[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 56385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27280]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Bureau of Transportation Statistics
[Docket No. BTS-99-6368]


Notice of Request for Clearance of an Information Collection: 
Motor Carrier Report Form MP-1

AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that a data collection, Motor Carrier 
Quarterly and Annual Report Form MP-1, is coming up for renewal. BTS 
uses this form to collect financial and operating data from motor 
carriers of passengers. In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995, BTS intends to request clearance from the Office of Management 
Budget (OMB) for this information collection. Before submitting its 
request, BTS is publishing this notice to invite the general public, 
industry, and other Federal agencies to comment on the continuing need 
and usefulness of BTS collecting quarterly and annual financial data 
from Class I motor carriers of passengers.

DATES: You must submit your written comments by December 20, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Please send comments to the Docket Clerk, Docket No. BTS-99-
6368, Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Room PL-
401, Washington, DC 20590, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.
    You only need to submit one copy. If you would like the Department 
to acknowledge receipt of the comments, you must include a self-
addressed stamped postcard with the following statement: Comments on 
Docket BTS-99-6368. The Docket Clerk will date stamp the postcard and 
mail it back to you.
    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-1, Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20590, (202) 366-8871, Fax: (202) 366-3640, e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Motor Carrier Quarterly and Annual Report, Motor Carriers of 
Passengers.
    OMB Control No.: 2139-0003.
    Form No.: BTS Form MP-1.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Class I Motor Carriers of Passengers.
    Number of Respondents: Approximately 26.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 90 minutes.
    Total Annual Burden: 195 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Under section 103 of the ICC Termination Act of 
1995, Pub. L. 104-88, 109 Stat. 803 (1995) (codified at 49 U.S.C. 
14123), the Department of Transportation (DOT) is required to collect 
annual financial and safety reports from Class I and Class II motor 
carriers. DOT may also require motor carriers to file quarterly and 
special 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. DOT must also 
streamline and simplify the reporting requirements to the maximum 
extent practicable. DOT has delegated authority for this program to the 
Director of BTS.
    Under this statutory mandate, BTS has been collecting data on motor 
carriers of passengers using Form MP-1. This provides quarterly and 
annual data on number of passengers, operating revenue and expenses, 
net income, and assets and liabilities. BTS uses it 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 report form accomplishes this with minimal data items to be 
completed quarterly. Please note that under the statute BTS also 
collects data on motor carriers of property, using report Forms M and 
QFR, but these forms are not part of this renewal notice and request 
for comments.

Request for Comments

    BTS requests comments concerning all aspects of this information 
collection, including (1) the necessity and utility of the information 
collection for BTS to fulfill its legal mandate under 14 U.S.C. 14123; 
(2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the collected information; and (4) 
ways to minimize the collection burden without reducing the quality of 
the collected information. BTS will summarize the comments submitted in 
response to this notice in its request for OMB clearance.
    If you have Internet access, you can get more information about 
this data collection or see the current report form at http://
www.bts.gov/mcs.
Ashish Sen,
Director.
[FR Doc. 99-27280 Filed 10-18-99; 8:45 am]
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