[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9210-9212]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4516]


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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 and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), 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 collections and their expected 
burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period 
soliciting comments on the following collections of information were 
published on November 25, 1998, [65277-65278].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 26, 1999.

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:

Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA)

    Title: Inspection and Testing of Portable Tanks and Intermediate 
Bulk Containers.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0018.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: This information collection consolidates provisions for 
documenting qualifications, inspections, tests and approvals pertaining 
to the manufacture and use of portable tanks and intermediate bulk 
containers under various provisions of the Hazardous Materials 
Regulations (49 CFR Parts 171-180). It is necessary to ascertain 
whether portable tanks and intermediate bulk containers have been 
qualified, inspected and retested in accordance with the HMR. The 
information is used to verify that certain portable tanks and 
intermediate bulk containers meet required performance standards prior 
to their being authorized for use and to document periodic 
requalification and testing to ensure the packagings have not 
deteriorated due to age or physical abuse to a degree that would render 
them unsafe for the transportation of hazardous materials.

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Applicable sections are as follows: Sec. 173.32--retest, retest 
marking, and record retention for portable tanks; Sec. 173.32a--
approval of IM portable tanks; Sec. 173.32b--periodic inspections and 
testing for IM portable tanks; Sec. 178.245-6--certification markings 
for DOT-51 portable tanks; Sec. 178.245-7--manufacturer's data report 
for DOT-51 portable tanks: Sec. 178.255-14--certification markings for 
DOT-60 portable tanks; Sec. 178.255-15--manufacturer's data report for 
DOT-60 portable tanks; Sec. 178.270-14--certification marking of IM 
portable tanks; Sec. 178.801--testing, retesting and recordkeeping for 
intermediate bulk containers; and Sec. 180.352--periodic retests and 
inspections for intermediate bulk containers.
    Affected Public: Manufacturers and owners of portable tanks and 
intermediate bulk containers.
    Annual Burden Hours: 51,340.
    Title: Testing, Inspection and Marking Requirements for Cylinders.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0022.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Requirements in Sec. 173.34 for qualification, 
maintenance and use of cylinders require that cylinders be periodically 
inspected and retested to ensure continuing compliance with packaging 
standards. Information collection requirements address registration of 
retesters and marking of cylinders by retesters with their 
identification number and retest date following conduct of tests. 
Records showing the results of inspections and retests must be kept by 
the cylinder owner or designated agent until expiration of the retest 
period or until the cylinder is reinspected or retested, whichever 
occurs first. These requirements are intended to ensure that retesters 
have the qualifications to perform tests and to identify to cylinder 
fillers and users that cylinders are qualified for continuing use. 
Information collection requirements in Sec. 173.303 require that 
fillers of acetylene cylinders keep, for at least 30 days, a daily 
record of the representative pressure to which cylinders are filled.
    Affected Public: Fillers, owners, users and retesters of reusable 
cylinders.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 168,431.
    Title: Hazardous Materials Incident Reports.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0039.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: This collection is applicable upon occurrence of 
incidents as prescribed in Secs. 171.15 and 171.16. Basically, a 
Hazardous Materials Incident Report, DOT Form F5800.1, must be 
completed by a carrier of hazardous materials when a hazardous material 
transportation incident occurs, such as a release of materials, serious 
accident, evacuation or highway shutdown. Serious incidents meeting 
criteria in Sec. 171.15 also require a telephonic report by the 
carrier. This information collection enhances the Department's ability 
to evaluate the effectiveness of its regulatory program, determine the 
need for regulatory changes, and address emerging hazardous materials 
transportation safety issues. The requirements apply to all interstate 
and intrastate carriers engaged in the transportation of hazardous 
materials by rail, air, water, and highway.
    Affected Public: Carriers of hazardous materials.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 33,811.
    Title: Flammable Cryogenic Liquids.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0542.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Provisions in Sec. 177.818 require the carriage on a 
motor vehicle of written procedures for venting flammable cryogenic 
liquids and for responding to emergencies. Paragraph (h) of 
Sec. 177.840 specifies certain safety procedures and documentation 
requirements for drivers of these motor vehicles. These requirements 
are intended to ensure a high level of safety when transporting 
flammable cryogenics due to their extreme flammability and high 
compression ratio when in a liquid state.
    Affected Public: Carriers of cryogenic materials.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 1,213.
    Title: Approvals for Hazardous Materials.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0557.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Without these requirements there is no means to: (1) 
determine whether applicants who apply to become designated approval 
agencies are qualified to evaluate package design, test packages, 
classify hazardous materials, etc.; (2) verify that various containers 
and special loading requirements for vessels meet the requirements of 
the HMR; and (3) assure that regulated hazardous materials pose no 
danger to life and property during transportation.
    Affected Public: Businesses and other entities who must meet the 
approval requirements in the HMR.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 18,302.
    Title: Testing Requirements for Non-bulk Packaging (Formerly 
entitled Testing Requirements for Packaging).
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0572.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Detailed packaging manufacturing specifications have been 
replaced by a series of performance tests that a non-bulk packaging 
must be capable of passing before it is authorized to be used for 
transporting hazardous materials. The HMR require proof that packagings 
meet these testing requirements. Manufacturers must retain records of 
design qualification tests and periodic retests. Manufacturers must 
notify, in writing, persons to whom packagings are transferred of any 
specification requirements that have not been met at the time of 
transfer. Subsequent distributors, as well as manufacturers must 
provide written notification. Performance-oriented packaging standards 
allow manufacturers and shippers much greater flexibility in selecting 
more economical packagings.
    Affected Public: Each non-bulk packaging manufacturer that tests 
packagings to ensure compliance with the HMR.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 30,000.
    Title: Container Certification Statement.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0582.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Shippers of explosives, in freight containers or 
transport vehicles by vessel, are required to certify on shipping 
documentation that the freight container or transport vehicle meets 
minimal structural serviceability requirements. This requirement is 
intended to ensure an adequate level of safety for transport of 
explosives aboard vessel and ensure consistency with similar 
requirements in international standards.
    Affected Public: Shippers of explosives in freight containers or 
transport vehicles by vessel.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 13,989.
    Title: Hazardous Materials Public Sector Training and Planning 
Grants.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0586.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Part 110 of 49 CFR sets for the procedures for 
reimbursable grants for public sector planning and training in support 
of the emergency planning and training efforts of States, Indian tribes 
and local communities to deal with hazardous materials emergencies, 
particularly those involving

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transportation. Sections in this part address information collection 
and recordkeeping with regard to applying for grants, monitoring 
expenditures, reporting and requesting modifications. Affected Public: 
State and local governments, Indian tribes.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 4,082.
    Title: Response Plans for Shipments of Oil.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0591.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: In recent years several major oil discharges damaged the 
marine environment of the United States. Under authority of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act, as amended by the Oil Pollution Act of 
1990, RSPA issued regulations in 49 CFR Part 130 that require 
preparation of written spill response plans. Affected Public: Carriers 
that transport oil in bulk, by motor vehicle or rail.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 10,560.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503, Attention RSPA 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.
    A comment to OMB is most effective if OMB receives it within 30 
days of publication.

    Issued in Washington, DC on February 17, 1999.
Vanester M. Williams,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 99-4516 Filed 2-23-99; 8:45 am]
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