[Federal Register: September 20, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 183)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review; Request
for Extension Without Change of Previously Approved Information
Collection
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.
ACTION: Notice and Request for Comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended) this notice announces the Department of
Transportation's (DOT) intention to request an extension without change
for a currently approved information collection.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by November 19, 2002.
ADDRESSES: To ensure that you do not duplicate your docket submissions,
please submit them by only one of the following means:
(1) By mail to the Docket Management Facility (SVC-124), U.S.
Department of Transportation, Room PL-401, 400 Seventh Street SW.,
Washington, DC 20590-0001. [It is important to note that because of
current security procedures affecting the U.S. Mail, other means (e.g.,
FedEx, UPS) may be faster];
(2) By delivery to room PL-401 on the Plaza Level of the Nassif
Building, 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone
number is (202) 366-9329;
(3) By fax to the Docket Management Facility at (202) 493-2251; or
(4) By electronic means through the Web Site for the Docket
Management System at: http://dms.dot.gov.
The Docket Management Facility maintains the public docket for this
rulemaking. Comments to the docket will be available for inspection or
copying at room PL-401 on the Plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays. The public may also review
docketed comments electronically at: http://dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. Roberta Fede, Committee
Management Officer, Executive Secretariat, Office of the Secretary,
Department of Transportation, at the address listed above. Telephone:
(202) 366-9764.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Advisory Committee Candidate Biographical Information
Request, DOT F1120.1.
OMB Control Number: 2105-0009.
Type of Request: Extension without change for a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: The collection of information obtained by the Advisory
Committee Candidate Biographical Information Request form enables
Department officials to review the qualifications of individuals who
wish to serve on Department-sponsored advisory committees and the
qualifications of persons who have been recommended to serve. The
collection provides uniform data for each individual and enables DOT to
comply with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463) (5
U.S.C. App.) which requires that advisory committee membership be
balanced.
A number of DOT'S advisory committees were created by statute and
have statutory requirements for education, experience, or expertise.
The data collection enables DOT to comply with such membership
requirements, by providing information from which officials may
determine which individuals meet specific qualification standards for
particular advisory committees and for particular positions within a
committee. In fact, some statutory committees require very narrow and
specific expertise for each position on the committee, which can be
ascertained by reviewing the Advisory Committee Candidate Biographical
Information Request form.
Finally, the data collection allows officials to retain a file of
interested applicants. As vacancies occur on specific advisory
committees, the applications and qualifications can be reviewed for
possible placement.
In the absence of the data collection, officials would have to
contact by telephone or by letter each person who expressed an interest
or who was recommended for an advisory committee position to determine
his/her interest, education, experience, or expertise. This would be a
more time-consuming and costly data collection effort which would have
to be repeated if the individual were to be considered at a later time
for vacancies on other advisory committees.
Respondents: Individuals who have contacted DOT to indicate an
interest in appointment to an advisory committee and individuals who
have been recommended for membership on an advisory committee. Only one
collection is expected per individual.
Estimated Number of Respondents per year: 100.
Total Burden: 35 hours.
This information collection is available for inspection at the
Office of the Executive Secretariat, Room 10205, Office of the
Secretary, DOT, at the above address.
Comments are Invited on: (a) Whether the continued collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Department, (b) the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the
burden of the current information collection, (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information being collected and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Issued in Washington, DC on September 13, 2002.
Michael Dannenhauer,
Director, Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 02-23919 Filed 9-19-02; 8:45 am]
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