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the U.S. Send a check or money order,

made payable to Superintendent of

Documents, with your request. Requests

may also be made by calling the

Government Printing Office at 202–512–

1800. No c.o.d. orders are accepted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Kathy Jones, FAA, Rotorcraft

Standards Staff, Rotorcraft Directorate,

Aircraft Certification Service, Fort

Worth, Texas 76193–0110, telephone

(817) 222–5359, fax (817) 222–5961.

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on November

7, 1997.

Eric Bries,

Acting Manager, Rotorcraft Directorate,

Aircraft Certification Service.

[FR Doc. 97–30359 Filed 11–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

Advisory Circular 20–2B, Certification

of Transport Category Rotorcraft

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of issuance and

availability.

SUMMARY: Advisory Circular (AC) 29–

2B, Certification of Transport Category

Rotorcraft, is a total revision of AC 29–

2A dated September 16, 1987, with

changes 1, 2, and 3, dated April 24,

1989, September 24, 1991, and June 1,

1995, respectively, incorporated. In

addition, new material plus changes to

existing paragraphs have been

incorporated to bring the AC up-to-date

with various rule changes to 14 CFR

Part 29. As part of the FAA effort to

achieve national standardization in

rotorcraft certification, the AC serves as

a ready reference for manufacturers,

modifiers, FAA design evaluation

engineers, flight test engineers, and

engineering flight test pilots and has

been harmonized with the Joint

Aviation Authority (JAA) to establish

common guidance for the U.S. and for

JAA member nations. The AC material

has no legally binding status and must

be treated as advisory only.

DATES: AC 29–2B was issued by the

Rotorcraft Directorate, Aircraft

Certification Service, on July 30, 1997.

How to Order: A copy of AC 29–2B

may be purchased from the

Superintendent of Documents, Mail

Stop: SSOP, U.S. Government Printing

Office, Washington, DC 20402, or from

any of the Government Printing Offices

located in major cities throughout the

United States. Identify the publication

as AC 29–2B, Certification of Transport

Category Rotorcraft, Stock Number 050–

007–01187–3. The cost if $63.00 per

copy for orders mailed within the U.S.

and $78.75 for orders mailed outside of

the U.S. Send a check or money order,

made payable to Superintendent of

Documents, with your request. Requests

may also be made by calling the

Government Printing Office at 202–512–

1800. No c.o.d. orders are accepted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Kathy Jones, FAA, Rotorcraft Standards

Staff, Rotorcraft Directorate, Aircraft

Certification Service, Fort Worth, Texas

76193–0110, telephone (817) 222–5359,

fax (817) 222–5961.

Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on November

7, 1997.

Eric Bries,

Acting Manager, Rotorcraft Directorate,

Aircraft Certification Service.

[FR Doc. 97–30358 Filed 11–18–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

[Notice No. 97–12]

Information Collection Activities

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration (RSPA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

RSPA invites comments on certain

information collections pertaining to

hazardous materials transportation for

which RSPA intends to request renewal

from the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB).

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before January

20, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Address written comments

to the Dockets Unit (DHM–30), Room

8421, Research and Special Programs

Administration, U.S. Department of

Transportation, 400 Seventh St., SW,

Washington, DC 20590–0001.

Comments may also be submitted by email to: rules @ rspa.dot.gov, or faxed to

(202) 366–3753. Comments should

identify the Notice number (97–12) and

the appropriate Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) Control Number(s).

Mailed written comments should be

submitted in two copies. Persons

wishing to receive confirmation of

receipt of their mailed written

comments should include a selfaddressed, stamped postcard showing

the Notice number. Public information

may be reviewed between the hours of

8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday

through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Requests for a copy of an information

collection should be directed to Deborah

Boothe, Office of Hazardous Materials

Standards (DHM–10), Research and

Special Programs Administration, Room

8102, 400 Seventh Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20590–0001,

Telephone (202) 366–8553.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Deborah Boothe, Office of Hazardous

Materials Standards (DHM–10),

Research and Special Programs

Administration, Room 8102, 400

Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC

20590–0001, Telephone (202) 366–8553.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

1320.8 (d), Title 5, Code of Federal

Regulations requires that RSPA provide

interested members of the public and

affected agencies an opportunity to

comment on information collection and

recordkeeping requests. This notice

identifies information collections that

RSPA is submitting to OMB for renewal

and extension. These collections are

contained in the Hazardous Materials

Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR parts 171–

180). RSPA has revised burden

estimates, where appropriate, to reflect

current reporting levels or adjustments

based on changes in proposed or final

rules published since the information

collections were last approved. The

following information is provided for

each information collection: (1) Title of

the information collection, including

former title if a change is being made;

(2) OMB control number; (3) summary

of the information collection activity; (4)

description of affected public; (5)

estimate of total annual reporting and

recordkeeping burden; and (6)

frequency of collection. RSPA will

request a three-year term of approval for

each information collection activity and,

when approved by OMB, publish notice

of the approval in the Federal Register.

