Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/06/14/00-14908/reports-forms-and-recordkeeping-requirements-agency-information-collection-activity-under-omb-review
Timestamp: 2017-09-23 00:49:52
Document Index: 14526108

Matched Legal Cases: ['arts 172', 'arts 171', 'arts 178', 'art 106', 'art 107', 'art 107', 'art 106', 'art 106', 'art 107', 'arts 107']

A Notice by the Research and Special Programs Administration on 06/14/2000
Comments must be submitted on or before July 14, 2000.
65 FR 37454
Docket No. RSPA-2000-6944 (Notice No. 00-6)
00-14908
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/00-14908 https://www.federalregister.gov/d/00-14908
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection Requests (ICRs) abstracted below have been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comments. The ICRs describe the nature of the information collections and their expected burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following collections of information was published on April 5, 2000, [17940-17943].
Abstract: This information collection consolidates and describes the information collection provisions in parts 172, 173, 174, 179, and 180 of the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR; 49 CFR parts 171-180) on the transportation of hazardous materials by rail and the manufacture, qualification, maintenance and use of tank cars. The types of information collected include:
(5) Quality Assurance Program: Facilities that build, repair and ensure the structural integrity of tank cars are required to develop and implement a quality assurance program. This information is used by the facility and DOT compliance personnel to ensure that each tank car is constructed or Start Printed Page 37455repaired in accordance with the applicable requirements.
Title: Requirements for Cargo Tanks
OMB Control Number: 2137-0014
Abstract: This information collection consolidates and describes the information collection provisions in parts 178 and 180 of the HMR involving the manufacture, qualification, maintenance and use of all specification cargo tank motor vehicles. Also it includes the information collection and recordkeeping requirements for persons who are engaged in the manufacture, assembly, requalification and maintenance of DOT specification cargo tank motor vehicles. The types of information collected include:
Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 106,262.
Abstract: This collection of information applies to rulemaking procedures regarding the HMR. Specific areas covered in this information collection include Part 106, Subpart B, “Procedures for Adoption of Rules,” Part 107, subpart B, “Exemptions,” Part 107, Subpart C, “Preemption.” The Federal hazardous materials transportation law directs the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe regulations for the safe transportation of hazardous materials in commerce. RSPA is authorized to accept petitions for rulemaking and for reconsideration of rulemakings, as well as applications for exemptions, preemption determinations and waivers of preemption. The types of information collected include:
(1) Petitions for Rulemaking: Any person may petition the Associate Administrator for Hazardous Materials Safety to establish, amend, or repeal a substantive regulation, or may petition the Chief Counsel to establish, amend, or repeal a procedural regulation in Part 106 or 107.
The information collected under these application procedures is used in the review process by RSPA in determining the merits of the petitions for rulemakings and for reconsideration of rulemakings, as well as applications for exemptions, preemption determinations and waivers of preemption to the HMR. The procedures governing these petitions for rulemaking and for reconsideration of rulemakings are covered in Subpart A of Part 106. Applications for exemptions, preemption determinations and waivers of preemption are covered Subparts B and C of Part 107. Rulemaking procedures enable RSPA to determine if a rule change is necessary, is consistent with public interest, and maintains a level of safety equal to or superior to Start Printed Page 37456that of current regulations. Exemption procedures provide the information required for analytical purposes to determine if the requested relief provides for a comparable level of safety as provided by the HMR. Preemption procedures provide information for RSPA to determine whether a requirement of a State, political subdivision, or Indian tribe is preempted under 49 U.S.C. 5125, or regulations issued thereunder, or whether a waiver of preemption should be issued.
Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 4,219.
Abstract: This information collection consolidates and describes the information collection provisions in parts 107, 172,173, 174,176, and 178 regarding requirements for approvals for hazardous materials in the HMR. Responses to these information collection requirements are required to obtain benefits, such as to become an approval or certification agency or to obtain a variance from packaging or handling requirements based on information provided by the respondent. The types of information collected include: applications to become designated approval agencies, independent cylinder testing agencies, and foreign manufacturers of cylinders; applications for approval of classifications of new explosives; applications for safety determinations to the adequacy of old packagings for materials with special hazards; applications to allow the regulated public to use alternative packagings or test methods; etc. The information collected is used to:
(3) Assure that regulated hazardous materials pose no danger to life and property during transportation; and
Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,518.
Estimated Number of Responses: 3,869.
Annual Estimated Burden Hours: 18,381.
[FR Doc. 00-14908 Filed 6-13-00; 8:45 am]