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and must become effective upon leaving

the vehicle, or not later than the point

at which the vehicle is locked, and must

deactivate the vehicle only by electronic

means and not with the mechanical key.

BMW also stated that the doors and

ignition locks for the Carline 3 conform

to Swedish Regulation F42–1975, which

requires a minimum of five minutes

resistance to the application of

commonly available tools.

Based on evidence submitted by

BMW, the agency believes that the

antitheft device for the Carline 3 is

likely to be as effective in reducing and

deterring motor vehicle theft as

compliance with the parts-marking

requirements of the theft prevention

standard (49 CFR Part 541).

The agency concludes that the device

will provide the types of performance

listed in § 543.6(a)(3): Promoting

activation; preventing defeat or

circumvention of the device by

unauthorized persons; preventing

operation of the vehicle by

unauthorized entrants; and ensuring the

reliability and durability of the device.

The device lacks the ability to attract

attention to the efforts of unauthorized

persons to enter or operate a vehicle by

a means other than a key

(§ 543.6(a)(3)(ii)).

As required by 49 U.S.C. § 33106 and

49 CFR Part 543.6(a) (4) and (5), the

agency finds that BMW has provided

adequate reasons for its belief that the

antitheft device will reduce and deter

theft. This conclusion is based on the

information BMW provided about its

device.

For the foregoing reasons, the agency

hereby grants in full BMW’s petition for

exemption for Carline 3 from the partsmarking requirements of 49 CFR Part

541.

If BMW decides not to use the

exemption for this line, it should

formally notify the agency. If such a

decision is made, the line must be fully

marked according to the requirements

under 49 CFR Parts 541.5 and 542.6

(marking of major component parts and

replacement parts).

NHTSA notes that if BMW wishes in

the future to modify the device on

which this exemption is based, the

company may have to submit a petition

to modify the exemption. Part 543.7(d)

states that a Part 543 exemption applies

only to vehicles that belong to a line

exempted under this part and equipped

with the antitheft device on which the

line’s exemption is based. Further, Part

543.9(c)(2) provides for the submission

of petitions ‘‘to modify an exemption to

permit the use of an antitheft device

similar to but differing from the one

specified in that exemption.’’ The

agency wishes to minimize the

administrative burden that Part

543.9(c)(2) could place on exempted

vehicle manufacturers and itself.

The agency did not intend in drafting

Part 543 to require the submission of a

modification petition for every change

to the components or design of an

antitheft device. The significance of

many such changes could be de

minimis. Therefore, NHTSA suggests

that if the manufacturer contemplates

making any changes the effects of which

might be characterized as de minimis, it

should consult the agency before

preparing and submitting a petition to

modify.

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 33106; delegation of

authority at 49 CFR 1.50.

Issued: November 18, 1997.

L. Robert Shelton,

Associate Administrator for Safety

Performance Standards.

[FR Doc. 97–30903 Filed 11–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

[Notice No. 97–14]

Notice of Information Collection

Approval

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration (RSPA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of Information Collection

Approval.

SUMMARY: This notice announces OMB

approval of information collection

request for OMB No. 2137–0595,

entitled Cargo Tank Motor Vehicles in

Liquefied Compressed Gas Service. This

information collection has been

extended until March 31, 1999.

DATES: The expiration date of this

information collection is March 31,

1999.

ADDRESSES: 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.

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: Office of

Management and Budget (OMB)

regulations (5 CFR 1320) implementing

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995 (P.L. 104–13) require that

interested members of the public and

affected agencies have an opportunity to

comment on information collection and

recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR

1320.8(s)) and specify that no person is

required to respond to an information

collection unless it displays a valid

OMB control number. RSPA published

a final rule in the Federal Register (62

FR 44038) on August 18, 1997, entitled

‘‘Hazardous Materials: Cargo Tank

Motor Vehicles in Liquefied

Compressed Gas Service’’. RSPA

received approval from OMB for the

information collection in that final rule

under OMB No. 2137–0595. The

approval expires on February 28, 1998.

RSPA published Notice No. 97–4 (62

FR 44169) on August 19, 1997,

requesting comments on this

information collection. The comment

period on Notice No. 97–4 closed on

September 18, 1997. Based on

comments received on Notice 97–4,

RSPA submitted a request to OMB for

extension of the information collection

approval until March 31, 1999, which is

the expiration date for requirements in

the final rule. RSPA received no

comments to Notice No. 97–4. RSPA has

received approval from OMB for

information collection OMB No. 2137–

0595, entitled ‘‘Hazardous Materials:

Cargo Tank Motor Vehicles in Liquefied

Compressed Gas Service.’’

This information collection approval

expires on March 31, 1999.

Issued in Washington, DC on November 20,

1997.

Edward T. Mazzullo,

Director, Office of Hazardous Materials

Standards.

[FR Doc. 97–30963 Filed 11–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Treasury Advisory Committee on

Commercial Operations of the U.S.

Customs Service; Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Departmental Offices, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

date and location of the next meeting

and the agenda for consideration by the

Treasury Advisory Committee on

Commercial Operations of the U.S.

Customs Service.

DATE: The next meeting of the Treasury

Advisory Committee on Commercial

Operations of the U.S. Customs Service

will be held on December 11, 1997. The
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session will be held from approximately

9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at a meeting

room in or near the main Treasury

Building at 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue,

N.W., Washington, D.C.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dennis M. O’Connell, Director, Office of

Tariff and Trade Affairs, Office of the

Under Secretary for Enforcement, Room

4004, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20220. Tel.: (202)

622–0220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is the

fifth meeting of the current two-year

term of the Committee. The provisional

agenda to be considered at the meeting

is as follows:

1. Automated Export System:

Establishment and operation of the

subcommittee to develop industry

recommendations.

