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corporation having any interest (within

the meaning of section 805(a)) in

Waterman’s request and desiring to

submit comments concerning the

request must by 5:00 PM on February

22, 1995, file written comments in

triplicate with the Secretary, Maritime

Administration, together with petition

for leave to intervene. The petition shall

state clearly and concisely the grounds

of interest, and the alleged facts relied

on for relief.

If no petition for leave to intervene is

received within the specified time or if

it is determined that petitions filed do

not demonstrate sufficient interest to

warrant a hearing, the Maritime

Administration will take such action as

may be deemed appropriate.

In the event petitions regarding the

relevant section 805(a) issues are

received from parties with standing to

be heard, a hearing will be held, the

purpose of which will be to receive

evidence under section 805(a) relative to

whether the proposed operations (a)

could result in unfair competition to

any person, firm, or corporation

operating exclusively in the coastwise

or intercoastal service, or (b) would be

prejudicial to the objects and policy of

the Act relative to domestic trade

operations.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program No. 20.805 (Operating-Differential

Subsidies))

Dated: February 6, 1995.

By order of the Maritime Administrator.

Murray A. Bloom,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 95–3302 Filed 2–8–95; 8:45 am]

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National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

[Docket No. 95–007; Notice 1]

Antilock Brake Systems; Technical

Report; Preliminary Evaluation of the

Effectiveness of Antilock Brake

Systems for Passenger Cars

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Request for comments.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

publication by NHTSA of a Technical

Report on its Preliminary Evaluation of

the Effectiveness of Antilock Brake

Systems for Passenger Cars. The

principal goals of ABS are to prevent

skidding and loss-of-control due to

locked-wheel braking, and to allow a

driver to steer the vehicle during hard

braking. NHTSA’s report evaluates the

accident rates of the ABS-equipped cars

currently on the road, and compares

them to the accident rates of similar cars

without ABS.

DATES: Comments must be received no

later than May 10, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Report: Interested people

may obtain a copy of the report free of

charge by sending a self-addressed

mailing label to Ms. Glorious Harris

(NAD–51), National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration, 400 Seventh

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20590.

Comments: All comments should

refer to the docket and notice number of

this notice and be submitted to: Docket

Section, Room 5109, Nassif Building,

400 Seventh Street, SW, Washington DC

20590. [Docket hours, 9:30 a.m.–4:00

p.m., Monday through Friday.]

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Charles J. Kahane, Acting Chief,

Evaluation Division, Office of Strategic

Planning and Evaluation, Plans and

Policy, National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration, Room 5208, 400

Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC

20590 (202–366–2560).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

2507 of the NHTSA Authorization Act

of 1991 directed NHTSA to publish an

advance notice of proposed rulemaking

(ANPRM) to consider the need for any

additional brake performance standards

for passenger cars, including antilock

brake standards. On January 2, 1994,

NHTSA published an ANPRM in which

the agency announced its plans to

consider various regulatory actions to

improve the brake performance of light

vehicles, particularly the benefits and

costs related to requiring antilock brake

systems (ABS). (59 FR 281). ABS serves

to prevent skidding and loss-of-control

due to locked-wheel braking,

particularly on wet surfaces, and to

allow a driver to steer the vehicle during

hard braking.

Along with that rulemaking notice,

NHTSA has studied the effectiveness of

ABS on passenger cars. NHTSA

compared the accident involvement

rates of passenger cars equipped with

Antilock Brake Systems (ABS) to the

rates of counterpart cars without ABS,

based on 1990–92 Florida, Pennsylvania

and Missouri data, and the 1989–93

Fatal Accident Reporting System. In

general, the statistical analyses

compared the accident involvements of

passenger cars of the first 2 model years

with ABS to cars of the same makes,

models and subseries, but from the last

2 model years before ABS became

standard equipment. The principal

findings and conclusions from the

statistical analyses of accident

experience of cars currently equipped

with ABS were the following:

• ABS significantly reduced the

involvements of passenger cars in

multivehicle crashes on wet roads. ABS

reduced police-reported crash

involvements by an estimated 14

percent, and fatal involvement by 24

percent. The finding is consistent with

the outstanding performance of ABS in

stopping tests on wet roads.

• ABS had little effect on

multivehicle crashes on dry roads.

• The risk of fatal collisions with

pedestrians and bicyclists was reduced

by a statistically significant 27 percent

in passenger cars with ABS. Unlike the

effects for multivehicle crashes, this

reduction was about equally large on

wet and dry roads.

• All types of run-off-road crashes—

rollovers, side impacts with fixed

objects and frontal impacts with fixed

objects—increased significantly with

ABS. Nonfatal run-off-road crashes

increased by an estimated 19 percent,

and fatal run-off-road crashes by 28

percent. The increase in run-off-road

crashes was about the same under wet

and dry road conditions.

• The overall, net effect of ABS on

fatal as well as nonfatal crashes was

close to zero.

It is unknown to what extent the

increase in run-off-road crashes is a

consequence of ABS, or is due to other

causes. In particular, it is unknown to

what extent, if any, the increase is due

to incorrect responses by drivers to their

ABS systems, and, if so, whether the

effect is likely to persist in the future.

The increase may involve all types of

ABS run-off-road ABS or only certain

ABS designs.

NHTSA welcomes public review of

the technical report and invites the

reviewers to submit comments about the

data and the statistical methods used in

the report. The agency is interested in

learning of any additional data that

could be used to expand or improve the

analyses, especially any information

about run-off-road crashes involving

ABS-equipped cars or about factors that

could be making current ABS-equipped

cars more prone to running off the road.

