Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 110 / Thursday, June 7, 2001 / Notices 30785

E—Real Property Transactions

E1. Amendment to the Pickwick

Reservoir Land Management Plan to

change the allocated uses for a 16-acre

portion of Tract No. XPR–460RE from

management, navigation, and minor

commercial landing to commercial

recreation and forest management and

sale of a 40-year commercial recreation

easement affecting approximately 31

acres on Pickwick Reservoir in

Tishomingo County, Mississippi.

E2. Deed modification of certain

restrictions affecting approximately 0.09

acre of former TVA land on

Chickamauga Reservoir, a portion of

Tract No. XCR–92, in Hamilton County,

Tennessee.

E3. Grant of a permanent easement for

a gas pipeline to Duke Energy Gas

Services Corporation, affecting

approximately 4.1 acres, and temporary

construction and road easements

affecting approximately 0.2 acre of

Cherokee Reservoir in Hawkins County,

Tennessee, Tract No. XCK–584P.

E4. Grant of permanent easement to

Duke Energy Marshall County, LLC, for

a road, natural gas pipeline, and

waterline, affecting approximately 0.70

acre of TVA land at the Marshall

County, Kentucky, 500–kV Substation

site in Marshall County, Kentucky, Tract

No. XMAKSS–1E, Parcels 1 and 2.

Information Items

1. Supplement to Contract No.

95BQG–129888–001 with Wachovia

Leasing for aircraft lease.

2. Implementation of the results of

negotiations with the Engineering

Association, Inc., over compensation for

TVA annual and hourly employees.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Please

call TVA Media Relations at (865) 632–

6000, Knoxville, Tennessee. Information

is also available at TVA’s Washington

Office (202) 898–2999. People who plan

to attend the meeting and have special

needs should call (865) 632–6000.

Dated: June 4, 2001.

Maureen H. Dunn,

General Counsel and Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–14446 Filed 6–5–01; 10:30 am]

BILLING CODE 8120–08–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard

[USCG–2001–9763]

Towing Safety Advisory Committee;

Charter Renewal

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of charter renewal.

SUMMARY: The Secretary of

Transportation has renewed the charter

for the Towing Safety Advisory

Committee (TSAC) for a period of two

years from May 19, 2001, until May 19,

2003. TSAC is a federal advisory

committee constituted under 5 U.S.C.

App. 2. It advises the Secretary of

Transportation on matters relating to

shallow-draft inland and coastal

waterway navigation and towing safety.

This notice and the charter are

available on the Internet at http://

dms.dot.gov. The charter is also

available on TSAC’s Internet web page

at http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/

advisory/index.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Gerald P. Miante, Assistant Executive

Director, Commandant (G–MSO–1), U.S.

Coast Guard, 2100 Second Street SW.,

Washington, DC 20593–0001, telephone

202–267–0229, fax 202–267–4570.

Dated: May 30, 2001.

Howard L. Hime,

Acting Director of Standards, Marine Safety

and Environmental Protection.

[FR Doc. 01–14386 Filed 6–6–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–15–U

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

Federal Railroad Administration

Environmental Impact Statement: New

York, NY

AGENCIES: Federal Highway

Administration (FHWA), Federal

Railroad Administration (FRA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The FHWA and FRA are

issuing this Notice to advise the public

that an environmental impact statement

will be prepared for a cross harbor

freight improvement proposal in Kings

(Brooklyn) and Richmond (Staten

Island) Counties in New York and

Hudson County (Jersey City) in New

Jersey.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Alice Cheng, Director, Intermodal

Planning, New York City Economic

Development Corporation, 110 William

Street–6th Floor, New York, NY 10038,

Telephone (212) 619–5000, email

‘‘acheng@nyedc.com’’; or Richard E.

