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railroad’s compliance with the

inspection frequency requirement of the

Track Safety Standards and persons

assigned to inspect tracks have been

properly designated. By comparison of

remedial action notations on the reports

with actual track conditions, it is

possible to judge the quality of railroad

performed inspections. The railroads

employ some 5,000 persons who are

routinely engaged in track inspection

and the review of these reports may

reveal weaknesses, if any, in the

railroad’s inspection and maintenance

program or discrepancies in employee

designation. The absence of these

inspection reports would substantially

harm the Government’s railroad safety

program.

Form Number(s): N/A.

Affected Public: Businesses.

Respondent Universe: 620 railroads.

Frequency of Submission: On

occasion.

Information collection requirement Respondent universe Total annual responses Average time per response

Total annual

burden

hours

Track Inspection Records ........................ 620 railroads ..................... 1,622,000 inspection miles 10 miles of track inspected

per hour + 5 min. for Report preparation.

1,757,166

Internal Rail Flaws .................................... 620 railroads ..................... N/A .................................... N/A .................................... 6,608

Records of Qualified Track Inspectors ..... 620 railroads ..................... 2,000 updates ................... 30 minutes ......................... 1,000

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 1,764,774.

Status: Regular Review.

Pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 3507(a) and 5

CFR 1320.5(b), 1320.8(b)(3)(vi), FRA

informs all interested parties that it may

not conduct or sponsor, and a

respondent is not required to respond

to, a collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid OMB control

number.

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520.

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 31,

1997.

Marie S. Savoy,

Director, Office of Information Technology

and Support Systems, Federal Railroad

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–8540 Filed 4–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–62–M

Reports, Form and Recordkeeping

Requirements; Agency Information

Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), 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 based

on revisions to the current collection.

Four of the several rules to amend 49

CFR Part 225, published on December

23, 1996 (61 FR 67477) contain

amendments to the approved

information collection activities, while

one adds a new information collection

requirement. 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 24, 1996 (61 FR,

page 67869).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before May 5, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Gloria Swanson Office of Planning and

Evaluation Division, RRS–21, Federal

Railroad Administration, 400 Seventh

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590

(telephone: (202) 632–3318) or Ms. Mary

Ann Johnson, Office of Information

Technology and Productivity

Improvement, RAD–20, Federal

Railroad Administration, 400 Seventh

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590

(telephone: (202) 632–3226). (These

telephone numbers are not toll-free.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Railroad Administration

Office of Safety

Title: Accident/Incident Reporting

and Recordkeeping.

OMB No.: 2130–0500.

Affected Public: 679 Railroads.

Abstract: FRA uses this information to

identify hazardous conditions

associated with rail transportation and

to assure compliance with railroad

safety laws. FRA is excepting from the

requirements regarding an Internal

Control Plan delineated in § 225.33(a)(3)

through (a)(10) the following: (i)

Railroads that operate or own track on

the general railroad system of

transportation (general system) that

have 15 or fewer employees covered by

the hours of service laws (49 U.S.C.

21101–21107) and (ii) railroads that

operate or own track exclusively off the

general system. However, these

excepted railroads must adopt and

comply with the intimidation and

harassment policies outlined in

§ 225.33(a) (1) and (2). FRA has

developed model statements of policy

on intimidation and harassment to be

posted by these excepted railroads. 2.

FRA is also excepting from the

recordkeeping requirements regarding

accountable injuries and illnesses and

accountable rail equipment accidents/

incidents found in § 225.25(a) through

the following railroads: (i) Railroads that

operate or own track on the general

system that have 15 or fewer employees

covered by the hours of service laws (49

U.S.C. 21101–21107) and (ii) railroads

that operate or own track exclusively off

the general system. 3. Further, FRA is

excepting railroads that operate or own

track exclusively off the general system

from all the requirements of Part 225 to

record or report injuries and illnesses

incurred by all classifications of persons

that result from most non-train

incidents. (A small subcategory of nontrain incidents involving in-service ontrack equipment must continue to be

reported and recorded.) 4. In order to

minimize the burden of requiring the

preparer’s signature on each and every

monthly list of reportable injuries and

illnesses to be posted for each railroad’s

establishments, FRA is amending

§ 225.25(h)(12) so as to provide railroads

with an alternative to signing each

establishment’s monthly list.

Specifically, the preparer of the monthly

list of reportable injuries and illnesses

for the railroad may instead sign a cover

sheet or memorandum attaching the

monthly lists for each establishment for

that railroad. The cover sheet

memorandum must list all the

establishments that post the monthly

list of reportable injuries and illnesses

and must be signed by the preparer. 5.

Finally, FRA is amending § 225.25(h),

by adding § 225.25(h)(15), to address

any possible concerns with privacy

rights of the employee by providing that

the railroad is permitted not to post

information on an injury or illness

reported to FRA, if the employee who

incurred the injury or illness makes a

request in writing to the railroad’s
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reporting officer that his or her

particular injury or illness not be

posted.

