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OMB Control Number: 2137–0018.
Summary: This information collection
consolidates provisions for
documenting qualifications,
inspections, tests and approvals
pertaining to the manufacture and use of
portable tanks and intermediate bulk
containers under various provisions of
the HMR. It is necessary to ascertain
whether portable tanks and intermediate
bulk containers have been qualified,
inspected, and retested in accordance
with the HMR. The information is used
to verify that certain portable tanks and
intermediate bulk containers meet
required performance standards prior to
their being authorized for use, and to
document periodic requalification and
testing to ensure the packagings have
not deteriorated due to age or physical
abuse to a degree that would render
them unsafe for the transportation of
hazardous materials.
Affected Public: Manufacturers and
owners of portable tanks and
intermediate bulk containers.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping
Burden:
Number of Respondents: 8,770.
Total Annual Responses: 86,100.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 66,390.
Frequency of collection: 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, 171.16 and
171.21 of the HMR. A Hazardous
Materials Incident Report, DOT Form F
5800.1, must be completed by a person
in physical possession of a hazardous
material at the time a hazardous
material incident occurs in
transportation, such as a release of
materials, serious accident, evacuation
or closure of a main artery. Incidents
meeting criteria in § 171.15 also require
a telephonic report. 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: Shippers and carriers
of hazardous materials.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping
Burden:
Number of Respondents: 1,678.
Total Annual Responses: 16,768.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 23,037.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Title: Cargo Tank Motor Vehicles in
Liquefied Compressed Gas Service.
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OMB Control Number: 2137–0595.
Summary: These information
collection and recordkeeping
requirements pertain to the
manufacture, certification, inspection,
repair, maintenance, and operation of
certain DOT specification and nonspecification cargo tank motor vehicles
used to transport liquefied compressed
gases. These requirements are intended
to ensure cargo tank motor vehicles
used to transport liquefied compressed
gases are operated safely, and to
minimize the potential for catastrophic
releases during unloading and loading
operations. They include: (1)
Requirements for operators of cargo tank
motor vehicles in liquefied compressed
gas service to develop operating
procedures applicable to unloading
operations and carry the operating
procedures on each vehicle; (2)
inspection, maintenance, marking, and
testing requirements for the cargo tank
discharge system, including delivery
hose assemblies; and (3) requirements
for emergency discharge control
equipment on certain cargo tank motor
vehicles transporting liquefied
compressed gases that must be installed
and certified by a Registered Inspector.
Affected Public: Carriers in liquefied
compressed gas service, manufacturers
and repairers.
Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping
Burden:
Number of Respondents: 6,958.
Total Annual Responses: 920,538.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 200,914.
Frequency of collection: On occasion.
Issued in Washington, DC on October 21,
2010.
Charles E. Betts,
Acting Director, Office of Hazardous
Materials Standards.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of Renewed Approval of
Information Collection(s): Verification
of Authenticity of Foreign License,
Rating and Medical Certification
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA
invites public comments about our
intention to request the Office of
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Management and Budget (OMB)
approval to renew an information
collection. The Federal Register Notice
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on July 30,
2010, vol. 75, no. 146, page 45007. The
information is used to identify airmen to
allow the agency to verify their foreign
license being used to qualify for a US
certificate. Respondents are holders of
foreign licenses wishing to obtain U.S.
certificates.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by November 26, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carla Scott on (202) 267–9895, or by email at: Carla.Scott@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2120–0724.
Title: Verification of Authenticity of
Foreign License, Rating and Medical
Certification.
Form Numbers: FAA Form 8060–71.
Type of Review: Renewal of an
information collection.
Background: The information
collected is used to properly identify
airmen to allow the agency to verify
their foreign license being used to
qualify for a U.S. certificate. The
respondents are holders of foreign
licenses wishing to obtain a U.S.
certificate. Per the General Aviation
Operations Inspector’s Handbook, a
person who is applying for a U.S. pilot
certificate/rating on the basis of a
foreign-pilot license must apply for
verification of that license at least 90
days before arriving at the designated
FAA FSDO where the applicant intends
to receive the U.S. pilot certificate.
Respondents: An estimated 5400
foreign license holders.
Frequency: The information is
collected on occasion.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: Approximately 10 minutes
per response.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: An
estimated 900 hours annually.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget. Comments should be addressed
to the attention of the Desk Officer,
Department of Transportation/FAA, and
sent via electronic mail to
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov, or faxed
to (202) 395–6974, or mailed to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102,
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20503.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
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information collection, including (a)
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for FAA’s
performance; (b) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information collection; and (d)
ways that the burden could be
minimized without reducing the quality
of the collected information. The agency
will summarize and/or include your
comments in the request for OMB’s
clearance of this information collection.