It is requested but not required that 10

copies of comments be submitted.

All comments must not exceed 15

pages in length. (49 CFR 553.21).

Necessary attachments may be

appended to these submissions without

regard to the 15-page limit. This

limitation is intended to encourage

commenters to detail their primary

arguments in a concise fashion.

If a commenter wishes to submit

certain information under a claim of

confidentiality business information,

should be submitted to the Chief

Counsel, NHTSA, at the street address
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given above, and 7 copies from which

the purportedly confidential

information has been deleted should be

submitted to the Docket Section. A

request for confidentiality should be

accompanied by a cover letter setting

forth the information specified in the

agency’s confidential business

information regulation. (49 CFR part

512).

All comments received before the

close of business on the comment

closing date will be considered, and will

be available for examination in the

docket at the above address both before

and after that date. To the extent

possible, comments filed after the

closing date will also be considered.

The NHTSA will continue to file

relevant information as it becomes

available in the docket after the closing

date, and it is recommended that

interested people continue to examine

the docket for new material.

People desiring to be notified upon

receipt of their comments in the rules

docket should enclose a self-addressed,

stamped postcard in the envelope with

their comments. Upon receiving the

comments, the docket supervisor will

return the postcard by mail.

Issued on February 6, 1995.

Donald C. Bischoff,

Associate Administrator for Plans and Policy.

[FR Doc. 95–3224 Filed 2–8–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–59–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Public Information Collection

Requirements Submitted to OMB for

Review

February 1, 1995.

The Department of Treasury has

submitted the following public

information collection requirement(s) to

OMB for review and clearance under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980,

Public Law 96–511. Copies of the

submission(s) may be obtained by

calling the Treasury Bureau Clearance

Officer listed. Comments regarding this

information collection should be

addressed to the OMB reviewer listed

and to the Treasury Department

Clearance Officer, Department of the

Treasury, Room 2110, 1425 New York

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20220.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

OMB Number: 1545–0007

Form Number: IRS Form T

Type of Review: Extension

Title: Forest Activities Schedules

Description: Form T is filed by

individuals and corporations to report

income and deductions from the

timber business. The IRS uses Form T

to determine if the correct amount of

income and deductions are claimed.

Respondents: Individuals or

households, Business or other forprofit

Estimated Number of Respondents/

Recordkeepers: 37,000

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent/Recordkeeper:

Recordkeeping—37 hr., 4 min.

Learning about the law or the form—

35 min.

Preparing and sending the form to the

IRS—1 hr., 14 min.

Frequency of Response: Annually

Estimated Total Reporting/

Recordkeeping Burden: 1,438,930

hours

OMB Number: 1545–0117

Form Number: IRS Form 1099–OID

Type of Review: Extension

Title: Original Issue Discount

Description: Form 1099–OID is used for

reporting original issue discount as

required by section 6049 of the

Internal Revenue Code. It is used to

verify that income earned on discount

obligations is properly reported by the

recipient.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit

Estimated Number of Respondents:

9,185

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 10 minutes

Frequency of Response: Annually

Estimated Total Reporting Burden:

765,000 hours

OMB Number: 1545–0183

Form Number: IRS Form 4789

Type of Review: Extension

Title: Currency Transaction Report

Description: Financial institutions are

required to file Form 4789 within 15

days of any transaction of more than

$10,000. The information is used to

check tax compliance.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit

Estimated Number of Respondents:

788.871

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 24 minutes

Frequency of Response: On occasion

Estimated Total Reporting/

Recordkeeping Burden: 2,185,805

hours

OMB Number: 1545–0199

Form Number: IRS Form 5306–SEP

Type of Review: Extension

Title: Application for Approval of

Prototype Simplified Employee

Pension-SEP

Description: This form is issued by

banks, credit unions, insurance

companies, and trade or professional

associations to apply for approval of

a Simplified Employee Pension Plan

to be used more than one employer.

The data collected is used to

determine if the prototype plan

submitted is an approved plan.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit

Estimated Number of Respondents/

Recordkeepers: 650

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent/Recordkeeper:

Recordkeeping—8 hr., 37 min.

Learning about the law or the form—

1 hr., 4 min.

Preparing the form—2 hr., 11 min.

Copying, assembling and sending the

form to the IRS—16 min.

Frequency of Response: On occasion

Estimated Total Reporting/

Recordkeeping Burden: 7,878 hours

OMB Number: 1545–1036

Form Number: IRS Form 8716

Type of Review: Extension

Title: Election to Have a Tax Year Other

Than a Required Tax Year

Description: This form is filed by

partnerships, S Corporations, personal

service corporations, under section

444(a), to retain or to adopt a tax year

that is not a required tax year. Service

Centers accept Form 8716 and use the

form information to assign mater-file

codes that allow the Center to accept

the filer’s tax return filed for a tax

year (fiscal year) that would not

otherwise be acceptable.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, Farms

Estimated Number of Respondents/

Recordkeepers: 40,000

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent/Recordkeeper:

Recordkeeping—2 hr., 23 min.

Learning about the law or the form—

1 hr., 12 min.

Preparing and sending the form to the

IRS—1 hr., 17 min.

Frequency of Response: Other

Estimated Total Reporting/

Recordkeeping Burden: 194,400 hours

Clearance Officer: Garrick Shear, (202)

622–3869, Internal Revenue Service,

Room 5571, 1111 Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20224

OMB Reviewer: Milo Sunderhauf, (202)

395–7340, Office of Management and

Budget, Room 10226, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC

20503.

Lois K. Holland,

Departmental Reports Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 95–3172 Filed 2–8–95; 8:45 am]

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