[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 172 (Friday, September 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52814-52815]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22568]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2003-15024]


Notice of Request for Renewal of a Currently Approved Information 
Collection: Financial Responsibility for Motor Carriers of Passengers 
and Motor Carriers of Property

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The FMCSA announces that the Information Collection Request 
(ICR) described in this notice is being sent to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval pursuant to the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. On May 30, 2003, the

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FMCSA published a ``Notice of Request for Renewal of a Currently 
Approved Information Collection: Financial Responsibility for Motor 
Carriers of Passengers and Motor Carriers of Property'' in the Federal 
Register. Comments on the proposed information collection burden were 
solicited. No comments regarding the ICR were received.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 6, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 Seventeenth Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: DOT Desk Officer. We particularly 
request your comments on whether the collection of information is 
necessary for the FMCSA to meet its goals of reducing truck crashes, 
including whether the information is useful to this goal; the accuracy 
of the estimate of the burden of the information collection; ways to 
enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information collected; 
and ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms on information technology.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Marian Lee, (202) 385-2423, 
Insurance Compliance Division (MC-ECI), Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., 
e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Financial Responsibility for Motor Carrier of Passengers and 
Motor Carriers of Property.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0008.
    Background: The Secretary of Transportation is responsible for 
implementing regulations which establish minimal levels of financial 
responsibility for: (1) Motor carriers of property to cover public 
liability, property damage, and environmental restoration, and (2) for-
hire motor carriers of passengers to cover public liability and 
property damage. The Endorsement for Motor Carrier Policies of 
Insurance for Public Liability (Form MCS-90/90B) and the Motor Carrier 
Public Liability Surety Bond (Form MCS-82/82B) contain the minimum 
amount of information necessary to document that a motor carrier has 
obtained, and has in effect, the minimum levels of financial 
responsibility as set forth in applicable regulations (motor carriers 
of property--49 CFR 387.9; and motor carrier of passengers--49 CFR 
387.33). FMCSA and the public can verify that a motor carrier of 
property or passengers has obtained, and has in effect, the required 
minimum levels of financial responsibility, by use of the information 
embraced within these documents.
    Respondents: Insurance and surety companies of motor carriers of 
property (Form MCS-90 and Form MCS-82) and motor carriers of passengers 
(Form MCS-90B and Form MCS-82B).
    Average Burden Per Response: Two minutes to complete the 
Endorsement for Motor Carrier Policies of Insurances for Public 
Liability or the Motor Carrier Public Liability Surety Bond; one minute 
to file the Motor Carrier Public Liability Surety Bond; one minute to 
have either document on board the vehicle (foreign-domiciled motor 
carriers only). These endorsements are maintained at the motor 
carrier's principal place of business (49 CFR 387.7(iii)(d)).
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 5,285 hours.
    Frequency: Upon creation, change, or replacement of an insurance 
policy or surety bond.

    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.73.

    Issued on: August 8, 2003.
Warren E. Hoemann,
Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 03-22568 Filed 9-4-03; 8:45 am]
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