[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 14 (Friday, January 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 3531]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1469]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

[Docket No. BTS-99-6368]


OMB Review of Agency Information Collection Activity; Motor 
Carrier Report Form MP-1

AGENCY:  Bureau of Transportation Statistics, DOT.

ACTION:  Notice.

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SUMMARY:  In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces that the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has 
submitted the following data collection to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Motor Carrier Quarterly and 
Annual Report Form MP-1. This report form provides financial and 
operation data about large motor carriers of passengers. BTS published 
a Federal Register notice asking for public comment on this data 
collection October 19, 1999 (64 FR 56385). BTS received one comment in 
response to that notice.

DATES:  You must submit comments by February 22, 2000.

ADDRESSES:  Please send comments to both (1) the Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), OMB, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, 
DC 20503, attention: DOT Desk Officer; and (2) the Docket Clerk, Docket 
No. BTS-99-6368, Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 
Room PL-401, Washington, DC 20590. Comments must include the OMB 
control number, 2139-0003.
    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. This 
website can also be used to read comments received.

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]. Please refer to OMB Control No. 2139-0003 in any 
correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTAL 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 regarding any aspect of this information 
collection, including, but not limited to: (1) the necessity and 
utility of the information collection for the proper performance of the 
functions of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics; (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, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.

Rolf R. Schmitt,
 Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 00-1469 Filed 1-20-00; 8:45 am]
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