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are installed. Motorcycles were omitted

from the exclusion, not for safety

reasons, but because there was no

reason to include them. We agree with

EMB that an operator will have an

actual visual indication if the Lectra

VS24’s system is not working. We find

no safety impact under these

circumstances.

The headlamp EMB has chosen is one

for military vehicles. It fails to meet one

photometric test point, with a shortfall

of 7 percent. In addition, the lens is not

marked ‘‘motorcycle.’’ EMB argues that

this does not unreasonably degrade

safety because the Lectra VS24 is

designed for a cruising speed of 30 mph

and its headlamp will meet the

requirement for headlamps on motor

driven cycles.

We do not find this argument

appropriate. The exceptions that

Standard No. 108 makes for lighting

equipment on motor driven cycles with

a maximum speed of 30 mph are only

for turn signals and stop lamps (see

section 5.1.1.21 and section 5.1.1.22).

While a shortfall of 7 per cent is a

failure, it occurs at only one test point

on the lower beam. Even if this is

assumed to represent a lowering of the

safety of the vehicle, the effect would be

minimal and not ‘‘unreasonable.’’ The

presence of the word ‘‘motorcycle’’ on

the headlamp lens is intended to advise

prospective purchasers of replacement

headlamps that the headlamp has not

been designed for use on vehicles other

than motorcycles. Since the petition has

not been filed by the manufacturer of

the headlamp and does not relate to the

aftermarket, the noncompliance is of a

technical nature only.

With respect to Standard No. 120, the

required rim markings are present, but

they have been stamped in indelible ink

rather than being embossed or debossed.

While the intent of the standard is to

provide permanent marking for the

rims, stamping in indelible ink ought to

be an acceptable equivalent. Does that

mean we would grant an

inconsequentiality request for rims

marked with ink instead of embossed or

debossed? We note that future rims will

be properly marked.

The exemptions from these

requirements are minor, and hence,

compatible with the safety mission of

the agency.

On the basis of the foregoing, we find

that a temporary exemption would make

the development and field evaluation of

a low-emission motor vehicle easier and

would not unreasonably lower the

safety level of that vehicle. We also find

that a temporary exemption would be in

the public interest and consistent with

the objectives of motor vehicle safety.

Accordingly, EMB Incorporated is

granted NHTSA Temporary Exemption

No. EX2000–4 from section 5.1.1.7 and

section 7.9 of 49 CFR 571.108 Standard

No. 108, Lamps, Reflective Devices and

Associated Equipment, and from that

portion of section 5.2 of 49 CFR 571.120

Standard No. 120, Tire Selection and

Rims for Motor Vehicles Other Than

Passenger Cars which requires marking

‘‘in lettering not less than 3 millimeters

high, impressed to a depth or, at the

option of the manufacturer, embossed to

e height of not less than 0.125

millimeters.’’ The exemption shall

expire July 1, 2002.

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 30113; delegations of

authority at 49 CFR 1.50 and 501.4.

Issued on: January 11, 2001.

Rosalyn G. Millman,

Deputy Administrator.

[FR Doc. 01–1526 Filed 1–17–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–59–U

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Research and Special Programs

Administration

[Docket No. RSPA–01–8587; Notice No. 01–

01]

Hazardous Materials Safety Advisory:

Unauthorized Marking of Compressed

Gas Cylinders

AGENCY: Research and Special Programs

Administration (RSPA), DOT.

ACTION: Safety Advisory Notice.

SUMMARY: This is to notify the public

that RSPA is investigating the apparent

unauthorized and improper marking of

high-pressure compressed gas cylinders

by FESS, Inc. d/b/a Fire Extinguisher

Service and Sales, 3303 Superior

Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, during the

period 1995 to the present. Those

cylinders may pose a safety risk to the

public. Under no circumstances should

a cylinder described in this safety

advisory be filled, refilled or used for

any purpose other than scrap until it is

reinspected and retested by a DOTauthorized retest facility.

RSPA requires that compressed gas

cylinders undergo a visual reinspection

and a hydrostatic retest on a periodic

basis, in accordance with the Hazardous

Materials Regulations (HMR), in order to

verify that a cylinder has the structural

integrity for continued use. If the

required visual reinspection and

hydrostatic retest are not performed

properly, a cylinder with compromised

structural integrity may fail (leak or

burst) in continued service, when it

should have been condemned. Serious

personal injury, death, and property

damage could result from rupture of a

cylinder. Cylinders that have not been

retested in accordance with the HMR

may not be charged or filled with a

hazardous material (compressed gas).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Guadalupe ‘‘Lupe’’ Castellanos,

Hazardous Materials Enforcement

Specialist, Central Region, Office of

Hazardous Materials Enforcement,

Research and Special Programs

Administration, US Department of

Transportation, 2350 East Devon

Avenue, Des Plaines, Illinois 60018.

Telephone: (847) 294–8580; Fax: (847)

294–8590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Until

March 19, 1998, FESS held a retester

identification number (RIN) issued by

RSPA, authorizing FESS to requalify

DOT and ICC specification compressed

gas cylinders for continued use in

accordance with the requirements in 49

CFR 173.34(e) of the HMR for

performing a periodic visual inspection

and hydrostatic retest. In its most recent

application for renewal of its RIN, FESS

stated that it reinspected and retested

approximately 800 DOT specification

3A, 3AA, and 3AL cylinders each year.

When used as fire extinguishers, the

retest period for these cylinders can be

as long as 12 years. 49 CFR

173.34(e)(19)(ii).

