[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 245 (Thursday, December 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 67092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32244]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

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 (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), 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 cost and burden. The 
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting 
comments on the following collections of information was published on 
August 16, 1996 [FR 61, page 42674].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before January 21, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Mednick, Environmental 
Specialist, K-20, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366-8871.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

     Title: Motor Carrier Quarterly and Annual Report Form MP-1, Motor 
Carriers of Passengers.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    OMB Control Number: 2139-0003.
    Form Number: BTS Form MP-1.
    Affected Public: Class I Motor Carriers of Passengers.
    Abstract: This data collection form was transferred from the 
Interstate Commerce Commission to the Department of Transportation 
(DOT) on January 1, 1996, by the ICC Termination Act of 1995. The OMB 
Control number while under the ICC was 3120-0021. Pursuant to 14 U.S.C. 
14123, DOT is required to collect annual financial reports from Class I 
motor carriers. DOT may also require motor carriers to file quarterly 
reports. In determining the matters to be covered by the reports, DOT 
must consider: (1) Safety needs; (2) the need to preserve confidential 
business information and trade secrets and prevent competitive harm; 
(3) private sector, academic, and public use of information in the 
reports; and (4) the public interest. BTS wishes to continue to provide 
periodic information on the health of the motor carrier of passengers 
industry, its impact on the economy, and the economy's impact on the 
industry. The current report accomplishes this with minimal data items 
to be completed quarterly.
    Estimated Annual Burden: The total estimated annual burden is 156 
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 December 13, 1996.
Phillip A. Leach,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 96-32244 Filed 12-18-96; 8:45 am]
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