[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 12, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 2209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-559]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2004-19741]


Notice Requesting Comment on Renewing Approval of an Information 
Collection: OMB Control No. 2126-0019 (Application for Certificate of 
Registration for Foreign Motor Carriers and Foreign Motor Private 
Carriers)

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

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces FMCSA's plans to request the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) to renew its approval of the information 
collection described below. This information collection requires 
Mexico-domiciled for-hire and private motor carriers who wish to 
register to transport property only within municipalities in the United 
States on the U.S.-Mexico international border or within the commercial 
zones of such municipalities to file Form OP-2. Under the Paperwork 
Reduction Act, the FMCSA is required to publish this notice.

DATES: Please submit your comments by March 14, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Mail or hand deliver comments to the U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Dockets Management Facility, Room PL-401, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590, or submit electronically at http://dmses.dot.gov/submit. Be sure to include the docket number appearing in 
the heading of this document on your comment. All comments received 
will be available for examination and copying at the above address from 
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. 
If you would like to be notified when your comment is received, you 
must include a self-addressed, stamped postcard or you may print the 
acknowledgment page that appears after submitting comments 
electronically.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Joy Dunlap (202-493-0219), 
Information Systems Division (MC-RIS), Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., 
EST., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Application for Certificate of Registration for Foreign 
Motor Carriers and Foreign Motor Private Carriers.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0019.
    Background: Title 49 U.S.C. 13902(c) contains basic licensing 
procedures for registering foreign motor carriers to operate across the 
Mexico-U.S. border into the United States. Title 49 CFR part 368 
contains related regulations. The FMCSA carries out this registration 
program under authority delegated by the Secretary of Transportation. 
Foreign (Mexico-based) motor carriers use Form OP-2 to apply for 
registration authority at the FMCSA. The form requests information on 
the motor carrier's name, address, U.S. DOT Number, form of business 
(e.g., corporation, sole proprietorship, partnership), locations where 
the applicant plans to operate, types of registration requested (e.g., 
for-hire motor carrier, motor private carrier), insurance, safety 
certifications, household goods arbitration certifications, and 
compliance certifications.
    Respondents: Foreign (Mexico-based) motor carriers.
    Average Burden per Response: 4 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 8,000 hours (2,000 foreign (Mexico-
based) motor carriers x 4 hours = 8,000 hours).
    Public Comments Invited: Your comments are particularly invited on 
whether the collection of information is necessary for the FMCSA to 
meet its goal 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 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/submit. 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://dms.dot.gov/search.htm. Please include the docket number 
appearing in the heading of this document.

    Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; 49 U.S.C. 13902(c); and 49 CFR 1.73.

    Issued: January 3, 2005.
Annette M. Sandberg,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 05-559 Filed 1-11-05; 8:45 am]
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