Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 237 / Friday, December 10, 2004 / Notices 71871

Issued in Washington, DC on December 3, 

2004. 

Kathy A. Weiner, 

Director, Office of Information Technology 

and Support Systems, Federal Railroad 

Administration.

[FR Doc. 04–27089 Filed 12–9–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Maritime Administration 

Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping 

Requirements; Agency Information 

Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Maritime Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice 

announces that the Information 

Collection abstracted below has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. The nature of the information 

collection is described as well as its 

expected burden. The Federal Register

Notice with a 60-day comment period 

soliciting comments on the following 

collection of information was published 

on September 29, 2004. No comments 

were received.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before January 10, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Christopher Krusa, Maritime 

Administration, 400 7th Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 

202–366–2648; FAX: 202–366–3746; or 

e-mail: chris.krusa@marad.dot.gov.

Copies of this collection also can be 

obtained from that office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Maritime 

Administration (MARAD). 

Title: Supplementary Training Course 

Application. 

OMB Control Number: 2133–0030. 

Type of Request: Extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: U.S. Merchant 

Marine Seamen, both officers and 

unlicensed personnel, and other U.S. 

citizens employed in other areas of 

waterborne commerce. 

Forms: MA–823. 

Abstract: Section 1305(a) of the 

Maritime Education and Training Act of 

1980 indicates that the Secretary of 

Transportation may provide maritimerelated training to merchant mariners of 

the United States and to individuals 

preparing for a career in the merchant 

marine of the United States. This 

collection provides the information 

necessary for the maritime schools to 

plan their course offerings and for 

applicants to complete their certificate 

requirements. 

Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 25 

hours.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503, Attention 

MARAD Desk Officer. 

Comments are invited on: Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

agency’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 best assured of 

having its full effect if OMB receives it 

within 30 days of publication.

Authority: 49 CFR 1.66.

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 7, 

2004. 

Joel C. Richard, 

Secretary, Maritime Administration.

[FR Doc. 04–27153 Filed 12–9–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA–04–

19624] 

Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping 

Requirements

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Request for public comment on 

proposed collection of information. 

SUMMARY: Before a Federal agency can 

collect certain information from the 

public, it must receive approval from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). Under procedures established 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, before seeking OMB approval, 

Federal agencies must solicit public 

comment on proposed collections of 

information, including extensions and 

reinstatement of previously approved 

collections. 

This document describes collection of 

information for which NHTSA intends 

to seek OMB approval.

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 8, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Comments must refer to the 

docket notice numbers cited at the 

beginning of this notice and be 

submitted to Docket Management, Room 

PL–401, 400 7th Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20590. Please identify 

the proposed collection of information 

for which a comment is provided, by 

referencing its OMB clearance Number. 

It is requested, but not required, that 2 

copies of the comment be provided. The 

Docket Section is open on weekdays 

from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Complete copies of each request for 

collection of information may be 

obtained at no charge from Ronald 

Filbert, NHTSA 400 Seventh Street, 

SW., room 5125, NTI–200,Washington, 

DC 20590. Mr. Filbert’s telephone 

number is (202) 366–2701. Please 

identify the relevant collection of 

information by referring to its OMB 

Control Number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

before an agency submits a proposed 

collection of information to OMB for 

approval, it must first publish a 

document in the Federal Register

providing a 60-day comment period and 

otherwise consult with members of the 

public and affected agencies concerning 

each proposed collection of information. 

The OMB has promulgated regulations 

describing what must be included in 

such a document. Under OMB’s 

regulation (at 5 CFR 1320.8(d), an 

agency must ask for public comment on 

the following: 

(i) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(ii) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(iii) How to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; 

(iv) How to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including the use 

of appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g. permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

In compliance with these 

requirements, NHTSA asks for public 

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comments on the following proposed 

collections of information: 

(1) Title: Highway Safety Program 

Cost Summary. 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0003. 

Affected Public: 50 States, District of 

Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Territories, 

and Tribal Government. 

Form Number: HS–217 Highway 

Safety Program Cost Summary. 

