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The comments will become part of this

docket and will be available for

inspection and copying by appointment

at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara Davis, U.S. Coast Guard, Office

of Information Management, telephone

(202) 267–2326.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comments

The U.S. Coast Guard encourages

interested persons to submit written

views, comments, data, or arguments.

Persons submitting comments should

include their names and addresses,

identify this Notice and the specific ICR

to which each comment applies, and

give reasons for each comment. The U.S.

Coast Guard requests that all comments

and attachments be submitted in an

unbound format no larger than 81⁄2 by

11 inches, suitable for copying and

electronic filing. If that is not practical,

a second copy of any bound material is

requested. Persons desiring

acknowledgement that their comments

have been received should enclose a

stamped, self-addressed post card or

envelope.

Interested persons can receive copies

of the complete ICR by contacting Ms.

Davis where indicated under

ADDRESSES.

Information Collection Requests

1. Title: U.S. Coast Guard Academy

Preliminary Application and

Supplemental Forms.

OMB Control No. 2115–0012.

Summary: The collection of

information will require individuals

who wish to compete for an

appointment as a Coast Guard Cadet to

fill out Preliminary and Supplement

Application Forms.

Need: Title 46 U.S.C. 211(a)

authorizes the Superintendent of the

U.S. Coast Guard Academy to ensure

that qualified individuals have every

opportunity to compete for a cadet

appointment

Respondents: Men and Women

between the ages of 17 and 22.

Frequency: One time only.

Burden Estimate: The estimated

burden is 6640 hours annually.

2. Title: 33 CFR 157—Requirments for

the installation and use of oil discharge

monitoring equipment on tank vessels

and International Oil Pollution

Prevention Certificate (IOPP).

OMB control No.: 2115–0518.

Summary: This collection of

information requires U.S. flag tank

vessels, 150 gross tons or more, to

maintain oily mixture discharge data.

Also U.S. flag oil tankers of 150 gross

tons and above and each U.S. ship of

400 gross tons and above that engage in

international voyages are required to

have an IOPP Certificate. This collection

is a combination of OMB No. 2115–0526

and OMB No. 2115–0518 under one

OMB approval number.

Need: 33 U.S.C. 1901–1911 requires

that MARPOL 73/78 requirements be

implemented in U.S. regulations.

Respondents: Owners or operators of

U.S. flag tank vessels, 150 gross tons or

more for discharge data. Owners or

operator of U.S. flag oil tankers of 150

gross tons and above and each U.S. ship

of 400 gross tons and above that engage

in international voyages for IOPP

Certificates.

Frequency: On occasion and every

five years.

Burden Estimate: The estimated

burden is 784 hours annually

3. Title: Characteristics of Liquid

Chemicals Proposed for Bulk Water

Movement.

OMB Control No.: 2115–0016.

Summary: The Coast Guard requires

manufacturers of chemicals to submit

data on new materials. From this

information, the Coast Guard

determines the appropriate precautions

to be taken.

Need: Under 46 C.F.R. 30–40, 151,

153 and 154, the Coast Guard regulates

the transportation of hazardous

materials. Due to the nature of the

chemical industry, new materials are

being produced which must be shipped.

Each of these new materials has unique

characteristics which require special

attention to their mode of shipment.

Repondents: Chemical manufacturers.

Frequency: On occasion.

Burden Estimate: The estimate burden

is 300 hours annually.

4. Title: Emergency Evacuation Plan

(EEP) For Manned Outer Continental

Shelf (OCS) Facilities.

OMB Control No.: 2115–0580.

Summary. This collection of

information requires the operators of

manned OCS facilities, including

Mobile Offshore Drilling Units,

(MODUs) to submit facility emergency

evacuation plans (EEPs) to the U.S.

Coast Guard.

Need: Under 43 U.S.C. Section 133(d),

the Coast Guard has the authority to

promulgate and enforce reasonable

regulations promoting the safety of life

and property on OCS facilities. Pub. L.

