[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 214 (Monday, November 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55981-55982]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-27736]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

[Docket BTS-2001-10909]


Notice of Request To Renew the Approval of Information 
Collections: OMB No. 2139-0002 and 2139-0004 (Financial and Operating 
Statistics for Motor Carriers of Property)

AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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    OMB Control Numbers: 2139-0002 (Form QFR) and 2139-0004 (Form M).

SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Bureau of Transportation 
Statistics (BTS) intends to request the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB) to renew approval for two information collections, the Quarterly 
Report of Class I Motor Carriers of Property (Form QFR) and Annual 
Report of Class I and Class II Motor Carriers of Property, (Form M). 
The information collections are necessary to ensure that motor carriers 
comply with financial and operating statistics requirements as 
prescribed in the BTS regulations(49 CFR 1420). This notice is required 
by the Paperwork Reduction Act.

DATES: January 4, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Mail or hand deliver comments to the U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Dockets Management System (DMS). You may submit your 
comments by mail or in person to the Docket Clerk, Docket No. BTS-2001-
10909, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Room 
PL-401, Washington, DC 20590-0001. The DMS is open for examination and 
copying, at the above address, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except federal holidays.
    If you wish to file comments using the Internet, you may use the 
DOT DMS website at http://dmses.dot.gov. Please follow the online 
instructions for submitting an electronic comment. Comments should 
identify the docket number and be submitted in duplicate. If you would 
like the Department to acknowledge receipt of your comment, you must 
submit a self-addressed stamped postcard on which the following 
statement is made: Comments on Docket BTS-2001-10909. The Docket Clerk 
will date stamp the postcard prior to returning it to you via the U.S. 
mail.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paula R. Robinson, Compliance Program 
Manager, K-27, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 400 Seventh Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20590; (202) 366-2984; Fax: (202) 366-3364; e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. The Data Collection

    The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35; as 
amended) and 5 CFR part 1320 require each Federal agency to obtain an 
OMB approval to continue an information collection activity for which 
the agency received prior approval. BTS is seeking OMB approval for the 
following two BTS information collection activities whose prior OMB 
approvals are near the expiration date:
    (1) Title: Quarterly Report of Class I Motor Carriers of Property. 
OMB Control No. 2139-0002.
    Form No.: BTS Form QFR.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Class I Motor Carriers of Property.
    Number of Respondents: 1,000 (per quarter).
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1.8 hours (27 minutes per quarter).
    Expiration Date: March 31, 2002.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,800 hours.
    (2) Title: Annual Report of Class I and Class II Motor Carriers of 
Property. OMB Control No. 2139-0004.
    Form No.: BTS Form M.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Class I and Class II Motor Carriers of Property.
    Number of Respondents: 3,000 (per year).
    Estimated Time Per Response: 9 hours.
    Expiration Date: March 31, 2002.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Total Annual Burden: 27,000 hours.

Background

    The Quarterly Report of Class I Motor Carriers of Property (Form 
QFR) and Annual Report of Class I and Class II Motor Carriers of 
Property (Form M) are mandated reporting requirements for for-hire 
motor carriers. Motor carriers required to comply with the BTS

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regulations are classified on the basis of their annual gross carrier 
operating revenues (including interstate and intrastate). Under the 
financial and operating statistics (F&OS) program the BTS collects 
balance sheet and income statement data along with information on 
tonnage, mileage, employees, transportation equipment, and other 
related data. The data and information collected is made publicly 
available and used by the BTS to determine a motor carrier's compliance 
with the F&OS program requirements prescribed in the BTS regulations 
(49 CFR 1420). The regulations were formerly administered by Interstate 
Commerce Commission (ICC) and later transferred to the U.S. Department 
of Transportation on January 1, 1996, by the ICC Termination Act of 
1995 (the Act), Public Law 104-88, 109 Stat. 803 (1995) (codified at 49 
U.S.C. 14123).

II. Request for Comments

    BTS requests comments on any aspects of these information 
collections, including (1) The accuracy of the estimated burden; (2) 
ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the collected 
information; and (3) ways to minimize the collection burden without 
reducing the quality of the information collected including additional 
use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

Electronic Access and Filing

    You may submit or retrieve comments online through the Docket 
Management System (DMS) at http://dmses.dot.gov. Please include the 
docket number appearing in the heading of this document. Acceptable 
formats include: MS Word (Versions 95 to 97), MS Word for Mac (Versions 
6 to 8), Rich Text File (RTF), American Standard Code Information 
Interchange (ASCII)(TXT), Portable Document Format (PDF), and 
WordPerfect (Versions 7 to 8). The DMS is available 24 hours each day, 
365 days each year. Electronic submission and retrieval help and 
guidelines are available under the help section of the web site. You 
may also download an electronic copy of this document from the DOT 
Docket Management System on the Internet at http://dmses.dot.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC.
Russell B. Capelle, Jr.,
Assistant BTS Director for Motor Carrier Information, Department of 
Transportation.
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