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proceeding. The original and two copies

of the protest shall be filed with the

Associate Administrator for Safety,

FRA, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Mail

Stop 25, Washington, D.C. 20590 within

45 calendar days of the date of

publication of this notice. Additionally,

one copy of the protest shall be

furnished to the applicant at the address

listed above.

FRA expects to be able to determine

these matters without an oral hearing.

However, if a specific request for an oral

hearing is accompanied by a showing

that the party is unable to adequately

present his or her position by written

statements, an application may be set

for public hearing.

Issued in Washington, D.C. on December

10, 1997.

Grady C. Cothen, Jr.,

Deputy Associate Administrator,

for Safety Standards and

Program Development.

[FR Doc. 97–33554 Filed 12–23–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

[Docket Nos. 97–060; Notice 2; 97–061;

Notice 2; 97–064; Notice 2; 97–065; Notice

2; 97–068; Notice 2; 97–069; Notice 2;

NHTSA–97–3021]

Decision That Certain Nonconforming

Motor Vehicles Are Eligible for

Importation

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of decision by NHTSA

that certain nonconforming motor

vehicles are eligible for importation.

SUMMARY: This notice announces

decisions by NHTSA that certain motor

vehicles not originally manufactured to

comply with all applicable Federal

motor vehicle safety standards are

eligible for importation into the United

States because they are substantially

similar to vehicles originally

manufactured for importation into and/

or sale in the United States and certified

by their manufacturers as complying

with the safety standards, and they are

capable of being readily altered to

conform to the standards.

DATES: These decisions are effective as

of the date of their publication in the

Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George Entwistle, Office of Vehicle

Safety Compliance, NHTSA (202–366–

5306).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Under 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(A), a

motor vehicle that was not originally

manufactured to conform to all

applicable Federal motor vehicle safety

standards shall be refused admission

into the United States unless NHTSA

has decided that the motor vehicle is

substantially similar to a motor vehicle

originally manufactured for importation

into and sale in the United States,

certified under 49 U.S.C. 30115, and of

the same model year as the model of the

motor vehicle to be compared, and is

capable of being readily altered to

conform to all applicable Federal motor

vehicle safety standards.

Petitions for eligibility decisions may

be submitted by either manufacturers or

importers who have registered with

NHTSA pursuant to 49 CFR Part 592. As

specified in 49 CFR 593.7, NHTSA

publishes notice in the Federal Register

of each petition that it receives, and

affords interested persons an

opportunity to comment on the petition.

At the close of the comment period,

NHTSA decides, on the basis of the

petition and any comments that it has

received, whether the vehicle is eligible

for importation. The agency then

publishes this decision in the Federal

Register.

NHTSA received petitions from

registered importers to decide whether

the vehicles listed in Annex A to this

notice are eligible for importation into

the United States. To afford an

opportunity for public comment,

NHTSA published notice of these

petitions as specified in Annex A. The

reader is referred to those notices for a

thorough description of the petitions.

No comments were received in response

to these notices. Based on its review of

the information submitted by the

petitioners, NHTSA has decided to grant

the petitions.

Vehicle Eligibility Number for Subject

Vehicles

The importer of a vehicle admissible

under any final decision must indicate

on the form HS–7 accompanying entry

the appropriate vehicle eligibility

number indicating that the vehicle is

eligible for entry. Vehicle eligibility

numbers assigned to vehicles admissible

under this decision are specified in

Annex A.

Final Decision

Accordingly, on the basis of the

foregoing, NHTSA hereby decides that

each motor vehicle listed in Annex A to

this notice, which was not originally

manufactured to comply with all

applicable Federal motor vehicle safety

standards, is substantially similar to a

motor vehicle manufactured for

importation into and/or sale in the

United States, and certified under 49

U.S.C. 30115, as specified in Annex A,

and is capable of being readily altered

to conform to all applicable Federal

motor vehicle safety standards.

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30141(a)(1)(A) and

(b)(1); 49 CFR 593.8; delegations of authority

at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.8.

Issued on: December 19, 1997.

Marilynne Jacobs,

Director, Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.

Annex A.—Nonconforming Motor

Vehicles Decided To Be Eligible for

Importation

1. Docket No. 97–060

Nonconforming Vehicles: 1991–1996

Lexus SC300 and SC400

Substantially similar U.S.-certified

vehicles: 1991–1996 Lexus SC300

and SC400

Notice of Petition published at: 62 FR

48709 (September 16, 1997)

Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP–225

2. Docket No. 97–061

Nonconforming Vehicles: 1979 Jeep

CJ–7

Substantially similar U.S.-certified

vehicles: 1979 Jeep CJ7

Notice of Petition published at: 62 FR

48711 (September 16, 1997)

Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP–224

3. Docket No. 97–064

Nonconforming Vehicles: 1990–1993

BMW K1 Motorcycles

Substantially similar U.S.-certified

vehicles: 1990–1993 BMW K1

Motorcycles

Notice of Petition published at: 62 FR

51177 (September 30, 1997)

Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP–228

4. Docket No. 97–065

Nonconforming Vehicles: 1986—1997

Suzuki GSXR 1100 Motorcycles

Substantially similar U.S.-certified

vehicles: 1986—1997 Suzuki GSXR

1100 Motorcycles

Notice of Petition published at: 62 FR

51178 (September 30, 1997)

Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP–227

5. Docket No. 97–068

Nonconforming Vehicles: 1990–1991

Mercedes Benz 420 SE

Substantially similar U.S.-certified

vehicles: 1990–1991 Mercedes Benz

420 SEL

Notice of Petition published at: 62 FR

53047 (October 10, 1997)

Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP–230

6. Docket No. 97–069

Nonconforming Vehicles: 1987–1995

BMW K75S Motorcycles

Substantially similar U.S.-certified

vehicles: 1987–1995 BMW K75S
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Motorcycles

Notice of Petition published at: 62 FR

53048 (October 10, 1997)

Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP–229

7. Docket No. NHTSA 3021

Nonconforming Vehicles: 1994–1997

BMW R1100 Motorcycles

Substantially similar U.S.-certified

vehicles: 1994–1997 BMW R1100

Motorcycles

Notice of Petition published at: 62 FR

54896 (October 22, 1997)

Vehicle Eligibility Number: VSP–231

[FR Doc. 97–33616 Filed 12–23–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Fiscal Service

Financial Management Service;

Proposed Collection of Information:

Authorization Agreement for

Preauthorized Payment

AGENCY: Financial Management Service,

Fiscal Service, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Financial Management

Service, as part of its continuing effort

to reduce paperwork and respondent

burden, invites the general public and

other Federal agencies to take this

opportunity to comment on a

continuing information collection. By

this notice, the Financial Management

Service solicits comments concerning

the form ‘‘Authorization Agreement for

Preauthorized Payment.’’

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before February 23, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Financial Management Service, 3361–

L 75th Avenue, Landover, Maryland

20785.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the form(s) and instructions

should be directed to the Cash

Management Directorate, 401–14th

Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20227,

(202) 874–6540.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), the Financial

Management Service solicits comments

on the collection of information

described below.

Title: Authorization Agreement for

Preauthorized Payment.

OMB Number: 1510–0059.

Form Number: SF 5510.

Abstract: This form is used to collect

information from remitters (individuals

and corporations) to authorize

electronic fund transfers from accounts

maintained at financial institutions to

collect monies for government agencies.

Current Actions: Extension of

currently approved collection.

Type of Review: Regular.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

100,000.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 15

minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 25,000.

Comments: Comments submitted in

response to this notice will be

summarized and/or included in the

request for Office of Management and

Budget approval. All comments will

become a matter of public record.

Comments are invited on: (a) whether

the collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of

the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

collection of information; (c) ways to

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity

of the information to be collected; (d)

ways to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on

respondents, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology;

and (e) estimates of capital or start-up

costs and costs of operation,

maintenance and purchase of services to

provide information.

Dated: December 17, 1997.

Mitchell A. Devine,

Assistant Commissioner.

[FR Doc. 97–33505 Filed 12–23–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4810–35–M

UNITED STATES INFORMATION

AGENCY

Exchange Visitor Program; Skills List

AGENCY: United States Information

Agency.

ACTION: Amendment to delete the Czech

Republic from the Exchange Visitor

Skills List. Retroactive release from

Skills List obligation for all countries

without skills lists.

SUMMARY: The Exchange Visitor Skills

List is amended by deleting the fields of

specialization for the Czech Republic at

the request of the Government of the

Czech Republic. Also, in the case of all

governments which have requested

removal from the skills list, their

citizens are retroactively no longer

required, on the basis of the skills list,

to comply with the two-year home

residence requirement of 212(e) of the

Immigration and Nationality Act.

DATES: This amendment shall become

effective upon publication in the

Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: Comments and requests for

further information should be addressed

to: Patricia B. Gribben, Chief, Waiver

Review Branch, Exchange Visitor

Program Services, USIA, 301 Fourth

Street, SW, Suite 700, Washington, DC

20547, telephone (202) 401–9800.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to the provisions of section 212(e) of the

Immigration and Nationality Act, as

amended (8 U.S.C. 1182(E), The

Secretary of State designated on April

25, 1972, a list of fields of specialized

knowledge or skill (referred to as the

Exchange Visitor Skills List) and those

countries which clearly required the

services of persons engaged in one or

more of such fields. Any alien who was

a national or resident of one of those

countries and obtained an exchange

visitor visa and/or became a participant

in an Exchange Visitor Program

involving a designated field of

specialized knowledge or skill after the

effective date of that notice was subject

to the two-year home country physical

presence requirement of section 212(e)

of the Immigration and Nationality Act

and 22 CFR 41.65(b).

Pursuant to the provisions of

Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977,

section 217 of the United States

Information Agency Authorization Act

of August 24, 1982 (Pub. L. 97–241) and

Executive Order Nos. 12048 (March 27,

1978) and 12388 (October 14, 1982) the

Director, United States Information

Agency, on June 12, 1984 further

amended the 1972 Exchange Visitor

Skills list, as revised in 1978, to increase

the designated fields of specialized

knowledge of skills. The 1984

amendment gave notice of the addition

of China and the deletion of Cambodia,

Iran and Viet-Nam from the skills list as

well as the indefinite suspension of

Afghanistan. In September, 1986 an

amendment reflected the deletion of

South Africa, addition of Iraq and

changes in Group 4 for the People’s

Republic of China. It also clarifies that

the skills list for the People’s Republic

of China is not applicable to exchange

visitors from Taiwan. A February 1987

amendment gave notice of the indefinite

suspension of Libya and the addition of

two fields to Group (1) of the skills list

for the People’s Republic of China.

Amendments in March and April, 1987,

contained date corrections. An

amendment in December, 1988 added

additional fields to the skills list for the