Issued in Washington, DC on October 20,
2010.
Carla Scott,
FAA Information Collection Clearance
Officer, IT Enterprises Business Services
Division, AES–200.
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person using e-filing should attach a
document and otherwise comply with
the instructions at the ‘‘E–FILING’’ link
on the Board’s ‘‘https://www.stb.dot.gov’’
Web site. Any person submitting a filing
in the traditional paper format should
send an original and 10 copies of the
filing to: Surface Transportation Board,
Attn: Docket No. EP 704, 395 E Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20423–0001.
Copies of written submissions will be
posted to the Board’s Web site and will
be available for viewing and selfcopying in the Board’s Public Docket
Room, Suite 131. Copies of the
submissions will also be available (for a
fee) by contacting the Board’s Chief
Records Officer at (202) 245–0235 or
395 E Street, SW., Washington, DC
20423–0001.
Surface Transportation Board
Julia
Farr at (202) 245–0359. [Assistance for
the hearing impaired is available
through the Federal Information Relay
Service (FIRS) at: (800) 877–8339.]
[Docket No. EP 704]
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Review of Commodity, Boxcar, and
TOFC/COFC Exemptions
AGENCY:
Surface Transportation Board,
DOT.
ACTION:
Notice.
The Surface Transportation
Board (Board) will hold a public hearing
beginning at 9:30 a.m. on December 9,
2010, in the Hearing Room on the first
floor of the Board’s headquarters in
Washington, DC. The purpose of the
public hearing will be to review certain
categorical exemptions from regulation
under 49 U.S.C. 10502, specifically the
commodity exemptions under 49 CFR
1039.10 and 1039.11, the boxcar
exemptions under 49 CFR 1039.14, and
trailer-on-flatcar/container-on-flatcar
(TOFC/COFC) exemptions under 49
CFR part 1090. Persons wishing to speak
at the hearing should notify the Board
in writing.
DATES: The public hearing will take
place on December 9, 2010. Any person
wishing to speak at the hearing should
file with the Board a combined notice of
intent to participate (identifying the
party, the proposed speaker, the time
requested, and the topic(s) to be
covered) and the person’s written
testimony by November 30, 2010.
Written submissions by interested
persons who do not wish to appear at
the hearing are also due by November
30, 2010.
ADDRESSES: All filings may be submitted
either via the Board’s e-filing format or
in the traditional paper format. Any
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The
exemption provisions pertaining to
railroads first adopted in the Railroad
Revitalization and Regulatory Reform
Act of 1976, Public Law 94–210, 90 Stat.
31 (1976) (4R Act), and later modified
in the Staggers Act of 1980, Public Law
96–448, 94 Stat. 1895 (1980) (Staggers
Act), fundamentally changed the
economic regulation of the railroad
industry by the Board’s predecessor, the
Interstate Commerce Commission (the
Commission). Prior to 1976, the
Commission heavily regulated the
industry. The Commission focused its
regulation on ensuring equal treatment
of shippers, which in some instances,
led to railroad pricing decisions based
on factors other than market
considerations.
By the early 1970s, the railroads were
in financial decline. In an effort to
revitalize the struggling railroad
industry, Congress enacted the 4R Act
and, 4 years later, the Staggers Act. In
both statutes, Congress reduced the
Commission’s oversight of railroads
through various means, including the
statutory exemption provisions of 49
U.S.C. 10505. Under § 10505, which was
enacted in the 4R Act and modified in
the Staggers Act, Congress directed the
Commission to exempt railroad
activities when it found that regulation
was not necessary to carry out the
national rail transportation policy (RTP)
of 49 U.S.C. 10101, and either: (1) The
exemption was of limited scope; or (2)
regulation was not necessary to protect
shippers from abuse of market power.
