Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 53 / Wednesday, March 19, 1997 / Notices 13207

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008.)

Dated: March 12, 1997.

Herbert L. Mitchell,

Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 97–6843 Filed 3–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P

[Declaration of Disaster #2938]

State of West Virginia

As a result of the President’s major

disaster declaration on March 7, 1997 I

find that the following counties in the

State of West Virginia constitute a

disaster area due to damages caused by

heavy rains, wind driven rain, high

winds, flooding, and slides beginning

on February 28, 1997 and continuing:

Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Gilmer,

Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Mason,

Putnam, Roane, Tyler, Wayne, Wetzel,

Wirt, and Wood. Applications for loans

for physical damages may be filed until

the close of business on May 6, 1997,

and for loans for economic injury until

the close of business on December 8,

1997 at the address listed below or other

locally announced locations: U.S. Small

Business Administration, Disaster Area

1 Office, 360 Rainbow Blvd. South, 3rd

Fl., Niagara Falls, NY 14303.

In addition, applications for economic

injury loans from small businesses

located in the following contiguous

counties may be filed until the specified

date at the above location: Boone,

Doddridge, Fayette, Harrison, Lewis,

Logan, Marion, Marshall, Mingo,

Monongalia, Nicholas, Pleasants,

Raleigh, Ritchie, and Webster Counties

in West Virginia; Greene County,

Pennsylvania; and Martin County,

Kentucky. Any counties contiguous to

the above-named primary counties and

not listed herein have been covered

under a separate declaration for the

same occurrence.

Interest rates are:

Percent

For Physical Damage:

HOMEOWNERS WITH CREDIT

AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE .... 7.625

HOMEOWNERS WITHOUT

CREDIT AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE ................................. 3.875

BUSINESSES WITH CREDIT

AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE .... 8.000

BUSINESSES AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS

WITHOUT CREDIT AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE .............. 4.000

OTHERS (INCLUDING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS)

WITH CREDIT AVAILABLE

ELSEWHERE 7.250

Percent

For Economic Injury:

BUSINESSES AND SMALL

AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES WITHOUT CREDIT

AVAILABLE ELSEWHERE .... 4.000

The number assigned to this disaster

for physical damage is 293806. For

economic injury the numbers are

943600 for West Virginia; 943700 for

Pennsylvania; and 943800 for Kentucky.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 59002 and 59008.)

Dated: March 12, 1997.

Herbert L. Mitchell,

Acting Associate Administrator for Disaster

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 97–6841 Filed 3–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8025–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping

Requirements; Agency Information

Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act 1995 (44 USC

Chapter 35), this notice announces that

the Information Collection Request (ICR)

abstracted below has been forwarded to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and comment. The

ICR describes the nature of the

information collection and its expected

burden. The Federal Register Notice

with a 60-day comment period soliciting

comments on the following collection of

information was published on December

19, 1996 [FR 61, page 67092].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before April 18, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Thomas Klimek, Office of Motor

Carriers (202) 366–2212, Federal

Highway Administration, Department of

Transportation, 400 Seventh Street,

SW., Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Highway Administration

(FHWA)

Title: Certification of Enforcement of

Vehicle Size and Weight Laws.

OMB Number: 2125–0034.

Affected Public: States, Local or Tribal

Government.

Abstract: The following information

collection is required annually from

each State, the District of Columbia, and

Puerto Rico: (1) A certification that they

are enforcing their size and weight laws

on Federal-aid highways; (2)

information to verify that the

certification is accurate; and (3)

information on penalties assessed for

violation of their size and weight laws

and requirements for oversize and

overweight permits.

Need: Title 23, U.S.C., section 141

requires all States to file an annual

certification that they are enforcing their

size and weight laws on Federal-aid

highways and that their Interstate

System weight limits are consistent with

Federal requirements to be eligible to

receive an apportionment of Federal

highway trust funds. Section 141 also

authorizes the Secretary to require

States to file such information as is

necessary to verify that their

certifications are accurate. To determine

whether States are adequately enforcing

their size and weight limits, each must

submit an updated plan for enforcing

their size and weight limits to the

FHWA at the beginning of each fiscal

year. At the end of the fiscal year, they

must submit their certifications and

sufficient information to verify that the

enforcement goals established in the

plan have been met. Failure of a State

to file a certification, adequately enforce

its size and weight laws, and enforce

weight laws on the Interstate System

that are inconsistent with Federal

requirements, could result in a specified

reduction of its Federal highway fund

apportionment for the next fiscal year.

In addition, section 123 of the Surface

Transportation Assistance Act of 1978

(Pub. L. 95–599, 92 Stat. 2689, 2701)

requires each jurisdiction to inventory

(1) its penalties for violation of its size

and weight laws, and (2) the term and

cost of its oversize and overweight

permits.

Estimated Annual Burden: 4,160

hours.

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