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In addition, any person may, upon

request, inspect the application, notice

and other documents germane to the

application in person at the Wichita

Mid-Continent Airport.

Issued in Kansas City, MO, on December

23, 1997.

Michael J. Faltermeier,

Acting Manager, Airports Division, Central

Region.

[FR Doc. 98–1096 Filed 1–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

[FHWA Docket No. 3240]

Notice of Request for Reinstatement of

an Expired Information Collection;

Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Regulations, Accident Recordkeeping

Requirements

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 3051, 3506(c) (2) (A)), the FHWA

is requesting public comment on its

intent to ask the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) to reinstate the

expired information collection that

documents information on commercial

motor vehicle crashes (accidents)

collected and maintained by motor

carriers.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before March 17, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Signed, written comments

should refer to the docket number that

appears at the top of this document and

must be submitted to the Docket Clerk,

U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL–401, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20590–0001. All comments received

will be available for examination at the

above address between 10 a.m. and 5

p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday,

except Federal holidays. Those desiring

notification of receipt of comments must

include a self-addressed, stamped

envelope or postcard.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Deborah M. Freund, Office of Motor

Carrier Research and Standards, (202)

366–4009, Department of

Transportation, Federal Highway

Administration, 400 Seventh Street,

SW., Washington, DC 20590. Office

hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.,

e.t., Monday through Friday, except

Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Availability

Internet users can access all

comments received by the U.S. DOT

Dockets, Room PL–401, by using the

universal resource locator (URL): http:/

/dms.dot.gov. It is available 24 hours

each day, 365 days each year. An

electronic copy of this document may be

downloaded using a modem and

suitable communications software from

the Federal Register electronic bulletin

board service (telephone number: 202–

512–1661). Internet users may reach the

Federal Register’s home page at: http:/

/www.nara.gov/nara/fedreg and the

Government Printing Office’s database

at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/suldocs.

Title: Accident Recordkeeping

Requirements.

OMB Number: 2125–0526

Background: Title 49 of the Code of

Federal Regulations, Section 390.15 of

the Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Regulations (FMCSRs), requires motor

carriers to make all records and

information pertaining to crashes

(accidents) available to an authorized

representative or special agent of the

Federal Highway Administration

(FHWA) upon request or as part of an

inquiry. For the purposes of § 390.15,

‘‘accident’’ is defined as an occurrence

involving a commercial motor vehicle

operating on a public road in interstate

or intrastate commerce which results in

(1) A fatality; (2) bodily injury to a

person who, as a result of the injury,

receives medical treatment away from

the scene of the accident; or (3) one or

more motor vehicles incurring disabling

damage as a result of the accident,

requiring the motor vehicle to be

transported away from the scene by a

tow truck or other motor vehicle (49

CFR 390.5). Occurrences involving only

boarding and alighting from a stationary

motor vehicle or involving only the

loading or unloading of cargo are not

included in the definition.

Motor carriers are required to

maintain an accident register for one

year after the date of the accident. The

register must include a list of each

accident. The information for each

accident must include, at a minimum,

the following elements: date of accident;

city or town in which or most near

where the accident occurred and the

State in which the accident occurred;

driver name; number of injuries;

number of fatalities; and whether

hazardous materials, other than fuel

spilled from the fuel tanks of motor

vehicles involved in the accident, were

released. In addition, the register must

contain copies of all accident reports

required by State or other governmental

entities or insurers.

There are no prescribed forms. The

records are used by the FHWA and its

representatives as a source of

information for investigations or special

studies, and to assess the effectiveness

of motor carriers’ safety management

controls.

Respondents: Motor carriers.

Estimated Total Annual Burden Per

Record: The FHWA estimates

approximately 129,000 accidents

involving trucks and 16,000 accidents

involving buses as defined in Section

390.5 of the FMCSRs occur annually

(source: Truck and Bus Crash Factbook,

1995). Of these, approximately 75

percent involve trucks and buses

operated by interstate motor carriers.

About 80 percent of the buses involved

in crashes are school or transit buses

and are not subject to this recordkeeping

requirement. The number of accidents is

therefore estimated to be

(0.75×129,000)+(0.75×0.20×16,000)

=99,150 .

The agency estimates it takes

approximately two minutes for

interstate motor carriers to collect and

record the seven elements of

information on the accident register.

Based on these assumptions, the agency

estimates a time burden of 3,305 hours

per year for accident report register

information.

Interested parties are invited to send

comments regarding any aspect of these

information collections, including, but

not limited to: (1) Whether the

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the FHWA, including

whether the information has practical

utility; (2) the accuracy of the estimated

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the collected

information; and (4) ways to minimize

the collection burden without reducing

the quality of the collected information.

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 31136, 31141, and

31502 and 49 CFR 1.48.

Issued on: January 7, 1998.

George S. Moore,

Associate Administrator for Administration.

[FR Doc. 98–1130 Filed 1–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Environmental Impact Statement: City

of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas

AGENCY: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), DOT.
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ACTION: Notice of Intent cancellation.