(These exemption provisions are now
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contained in 49 U.S.C. 10502.1) In the
Staggers Act, Congress directed the
Commission to pursue exemptions
aggressively, and to correct any
problems arising as a result of the
exemption through its revocation
authority.2
Consistent with that Congressional
directive, the Commission exempted
numerous commodities, services, and
types of transactions from regulation. In
its first ‘‘commodity’’ exemption, in Rail
General Exemption Authority—Fresh
Fruits & Vegetables, 361 I.C.C. 211
(1979), the Commission exempted
certain fresh fruits and vegetables from
its regulations, based largely on its
conclusion that the rail market share of
movements of these goods, which were
subject to strong competitive forces, was
minimal and declining. Since then, the
agency has exempted numerous other
individual commodities, listed in 49
CFR 1039.10 and 1039.11, after finding
that traffic for these individual
commodities was sufficiently
competitive and that railroads lacked
sufficient market power such that abuse
of shippers was not a substantial threat.3
The Commission also exempted rail
(and truck) operations provided in
connection with intermodal (TOFC/
COFC) services, under 49 CFR part
1090,4 and the rail transportation of all
commodities in single-line boxcar
service, under 49 CFR 1039.14.5
These agency exemption decisions
were instrumental in the U.S. rail
system’s transition from a heavily
regulated, financially weak component
of the economy into a mature, relatively
healthy industry that operates with only
minimal oversight. The transition,
however, was not without challenges,
sometimes because an exemption under
§ 10502 excuses carriers from virtually
all aspects of regulation,6 even though
the Board’s continuing jurisdiction over
exempted movements also extinguishes
1 49 U.S.C. 10505, Public Law 95–473, 92 Stat.
1361, has been omitted by Public Law 104–88, Title
I, § 102(a).
2 H.R. Rep. No. 96–1430, at 105 (1980).
3 See, e.g., Rail Gen. Exemption Auth.—
Nonferrous Recyclables, 3 S.T.B. 62 (1998); Rail
Gen. Exemption Auth.—Petition of AAR to Exempt
Rail Transp. of Selected Commodity Groups, 9
I.C.C. 2d 969 (1993); Exemption from Regulation—
Rail Transp. Frozen Food, 367 I.C.C. 859 (1983);
Liquid Iron Chloride, 367 I.C.C. 347 (1983); Rail
Gen. Exemption Auth.—Miscellaneous Agric.
Commodities, 367 I.C.C. 298 (1983).
4 See Central States Motor Freight Bureau v. ICC,
924 F.2d 1099 (DC Cir. 1991), for a summary of the
agency’s several actions in connection with the
progressive deregulation of TOFC/COFC services
through the exemption process.
5 See Brae Corp. v. United States, 740 F.2d 1023
(DC Cir. 1984).
6 See Pejepscot Indus. Park—Pet. for Declaratory
Order, 6 S.T.B. 886, 891, reconsideration granted in
part, 7 S.T.B. 220 (2003).
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Agency Information Collection Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of Renewed Approval of Information Collection(s):
Verification of Authenticity of Foreign License, Rating and Medical
Certification
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA
invites public comments about our intention to request the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) approval to renew an information
collection. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on
July 30, 2010, vol. 75, no. 146, page 45007. The information is used to
identify airmen to allow the agency to verify their foreign license
being used to qualify for a US certificate. Respondents are holders of
foreign licenses wishing to obtain U.S. certificates.
DATES: Written comments should be submitted by November 26, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carla Scott on (202) 267-9895, or by
e-mail at: Carla.Scott@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2120-0724.
Title: Verification of Authenticity of Foreign License, Rating and
Medical Certification.
Form Numbers: FAA Form 8060-71.
Type of Review: Renewal of an information collection.
Background: The information collected is used to properly identify
airmen to allow the agency to verify their foreign license being used
to qualify for a U.S. certificate. The respondents are holders of
foreign licenses wishing to obtain a U.S. certificate. Per the General
Aviation Operations Inspector's Handbook, a person who is applying for
a U.S. pilot certificate/rating on the basis of a foreign-pilot license
must apply for verification of that license at least 90 days before
arriving at the designated FAA FSDO where the applicant intends to
receive the U.S. pilot certificate.
Respondents: An estimated 5400 foreign license holders.
Frequency: The information is collected on occasion.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: Approximately 10 minutes per
response.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: An estimated 900 hours annually.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget. Comments should be
addressed to the attention of the Desk Officer, Department of
Transportation/FAA, and sent via electronic mail to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov, or faxed to (202) 395-6974, or mailed to the
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20503.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of
this
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information collection, including (a) whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for FAA's performance; (b) the accuracy of
the estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information collection; and (d) ways that the burden
could be minimized without reducing the quality of the collected
information. The agency will summarize and/or include your comments in
the request for OMB's clearance of this information collection.
Issued in Washington, DC on October 20, 2010.
Carla Scott,
FAA Information Collection Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business
Services Division, AES-200.
[FR Doc. 2010-27097 Filed 10-26-10; 8:45 am]
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