[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42913-42914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20520]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration

[Docket No. RSPA-2001-8761 (Notice No. 01-08)]


Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements Agency Information 
Collection Activity Under OMB Review

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

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In compliance 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 comments. 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, was 
published on June 7, 2001, [30786-30787].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 14, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Boothe, Office of Hazardous 
Materials Standards (DHM-10), Research and Special Programs 
Administration, Room 8422, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20590-0001, Telephone (202) 366-8553.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    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 49 CFR 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.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 139,352.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 153,287.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 168,431.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    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 49 CFR 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.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 825.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 20,600.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 30,942.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Title: Flammable Cryogenic Liquids.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0542.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Provisions in 49 CFR 177.818 require the carriage on a 
motor vehicle of written procedures for venting flammable cryogenic 
liquids and for responding to emergencies. 49 CFR 177.840 (h) 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.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 65.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 18,200.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 1,213.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Title: Testing Requirements for Non-bulk 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 Hazardous Materials Regulations 
(HMR), 49 CFR parts 171-180 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.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,000.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 15,000.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 30,000.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    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

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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.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 650.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 860,000 HM Containers & 4400 
Explosive Containers.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 14,409.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    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 forth 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 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.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 66.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 1.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 4,082.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    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.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 8,000.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 8,000.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 10,560.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
    Title: Cargo Tank Motor Vehicles in Liquefied Compressed Gas 
Service.
    OMB Control Number: 2137-0595.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: These information collection and recordkeeping 
requirements pertain to the manufacture, certification, inspection, 
repair, maintenance, and operation of DOT specification MC 330, MC 331, 
and certain nonspecification cargo tank motor vehicles used to 
transport liquefied compressed gases. These information collection and 
recordkeeping requirements ensure that certain cargo tank motor 
vehicles used to transport liquefied compressed gases are operated 
safely and minimize the potential for catastrophic releases during 
unloading and loading operations. They include: (1) Requirements for 
operators of cargo tank motor vehicles in liquefied compressed gas 
service to develop operating procedures applicable to unloading 
operations and carry them on each vehicle; (2) inspection, maintenance, 
marking and testing requirements for the cargo tank discharge system, 
including delivery hose assemblies; and (3) requirements for emergency 
discharge control equipment on certain cargo tank motor vehicles 
transporting liquefied compressed gases that must be installed and 
certified by a Registered Inspector. (See 49 CFR 180.416(b)(d)(f); 
180.405; 180.407(h); 177.840(l); 173.315(n)).
    Affected Public: Carriers in liquefied compressed gas service, 
manufacturers and repairers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,958.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 920,530.
    Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 200,615.
    Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including 
suggestions for reducing the burden, to Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for RSPA, 725 17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.
    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 August 10, 2001.
Edward T. Mazzullo,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards.
[FR Doc. 01-20520 Filed 8-14-01; 8:45 am]
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