[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 161 (Friday, August 20, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51747-51748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19156]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2004-17969]


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: The FMCSA announces that the Information Collection Request 
(ICR) described in this notice is being sent to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This information 
collection requires States

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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. The Federal Register notice 
announcing a 60-day comment period on this information collection was 
published on April 13, 2004 (69 FR 19610). We are required to send ICRs 
to OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act.

DATES: Please submit comments by September 20, 2004.

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. Michael Johnsen (202-366-4111), 
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 p.m., 
EST., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Transportation of Hazardous Materials; Highway Routing.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0014.
    Background: The data for the Transportation of Hazardous Materials; 
Highway Routing designations are collected under authority of 49 U.S.C. 
5112 and 5125. That authority places responsibility on the Secretary of 
Transportation (Secretary) 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 is collected and 
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.
    Average Burden Per Response: 15 minutes.
    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).

    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; 49 U.S.C. 5112 and 5125; and 49 CFR 1.73 and 
397.73.

    Issued on: August 10, 2004.
Annette M. Sandberg,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 04-19156 Filed 8-19-04; 8:45 am]
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