2. The Treasury Investment Review

Board role in the future of Customs

automation.

It is expected that several additional

items will be added to the provisional

agenda prior to the meeting. Members of

the public may obtain the final content

of the agenda and the precise location

of the meeting by calling the

information number one week prior to

the meeting. The Committee, in its

discretion, may take up other matters,

time permitting.

The meeting is open to the public.

However, participation in the

discussion is limited to Committee

members and Treasury and Customs

staff. It is necessary for any person other

than an Advisory Committee member

who wishes to attend the meeting to

give notice by contacting Ms. Theresa

Manning no later than December 4, 1997

at 202–622–0220.

Dated: November 19, 1997.

John P. Simpson,

Deputy Assistant Secretary (Regulatory, Tariff

and Trade Enforcement).

[FR Doc. 97–30956 Filed 11–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4810–25–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Community Development Financial

Institutions Fund

RIN 1505–AA71

Bank Enterprise Award Program;

Amended Notice of Funds Availability

(NOFA) for the Bank Enterprise Award

(BEA) Program

AGENCY: Community Development

Financial Institutions Fund,

Department.

ACTION: Amended Notice of Funds

Availability (NOFA).

SUMMARY: The Community Development

Financial Institutions Fund (the Fund)

issues this amendment to the Notice of

Funds Availability (NOFA) published in

the Federal Register on March 7, 1997,

which invited applications for the Bank

Enterprise Award (BEA) Program. That

NOFA identified the applicable

Assessment Period as March 1, 1997

through August 31, 1997. Since

publication, the Fund has learned that

technical advice that the Fund provided

to an entity in connection with the

entity’s certification as a Community

Development Financial Institution

(CDFI) under 12 CFR part 1805 may

have led the entity to obtain investment

capital from insured depository

institutions prior to the commencement

of the Assessment Period. Currently,

pursuant to the BEA Program as set

forth in the March 7, 1997 NOFA and

the BEA Program regulations at 12 CFR

part 1806, CDFI Related Activities

carried out by insured depository

institutions before March 1, 1997 are not

eligible for an award. To fulfill the

purpose of the Community

Development Banking and Financial

Institutions Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4701

et seq.), the Fund will allow insured

depository institution applicants the

option of electing an Assessment Period

from February 1, 1997 through July 31,

1997, provided that they meet certain

conditions. The Fund is confident that

there are sufficient funds available to

make full cash awards to all insured

depository institution applicants in the

second round of the BEA Program that

qualified to receive awards, and assures

all such applicants that no awards will

be reduced as a result of this

amendment.

DATES: Elections must be received in the

offices of the Fund on or before

December 12, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Elections shall be mailed or

faxed to: The Community Development

Financial Institutions Fund, U.S.

Department of the Treasury, 601 13th

Street, NW, Suite 200 South,

Washington, D.C. 20005, Fax Number

(202) 622–7754.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

Community Development Financial

Institutions Fund, U.S. Department of

the Treasury, 601 13th Street, NW, Suite

200 South, Washington, D.C. 20005, or

call (202) 622–8662.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The purpose of the Community

Development Banking and Financial

Institutions Act of 1994 (Act) was to

create the Fund to promote economic

revitalization and community

development through investment in and

assistance to Community Development

Financial Institutions (CDFIs). The

Fund’s BEA Program helps achieve this

purpose through an incentive system for

insured depository institutions to

increase their lending to and investment

in CDFIs by rewarding participating

institutions with awards.

II. Reasons for Amending the March 7,

1997 Notice of Funds Availability

In early 1997, the Fund provided

technical advice to an entity regarding

the Fund’s requirements for certification

as a CDFI under 12 CFR part 1805. The

Fund understands that its technical

advice led the entity to obtain

investment capital from insured

depository institutions in February

1997, and that the Fund also certified it

as a CDFI in February 1997.

Under the BEA Program, insured

depository institutions which engage in

CDFI Related Activities, including

equity investments in CDFIs, during an

Assessment Period will be eligible for

an award (see 12 CFR part 1806). The

Fund sets forth the applicable

Assessment Period in a Notice of Funds

Availability (NOFA). On March 7, 1997

(62 FR 10679), the Fund published a

NOFA in the Federal Register setting

the applicable Assessment Period as

March 1, 1997 through August 31, 1997.

As a result, CDFI Related Activities

conducted by insured depository

institutions in February 1997 are not

eligible for a Bank Enterprise Award.

The Fund believes that such a result

would be inconsistent with the purpose

of the Act under circumstances where

insured depository institutions carried

out CDFI Related Activities prior to the

Assessment Period as a direct or

indirect result of the Fund’s technical

advice, and would have carried out such

activities during the Assessment Period

but for such advice. Specifically, the Act

is intended to reward insured

depository institutions for increased

investments in CDFIs. If the Fund does

not amend the NOFA, at least two

insured depository institutions would

not be eligible to receive a Bank

Enterprise Award for CDFI Related

Activities carried out in February 1997.

III. Amended Optional Assessment

Period

The amended optional Assessment

Period is February 1, 1997 through July

31, 1997.

IV. Eligibility

Any insured depository institution

that timely submitted to the Fund an

application in response to the March 7,

1997 NOFA may elect the amended