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Respondents: 52 State Transportation

Departments, including the District of

Columbia and Puerto Rico.

Frequency: Biannual inspections and

annual reporting.

Estimated Total Annual Burden:

540,000 hours. The average burden is

two hours to complete each SI&A sheet

on the approximate 270,000 bridges that

are inspected annually. The total bridge

inventory (rounded to 600,000) requires

biannual inspections; approximately 10

percent, or 30,000 of the 300,000 bridges

that are inspected each year receive an

extended inspection. Some States

voluntarily inspect bridges more

frequently; however, these estimates do

not include this information.

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;

and 49 CFR 1.48.

Dated: February 21, 2001.

James R. Kabel,

Chief, Management Programs and Analysis

Division.

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BILLING CODE 4910–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration

[U.S. DOT Docket Number NHTSA–2001–

8907]

Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping

Requirements

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA),

Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Request for public comment on

proposed collection of information.

SUMMARY: Before a Federal agency can

collect certain information from the

public, it must receive approval from

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB). Under procedures established

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995, before seeking OMB approval,

Federal agencies must solicit public

comment on proposed collections of

information, including extensions and

reinstatement of previously approved

collections.

This document describes one

collection of information for which

NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before April 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments must refer to the

docket notice numbers cited at the

beginning of this notice and be

submitted to Docket Management, Room

PL–401, 400 Seventh Street, S.W.,

Washington, DC 20590. Please identify

the proposed collection of information

for which a comment is provided, by

referencing its OMB clearance number.

It is requested, but not required, that 2

copies of the comment be provided. The

Docket Section is open on weekdays

from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Complete copies of each request for

collection of information may be

obtained at no charge from Walter

Culbreath, NHTSA, 400 Seventh Street,

S.W., Room 5208, NAD–40,Washington,

D.C. 20590. Mr. Culbreath’s telephone

number is (202) 366–1566. Please

identify the relevant collection of

information by referring to its OMB

Control Number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

before an agency submits a proposed

collection of information to OMB for

approval, it must first publish a

document in the Federal Register

providing a 60-day comment period and

otherwise consult with members of the

public and affected agencies concerning

each proposed collection of information.

The OMB has promulgated regulations

describing what must be included in

such a document. Under OMB’s

regulation (at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an

agency must ask for public comment on

the following:

(i) Whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(ii) The accuracy of the agency’s

estimate of the burden of the proposed

collection of information, including the

validity of the methodology and

assumptions used;

(iii) How to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected;

(iv) How to minimize the burden of

the collection of information on those

who are to respond, including the use

of appropriate automated, electronic,

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submission of responses.

In compliance with these

requirements, NHTSA asks for public

comments on the following proposed

collections of information:

(1) Title: Fatal Accident Reporting

System (FARS).

OMB Control Number: 2127–0006.

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal

Government.

Abstract: Under both the Highway

Safety Act of 1966 and the National

Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of

1966, the National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA) has the

responsibility to collect accident data

that support the establishment and

enforcement of motor vehicle

regulations and highway safety

programs. These regulations and

programs are developed to reduce the

severity of injury and the property

damage associated with motor vehicle

accidents. The Fatal Accident Reporting

System (FARS) is a major system that

acquires national fatality information

directly from existing State files and

documents. Since FARS is an on-going

data acquisition system, reviews are

conducted yearly to determine whether

the data acquired are responsive to the

total user population needs. The total

user population includes Federal and

State agencies and the private sector.

Annual changes in the forms are minor

in terms of operation and method of

data acquisition, and do not affect the

reporting burden of the respondent

(State employees utilize existing State

accident files). The changes usually

involve clarification adjustments to aid

statisticians in conducting more precise

analyses and to remove potential

ambiguity for the respondents.

Estimated Annual Burden: 77,400

hours.

Number of Respondents: 52.

(2) Title: Consumer Compliant/Recall

Audit Information.

OMB Control Number: 2127–0008.

Affected Public: Individuals and

households.

