[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 227 (Wednesday, November 25, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 65163-65164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31522]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

49 CFR Part 1420

[Docket No. BTS-98-4659]
RIN 2139-AA05


Revision to Reporting Requirements for Motor Carriers of 
Property; Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, DOT.

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) is extending the 
comment period for its proposed revisions to the reporting requirements 
for motor carriers of property. As initially published in the Federal 
Register of November 3, 1998 (63 FR 59263), the comments were to be 
received by December 3, 1998. BTS is extending the comment period until 
January 15, 1999, in order to give all interested persons the 
opportunity to comment fully.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted by January 15, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Please direct comments to the Docket Clerk, Docket No. BTS-
98-4659, Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Room 
PL-401, Washington, DC 20590, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 
Friday, except Federal Holidays.
    Comments should identify the regulatory docket number and be 
submitted in duplicate to the address listed above. Commenters wishing 
the Department to acknowledge receipt of their comments must submit 
with those comments a self-addressed stamped postcard on which the 
following statement is made: Comments on Docket BTS-98-4659. The Docket 
Clerk will date stamp the postcard and mail it back to the commenter.
    If you wish to file comments using the Internet, you may use the 
U.S. DOT Dockets Management System website at http://dms.dot.gov. 
Please follow the instructions online for more information.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Mednick, K-2, Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20590; (202) 366-8871; fax: (202) 366-3640; e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Electronic Access

    All comments submitted will be available for examination in the 
Rules Docket both before and after the closing date for comments. 
Internet users can access all comments received by the U.S. DOT 
Dockets, Room PL-401, at the address: http://dms.dot.gov. Please follow 
the instructions online for more information and help.
    An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded using a modem 
and suitable communications software from the Federal Register 
Electronic Bulletin Board Service at (202) 512-1661. If you have access 
to the Internet, you can obtain an electronic copy at http://
www.bts.gov/mcs/rulemaking.htm.

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II. Extension of Comment Period

    Several parties who have been actively involved in the proceedings 
relating to the proposed revisions have requested additional time for 
their organizations to review the proposal and prepare and coordinate 
their responses. BTS is therefore extending the comment period to 
January 15, 1999, a period that includes additional time to avoid a 
deadline occurring immediately after the holidays.

List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 1420

    Motor carriers, Reporting and classification.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on November 12, 1998.
Robert A. Knisely,
Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 98-31522 Filed 11-24-98; 8:45 am]
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