[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 37149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-12727]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

[Docket No. RSPA-2005-20036 (Notice No. 05-5)]


Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), 
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 Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comments. The ICR 
describes the nature of the information collection and its expected 
burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period 
soliciting comments on the following information collection was 
published on April 14, 2005 [70 FR 19837].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 28, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Boothe or T. Glenn Foster, 
Office of Hazardous Materials Standards (PHH-11), Pipeline and 
Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Room 8430, 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 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 the completion of 
tests. Records showing the results of inspections and retests must be 
retained 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 possess the qualifications necessary 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 maintain, 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.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including 
suggestions for reducing the burden, to the Office of Management and 
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for PHMSA, 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 June 21, 2005.
Susan Gorsky,
Acting Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards.
[FR Doc. 05-12727 Filed 6-27-05; 8:45 am]
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