Abstract: Chapter 301 of Title 49 of

the United States Code, the Secretary of

Transportation is authorized to require

manufacturers of motor vehicles and

items of motor vehicle equipment to

conduct owner notification and remedy,

i.e., a recall campaign, when it has been

determined that a safety defect exists in

the performance, construction,

components, or materials in motor

vehicles and motor vehicle equipment.

To make this determination, the

National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration (NHTSA) solicits

information from vehicle owners which

is used to identify and evaluate possible

safety-related defects and provide the

necessary evidence of the existence of

such a defect. Under the Authority of

Chapter 301 of Title 49 of the United

States Code, the Secretary of

Transportation is authorized to require

manufacturers of motor vehicle and

motor vehicle equipment which do not

comply with the applicable motor

vehicle safety standards or contains a

defect that relates to motor vehicle

safety to notify each owner that their

vehicle contains a safety defect or

noncompliance. Also, the manufacturer

of each such motor vehicle item of

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replacement equipment presented for

remedy pursuant to such notification

shall cause such defect or

noncompliance to be remedied without

charge. In the case of a motor vehicle

presented for remedy pursuant to such

notification, the manufacturer shall

cause the vehicle remedied by

whichever of the following means he

elects: (1) By repairing such vehicle; (2)

by replacing such motor vehicle without

charge; or (3) by refunding the purchase

price less depreciation. To ensure these

objectives are being met, NHTSA audits

recalls conducted by manufacturers.

These audits are performed on a

randomly selected number of vehicle

owners for verification and validation

purposes.

Estimated Annual Burden: 36,380

hours.

Number of Respondents: 239,000.

(3) Title: 49 CFR Part 566,

Manufacturers Identification.

OMB Control Number: 2127–0043.

Affected Public: Business or other for

profit.

Abstract: The National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration’s statute at

49 U.S.C. 30118: Notification of defects

and noncompliance, requires

manufacturers to determine if the motor

vehicle or item or replacement

equipment contains a defect related to

motor vehicle safety or fails to comply

with an applicable Federal Motor

Vehicle Safety Standard. Following

such determination, the manufacturer is

required to notify the Secretary of

Transportation, owners, purchasers and

dealers of motor vehicles or replacement

equipment, of the defect or

noncompliance and to remedy the

defect or noncompliance without charge

to the owner. With this determination,

NHTSA issued 49 CFR Part 566,

Manufacturer Identification. Part 566

requires every manufacturer of motor

vehicles and/or replacement equipment

to file with the agency on a one time

basis, the required information specified

in Part 566.

Estimated Annual Burden: 25 hours.

Number of Respondents: 100.

(4) Title: Names and Addresses of

First Purchasers of Motor Vehicles.

OMB Control Number: 2127–0044.

Affected Public: Business or other for

profit.

Abstract: 49 U.S.C. 30117: Providing

information to, and maintaining records

on, purchasers at subparagraph (b)

Maintaining purchaser records and

procedures, states in part: A

manufacturer of motor vehicle or tire

(except a retreaded tire) shall maintain

a record of the name and address of the

first purchasers of each vehicle or tire it

produces and, to the extent prescribed

by regulations of the Secretary, shall

maintain a record of the name and

address of the first purchaser of

replacement equipment (except a tire)

that the manufacturer produces. This

agency has no regulation specifying how

the information is to be collected or

maintained. When NHTSA’s authorizing

statue was enacted in 1966, Congress

determined that an efficient recall of

defective or noncomplying motor

vehicles required the vehicle

manufacturers retain an accurate record

of vehicle purchasers, by virtue of quick

and easy access to this information, the

manufacturer is able to quickly notify

vehicle owners in the event of a recall.

Experience with this statutory provision

has shown that manufacturers have

retained this information in a manner

sufficient to enable them to

expeditiously notify vehicle purchasers

in case of a recall. Based on this

experience, NHTSA has determined that

no obligation is needed. Without this

type of information readily available,

manufacturers would either need to

spend more time or money to notify

purchasers of a recall.

Estimated Annual Burden: 950,000

hours.

Number of Respondents: 19,000.

(5) Title: 49 CFR 556, Petitions for

Inconsequentiality.

OMB Control Number: 2127–0045.

Affected Public: Business or other for

profit.

