Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 165 / Tuesday, August 26, 1997 / Notices 45287

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.