Burden Estimate: The estimated

burden is 63,058 hours annually.

Send comments to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget, 725–

17th Street, NW., Washington, DC

20503, ATTN: FRA Desk Officer.

Comments are invited on: Whether the

proposed collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of

the functions or 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 28,

1997.

Phillip A. Leach,

Clearance Officer, United States Department

of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97–8520 Filed 4–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–62–P

Coast Guard

[CGD 97–003]

Additional Hazards Study

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Additional hazards study;

Extension of comment period.

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is extending

the comment period on the Additional

Hazards Study in order to provide more

time for collection of information for the

expert panel which will consider the

hazards to marine transportation in and

around Puget Sound.

DATES: Comments must reach the Coast

Guard on or before April 4, 1997.

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments to

the Executive Secretary, Marine Safety

Council (G–LRA–2/3406) [CGD 97–003],

U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100

Second Street SW., Washington, DC

20593–001, or may deliver them to room

3406 at the same address between 9:30

a.m. and 2 p.m., Monday through

Friday, except Federal holidays. The

telephone number is (202) 267–1477.

The Executive Secretary maintains the

public docket for this project.

Comments, and documents as indicated

in this notice, will become part of this

docket and will be available for

inspection or copying at room 3406,

U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, between

9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m., Monday through

Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LT

Duane Boniface, Human Element and

Ship Design Division (G–MSE–1),

telephone 202–267–0178, fax 202–267–

4816, email fldr-he@comdt.uscg.mil.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Request for Comments

The Coast Guard encourages

interested persons to submit written

data, views, or arguments, concerning

the subject matter of this notice. Persons

submitting comments should include

their names and addresses, identify this

docket (CGD 97–003), and give the

reason for each comment, providing

specific examples whenever possible.

Please submit two copies of all

comments and attachments in an

unbound format, no larger than 81⁄2 by

11 inches, suitable for copying and

electronic filing. Persons wanting

acknowledgment of receipt of comments

should enclose stamped, self-addressed

postcards or envelopes.

Background and Purpose

On February 18, 1997, the Coast

Guard published a notice of initiation of

the Additional Hazards Study and

request for comments in the Federal

Register (62 FR 7292). This notice

extends the comment period. The

Additional Hazards Study will use

information gathered at two public

workshops held in Seattle, Washington

on March 6, 1997, and collected from

other sources which includes the public

comments to the docket. During the

course of the public workshops, several

requests were made to extend the open

period of the public docket to allow

workshop participants to submit

relevant material to the docket. The

information developed during the

workshops, along the information

submitted to the docket and derived

from other sources, will be used by an

expert panel. The panel will use the

information to identify and rank, by

level of risk, the hazards related to a

major spill of cargo or fuel oil by

commercial vessels transiting the study

area. The expert panel will also identify

potential measures to decrease the risks.

A brief summary of the March 6, 1997

workshops, which includes potential

hazards, potential additional measures,

and attendees, is available by contacting

the person listed above in FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.

Dated: March 27, 1997.

Edward L. Ziff,

Director for Resources Management.

[FR Doc. 97–8523 Filed 4–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–14–M

Federal Aviation Administration

RTCA, Inc.; Free Flight Steering

Committee

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

Federal Advisory Committee Act (P.L.

92–463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is

hereby given for a Free Flight Steering

Committee meeting to be held April 17,

1997, from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. The

meeting will be held in Room 8 ABC of

the Federal Aviation Administration,

800 Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, DC 20591.

The agenda will be as follows: (1)

Chairmen’s Introductory Remarks; (2)

Review/Approval of Minutes of

Previous Meeting; (3) Introduction of

the 1997 Free Flight Steering Committee

Members; (4) Presentation on Strategic

Planning Issues; (5) Free Flight Select

Committee Report; (6) Other Business;

and (7) Date and Location of Next

Meetings.

Attendance is open to the interested

public but limited to space availability.

With the approval of the chairmen,

members of the public may present oral

statements at the meeting. Persons

wishing to present statements or obtain

information should contact the RTCA

Secretariat, 1140 Connecticut Avenue,

N.W., Suite 1020, Washington, DC,

20036; (202) 833–9339 (phone); (202)

833–9434 (fax); or http://www.rtca.org

(web site). Members of the public may

present a written statement to the

committee at any time.

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 28,

1997.

Janice L. Peters,

Designated Official.

[FR Doc. 97–8502 Filed 4–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

Federal Highway Administration

Supplemental Draft Environmental

Impact Statement: Savannah, Georgia

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this

notice to advise the public that a

supplemental draft Environmental

Impact Statement (EIS) will be prepared

for the proposed extension (phases III,

IV, and V) of the Harry S. Truman

Parkway, Savannah, Georgia.