[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 160 (Tuesday, August 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44169-44170]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21867]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration
[Notice No. 97-4]


Information Collection Activities

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, RSPA 
invites comments on emergency information collection approval, OMB No.: 
2137-0595, ``Cargo Tank Motor Vehicles in Liquefied Compressed Gas 
Service'', expiration date: 08/31/97 for which RSPA intends to request 
renewal and extension of approval from the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB).

DATES: Comments must be received by September 18, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Address written comments to the Dockets Unit (DHM-30), Room 
8421, Research and Special Programs Administration, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh St., SW, Washington, DC 20590-0001. Two 
copies of written comments are requested. Comments may also be 
submitted by fax to (202) 366-3753 or by e-mail to: rules 
@rspa.dot.gov. Comments should identify the Notice number and the 
appropriate Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 2137-
0595. Persons wishing to receive confirmation of receipt of their 
mailed written comments should include a self-addressed, stamped 
postcard showing the Notice number. Comments may be reviewed at the 
Dockets Unit between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Requests for a copy of this information collection should be

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directed to 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.

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: Section 1320.8(d), Title 5, Code of 
Federal Regulations requires that RSPA provide interested members 
of the public and affected agencies an opportunity to comment on 
information collection and recordkeeping requests. This information 
collection approval originally was published under Docket RSPA-97-
2133 (HM-225), entitled Hazardous Materials: Cargo Tank Motor 
Vehicles in Liquefied Compressed Gas Service, on February 19, 1997 
(62 FR 7638) with a 60-day comment period and was forwarded to OMB 
for emergency approval. Notice of Information Collection Approval, 
OMB No. 2137-0595, was published under RSPA Notice No. 97 on March 
4, 1997 (62 FR 9819). RSPA is requesting an 18-month emergency 
renewal and extension for this information collection activity and, 
when approved by OMB, will publish notice of the approval in the 
Federal Register.

    RSPA requests comments on the following information collection 
renewal and extension:
    Title: Cargo Tank Motor Vehicles in Liquefied Compressed Gas 
Service.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0595.
    Abstract: The reason for this information collection activity and 
burden is to ensure the safe operation of certain cargo tank motor 
vehicles used in the transportation of liquefied compressed gases. 
Based on information that emergency discharge shut-off features on 
these types of cargo tanks do not operate properly in emergency 
situations, RSPA requires that motor carrier and cargo tank operators 
develop emergency operating procedures for manually shutting off the 
flow of product in the event of an emergency and that a copy of the 
procedure be displayed in or on each cargo tank motor vehicle. The 
information collection and recordkeeping burdens are imposed on motor 
carriers and operators of these cargo tank motor vehicles.
    Respondents: Each motor carrier using a cargo tank motor vehicle 
which does not conform to 49 CFR 178.337-11(a)(1)(i) to carry liquefied 
compressed gas products.
    Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping:
    Number of Respondents: 6,800.
    Total Annual Responses: 25,000.
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 18,573.
    Frequency of collection: Procedures are developed on a one-time 
basis and are maintained on a vehicle on a continuing basis while the 
vehicle is in use.

    Issued in Washington, DC on August 13, 1997.
Edward T. Mazzullo,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards.
[FR Doc. 97-21867 Filed 8-18-97; 8:45 am]
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