[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] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] BILLING CODE 4910-60-P