Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 210 / Thursday, October 30, 1997 / Notices 58767

Regulations (14 CFR Chapter I),

dispositions of certain petitions

previously received, and corrections.

The purpose of this notice is to improve

the public’s awareness of, and

participation in, this aspect of FAA’s

regulatory activities. Neither publication

of this notice nor the inclusion or

omission of information in the summary

is intended to affect the legal status of

any petition or its final disposition.

DATES: Comments on petitions received

must identify the petition docket

number involved and must be received

on or before November 21, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on any

petition in triplicate to: Federal

Aviation Administration, Office of the

Chief Counsel, Attn: Rule Docket (AGC–

200), Petition Docket No. 24041, 800

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, D.C. 20591.

Comments may also be sent

electronically to the following internet

address: 9–NPRM–CMSTS@faa.dot.gov.

The petition, any comments received,

and a copy of any final disposition are

filed in the assigned regulatory docket

and are available for examination in the

Rules Docket (AGC–200), Room 915G,

FAA Headquarters Building (FOB 10A),

800 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, D.C. 20591; telephone

(202) 267–3132.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Heather Thorson, (202) 267–7470, or

Angela Anderson, (202) 267–9681,

Office of Rulemaking (ARM–1), Federal

Aviation Administration, 800

Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20591.

This notice is published pursuant to

paragraphs (c), (e), and (g) of § 11.27 of

part 11 of the Federal Aviation

Regulations (14 CFR part 11).

Issued in Washington, D.C., on October 23,

1997.

Donald P. Byrne,

Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations.

Dispositions of Petitions

Docket No: 24041.

Petitioner: Bulter Aircraft Co.

Sections of the FAR Affected: 14 CFR

91.529(a)(1).

Description of Relief Sought/

Disposition: To permit the petitioner to

operate McDonnell Douglas DC–6 and

DC–7 aircraft without a flight engineer

during flightcrew training, ferry

operations, and test flights that are

conducted to prepare for firefighting

operations conducted under 14 CFR part

137.

Grant, October 9, 1997, Exemption

No. 2989I.

[FR Doc. 97–28752 Filed 10–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[FHWA Docket No. 2983]

Notice of Request for Reinstatement of

Expired Information Collection

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), USDOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

this notice announces the intention of

the FHWA to request the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) to

reinstate the information collection

entitled Highway Safety and

Improvement Program and Priorities.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before December 29, 1997.

ADDRESSES: All signed, written

comments should refer to the docket

number that appears in the heading of

this document and must be submitted to

the Docket Clerk, U.S. DOT Dockets,

Room PL–401, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 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.

Interested parties are invited to send

comments regarding any aspect of this

information collection, including, but

not limited to: (1) The necessity and

utility of the information collection for

the proper performance of the functions

of the FHWA; (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 clearance of this

information collection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Kenneth Epstein, Office of Highway

Safety, (202) 366–2157, 400 7th Street,

SW, Washington, DC 20590. Office

hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,

e.t., Monday through Friday, except

Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Highway Safety and

Improvement Program and Priorities.

OMB No: 2125–0025.

Background: Each year all States and

Territories are required to report to the

Secretary of Transportation on the

progress being made in implementing

the Highway Safety Improvement

Programs (Rail-Highway Crossings and

Hazard Elimination) and the

effectiveness of these programs. The

Secretary is required to report annually

to the Congress on the progress of the

safety programs based upon the

information reported by the States. The

FHWA receives the program

information from the States. Numerical

data are processed and stored in the

computerized Highway Safety

Evaluation System. A report is then

prepared for Congress providing the

required information on the

effectiveness of highway safety

improvement projects. Congress uses

the contents of this report when

determining the level of funding for the

Highway Safety Improvement Programs

and when modifying these programs.

The information collected by the

States in the survey of all public roads

includes motor vehicle accident data,

traffic volume data, and highway

inventory data. This information is used

by the States to identify hazards and to

determine what safety improvements

would be cost-effective when mitigating

those hazards. Without this process

fewer lives would be saved and fewer

injuries averted by the Highway Safety

Improvement Programs administered by

the FHWA.

Respondents: The overall annual

reporting burden is shared by the 50

States and the District of Columbia.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: The

annual reporting burden is estimated to

be 11,220 hours.

Frequency: The respondents are

required to report on an annual basis.

Authority: Title 23, U.S. Code, Section 130;

23 U.S.C. 152, 23 CFR 924.

Issued on: October 17, 1997.

Diana Zeidel,

Deputy Associate Administrator for

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–28764 Filed 10–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[FHWA Docket No. 97–2934]

Notice of Request for Renewal of an

Existing Information Collection

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of