisions with respect to the regulations and for obtaining those
waivers or exemptions permitted by the regulations.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Annual Burden: 250 hours.
Title: Report: Declaration of Inspection.
OMB Number: 2115-0506.
Affected Public: Persons in Charge of Transfer Operation.
Abstract: The collection of information requires a person in charge
of onshore and offshore facilities to complete a Declaration of
Inspection (DOI) for each bulk transfer of oil and hazardous material
conducted and to maintain the DOI onboard the vessel and facility for a
one month period.
Need: 33 U.S.C. 1221 authorizes the Coast Guard to establish
procedure, methods, and equipment requirements to prevent the discharge
of oil and hazardous material from vessels and both onshore and
offshore.
Estimated Annual Burden: 78,800 hours.
Frequency: Monthly.
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
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automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Issued in Washington, DC on April 11, 1997.
Diane Litman,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 97-10066 Filed 4-17-97; 8:45 am]
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