45286 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 165 / Tuesday, August 26, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration

[FTA Docket No. 97–2839]

Request for the Extension of Currently

Approved Information Collection

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration,

DOT.

ACTION: Notice of request for comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the intention of the

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to

request the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) to extend the following

currently approved information

collection:

Pre-Award and Post-Delivery Review

Requirements.

DATES: Comments must be submitted

before October 27, 1997.

ADDRESSES: All written comments must

refer to the docket number that appears

at the top of this document and be

submitted to the United States

Department of Transportation, Central

Dockets Office, PL–401, 400 Seventh

Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590.

All comments received will be available

for examination at the above address

from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., e.t.,

Monday through Friday, except Federal

holidays. Those desiring notification of

receipt of comments must include a selfaddressed, stamped postcard/envelope.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: PreAward and Post-Delivery Review

Requirements—George Izumi, Office of

Program Management (202) 366–6009.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested

parties are invited to send comments

regarding any aspect of this information

collection, including: (1) the necessity

and utility of the information collection

for the proper performance of the

functions of the FTA; (2) the accuracy

of the estimated burden; (3) ways to

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity

of the collected information; and (4)

ways to minimize the collection burden

without reducing the quality of the

collected information. Comments

submitted in response to this notice will

be summarized and/or included in the

request for OMB approval of this

information collection.

Title: Pre-Award and Post-Delivery

Review Requirements (OMB Number:

2132–0544).

Background: Under the Federal

Transit Laws, at 49 U.S.C. 5323(l),

grantees must certify that pre-award and

post-delivery reviews will be conducted

when using FTA funds to purchase

revenue service vehicles. FTA

regulation 49 CFR Part 663 implements

this law by specifying the actual

certificates that must be submitted by

each bidder to assure compliance with

the Buy America, contract specification,

and vehicle safety requirements for

rolling stock. The information collected

on the certification forms is necessary

for FTA grantees to meet the

requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5323(l).

Respondents: State and local

government, business or other for-profit

institutions, non-profit institutions, and

small business organizations.

Estimated Annual Burden on

Respondents: 2.47 hours for each of the

700 respondents.

Estimated Total Annual Burden:

1,729 hours.

Frequency: Annual.

Issued: August 20, 1997.

Nuria Fernandez,

Deputy Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–22673 Filed 8–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–57–U

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

[Docket No. 97–24; Notice 2]

Decision that Nonconforming 1993

Jeep Wrangler Multi-Purpose

Passenger Vehicles are Eligible for

Importation

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of decision by NHTSA

that nonconforming 1993 Jeep Wrangler

multi-purpose passenger vehicles

(MPVs) are eligible for importation.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

decision by NHTSA that 1993 Jeep

Wrangler MPVs manufactured for the

Middle Eastern and other foreign

markets that were not originally

manufactured to comply with all

applicable Federal motor vehicle safety

standards are eligible for importation

into the United States because they are

substantially similar to a vehicle

originally manufactured for sale in the

United States and certified by its

manufacturer as complying with the

safety standards (the U.S.-certified 1993

Jeep Wrangler), and they are capable of

being readily altered to conform to the

standards.

DATES: This decision is effective August

26, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George Entwistle, Office of Vehicle

Safety Compliance, NHTSA (202–366–

5306).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Under 49 U.S.C. § 30141(a)(1)(A), a

motor vehicle that was not originally

manufactured to conform to all

applicable Federal motor vehicle safety

standards shall be refused admission

into the United States unless NHTSA

has decided that the motor vehicle is

substantially similar to a motor vehicle

originally manufactured for importation

into and sale in the United States,

certified under 49 U.S.C. § 30115, and of

the same model year as the model of the

motor vehicle to be compared, and is

capable of being readily altered to

conform to all applicable Federal motor

vehicle safety standards.

Petitions for eligibility decisions may

be submitted by either manufacturers or

importers who have registered with

NHTSA pursuant to 49 CFR part 592. As

specified in 49 CFR 593.7, NHTSA

publishes notice in the Federal Register

of each petition that it receives, and

affords interested persons an

opportunity to comment on the petition.

At the close of the comment period,

NHTSA decides, on the basis of the

petition and any comments that it has

received, whether the vehicle is eligible

for importation. The agency then

publishes this decision in the Federal

Register.

Wallace Environmental Testing

Laboratories, Inc. of Houston, Texas

(Registered Importer R–90–005)

petitioned NHTSA to decide whether

1993 Jeep Wranglers are eligible for

importation into the United States.

NHTSA published notice of the petition

on May 19, 1997 (62 FR 27290) to afford

an opportunity for public comment. The

reader is referred to that notice for a

thorough description of the petition. No

comments were received in response to

the notice. Based on its review of the

information submitted by the petitioner,

NHTSA has decided to grant the

petition.