99–509 required the coast Guard to

issue regulations for the evacuation of

personnel from manned OCS facilities.

This information is used by the Coast

Guard to ensure that these facilities

establish and maintain efficient and safe

methods for evacuation.

Respondents: Operators of manned

OCS facilities and MODUs.

Frequency: When facilities are

established or when established

facilities undergo significant changes.

Burden Estimate: The estimated

burden is 3,460 hours annually.

5. Title: Direct User For Inspection or

Examination of U.S. and Foreign

Commercial Vessels.

OMB Control No.: 2115–0617.

Summary: This collection requires the

submission of identifying information

such as vessel name, vessel

identification number and if the owner

chooses to pay fees for future years, a

written request to the Coast Guard is

requested.

Need: The Omnibus Budget

Reconciliation Act of 1990, which

amended 46 U.S.C. 2110, now requires

the Coast Guard to collect user fees from

inspected vessels. In order to properly

track the collection and management of

fees, the Coast Guard must have current

identification information. This

collection helps to ensure that fee

collection is carried out efficiently.

Respondents: Vessel owners of certain

inspected vessels.

Frequency: Annually.

Burden Estimate: The estimated

burden is 2,855 annually.

Dated October 10, 1997.

G.N. Naccara,

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of

Information and Technology.

[FR Doc. 97–27745 Filed 10–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–14–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[CGD 97–044]

Port Access Routes; Approaches to

the Mississippi River via Southwest

Pass, South Pass, Tiger Pass Including

the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of meeting; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is

conducting a study to evaluate the need

for vessel routing or other traffic

management measures in the

Mississippi River. The Coast Guard will

conduct two public meetings to obtain

information from members of the

regulated community and the general

public on impediments that interfere

with their mobility on the waterway.

The information will be used to evaluate

the effectiveness of existing traffic

management measures as well as

identify other safety concerns.

DATES: The meetings will be held

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p.m. to 10 p.m. and on Thursday,

November 13, 1997, from 1 p.m. to 4

p.m. Written material must be received

not later than November 20, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The November 12, 1997,

meeting will be held in the Buras

Auditorium, 111 Auditorium Drive,

Buras, LA. The November 13, 1997,

meeting will be held in the Basement

Conference Room, Hale Boggs Federal

Building, 501 Magazine Street, New

Orleans, LA. Written comments may be

mailed to Commander (mov-1), Eighth

Coast Guard District, Hale Boggs Federal

Building, 501 Magazine Street, New

Orleans, LA 70130–3396, or may be

delivered to room 1341 at the same

address between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, except Federal

holidays. Comments will become part of

this docket and will be available for

inspection or copying at room 1341,

Eighth Coast Guard District office,

between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday

through Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Monty Ledet, Commander, Eighth

Coast Guard District (m), Room 1341,

Hale Boggs Federal Building, 501

Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA

70130–3396, telephone (504) 589–4686.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Coast

Guard initiated a port access route study

because of safety concerns raised by the

Associated Branch Pilots and the Coast

Guard Marine Safety Office in New

Orleans, LA. The study was announced

in the Federal Register on August 21,

1997 (62 FR 44428). The notice of study

explained in detail the various traffic

management measures, i.e., traffic

separation scheme, two-way route,

precautionary area, that may be used to

address any safety problems in the

study area.

The study area encompasses the

approaches to the Mississippi River, the

Mississippi Gulf Outlet as well as the

area offshore of southeast Louisiana

used by commercial vessels transiting to

and between these ports. The Coast

Guard is trying to determine the scope

of any safety problems associated with

vessel transit in this area.

Attendance is open to the public.

With advance notice, and as time

permits, members of the public may

make oral presentations during the

meeting. Persons wishing to make oral

presentations should notify the person

listed above under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT no later than the

day before the meeting. The meetings

will be workshops to identify and

prioritize the impediments which

interfere with mobility on the waterway.

