5962 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 27 / Monday, February 10, 1997 / Notices

DATES: Written comments must be

received by the Office of the Secretary

not later than April 11, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be captioned ‘‘Clothing Textiles and

Film, Collection of Information’’ and

mailed to the Office of the Secretary,

Consumer Product Safety Commission,

Washington, DC 20207, or delivered to

that office, room 502, 4330 East West

Highway, Bethesda, Maryland.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

information about the proposed

extension of the collection of

information, or to obtain a copy of 16

CFR Parts 1610 and 1611, call or write

Robert E. Frye, Director, Office of

Planning and Evaluation, Consumer

Product Safety Commission,

Washington, DC 20207; telephone (301)

504–0416, extension 2264.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

Clothing and fabrics intended for use

in clothing (except children’s sleepwear

in sizes 0 through 14) are subject to the

Standard for the Flammability of

Clothing Textiles (16 CFR Part 1610).

Clothing made from vinyl plastic film

and vinyl plastic film intended for use

in clothing (except children’s sleepwear

in sizes 0 through 14) are subject to the

Standard for the Flammability of Vinyl

Plastic Film (16 CFR Part 1611). These

standards prescribe a test to assure that

articles of wearing apparel, and fabrics

and film intended for use in wearing

apparel, are not dangerously flammable

because of rapid and intense burning.

(Children’s sleepwear and fabrics and

related materials intended for use in

children’s sleepwear in sizes 0 through

14 are subject to other, more stringent

flammability standards, codified at 16

CFR Parts 1615 and 1616.) The

flammability standards for clothing

textiles and vinyl plastic film were

made mandatory by the Flammable

Fabrics Act of 1953 (FFA) (Pub. L. 83–

88, 67 Stat. 111; June 30, 1953).

Section 8 of the FFA (15 U.S.C. 1197)

provides that a person who receives a

guaranty in good faith that a product

complies with an applicable

flammability standard is not subject to

criminal prosecution for a violation of

the FFA resulting from the sale of any

product covered by the guaranty.

Section 8 of the FFA requires that a

guaranty must be based on ‘‘reasonable

and representative tests.’’ The

Commission estimates that about 1,000

manufacturers and importers of

clothing, and of textiles and vinyl film

intended for use in clothing, issue

guaranties that the products they

produce or import comply with the

applicable standard.

B. Testing and Recordkeeping

Regulations implementing the

flammability standards for clothing

textiles and vinyl plastic film prescribe

requirements for testing and

recordkeeping by firms that issue

guaranties. See 16 CFR Part 1610,

Subpart B, and 16 CFR Part 1611,

Subpart B.

The Commission uses the information

compiled and maintained by firms that

issue these guaranties to help protect

the public from risks of injury or death

associated with clothing and fabrics and

vinyl film intended for use in clothing.

More specifically, the information helps

the Commission arrange corrective

actions if any products covered by a

guaranty fail to comply with the

applicable standard in a manner that

creates a substantial risk of injury or

death to the public. The Commission

also uses this information to determine

whether the requisite testing was

performed to support the guaranties.

The Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) approved the collection of

information in the enforcement

regulations implementing the standards

for clothing textiles and vinyl plastic

film under control number 3041–0024.

OMB’s most recent extension of

approval will expire on May 31, 1997.

The Commission proposes to request an

extension of approval without change

for the collection of information in those

regulations.

C. Estimated Burden

The Commission staff estimates that

about 1,000 firms which manufacture or

import products subject to the

flammability standards for clothing

textiles and vinyl plastic film issue

guaranties that the products they

produce or import comply with the

applicable standard. The Commission

staff estimates that these standards and

implementing regulations will impose

an average annual burden of about 101.6

hours on each of those firms. That

burden will result from conducting the

testing and maintaining records

required by the implementing

regulations. The total annual burden

imposed by the standards and

regulations on all manufacturers and

importers of clothing textiles and vinyl

plastic film will be about 101,600 hours.

The hourly wage for the testing and

recordkeeping required by the standards

and regulations is about $12, for an

estimated annual cost to the industry of

$1,219,200.

The Commission will expend

approximately one-half month of

professional staff time reviewing and

evaluating the records maintained by

manufacturers and importers of wearing

apparel, clothing textiles and vinyl film

subject to the standards. The annual

cost to the Federal government of the

collection of information in the

sleepwear standards and implementing

regulations is estimated to be $2,800.

D. Request for Comments

The Commission solicits written

comments from all interested persons

about the proposed extension of

approval of the collection of information

in the flammability standards for

clothing textiles and vinyl film and the

enforcement regulations implementing

those standards. The Commission

specifically solicits information about

the hourly burden and monetary costs

imposed by the collection of

information on firms subject to this

collection of information. The

Commission also seeks information

relevant to the following topics:

• Whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the Commission’s

functions;

• Whether the information will have

practical utility for the Commission;

• Whether the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be collected

could be enhanced; and

• Whether the burden imposed by the

collection of information could be

minimized by use of automated,

electronic or other technological

collection techniques, or other form of

information technology.

Dated: February 5, 1997.

