Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of a Currently-Approved Information Collection Request: Transportation of Hazardous Materials, Highway Routing

G. Kelly Leone
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
February 14, 2014

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 31 (Friday, February 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9034-9035]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03345]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2013-0305]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of a 
Currently-Approved Information Collection Request: Transportation of 
Hazardous Materials, Highway Routing

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FMCSA 
announces its plan to submit the Information Collection Request (ICR) 
described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review 
and approval. The FMCSA requests approval to extend an existing ICR is 
titled, ``Transportation of Hazardous Materials, Highway Routing.'' The 
information reported by States and Indian tribes is necessary to 
identify designated/restricted routes and restrictions or limitations 
affecting how motor carriers may transport certain hazardous materials 
on their highways, including dates that such routes were established 
and information on subsequent changes or new hazardous materials 
routing designations. FMCSA received one comment from a trucking 
association in response to the 60-day Federal Register Notice published 
on October 23, 2013.

DATES: Please send your comments by March 17, 2014. OMB must receive 
your comments by this date in order to act on the ICR.

ADDRESSES: All comments should reference Federal Docket Management 
System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2013-0305. 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

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Transportation/Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Paul Bomgardner, Office of 
Enforcement and Compliance, Hazardous Materials Division, Department of 
Transportation, FMCSA, West Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 
SE., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 202-493-0027; email 
paul.bomgardner@dot.gov. Office hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal Holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Transportation of Hazardous Materials, Highway Routing.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0014.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Respondents: The reporting burden is shared by 50 States, the 
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin 
Islands.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 51 [35 States, District of 
Columbia, and U.S. Territories with designated hazardous materials 
highway routes + 15 States/U.S. Territories without designated 
hazardous materials highway routes + 1 Indian tribe with a designated 
route = 51].
    Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes.
    Expiration Date: February 28, 2014.
    Frequency of Response: Annually.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 13 hours [51 annual respondents x 1 
response x 15 minutes per response/60 minutes per response = 12.75 
hours, rounded to 13 hours].

Background

    The data for the Transportation of Hazardous Materials, Highway 
Routing ICR is collected under authority of 49 U.S.C. 5112 and 5125. 
Specifically, 49 U.S.C. 5112(c) requires that the Secretary, in 
coordination with the States, ``shall update and publish periodically a 
list of currently effective hazardous material highway route 
designations.''
    Under 49 CFR 397.73, the FMCSA Administrator has the authority to 
request that each State and Indian tribe, through its routing agency, 
provide information identifying hazardous materials routing 
designations within its jurisdiction. That information is collected and 
consolidated by FMCSA and published annually, in whole or as updates, 
in the Federal Register.
    Comments From the Public: The FMCSA received 1 comment in response 
to the 60-day comment request Federal Register notice published on 
October 23, 2013. FMCSA will consider the comment received from the 
American Trucking Association (ATA) that addressed the changes to be 
implemented in the ICR to meet the requirements of Public Law 112-141, 
Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21).
    Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of 
this information collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed 
collection is necessary for the FMCSA to perform its functions; (2) the 
accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways for the FMCSA to enhance the 
quality, usefulness, and clarity of the collected information; and (4) 
ways that the burden could be minimized without reducing the quality of 
the collected information.

    Issued under the authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.87 on: February 
6, 2014.
G. Kelly Leone,
Associate Administrator, Office of Research and Information Technology 
and Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-03345 Filed 2-13-14; 8:45 am]
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