Written material may be submitted prior

to, during, or after the meetings.

For information on facilities or services for

individuals with disabilities or to request

special assistance at the meetings, contact

Mr. Monty Ledet at (504) 589–4686 as soon

as possible.

Dated: October 10, 1997.

T.H. Gilmour,

Acting Assistant Commandant for Marine

Safety and Environmental Protection.

[FR Doc. 97–27746 Filed 10–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–14–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[FRA Docket No. RSGC–7–SPO, Notice No.

1l]

RIN 2130–AA

Temporary Cessation of Sounding of

Locomotive Horn

AGENCY: Federal Railroad

Administration (FRA), Department of

Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of interim final order and

request for comments.

SUMMARY: FRA is issuing an Interim

Final Order in which The Burlington

Northern and Santa Fe Railway

Company would be ordered to

temporarily cease the sounding of

locomotive horns at a specific crossing

within Spokane County, Washington.

As provided by statute, the Secretary of

Transportation, in order to promote the

quiet of communities affected by rail

operations and the development of

innovative safety measures at highwayrail crossings, may, in connection with

demonstration of proposed new

supplementary safety measures, order a

railroad to temporarily cease the

sounding of locomotive horns at such

crossings.

DATES: Written comments must be

received by November 20, 1997.

Comments received after that date will

be considered to the extent possible

without incurring additional delay.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be submitted to the Docket Clerk, Office

of Chief Counsel, Mail Stop 10, FRA,

400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington,

D.C. 20590.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bruce F. George, Staff Director, Highway

Rail Crossing and Trespasser Programs,

Office of Safety, FRA, 400 Seventh

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

(telephone: 202–632–3312); Grady C.

Cothen, Jr., Deputy Associate

Administrator for Safety Standards,

FRA, 400 Seventh Street, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20590 (telephone:

202–632–3309; or Mark Tessler, Office

of Chief Counsel, FRA, 400 Seventh

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

(telephone 202–632–3171) (e-mail

address: mtessler@fra.dot.gov) .

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Section 20153 of Title 49 of the

United States Code authorizes DOT (and

by delegation of the Secretary of

Transportation, FRA) to prescribe

regulations requiring that locomotive

horns be sounded while each train is

approaching and entering upon each

public highway-rail grade crossing. The

statute also permits the Secretary to

exempt from the requirement to sound

the locomotive horn any category of rail

operations or categories of highway-rail

grade crossings for which

supplementary safety measures fully

compensate for the absence of the

warning provided by the horn. Section

20153(e)(1) states that ‘‘In order to

promote the quiet of communities

affected by rail operations and the

development of innovative safety

measures at highway-rail grade

crossings, the Secretary may, in

connection with demonstration of

proposed new supplementary safety

measures, order railroad carriers

operating over one or more crossings to

cease temporarily the sounding of

locomotive horns at such crossings. Any

such measures shall have been subject

to testing and evaluation and deemed

necessary by the Secretary prior to

actual use in lieu of the locomotive

horn.’’

FRA has been requested by

representatives of Spokane County,

Washington, the Washington Utilities

and Transportation Commission, and

the Burlington Northern Santa Fe

Railroad Company to order the

temporary cessation of sounding of

locomotive horns at two crossings in

Spokane County in order to demonstrate

new and innovative engineering

solutions to prevent motorists from

entering onto highway-rail grade

crossings equipped with fully

functioning grade crossing warning

devices. The crossings which are the

subject of this Order are located at

University Road within Spokane

County, approximately five miles east of

the City of Spokane. Two parallel BNSF

tracks, each with a separate set of

automatic grade crossing warning

devices, cross University Road

approximately 100 feet south of State

Route 290 (Trent Avenue).

In order to institute this

demonstration project as soon as

possible, FRA is issuing this order on an

interim basis. Upon compliance with