[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 155 (Tuesday, August 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 43193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21252]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of The Secretary
Reports, Forms and Record keeping Requirements, Agency
Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35), 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 collection and their expected
burden. The Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on these collections were published on April 11,
1997 (62 FR page 18828-18829).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before September
11, 1997.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Delmer Billings, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards
(DHM-10), Research and Special Programs Administration, Room 8102,400
Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590, Telephone: (202) 366-4482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Research and Special Programs Administration (RSPA)
Title: Requirements for Rail Tank Cars--Transportation of Hazardous
Materials by Rail. (Former title: Rail Carrier and Tank Car Tank
Requirements.)
OMB Control Number: 2137-0559.
Affected Public: Manufacturers, owners and rail carriers of tank
cars.
Abstract: This information collection consolidates provisions for
detection and repair of cracks, pits, corrosion, lining flaws, thermal
protection flaws and other defects of tank car tanks under various
provisions in parts 173, 179 and 180 of the HMR. The HMR require
facilities that build, repair and ensure the structural integrity of
tank cars to develop and implement a quality assurance program; allow
the use of non-destructive testing techniques, in lieu of currently
prescribed periodic hydrostatic pressure tests, for fusion welded tank
cars; require thickness measurements of tank cars, with limited reduced
shell thicknesses, for certain hazardous materials; increase the
frequency for inspection and testing of tank cars; and other provisions
to ensure crash worthiness protection for tank cars.
Estimated Annual Burden: 2,659 hours.
Title: Rulemaking, Exemption and Preemption Requirements. (Former
title: Rulemaking and Exemption Requirements.)
OMB Control Number: 2137-0051.
Affected Public: Shippers, carriers, packaging manufacturers, and
other affected entities.
Abstract: Rulemaking procedures enable RSPA to determine if a rule
change is necessary; be consistent with public interest; and maintain a
level of safety equal to or superior to that of current regulations.
Exemption procedures provide the information required for analytical
purposes for approval or denial of requests for exemptions.
Estimated Annual Burden: 4,279 hours.
Title: Cargo Tank Specification Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 2137-0014.
Affected Public: Manufacturers and owners of cargo tanks.
Abstract: This information collection consolidates provisions for
manufacture, qualification, maintenance and use of all specification
cargo tank motor vehicles. It clarifies certain commodity sections in
part 173, reorganizes the cargo tank specifications in part 178 and
provides for vacuum-loaded cargo tanks. It includes part 180
requirements governing the maintenance, use, inspection, repair, retest
and requalification of cargo tanks used to transport hazardous
materials and certain registration requirements in part 107 for persons
who are engaged in manufacture, repair or certification of any DOT
specification cargo tank or cargo tank manufactured under exemption to
transport hazardous materials.
Estimated Annual Burden: 106,262 hours.
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.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 5, 1997.
Vanester M. Williams,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 97-21252 Filed 8-11-97; 8:45 am]
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