[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 12, 2005)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2004-19683]


Notice-Request for Comments on Renewing Approval of an 
Information Collection: OMB Control No. 2126-0016 (Licensing 
Applications for Motor Carrier Operating Authority)

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 is for the 
application forms used by for-hire motor carriers of regulated 
commodities, freight forwarders, property brokers, and certain Mexican 
motor carriers to register their operations with the FMCSA. This notice 
is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act.

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., 
e.s.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Licensing Applications for Motor Carrier Operating 
Authority, formerly titled ``Revision of Licensing Application Forms, 
Application Procedures, and Corresponding Regulations.''
    OMB Number: 2126-0016.
    Background: The FMCSA is authorized to register for-hire motor 
carriers of regulated commodities under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 
13902; freight forwarders under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13903; 
property brokers under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13904; and certain 
Mexican motor carriers under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13902 and the 
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) motor carrier access 
provision. The forms used to apply for registration authority with the 
FMCSA are: Form OP-1 for motor property carriers and brokers; Form OP-
1(P) for motor passenger carriers; Form OP-1(FF) for freight 
forwarders; and Form OP-1(MX) for certain Mexican motor carriers. These 
forms request information on the applicant's identity, location, 
familiarity with safety requirements, and type of proposed operations. 
There are some differences on the forms due to specific statutory 
standards for registration of the different types of transportation 
entities.
    Respondents: Motor carriers, freight forwarders, brokers and 
certain Mexican motor carriers.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: The current estimated average time 
to complete each registration application form is 2 hours. There are 
approximately 19,000 annual applications on the OP-1, OP-1(P) and OP-
1(FF) forms; therefore, the estimated annual reporting burden is 38,000 
hours (19,000 annual applications x 2 hours = 38,000 hours). FMCSA 
estimates that it receives approximately 2,060 OP-1(MX) applications 
annually. The estimated annual reporting burden for the current OP-
1(MX) is approximately 2,060 hours (1,030 respondents per year x 2 
hours each to complete form). Therefore, the total estimated annual 
reporting burden is 40,060 hours (2,060 hours + 38,000 hours = 40,060 
hours).
    Frequency: Initial applications are submitted one time; updates for 
changes to certain information are required as the changes occur.
    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, 13903 and 13904; and 49 CFR 
1.73.

    Issued: January 3, 2005.
Annette M. Sandberg,
Administrator.
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