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for the first time). The time record is

used by the FHWA and its State and

local partners in the Motor Carrier

Safety Assistance Program to determine

whether CMV drivers have violated the

HOS limitations. The regulations allow

motor carriers to prepare electronic time

records, in lieu of preparing paper time

records.

Need: Title 49 U.S.C. 31502

authorizes the Secretary of

Transportation to promulgate

regulations that establish maximum

HOS for employees of motor carriers.

Estimated Annual Burden: No annual

burden.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, 725–17th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20503, Attention DOT

Desk Officer.

Comments are invited on: whether the

proposed collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of

the functions of the Department,

including whether the information will

have practical utility; the accuracy of

the Department’s estimate of the burden

of the proposed information collection;

ways to enhance the quality, utility and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including the use of

automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 3,

1997.

Phillip A. Leach,

Clearance Officer, United States Department

of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97–5702 Filed 3–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P

Federal Aviation Administration

Notice of Comment Period Extension

for Updated Draft Air Quality

Conformity Determination, for SeattleTacoma International Airport, Seattle,

WA

AGENCY: Federal Aviation

Administration.

ACTION: Notice of comment period

extension.

SUMMARY: On February 7, 1997, the

Federal Aviation Administration and

the Port of Seattle, acting as joint lead

agencies, released for public and agency

review and comment, a Draft

Supplemental Environmental Impact

Statement (DSEIS) for the Master Plan

Update at Seattle-Tacoma International

Airport. This DSEIS is a combined

Federal National Environmental Policy

Act and Washington State

Environmental Policy Act document.

The comment period on the Updated

Draft Air Quality Conformity

Determination, contained in the DSEIS

has been extended to March 31, 1997.

Therefore, comments on both the

Updated Draft Air Quality Conformity

Determination and the DSEIS are due on

March 31, 1997. Comments should be

sent to Mr. Dennis Ossenkop, ANM–

611, Federal Aviation Administration,

Northwest Mountain Region, Airports

Division, 1601 Lind Avenue, SW.,

Renton, WA 98055–4056.

Issued in Renton, Washington on February

28, 1997.

Matthew Cavanaugh,

Acting Manager, Airports Division, Federal

Aviation Administration, Northwest

Mountain Region, Renton, Washington.

[FR Doc. 97–5712 Filed 3–6–97; 8:45 am]

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Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. RSAC–96–1, Notice No. 4]

Railroad Safety Advisory Committee;

Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Federal Railroad

Administration (FRA), Department of

Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of Railroad Safety

Advisory Committee (‘‘RSAC’’) meeting.

SUMMARY: As required by Section

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), and 41

CFR 101–6.1015(b), the Federal Railroad

Administration (FRA) gives notice of a

meeting of the Railroad Safety Advisory

Committee (‘‘RSAC’). The meeting is

designed to accomplish several things:

(1) The RSAC’s evaluation for consensus

approval of the Railroad

Communications working group’s

proposal for the revision of the railroad

communications standards contained in

49 CFR part 220; (2) the RSAC’s receipt

of status reports, containing progress

information, from the Power Brake

working group (to revise the power

brake regulations contained in 49 CFR

part 232), the Locomotive Engineer

Certification working group (to revise

the locomotive engineer certification

regulations contained in 49 CFR part

240), and the Tourist and Historic

Railroads working group’s Steam

Standards task force (to revise the steam

locomotive inspection and testing

standards contained in 49 CFR part

230); (3) the RSAC’s receipt of status

reports from the locomotive crew safety

planning group (to evaluate the agency’s

report to Congress on locomotive

crashworthiness and crew working

conditions and to assess possible future

action); (4) the RSAC’s receipt of status

reports on several issues which are not

currently tasked to the RSAC, but which

are in exploratory data gathering stages:

(a) the dispatcher training task force; (b)

the track motor vehicles and selfpropelled roadway equipment task

force; (c) AAR Event recorder data

survivability progress; and (d) the

address of several administrative

matters before the RSAC.

DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is

scheduled to commence at 8:30 a.m. and

conclude at 5:00 p.m. on Monday,

March 24.

ADDRESSES: The meeting of the RSAC

will be held at the Westin Hotel,

formerly the Washington Vista Hotel,

1400 M. Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

The meeting is open to the public on a

first-come, first-served basis and is

accessible to individuals with

disabilities. Sign language interpreters

will be available for individuals with

hearing impediments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Vicky McCully, FRA, 400 7th Street,

S.W. Washington, D.C. 20590, (202)

632–3330, Grady Cothen, Deputy

Associate Administrator for Safety

Standards and Program Development,

FRA, 400 7th Street, S.W., Washington,

D.C. 20590, (202) 632–3309, or Lisa

Levine, Office of Chief Counsel, FRA,

400 7th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.

20590, (202) 632–3189.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-

463), FRA is giving notice of a meeting

of the Railroad Safety Advisory

Committee (‘‘RSAC’). The meeting is

scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. and

conclude at 5:00 p.m. on Monday,

March 24, 1997. The meeting will be

held at the Westin Hotel, formerly the

Washington Vista Hotel, 1400 M. Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C. All times noted

are Eastern Standard Time.

RSAC was established to provide

advice and recommendations to the

FRA on railroad safety matters. The

Committee consists of 48 individual

representatives, drawn from among 27

organizations representing various rail

industry perspectives, and 2 associate

non-voting representatives from the

agencies with railroad safety regulatory

responsibility in Canada and Mexico.

During this meeting, the RSAC will be

considering, for consensus approval, the

Railroad Communications working

group’s proposal for the revision of the

railroad communications standards

contained in 49 CFR part 220. The

Committee will also be receiving status

reports, containing progress