[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 221 (Friday, November 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69300-69301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-28966]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

[Docket BTS-2002-13790]


Notice of Request To Renew Approval of Information

AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), DOT

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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    Collection: OMB No. 2139-0003 (Financial and Operating Statistics 
for Motor Carriers of Passengers).
    OMB Control Numbers: 2139-0003 (Form MP-1, Quarterly and Annual 
Reports).
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 the information collection, the Annual and 
Quarterly Reports for Class I Motor Carriers of Passengers (Form MP-1). 
This information collection is 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 (PRA).

DATES: January 14, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the U.S. Department of Transportation, 
Dockets Management System (DMS). You may submit your comments by fax, 
Internet, in person or via the U.S. mail to the Docket Clerk, Docket 
No. BTS-2002-13790, Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, 
SW., Room PL-401, Washington, DC 20590-0001. Please note that in case 
of delays in the delivery of U.S. mail to Federal offices in 
Washington, DC, we recommend that

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persons consider an alternative method (the Internet, fax, or 
professional delivery service) to submit comments to the docket and to 
ensure their timely receipt at U.S. DOT. You may fax your comments to 
the DMS at (202) 493-2251.
    If you wish to file comments using the Internet, you may use the 
DOT DMS Web site at http://dms.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 comments, you must 
submit a self-addressed stamped postcard on which the following 
statement is made: Comments on Docket BTS-2002-13790. The Docket Clerk 
will date stamp the postcard prior to returning it to you via the U.S. 
mail. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paula R. Robinson, Compliance Program 
Manager, Office of Motor Carrier Information, K-13, Bureau of 
Transportation Statistics, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20590-0001; (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 BTS information collection activity whose prior OMB approval 
is near the expiration date:
    Title: Class I Quarterly and Annual Reports of Motor Carriers of 
Passengers.
    OMB Control Number: 2139-0003.
    Form Number: BTS Form MP-1.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Class I Motor Carriers of Passengers.
    Number of Respondents: 26.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1.5 hours.
    Expiration Date: February 28, 2003.
    Frequency: Quarterly and annually.
    Total Annual Burden: 195 hours.
    Abstract: This report provides financial and operating data. The 
Department of Transportation uses this information to assess the health 
of the industry and identify industry changes that may affect national 
transportation policy. The data also show company financial stability 
and traffic.
    Background: The Quarterly and Annual Reports of Motor Carriers of 
Passengers (Form MP-1) is a mandated reporting requirement for for-hire 
Class I motor carriers of passengers. Motor carriers required to comply 
with the BTS 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 as prescribed in the BTS regulations (49 CFR 1420). The 
regulations were formerly administered by Interstate Commerce 
Commission (ICC), the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C. 11145, 49 
U.S.C. 11343(d)(1) and the Bus Regulatory Act of 1982 and later 
transferred to the U.S. Department of Transportation on January 1, 
1996, by the ICC Termination Act of 1995 (the Act), 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.

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