SUMMARY: The FHWA is issuing this

notice to advise the public that a Notice

of Intent (NOI) to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

for a proposed highway project located

in the City of Lawrence, Douglas

County, Kansas, is cancelled. The NOI

was originally published in the Federal

Register on November 5, 1993. The

cancellation is based on a decision not

to proceed with the project at this time.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Johnny R. Dahl, P.E., Operations

Engineer, FHWA, 3300 South Topeka

Boulevard, Suite 1, Topeka, Kansas

66611–2237, Telephone: (785) 267–

7284. Warren L. Sick, P.E., Chief of

Bureau of Design, Kansas Department of

Transportation (KDOT), Docking State

Office Building, Topeka, Kansas 66612,

Telephone: (785) 296–2270. George

Williams, Director of the Department of

Public Works, City of Lawrence, Box

708, Lawrence, Kansas 66044–0708,

Telephone: (785) 832–3124.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Lawrence Eastern Parkway

Environmental Impact Study was

initiated by the City of Lawrence in

1989. In 1997, the City elected to

withdraw its support and sponsorship

of the Lawrence Eastern Parkway EIS.

The City has directed that their staff

bring closure to the study effort. The EIS

documentation compiled to date for the

proposed Lawrence Eastern Parkway

will become a resource document and

will not be considered a completed

study document. There is agreement

that there will be transportation needs

that warrant this improvement in the

future. Comments and questions

concerning this proposed action and the

EIS should be directed to the FHWA,

KDOT, or the City of Lawrence at the

addresses provided.

Issued on: January 9, 1998.

David R. Geiger,

Division Administrator, Kansas Division,

Federal Highway Administration, Topeka,

Kansas.

[FR Doc. 98–1126 Filed 1–5–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–22–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Railroad Administration

[Docket No. RSAC–96–1, Notice No. 8]

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: FRA announces the next

meeting of the RSAC, a Federal

Advisory Committee that develops

railroad safety regulations through a

consensus process. The meeting will

address a wide range of topics,

including possible adoption of specific

recommendations for regulatory action.

DATES: The meeting of the RSAC is

scheduled to commence at 9:30 a.m. and

conclude at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday,

January 27, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The meeting of the RSAC

will be held at The Westin Hotel, 1400

M Street, NW, Washington, DC. The

meeting is open to the public on a firstcome, 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, RSAC Coordinator,

FRA, 400 7th Street, SW, Washington,

DC 20590, (202) 632–3330, Grady

Cothen, Deputy Associate Administrator

for Safety Standards and Program

Development, FRA, 400 7th Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20590, (202) 632–3309,

or Lisa Levine, Office of Chief Counsel,

FRA, 400 7th Street, SW, Washington,

DC 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 9:30 a.m. and

conclude at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday,

January 27, 1998. The meeting will be

held at The Westin Hotel, 1400 M

Street, NW, Washington, DC. 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.

Staff of the National Transportation

Safety Board and Federal Transit

Administration also participate in an

advisory capacity.

During this meeting, the RSAC will

receive status reports, containing

progress information, from the

Locomotive Crashworthiness Working

Group, the Locomotive Cab Working

Conditions Working Group, and the

Event Recorder Working Group.

In addition, the Committee will

receive a status report from the recently

constituted Positive Train Control (PTC)

Working Group, tasked with: (1)

Facilitating understanding of current

PTC technologies, definitions, and

capabilities; (2) addressing issues

regarding the feasibility of

implementing fully integrated PTC

systems; and (3) facilitating

implementation of software based signal

and operating systems through

consideration of revisions to the Rules,

Standards and Instructions to address

processor-based technology and

communication-based architectures.

Finally, the Committee may be asked

to consider for approval the Tourist and

Historic Railroad working group’s

proposal for the revision of the steam

locomotive inspection and testing

standards contained in 49 CFR part 230.

Please refer to the notice published in

the Federal Register on March 11, 1996

(61 FR 9740) for more information about

the RSAC.

George A. Gavalla,

Acting Associate Administrator for Safety.

[FR Doc. 98–784 Filed 1–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–06–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. MC–F–20913]

Peter Pan Bus Lines, Inc.—Pooling—

Greyhound Lines, Inc.

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.

ACTION: Notice of proposed pooling

application.

SUMMARY: Applicants, Peter Pan Bus

Lines, Inc., of Springfield, MA, and

Greyhound Lines, Inc., of Dallas, TX,

jointly seek approval under 49 U.S.C.

14302 of a pooling agreement to govern

their motor passenger and express

operations (but not the revenues earned

from those operations) between Albany,

NY, and Boston, MA.

DATES: Comments are due by February

17, 1998, and, if comments are filed,

applicants’ rebuttal statement is due by

March 9, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send an original and 10

copies of any comments referring to STB

Docket No. MC-F–20913 to: Surface

Transportation Board, Office of the

Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K

Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423–

0001. Also, send one copy of comments

to each of applicants’ representatives:

(1) Jeremy Kahn, Suite 810, 1730 Rhode

Island Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC

20036; (2) Fritz R. Kahn, Suite 750 West,