[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 9819]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5294]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs Administration
[Notice No. 97]


Information Collection Activity

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

ACTION: Notice of information collection approval

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces the emergency approval by the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) of an information collection request (ICR). An emergency 
interim final rule (IFR) regarding cargo tank motor vehicles in 
liquefied compressed gas service contained the ICR and was published in 
the Federal Register on February 19, 1997, in Docket No. RSPA-97-2133 
(HM225) with a 60-day comment period (62 FR 7638). The ICR describes 
the nature of the information collection and its expected cost and 
burden.

DATES: OMB approval of the information collection request expires 
August 15, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Boothe, Office of Hazardous 
Materials Standards (DHM-10), Research and Special Programs 
Administration, Room 8102, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, DC 
20590-0001, Telephone (202) 366-8553.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB regulations (5 CFR 1320) implementing 
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (Pub. L. 104-
13; 109 Stat.163; 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) require that interested 
members of the public and affected agencies be given an opportunity to 
comment on information collection and recordkeeping activities (see 5 
CFR 1320.8(d)). Under the PRA, no person is required to respond to an 
information collection unless it displays a valid OMB control number.
    The IFR requires that a comprehensive emergency operating procedure 
be developed for all liquefied compressed gas transfer operations. The 
information collection and recordkeeping requirements contained in the 
IFR have received emergency approval by OMB under the provisions of the 
PRA. The OMB control number for the information collection is 2137-
0595, and the approval expires August 15, 1997. The comment period for 
the IFR, including the information collection requirements, closes 
April 21, 1997. If RSPA receives substantive comments on the 
information collection requirements, a revised ICR will be submitted to 
OMB for emergency approval. RSPA estimates that the total information 
collection and recordkeeping burden of the IFR is 18,753 hours, at a 
cost of $422,660, for the development and maintenance of the 
comprehensive emergency operating procedure. Requests for a copy of 
this information collection should be directed to the address above.

    Issued in Washington, DC on February 27, 1997.
Edward T. Mazzullo,
Director, Office of Hazardous Materials Standards.
[FR Doc. 97-5294 Filed 3-3-97; 8:45 am]
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