23316 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 89 / Tuesday, May 8, 2001 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA–2001–9548; Notice 1]

Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., Receipt of

Application for Decision of

Inconsequential Noncompliance

Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.

(Bridgestone) has determined that

approximately 442,479 tires of various

sizes and types, do not meet the labeling

requirements mandated by Federal

Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS)

No. 109, ‘‘New Pneumatic Tires.’’

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 30118(d) and

30120(h), Bridgestone has petitioned for

a determination that this

noncompliance is inconsequential to

motor vehicle safety and has filed an

appropriate report pursuant to 49 CFR

part 573, ‘‘Defect and Noncompliance

Reports.’’

This notice of receipt of an

application is published under 49

U.S.C. 30118 and 30120 and does not

represent any agency decision or other

exercise of judgment concerning the

merits of the application.

The petition affects multiple size and

type tires produced in Bridgestone’s

Wilson, North Carolina plant during

DOT week 53 Year 2000 and DOT week

01 Year 2001. The 442,479 affected tires

were mis-marked with the incorrect

DOT week/year in the DOT serial, the

numbering scheme designated for tire

manufacture date.

Bridgestone states that the

noncompliance is inconsequential to

motor vehicle safety because all affected

tires meet all requirements of 49 CFR

571.109, except paragraph S54.3. Also,

according to Bridgestone, the date

marked on the tires is incorrect but it

can be used to identify the tires in the

event of a recall, which is the primary

purpose for the requirement of the date

marking.

Interested persons are invited to

submit written data, views, and

arguments on the application described

above. Comments should refer to the

docket number and be submitted to:

U.S. Department of Transportation,

Docket Management, Room PL–401, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC,

20590. It is requested that two copies be

submitted.

All comments received before the

close of business on the closing date

indicated below will be considered. The

application and supporting materials,

and all comments received after the

closing date, will also be filed and will

be considered to the extent possible.

When the application is granted or

denied, the notice will be published in

the Federal Register pursuant to the

authority indicated below.

Comment closing date: June 7, 2001.

(49 U.S.C. 30118, 30120; delegations of

authority at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.8)

Issued on: May 3, 2001.

Stephen R. Kratzke,

Associate Administrator for Safety

Performance Standards.

[FR Doc. 01–11566 Filed 5–7–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

[Docket No. RSPA–98–4957; Notice 29]

Pipeline Safety: Natural Gas

Transmission and Distribution Pipeline

Incident and Annual Report Forms

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration (RSPA), DOT.

ACTION: Request for OMB Approval and

Public Comment.

SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, the Research and

Special Programs Administration

(RSPA) published its intention to revise

forms RSPA F 7100.2—Incident Report

For Gas Transmission and Gathering

Systems and RSPA F 7100.2–1—Annual

Report For Gas Transmission and

Gathering Systems (65 FR 47585–86

August 2, 2000). The purpose of this

notice is to give the public an additional

30 days from the date of this notice to

comment on the proposed changes in

the natural gas transmission forms, and

the information collection burden for

both the revised natural gas

transmission forms and the existing

natural gas distribution forms. The

natural gas distribution incident and

annual report forms are not being

revised at this time. Comments to the

initial public comment request have

been summarized in this notice.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received on or before June 7, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Roger Little by telephone at 202–366–

4569, by fax at 202–366–4566, by mail

at U.S. Department of Transportation,

RSPA, 400 Seventh Street, SW, Room

7128, Washington, DC, 20590, or by email to roger.little@rspa.dot.gov.

ADDRESSES: Copies of this proposed

information collection and the revised

forms, RSPA F 7100.2—Incident Report

for Gas Transmission and Gathering

Systems and RSPA F 7100.2–1—annual

Report for Gas Transmission and

Gathering Systems, can be reviewed in

this docket at http://dms.dot.gov.

Dockets Facility, U.S. Department of

Transportation, Plaza 401, 400 Seventh

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590–

0001. Comments should be sent directly

to the Office of Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management Budget, ATTN:

RSPA Desk Officer, 726 Jackson Place,

NW, Washington, DC 20503. See the

Supplementary Information Section for

additional filing information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Filing Information

The Dockets facility is open from

10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through

Friday, except federal holidays. All

comments should identify the docket

number of this notice, Docket No.

RSPA–98–4957; Notice 29. You should

submit the original and one copy. If you

wish to receive confirmation of receipt

of your comments, you must include a

stamped, self-addressed postcard. To

file written comments electronically,

after logging onto http://dms.dot.gov,

click on ‘‘Electronic Submission.’’ You

can read comments and other material

in the docket at this Web address:

http://dms.dot.gov. General information

about our pipeline safety program is

available at this address: http://

ops.dot.gov.

Background

RSPA posted a notice on August 2,

2000 in the Federal Register (Docket No.

RSPA–98–4957) inviting comments on

RSPA’s proposed revisions to the

Natural Gas Transmission and Gathering

Pipeline Incident and Annual Report

forms. This notice summarizes

comments received during the comment

period and updates the cost burden

estimate for the revised natural gas

transmission forms. Additionally, this

notice updates the cost burden estimates

for the existing Natural Gas Distribution

Incident and Annual Report forms,

which RSPA will consider revising at a

later time.

To ensure adequate public protection

from exposure to potential natural gas

transmission pipeline failures, RSPA

collects information on reportable

transmission pipeline incidents.

Additional information is also obtained

concerning the characteristics of an

operator’s pipeline system, needed for

normalizing the incident information in

order to provide for adequate safety

trending. The requirements for reporting

incidents are found in 49 CFR part 191.

Reports on transmission incidents must

be submitted to RSPA in writing within

30 days of occurrence. The regulations

require submission of the natural gas

transmission annual report form by