[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 209 (Monday, October 28, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 55681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27584]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary


Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information 
Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35), this notice announces that the Information Collection 
Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes 
the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. The 
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on the following collection of information was published on 
April 18, 1996 [FR 61 16968].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 27, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Peter C. Chandler, Office of Motor 
Carrier Research and Standards, (202) 366-5763, Federal Highway 
Administration, Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

    Title: Drivers Qualification Files (Regularly Employed Drivers and 
Intermittent, Casual, or Occasional Drivers).
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, without change, of previous changes 
to a currently approved information collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2125-0065.
    Form Number: None.
    Affected Public: Motor Carriers.
    Abstract: Motor Carriers are required to maintain a drivers 
qualification file for each commercial motor vehicle (CMV) driver to 
document that the driver meets the qualifications standards to drive a 
CMV in interstate commerce.
    Need: To ensure the motor carrier to maintain a driver's 
qualification file for each regularly employed driver and each 
intermittent, casual, and occasional driver.
    Estimated Annual Burden: The total annual burden is 860,749 hours.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503, Attention DOT Desk Officer.
    Comments are Invited on: whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 21, 1996.
Phillip A. Leach,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 96-27584 Filed 10-25-96; 8:45 am]
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