[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52611-52612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26615]


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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 of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice announces that the Information 
Collection Requests (ICRs) abstracted below have been forwarded to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICRs 
describe the nature of the information collection and its expected 
burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period 
soliciting comments on this collection was published on February 19, 
1997 [62 FR 7638-7648].

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before November 
7, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Delmer Billings, Information 
Collection Clearance Officer, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards 
(DHM-10), Research and Special Programs Administration, Room 8102, 400 
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590, Telephone: (202) 366-4482.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA)

    Title: Cargo Tank Motor Vehicles in Liquified Compressed Gas 
Service.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0595.
    Affected Public: 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.
    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.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 18,573.
    Number of Respondents: 6,800.
    Total Annual Responses: 25,000.
    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.
    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 techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

    Issued in Washington, DC on October 1, 1997.
Vanester M. Williams,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 97-26615 Filed 10-7-97; 8:45 am]
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