Abstract: The National Highway

Traffic Safety Administration’s statute at

49 U.S.C. 30113: General exemptions at

subsection (b) Authority to exempt and

procedures, authorizes the Secretary of

Transportation upon application of a

manufacturer, to exempt the applicant

from the notice and remedy

requirements of 49 U.S.C. Chapter 301,

if the Secretary determines that the

defect or noncompliance is

inconsequential as it relates to motor

vehicle safety. The notice and remedy

requirements of Chapter 301 are set

forth in 49 U.S.C. 30120, remedies for

defects and noncompliance. Those

sections require a manufacturer of motor

vehicles or motor vehicle equipment to

notify distributors, dealers, and

purchasers if any of the manufacturer’s

products are determined either to

contain a safety-related defect or to fail

to comply with an applicable Federal

motor vehicle safety standard. The

manufacturer is under a concomitant

obligation to remedy such defects or

noncompliance. NHTSA exercised this

statutory authority to excuse

inconsequential defects or

noncompliance when it promulgated 49

CFR Part 556, Petitions for

Inconsequentiality—this regulation

establishes the procedures for

manufacturers to submit such petitions

to the agency will use un evaluating

those petitions. Part 556 allows the

agency to ensure that petitions filed

under 15 U.S.C. 30113(b) are both

properly substantiated and efficiently

processed.

Estimated Annual Burden: 30 hours.

Number of Respondents: 15.

(6) Title: Voluntary Child Safety Seat

Registration Form.

OMB Control Number: 2127–0576.

Affected Public: Individuals and

households.

Abstract: Chapter 301 of Title 49 of

the United States provides that if either

NHTSA or a manufacturer determines

the motor vehicles or items of motor

vehicle equipment contains a defect that

relates to motor vehicle safety or fail to

comply with an applicable Federal

Motor Vehicle Safety Standard, the

manufacturer must notify owners and

purchasers of the defect of

noncompliance and must provide a

remedy without charge. Pursuant to 49

CFR Part 577, Defects and

noncompliance notification for

equipment items, including child safety

seats, must be sent by first class mail to

the most recent purchaser known to the

manufacturer. In the absence of a

registration system, many owners of

child safety seats are not notified of

safety defects and noncompliance, since

the manufacturer is not aware of their

identities.

Estimated Annual Burden: 26 hours.

Number of Respondents: 1,200.

(7) Title: Generic Clearance for

Customer and External Stakeholder

Surveys.

OMB Control Number: 2127–0579.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households are primary survey

respondents. Businesses or other-for

profit, not-for-profit institutions, Federal

agencies, and State, local or tribal

governments are other possible survey

respondents.

Abstract: Executive Order 12862

mandates that agencies survey their

customers to identify the kind and

quality of services they want and their

level of satisfaction with existing

services. Other requirements include the

Governmental Performance and Results

Act (GPRA) of 1993 which promotes a

new focus on results, service quality,

and customer satisfaction. NHTSA will

use surveys of the public and other

external stakeholders to gather data as

one input to decision making on how to

better meet the goal of improving safety

on the nation’s highways. The data

gathered on public expectations,

NHTSA’s products and services, along

with specific information on motor

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vehicle crash related issues, will be

used by the agency to better structure its

processes and products, forecast safety

trends and achieve the agency’s goals.

Estimated Annual Burden: 20,396

hours.

Number of Respondents: 134,334.

Herman L. Simms,

Associate Administrator for Administration.

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BILLING CODE 4910–59–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Docket No. AB–31 (Sub–No. 37X)]

Grand Trunk Western Railroad

Incorporated—Abandonment

Exemption—in Oakland County, MI

On February 8, 2001, Grand Trunk

Western Railroad Incorporated (GTW)

filed with the Surface Transportation

Board (Board), a petition under 49

U.S.C. 10502 from the provisions of 49

U.S.C. 10903 for GTW to abandon a line

of railroad, referred to as the North

Pontiac Spur, extending from milepost

2.39 to milepost 2.49/38.46, at Belt

Junction on the Pontiac Belt Line; from

milepost 2.49/38.46, at Belt Junction, to

the end of track at milepost 37.7, near

Joslyn Avenue on the Romeo

Subdivision; and from milepost 2.75, at

Belt Junction, to the end of track at

milepost 1.25, near Montcalm Street on

the Cass City Subdivision, a total

distance of approximately 2.36 miles

entirely within Pontiac, Oakland

County, MI. The line traverses U.S.

