[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 174 (Tuesday, September 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 47529]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23780]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration
[Notice No. 97-9]


Notice of Information Collection Approval

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

ACTION: Notice of information collection approval

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SUMMARY: This notice announces OMB approval of a request for extension 
of approval of an information collection, OMB No. 2137-0595, entitled 
``Hazardous Materials: Cargo Tank Motor Vehicles in Liquefied 
Compressed Gas Service''. The information collection has been extended 
until February 28, 1998.

DATES: The expiration date for information collection OMB No. 2137-0595 
is February 28, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Requests for a copy of the information collection should be 
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.

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: Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
regulations (5 CFR part 1320) implementing provisions of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) require that interested members 
of the public and affected agencies have an opportunity to comment on 
information collection and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 
1320.8(s) and specify that no person is required to respond to an 
information collection unless it displays a valid OMB control number. 
RSPA published a final rule in the Federal Register (62 FR 44038) on 
August 18, 1997, entitled ``Hazardous Materials: Cargo Tank Motor 
Vehicles in Liquefied Compressed Gas Service''. RSPA has received 
approval from OMB for the information collection contained in that 
final rule under OMB No. 2137-0595. The approval expires on February 
28, 1998.
    RSPA published Notice No. 97-4 (62 FR 44169) on August 19, 1997, 
requesting comments on this information collection. The comment period 
on Notice No. 97-4 closes on September 18, 1997. Based on comments 
received on Notice 97-4, RSPA will submit a request to OMB for 
extension of the information collection approval until March 1, 1999, 
which is the expiration date for requirements in the final rule. RSPA 
will then publish notice of OMB's action in the Federal Register.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 3, 1997.
Edward T. Mazzullo,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards.
[FR Doc. 97-23780 Filed 9-8-97; 8:45 am]
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