Sadye E. Dunn,

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety

Commission.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army

Program for Qualifying Department of

Defense (DOD) Brokers

AGENCY: Military Traffic Management

Command, DOD.

ACTION: Notice (Request for Comments).

SUMMARY: The Carrier Qualification

Program is being amended to add

qualification standards for brokers and

to expand the basic Agreement to

include brokers. The effect is that

brokers will be eligible to qualify to

compete in DOD transportation

procurements on the same or similar

terms as other carriers. A copy of the
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Agreement between MTMC and brokers

is available upon request.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before April 11, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed

to: Headquarters, Military Traffic

Management Command, ATTN: MTOP–

QQ, Room 630, 5611 Columbia Pike,

Falls Church, VA 22041–5050.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rick Wirtz, MTOP–QQ, telephone (703)

681–6393.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: MTMC is

the agency established within the DOD

for the procurement of land

transportation services from commercial

carriers on behalf of DOD shippers.

Historically brokers could not

participate in DOD traffic because the

broker was an intermediary between the

shipper and the carrier, essentially

duplicating the mission performed by

MTMC of matching the DOD shipper’s

requirements with a carrier which can

accommodate to move. Brokers were not

carriers, did not perform transportation,

did not assume responsibility for the

transportation, and did not publish

tariffs or offer Government rate tenders

or enter into Government bills of lading

(GBLs) or other transportation contracts.

Today, in the deregulated transportation

environment, brokers can and do

conduct carrier operations, perform

transportation, and assume

responsibility for the transportation, and

no reason appears why they may not

voluntarily enter into the DOD standard

tender/GBL and other transportation

contracts arranged by MTMC.

Consequently, MTMC is now proposing

to change its policy, in order to offer

brokers the opportunity to qualify for

participation in DOD transportation

procurements, except shipments

requiring a Transportation Protective

Services (TPS). Under MTMC’s new

policy, brokers interested in competing

for DOD traffic, except TPS shipments,

could apply for qualification by

executing the basic Agreement, and by

complying with requirements for

submission of evidence of insurance

(public liability and cargo), a list of

underlying carriers which the broker

intends to use in the movement of DOD

shipments, a performance bond, and

other standard requirements.

Gregory D. Showalter,

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–3164 Filed 2–7–97; 8:45 am]

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Office of the Secretary

Defense Intelligence Agency, Scientific

Advisory Board Closed Meeting

AGENCY: Department of Defense, Defense

Intelligence Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

Subsection (d) of Section 10 of Public

Law 92–463, as amended by Section 5

of Public Law 94–409, notice is hereby

given that a closed meeting of the DIA

Scientific Advisory Board has been

scheduled as follows:

DATES: February 14, 1997 (800 a.m. to

1600 p.m.).

ADDRESSES: The Defense Intelligence

Agency, Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C.

20340–5100.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maj.

Michael W. Lamb, USAF, Executive

Secretary, DIA Scientific Advisory

Board, Washington, D.C. 20340–1328

(202) 231–4930.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The entire

meeting is devoted to the discussion of

classified information as defined in

Section 552b(c)(I), Title 5 of the U.S.

Code and therefore will be closed to the

public. The Board will receive briefings

on and discuss several current critical

intelligence issues and advise the

Director, DIA, on related scientific and

technical matters.

Dated: February 5, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 97–3188 Filed 2–7–97; 8:45 am]

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Department of the Navy

Privacy Act of 1974; System of

Records

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Delete record systems.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy

proposes to delete systems of records

notices in its inventory of records

systems subject to the Privacy Act of

1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. The

amendment consists of changing the

system identifier of N01740–2, Family

Dependent Care Program, last published

on October 17, 1996, at 61 FR 54176, to

N01740–1, Family Dependent Care

Program.

DATES: The actions will be effective on

March 12, 1997, unless comments are

received that would result in a contrary

determination.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the

Department of the Navy, PA/FOIA

Policy Branch, Chief of Naval

Operations (N09B30), 2000 Navy

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20350–2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs.

Doris Lama at (202) 685–6545 or DSN

325–6545.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

amendment consists of changing the

system identifier of N01740–2, Family

Dependent Care Program, last published

on October 17, 1996, at 61 FR 54176, to

N01740–1, Family Dependent Care

Program.

The Department of the Navy’s record

system notices for records systems

subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5

U.S.C. 552a), as amended, have been

published in the Federal Register and

are available from the address above.

Dated: February 5, 1997.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

DELETION

N11012–1

SYSTEM NAME:

Navy Personnel Billeting System

(NPBS) (February 22, 1993, 58 FR

10815).

Reason: System was never

implemented.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

National Assessment Governing

Board: Meeting Cancellation

AGENCY: National Assessment

Governing Board; Education.

ACTION: Cancellation.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

cancellation of a closed meeting of the

National Assessment Governing Board’s

Nominations Committee that was

published in the Federal Register, Vol.

62, No. 2, page 400, Friday, January 3,

1997. This meeting has been cancelled

due to a delay in receipt of materials

necessary for the Committee’s work.

Dated: February 5, 1997.

Roy Truby,

Executive Director, National Assessment

Governing Board.

[FR Doc. 97–3163 Filed 2–7–97; 8:45 am]

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