Postal Service Zip Code 48340 and

includes no stations.

The line does not contain federally

granted rights-of-way. Any

documentation in the railroad’s

possession will be made available

promptly to those requesting it.

The interest of railroad employees

will be protected by the conditions

specified in Oregon Short Line R. Co.—

Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91

(1979).

By issuance of this notice, the Board

is instituting an exemption proceeding

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10502(b). A final

decision will be issued by May 29, 2001.

GTW has requested expedited

consideration of its petition and has

requested that any decision granting its

petition be effective, if possible, not

later than 15 days after its service date.

Any offer of financial assistance will

be due no later than 10 days after

service of a decision granting the

petition for exemption. Each offer must

be accompanied by a $1,000 filing fee.

See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(25).

All interested parties should be aware

that, following abandonment of rail

service and salvage of the line, the line

may be suitable for other public use,

including interim trail use. Any request

for a public use condition under 49 CFR

1152.28 or for trail use/rail banking

under 49 CFR 1152.29 will be due no

later than March 20, 2001. Each trail use

request must be accompanied by a $150

filling fee. See 49 CFR 1002.2(f)(27).

All filings in response to this notice

must refer to STB Docket No. AB–31

(Sub-No. 37X) and must be sent to: (1)

Surface Transportation Board, Office of

the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K

Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20423–

0001; and (2) Thomas J. Litwiler, Esq.,

Fletcher & Sippel LLC, Two Prudential

Plaza, Suite 3125, 180 North Stetson

Avenue, Chicago, IL 60601–6721.

Replies to the petition are due on or

before March 20, 2001.

Persons seeking further information

concerning abandonment procedures

may contact the Board’s Office of Public

Assistance at (202) 565–1592 or refer to

the full abandonment regulations at 49

CFR part 1152. Questions concerning

environmental issues may be directed to

the Board’s Section of Environmental

Analysis (SEA) at (202) 565–1545. [TDD

for the hearing impaired is available at

1–800–877–8339.] Any environmental

assessment (EA) (or environmental

impact statement (EIS), if necessary)

prepared by SEA will be served upon all

parties of record and upon any agencies

or other persons who commented

during its preparation. Other interested

persons may contact SEA to obtain a

copy of the EA (or EIS). EAs in these

abandonment proceedings normally will

be made available within 60 days of the

filing of the petition. The deadline for

submission of comments on the EA will

generally be within 30 days of its

service.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.

Decided: February 14, 2001.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

February 20, 2001.

The Department of the Treasury has

submitted the following public

information collection requirement(s) to

OMB for review and clearance under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. 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.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before March 30, 2001 to

be assured of consideration.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and

Firearms (BATF)

OMB Number: 1512–0116.

Form Number: ATF F 5200.11.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Notice of release of Tobacco

Products, Cigarette Papers, or Cigarette

Tubes.

Description: The form documents

releases of tobacco products and

cigarette papers and tubes from custody

and returns of such articles to a

manufacturer or export warehouse

shipments for use in the United States.

The form is also used to ensure

compliance with laws and regulations at

the time of transaction and for post

audit examination.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

153.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Respondent: 15 minutes.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Reporting Burden:

306 hours.

OMB Number: 1512–0333.

Recordkeeping Requirement ID

Number: ATF REC 5130/1.

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Usual and Customary Business

Records Maintained by Brewers.

Description: The Bureau of Alcohol,

Tobacco and Firearms audits brewers’

records to verify production of beer and

cereal beverage and to verify the

quantity of beer removed subject to tax

and removed without payment of tax.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Estimated Number of Recordkeepers:

1,400.

Estimated Burden Hours Per

Recordkeeper: 1 hour.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Recordkeeping

Burden: 1 hour.

OMB Number: 1512–0390.

Form Number: ATF F 5020.29.

Type of Review: Extension.