Backlund, Intermodal Transportation

Coordinator, Federal Highway

Administration, New York Division,

One Bowling Green, Room 428, New

York, NY 10004–1415, Telephone (212)

668–2205, email

‘‘Richard.Backlund@fhwa.dot.gov’’; or

Michael Saunders, Northeast Corridor

Program Manager, Federal Railroad

Administration, 628–2 Hebron Avenue,

Suite 303, Glastonbury, Connecticut

06033–5007, Telephone (860) 659–6714,

email

‘‘Michael.Saunders@fhwa.dot.gov’’.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

FHWA and FRA, in cooperation with

the New York City Economic

Development Corporation (NYCEDC),

will prepare an environmental impact

statement (EIS) on a proposal to

improve rail freight operations across

upper New York harbor between the

States of New Jersey and New York for

Jersey City in New Jersey and Brooklyn

and Staten Island in New York. The

proposed improvements could involve

the implementation of additional rail

float services in the New York harbor,

no action, or the construction of a

freight tunnel from the Travis branch of

the Staten Island Railroad in northern

Staten Island, New York, or the

Greenville float yard in Jersey City, New

Jersey, to the Bay Ridge rail line in

Brooklyn, New York. The FHWA, FRA,

and NYCEDC are participating with the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

in an environmental streamlining pilot

for this EIS.

Specific alternatives under

consideration include (1) taking no

action; (2) an enhanced New York

harbor railcar float system from the

Greenville rail yard, Jersey City, New

Jersey to the Bay Ridge rail line in

Brooklyn, New York; (3) a freight rail

tunnel from the Travis branch of the

Staten Island Railroad, Staten Island,

New York to the Bay Ridge rail line in

Brooklyn, New York; (4) a freight rail

tunnel from the Greenville rail yard,

Jersey City, New Jersey to the Bay Ridge

rail line, Brooklyn, New York.

Letters describing the proposed action

and soliciting comments will be sent to

appropriate Federal, State and local

agencies, elected officials, community

organizations, and to private

organizations and citizens who have

previously expressed interest in this

proposal. A series of public meetings, to

be advertised in the local media, will be

held in Brooklyn, Staten Island and

Manhattan in New York and in Hudson

County, New Jersey regarding this

proposal.

The public will be invited to

participate in the scoping process,

review the draft EIS, and provide input

at public meetings. Release of the draft

EIS for public comment and the public

meetings will be announced as those

dates are established. It is anticipated

that the EIS study process will take

approximately two years.

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Comments or questions concerning

this Notice of Intent and the EIS should

be directed to the FHWA, FRA or

NYCEDC at the addresses noted above.

Authority: 23 U.S.C. 315; 23 CFR 771.123.

Issued on: May 24, 2001.

Richard E. Backlund,

Intermodal Transportation Coordinator,

Federal Highway Administration, New York,

New York.

[FR Doc. 01–14374 Filed 6–6–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–22–M

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

[Docket No. RSPA–2001–8761 (Notice No.

01–07)]

Information Collection Activities

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration (RSPA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

RSPA invites comments on certain

information collections pertaining to

hazardous materials transportation for

which RSPA intends to request renewal

from the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB).

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before August 6,

2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

to the Dockets Management System,

U.S. Department of Transportation,

Room PL 401, 400 Seventh St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20590–0001. You must

identify the docket number, RSPA–01–

XXXX (Notice No. 01–07) and the

appropriate Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) Control Number(s) at the

beginning of your comments and submit

two copies. If you wish to receive

confirmation of receipt of your

comments, include a self-addressed

stamped postcard. You may also submit

comments by e-mail by accessing the

Dockets Management System website at

http://dms.dot.gov. Click on ‘‘Help &

Information’’ to obtain instructions for

filing the document electronically.

The Dockets Management System is

located on the Plaza Level of the Nassif

Building at the U.S. DOT at the above

address. You can view public dockets

between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00

p.m., Monday through Friday, except

federal holidays. You can also view

comments on-line at http://dms.dot.gov.

