[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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