During a recent inspection at FESS’s

facility in Cleveland, Ohio, RSPA

determined that FESS had marked an

undetermined number of cylinders after

its RIN expired on March 19, 1998.

RSPA also concluded that FESS had

marked many cylinders, both before and

after that date, which may not have been

properly reinspected and retested. It

appeared to RSPA’s inspector that FESS

was not able to assure that its

hydrostatic retest equipment was

accurate to the required degree, based

on its failure to have documentation

showing the test pressures and readings

for its calibrated cylinder and based on

the condition of its retest apparatus and

calibrated cylinder at the time of the

inspection. FESS acknowledged that it

customarily marked cylinders before

inspecting and testing them, and its test

records were incomplete in a number of

regards, including lack of entries for

certain cylinders observed during

RSPA’s inspection; the dates on which

cylinders were purportedly reinspected

and retested; and the initial retest

attempt when a cylinder was retested a

second time due to equipment failure on

the first retest attempt. In addition,

FESS did not have the current version

of the requirements for requalification of

compressed gas cylinders in 49 CFR

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173.34(e), and it did not hold pamphlets

published by the Compressed Gas

Association and incorporated by

reference in the HMR that apply to its

operations.

The current owner stated that he had

assumed control of FESS during 1995.

Because there has not been an

inspection by an independent

inspection agency since that date and

FESS failed to renew its RIN when it

expired, the matters discovered during

RSPA’s recent inspection raise

questions as to the condition of any

cylinder marked by FESS with a test

date/year of ‘‘95’’ or later. These

cylinders are marked with FESS’s RIN

number B404, bracketed by the month

and year of the purported reinspection

and retest date, in the following pattern:

B 4

Month Year

4 0

Any person holding a compressed gas

cylinder that is marked as having been

last inspected and retested by FESS

since 1995 should not charge or fill the

cylinder without first having it

inspected and retested by a cylinder

requalification facility holding a

currently effective RIN. Any filled

cylinder that is marked as having been

last inspected and retested by FESS

since 1995 should be properly and

safely evacuated and purged (a cylinder

filled with an atmospheric gas may be

vented), and taken to a DOT-authorized

cylinder retest facility for visual

reinspection and hydrostatic retest to

determine if it qualifies for continued

use in accordance with the HMR. Under

no circumstances should a cylinder

described in this safety advisory be

filled, refilled or used for any purpose

other than scrap until it is reinspected

and retested by a DOT-authorized retest

facility.

Cylinder requalification facilities

holding a currently effective RIN are

listed on the internet web site of RSPA’s

Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, at

‘‘http://hazmat.dot.gov/files/approvals/

hydro/hydro_retesters.htm’’.

Persons finding or possessing

cylinders described in this safety notice

may contact Ms. Guadalupe Castellanos

for additional information.

Issued in Washington, D.C. on January 11,

2001.

Robert A. McGuire,

Associate Administrator for Hazardous

Materials Safety.

[FR Doc. 01–1553 Filed 1–17–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–60–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request for Form 8610 and Schedule

A (Form 8610)

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS),

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Department of the

Treasury, as part of its continuing effort

to reduce paperwork and respondent

burden, invites the general public and

other Federal agencies to take this

opportunity to comment on proposed

and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is

soliciting comments concerning Form

8610, Annual Low-Income Housing

Credit Agencies Report, and Schedule A

(Form 8610), Carryover Allocation of

Low-Income Housing Credit.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before March, 19, 2001 to

be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Garrick R. Shear, Internal Revenue

Service, room 5244, 1111 Constitution

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the forms and instructions

should be directed to Carol Savage,

(202) 622–3945, Internal Revenue

Service, room 5242, 1111 Constitution

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20224.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Form 8610, Annual Low-Income

Housing Credit Agencies Report, and

Schedule A (Form 8610), Carryover

Allocation of Low-Income Housing

Credit.

OMB Number: 1545–0990.

Form Number: Form 8610 and

Schedule A (Form 8610).

Abstract: State housing credit

agencies (Agencies) are required by

Code section 42(l)(3) to report annually

the amount of low-income housing

credits that they allocated to qualified

buildings during the year. Agencies

report the amount allocated to the

building owners and to the IRS in Part

I of Form 8609. Carryover allocations

are reported to the Agencies in

carryover allocation documents. The

Agencies report the carryover

allocations to the IRS on Schedule A

(Form 8610). Form 8610 is a transmittal

and reconciliation document for Forms

8609, Schedule A (Form 8610), binding

agreements, and election statements.

Current Actions: There are no changes

being made to the forms at this time.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Affected Public: State, local or tribal

governments.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

53.

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 112

hours, 28 minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 5,961.

The following paragraph applies to all

of the collections of information covered

by this notice:

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless the collection of information

displays a valid OMB control number.

Books or records relating to a collection

of information must be retained as long

as their contents may become material

in the administration of any internal

revenue law. Generally, tax returns and

tax return information are confidential,

as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103.

Request for Comments: Comments

submitted in response to this notice will

be summarized and/or included in the

request for OMB approval. All

comments will become a matter of

public record. Comments are invited on:

(a) Whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information shall have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate

of the burden of the collection of

information; (c) ways to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on respondents, including

through the use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology; and (e) estimates of capital

or start-up costs and costs of operation,

maintenance, and purchase of services

to provide information.

Approved: January 8, 2001.

Garrick R. Shear,

IRS Reports Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–1510 Filed 1–17–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4830–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request for Publication 1075

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS),

Treasury.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.