Requests for a copy of an information

collection should be directed to Deborah

Boothe, Office of Hazardous Materials

Standards (DHM–10), Research and

Special Programs Administration, Room

8102, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20590–0001,

Telephone (202) 366–8553.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Deborah Boothe, Office of Hazardous

Materials Standards (DHM–10),

Research and Special Programs

Administration, Room 8102, 400

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20590–0001, Telephone (202) 366–8553.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

1320.8 (d), Title 5, Code of Federal

Regulations requires that RSPA provide

interested members of the public and

affected agencies an opportunity to

comment on information collection and

recordkeeping requests. This notice

identifies information collections that

RSPA is submitting to OMB for renewal

and extension. These collections are

contained in 49 CFR Parts 110 and 130

and the Hazardous Materials

Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR parts 171–

180. RSPA has revised burden

estimates, where appropriate, to reflect

current reporting levels or adjustments

based on changes in proposed or final

rules published since the information

collections were last approved. The

following information is provided for

each information collection: (1) Title of

the information collection, including

former title if a change is being made;

(2) OMB control number; (3) summary

of the information collection activity; (4)

description of affected public; (5)

estimate of total annual reporting and

recordkeeping burden; and (6)

frequency of collection. RSPA will

request a three-year term of approval for

each information collection activity and,

when approved by OMB, publish notice

of the approval in the Federal Register.

RSPA requests comments on the

following information collections:

Title: Testing, Inspection and Marking

Requirements for Cylinders.

OMB Control Number: 2137–0022.

Summary: Requirements in § 173.34

for qualification, maintenance and use

of cylinders require that cylinders be

periodically inspected and retested to

ensure continuing compliance with

packaging standards. Information

collection requirements address

registration of retesters and marking of

cylinders by retesters with their

identification number and retest date

following conduct of tests. Records

showing the results of inspections and

retests must be kept by the cylinder

owner or designated agent until

expiration of the retest period or until

the cylinder is reinspected or retested,

whichever occurs first. These

requirements are intended to ensure that

retesters have the qualifications to

perform tests and to identify to cylinder

fillers and users that cylinders are

qualified for continuing use.

Information collection requirements in

§ 173.303 require that fillers of acetylene

cylinders keep, for at least 30 days, a

daily record of the representative

pressure to which cylinders are filled.

Affected Public: Fillers, owners, users

and retesters of reusable cylinders.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping:

Number of Respondents: 139,352.

Total Annual Responses: 153,287.

Total Annual Burden Hours:

168,431.

Frequency: On occasion.

Title: Hazardous Materials Incident

Reports.

OMB Control Number: 2137–0039.

Summary: This collection is

applicable upon occurrence of incidents

as prescribed in §§ 171.15 and 171.16.

Basically, a Hazardous Materials

Incident Report, DOT Form F5800.1,

must be completed by a carrier of

hazardous materials when a hazardous

material transportation incident occurs,

such as a release of materials, serious

accident, evacuation or highway

shutdown. Serious incidents meeting

criteria in § 171.15 also require a

telephonic report by the carrier. This

information collection enhances the

Department’s ability to evaluate the

effectiveness of its regulatory program,

determine the need for regulatory

changes, and address emerging

hazardous materials transportation

safety issues. The requirements apply to

all interstate and intrastate carriers

engaged in the transportation of

hazardous materials by rail, air, water,

and highway.

Affected Public: Carriers of hazardous

materials.

Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping:

Number of Respondents: 825.

Total Annual Responses: 20,600.

Total Annual Burden Hours:

30,942.

Frequency of collection: On

occasion.

Title: Flammable Cryogenic Liquids.

OMB Control Number: 2137–0542.

Summary: Provisions in § 177.818

require the carriage on a motor vehicle

of written procedures for venting

flammable cryogenic liquids and for

responding to emergencies. Paragraph

(h) of § 177.840 specifies certain safety

procedures and documentation

requirements for drivers of these motor

vehicles. These requirements are

intended to ensure a high level of safety

when transporting flammable

cryogenics due to their extreme