Abstract: The Highway Safety Plan 

identifies State’s traffic safety problems 

and describes the program and projects 

to address those problems. In order to 

account for funds expended, States are 

required to submit a HS–217 Highway 

Safety Program Cost Summary. The 

Program Cost Summary is completed to 

reflect the state’s proposed allocations 

of funds (including carry-forward funds) 

by program area, based on the projects 

and activities identified in the Highway 

Safety Plan. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 570. 

Number of Respondents: 57. 

(2) Title: Uniform Criteria for State 

Observational Surveys of Seat Belt 

Use—Section 157. 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0597. 

Affected Public: The 50 States, The 

District of Columbia, & Puerto Rico. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Abstract: This collection would 

require the respondents, which are the 

States, the District of Columbia, and 

Puerto Rico to provide seat belt use 

survey information to NHTSA before 

they receive grant money. To be eligible 

for Incentive grant funding, the surveys 

must be completed by the end of the 

calendar year and submitted to NHTSA 

by March 1 of the following calendar 

year. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 17,972. 

Number of Respondents: 52. 

(3) Title: 23 CFR, Part 1345, Occupant 

Protection Incentive Grant—Section 

405. 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0600. 

Affected Public: The 50 States, the 

District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 

American Samoa, Guam, Northern 

Marianas and Virgin Islands. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Abstract: An occupant protection 

incentive grant is available to states that 

can demonstrate compliance with at 

least four of six criteria. Demonstration 

of compliance requires submission of 

copies of relevant seat belt and child 

passenger protection statutes, plan and/

or reports on statewide seatbelt 

enforcement and child seat education 

programs and possibly some traffic 

court records. 

Estimated Annual Burden: 1,736. 

Number of Respondents: 56. 

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 on: December 3, 2004. 

Marlene Markison, 

Associate Administrator for Office of Injury 

Control Operations and Resources.

[FR Doc. 04–27103 Filed 12–9–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA 2001–10856] 

Motor Vehicle Safety; Disposition of 

Recalled Tires; Agency Information 

Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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 comment. The ICR describes 

the nature of the information collections 

and their expected burden. Federal 

Register notices with a 60-day comment 

period were published on May 27, 2003, 

at Vol. 68, No. 101 p. 28876–77 and on 

April 22, 2004, at Vol. 69, No. 78

p 21881–3.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before January 10, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30 

days, to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725–17th 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, 

Attention NHTSA Desk Officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George Person at the National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration, Recall 

Management Division, NVS–215, 400 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 

20590, phone 202–366–5210.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agency: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration. 

Title: Motor Vehicle Safety; 

Disposition of Recalled Tires. 

OMB Number: 2127—0004. 

Type of Request: Revision of currently 

approved collection. 

Abstract: Section 7 of the 

Transportation Recall Enhancement, 

Accountability, and Documentation 

(TREAD) Act requires a manufacturer’s 

remedy program for tires to include a 

plan for preventing, to the extent 

reasonably within the manufacturer’s 

control, the resale of replaced tires for 

use on motor vehicles, as well as a plan 

for the disposition of replaced tires 

other than in landfills, particularly 

through methods such as shredding, 

crumbling, recycling, recovery, or other 

‘‘beneficial non-vehicular uses.’’

Manufacturers that conduct recalls are 

already required by 49 CFR part 573 to 

submit a Defect or Noncompliance 

Information Report, containing certain 

information, to the National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). 

One item of required information is a 

description of the manufacturer’s 

program for remedying the defect or 

noncompliance (remedy plan). This 

information collection adds the 

requirement for manufacturers to 

include their plan for disposal of 

recalled tires in their remedy plan. 

Further, Section 7 requires 

manufacturers to include information 

about the implementation of remedy 

plans in quarterly reports that they are 

required to make to NHTSA. 

Manufacturers are already required to 

file quarterly reports containing certain 

information about the progress of 

recalls. This rule adds a requirement to 

report to NHTSA in these quarterly 

reports information about tires which 

were not disposed of in accordance with 

the disposal plan. 

Affected Public: All manufacturers of 

recalled tires and all dealers of recalled 

tires. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 20 

hours increase over the current 

allotment of 18,204 hours for a total of 

18,224 hours. There is no increase in 

reporting and recordkeeping cost 

burden. 

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 Departments 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