Vehicle Eligibility Number for Subject

Vehicles

The importer of a vehicle admissible

under any final decision must indicate

on the form HS–7 accompanying entry

the appropriate vehicle eligibility

number indicating that the vehicle is

eligible for entry. VSP–217 is the

vehicle eligibility number assigned to

vehicles admissible under this decision.

Final Decision

Accordingly, on the basis of the

foregoing, NHTSA hereby decides that a

1993 Jeep Wrangler not originally

manufactured to comply with all

applicable Federal motor vehicle safety
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standards is substantially similar to a

1993 Jeep Wrangler originally

manufactured for sale in the United

States and certified under 49 U.S.C.

§ 30115, and is capable of being readily

altered to conform to all applicable

Federal motor vehicle safety standards.

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(A) and

(b)(1); 49 CFR 593.8; delegations of authority

at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.8.

Issued on: August 20, 1997.

Marilynne Jacobs,

Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.

[FR Doc. 97–22604 Filed 8–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

[Docket Number: RSPA–97–2426–1, Notice

1]

Pipeline Safety: Proposed Collection:

Comment Request

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration (RSPA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: This notice requests public

participation in the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB)

approval process regarding an RSPA

new collection of information. RSPA

wishes to begin testing a pilot program

for a national pipeline mapping system

(NPMS) . RSPA intends to request OMB

approval of this information collection

under the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 and 5 CFR part 1320.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received on or before October 27, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to send comments in duplicate

to the Research and Special Programs

Administration, U.S. Department of

Transportation, Dockets Facility, Plaza

401, 400 Seventh Street, SW,

Washington, D.C. 20590–0001 or e-mail

to fellm@rspa.dot.gov. The dockets

facility is open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00

p.m., Monday through Friday, except on

Federal holidays, when the facility is

closed. Comments must identify docket

number of this notice. Persons should

submit the original documents and one

(1) copy. Persons wishing to receive

confirmation of receipt of their

comments must include a stamped, selfaddressed postcard. Please identify the

docket and notice numbers shown in

the heading of this notice. Documents

pertaining to this notice can be viewed

in this docket.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marvin Fell, (202) 366–6205, to ask

questions about this notice; or write by

e-mail to Fellm@rspa.dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: National Pipeline Mapping

System Pilot Program.

Type of Request: New information

collection.

Abstract: the Department of

Transportation (DOT) along with other

Federal and state agencies has been

working side by side with natural gas

and hazardous liquid operators to

develop a national pipeline mapping

system (NPMS). This system, when

complete, will depict and provide data

on the natural gas transmission and

larger liquid pipelines operating in the

United States. The DOT is beginning a

volunteer pilot program consisting of 36

pipeline operators (three from each of

12 states participating in the program).

These 36 pipeline operators will

provide electronic maps of 10–20 miles

of their pipeline to one state as well as

to one of six regional repositories. DOT

will be compensating the states and

regional repositories for their startup

and operating costs.

Estimate of Burden: 4 hours per

operator.

Respondents: Gas transmission and

hazardous liquid operators.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

36.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 1.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 144 hours.

Comments are invited on: (a) The

need for the proposed collection of

information for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility; (b) 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; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways 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.

All timely written comments to this

notice will be summarized and included

in the request for OMB approval. All

comments will also be available to the

public in the docket.

Issued in Washington, DC on August 20,

1997.

Richard B. Felder,

Associate Administrator for Pipeline Safety.

[FR Doc. 97–22603 Filed 8–25–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33444]

Southern Pacific Transportation

Company—Trackage Rights

Exemption—Union Pacific Railroad

Company

Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP)

has agreed to grant overhead trackage

rights to Southern Pacific

Transportation Company over UP’s

north-south rail line known as the Fort

Worth Subdivision extending between

milepost 250.9, near Fort Worth, and

milepost 75.5, near Bryan, and over the

Austin Subdivision from milepost 93.6

near Valley Junction (a point on the Fort

Worth Subdivision) to milepost 89.6, a

total distance of 179.4 miles in the State

of Texas.

The transaction was scheduled to be

consummated on or after the August 8,

1997 effective date of the exemption.

The purpose of the trackage rights is

to facilitate efficient train operations in

a one-way directional movement of

trains.

As a condition to this exemption, any

employees affected by the trackage

rights will be protected by the

conditions imposed in Norfolk and

Western Ry. Co.—Trackage Rights—BN,

354 I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in

Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.—Lease and

Operate, 360 I.C.C. 653 (1980).

This notice is filed under 49 CFR

1180.2(d)(7). If it contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the

exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d)

may be filed at any time. The filing of

a petition to revoke will not

automatically stay the transaction.

An original and 10 copies of all

pleadings, referring to STB Finance

Docket No. 33444 must be filed with the

Surface Transportation Board, Office of

the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K

Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. In addition, a copy of each

pleading must be served on Joseph D.

Anthofer, Esq., 1416 Dodge Street, #830,

Omaha, NE 68179.

Decided: August 20, 1997.