[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 13620]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2001-8672]


Notice of Request for Comments on Renewing Approval for an 
Information Collection: OMB Control No. 2126--0014 (Transportation of 
Hazardous Materials, Highway Routing)

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that the FMCSA intends to request the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to renew approval of the 
information collection described below. That information collection 
requires States and Indian tribes to identify designated/restricted 
highway routes and restrictions or limitations affecting how motor 
carriers may transport certain hazardous materials on the highway. This 
notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act.

DATES: Please submit your comments by May 7, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Mail or hand deliver comments to the U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Dockets Management Facility, Room PL-401, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590, or submit electronically at http://dmses.dot.gov/submit. Be sure to include the docket number appearing in 
the heading of this document on your comment. All comments received 
will be available for examination and copying at the above address from 
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. 
If you would like to be notified when your comment is received, you 
must include a self-addressed, stamped postcard or you may print the 
acknowledgment page that appears after submitting comments 
electronically.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Richard Swedberg, (303) 969-5772 
ext. 363, or Mr. William Quade, (202) 366-2172, Hazardous Materials 
Division (MC-ECH), Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20590. Office hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., e.t., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Transportation of Hazardous Materials; Highway Routing.
    OMB Number: 2126-0014.
    Background: The data for the Transportation of Hazardous Materials; 
Highway Routing designations are collected under authority of 49 U.S.C. 
Secs. 5112 and 5125. That authority places responsibility on the 
Secretary of Transportation to specify and regulate standards for 
establishing, maintaining, and enforcing routing designations. Under 49 
CFR 397.73, the Administrator has the authority to request that each 
State and Indian tribe, through its routing agency, provide information 
identifying hazardous materials routing designations within their 
respective jurisdictions. That information will be consolidated by the 
FMCSA and published annually in whole or as updates in the Federal 
Register.
    Respondents: The reporting burden is shared by the 50 States, the 
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, Northern 
Marianas, and the Virgin Islands.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: The annual reporting burden is 
estimated to be 13 hours, calculated as follows: (53 respondents  x  1 
response  x  15 minutes/60 minutes = 13.25 hours, rounded to 13 hours).
    Frequency: There is one response annually from approximately 53 
respondents.
    Public Comments Invited: Your comments are particularly invited on 
whether the collection of information is necessary for the FMCSA to 
meet its goal of reducing truck crashes, including whether the 
information is useful to this goal; the accuracy of the estimate of the 
burden of the information collection; ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information 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.
    Electronic Access and Filing: You may submit or retrieve comments 
online through the Docket Management System (DMS) at http://dmses.dot.gov/submit. Acceptable formats include: MS Word (versions 95 
to 97), MS Word for Mac (versions 6 to 8), Rich Text File (RTF), 
American Standard Code Information Interchange (ASCII)(TXT), Portable 
Document Format (PDF), and WordPerfect (versions 7 to 8). The DMS is 
available 24 hours each day, 365 days each year. Electronic submission 
and retrieval help and guidelines are available under the help section 
of the web site. You may also download an electronic copy of this 
document from the DOT Docket Management System on the Internet at 
http://dms.dot.gov/search.htm. Please include the docket number 
appearing in the heading of this document.

    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.73.

    Dated: February 27, 2001.
Stephen E. Barber,
Acting Assistant Administrator and Chief Safety Officer.
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