RSPA requests comments on the

following information collections:

Title: Hazardous Materials Shipping

Papers and Emergency Response

Information (Former Title: Hazardous

Materials Shipping Papers).

OMB Control Number: 2137–0034.

Summary: Shipping papers and

emergency response information are a

basic communication tool used in the

safe transportation of hazardous

materials. They serve as a principal

means of identifying hazardous

materials during transportation,

including emergencies, by providing the

proper shipping name, hazard class, UN

identification number, packing group,

and quantity of each hazardous material
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being transported. Shipping papers also

provide emergency response

information for use in the mitigation of

an incident, and an emergency response

telephone number for use in the event

of an emergency. The telephone number

must be monitored at all times the

hazardous material is in transportation,

by a person who is either

knowledgeable of the hazardous

material being shipped and has

comprehensive emergency response and

incident mitigation information for that

material, or has immediate access to a

person who possesses such knowledge

and information. Shipping papers also

serve as a means of notifying transport

workers that hazardous materials are

present, so that the proper loading,

unloading, handling and safety

procedures may be followed. This

information collection renewal includes

new requirements for: shippers and

carriers to retain shipping papers for

one year as mandated by Section

5110(e) under the Federal hazardous

material transportation law; compliance

with the HMR by intrastate shippers and

carriers, published under Docket HM–

200, ‘‘Hazardous Materials in Intrastate

Commerce; Final Rule’’, on January 8,

1997 (62 FR 1108); and the President’s

initiative to reduce the regulatory

burdens imposed by the Federal

government.

Affected Public: Shippers and carriers

of hazardous materials in intrastate,

interstate, and foreign commerce.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping:

Number of Respondents: 250,000.

Total Annual Responses: 260,000,000.

Total Annual Burden Hours:

6,500,000.

Frequency of collection: On occasion.

Title: Radioactive Materials

(RAM)Transportation Requirements.

OMB Control Number: 2137–0510.

Summary: The requirements for

transportation of RAM are provided in

49 CFR parts 171–180. Information

collection requirements for RAM

include shipper notification to

consignees of the dates of shipment of

RAM, expected arrival, special loading/

unloading instructions; verification that

shippers using foreign-made packages

hold a foreign competent authority

certificate and verification that the

terms of the certificate are being

followed for RAM shipments being

made into this country; and specific

handling instructions from shippers to

carriers for fissile RAM, bulk shipments

of low specific activity RAM and

packages of RAM which emit high

levels of external radiation. These

information collection requirements

help to establish that proper packages

are used for the type of radioactive

material being transported, external

radiation levels do not exceed

prescribed limits, packages are handled

appropriately and delivered in a timely

manner, so as to ensure the safety of the

general public, transport workers and

emergency responders. This information

collection has been adjusted to reflect

program changes regarding

responsibility for the routing of highway

controlled quantities of radioactive

materials.

Affected Public: Shippers and carriers

of radioactive materials.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping:

Number of Respondents: 3,807.

Total Annual Responses: 21,319.2.

Total Annual Burden Hours: 14,480.

Frequency of collection: On occasion.

Issued in Washington, DC on November 14,

1997.

Edward T. Mazzullo,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials

Standards.

[FR Doc. 97–30352 Filed 11–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Thrift Supervision

[AC–35: OTS No. 00770]

First Federal Savings and Loan

Association of Cheraw, Cheraw, South

Carolina, Approval of Conversion

Application

Notice is hereby given that on

November 12, 1997, the Director,

Corporate Activities, Office of Thrift

Supervision, or her designee, acting

pursuant to delegated authority,

approved the application of First

Federal Savings and Loan Association of

Cheraw, Cheraw, South Carolina, to

convert to the stock form of

organization. Copies of the application

are available for inspection at the

Dissemination Branch, Office of Thrift

Supervision, 1700 G Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20552, and the

Southeast Regional Office, Office of

Thrift Supervision, 1475 Peachtree

Street, N.E., Atlanta, GA 30309.

Dated: November 14, 1997.

By the Office of Thrift Supervision.

Nadine Y. Washington,

Corporate Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–30381 Filed 11–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6720–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Gulf War Expert Scientific Advisory

Committee, Notice of Charter Renewal

This gives notice under the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, as amended

(Pub. L. 92–463; 5 U.S.C. App.), that the

Department of Veterans Affairs’ Gulf

War Expert Scientific Advisory

Committee (formerly named Persian

Gulf Expert Scientific Committee) has

been renewed for a 2-year period

beginning November 10, 1997, through

November 10, 1999.

Dated: November 12, 1997.

By Direction of the Acting Secretary.

Heyward Bannister,

Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–30401 Filed 11–18–97; 8:45 am]

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