[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2985-2986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-453]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2005-23032]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Comments; 
Renewed Approval of Information Collections: OMB Control Numbers 2126-
0032 and 2126-0033 (Financial and Operating Statistics for Motor 
Carriers of Property)

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

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: FMCSA invites public comment on its intent to request approval 
from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to renew two information 
collections entitled, ``The Annual Report of Class I and Class II Motor 
Carriers of Property (Form M)'' and ``The Quarterly Report of Class I 
Motor Carriers of Property (Form QFR).'' These information collections 
are necessary to ensure that motor carriers comply with FMCSA's 
financial and operating statistics (F&OS) program requirements. This 
notice is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 20, 2006.

ADDRESSES: You may 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; telefax comments to 202/493-
2251; or submit electronically at http://dms.dot.gov. Comments should 
reference Docket No. FMCSA-2005-23032. All comments may be examined and 
copied at the above address from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays. If you desire your comment to be 
acknowledged, you must include a self-addressed stamped envelope or 
postcard or, if you submit your comments electronically, you may print 
the acknowledgment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Toni Proctor, Office of Research 
and Analysis, phone (202) 366-2998, FAX (202) 366-3518, e-mail 
[email protected], Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Suite 8214, Washington, DC 
20590. Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., ET, Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    (1) Title: Annual Report of Class I and Class II Motor Carriers of 
Property (former OMB Control Number 2139-

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0004 information collection transferred from Bureau of Transportation 
Statistics (BTS) to FMCSA on November 8, 2004).
    OMB Control No: 2126-0032.
    Form No.: 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: January 31, 2006.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Total Annual Burden: 27,000 hours.
    (2) Title: Quarterly Report of Class I and Class II Motor Carriers 
of Property (former OMB Control Number 2139-0002 information collection 
transferred from BTS to FMCSA on November 8, 2004).
    OMB Control No: 2126-0033.
    Form No.: 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: January 31, 2006.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Total Annual Burden: 1,800 hours.

Background

    The Annual Report of Class I and Class II Motor Carriers of 
Property (Form M) and the Quarterly Report of Class I Motor Carriers of 
Property (Form QFR) are mandated reporting requirements for for-hire 
motor carriers. Motor carriers subject to the Federal Motor Carrier 
Safety Regulations are classified on the basis of their gross carrier 
operating revenues (including interstate and intrastate).\1\ Under the 
F&OS program, FMCSA collects balance sheet and income statement data 
along with information on safety needs, tonnage, mileage, employees, 
transportation equipment, and other related data. FMCSA may also ask 
carriers to respond to surveys concerning their operations. The data 
and information collected will be made publicly available and used by 
FMCSA to determine a motor carrier's compliance with the F&OS program 
requirements prescribed at subchapter B of 49 CFR part 1420.
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    \1\ For purposes of the F&OS program, carriers are classified 
into the following three groups; (1) Class I carriers are those 
having annual carrier operating revenues (including interstate and 
intrastate) of $10 million or more after applying the revenue 
deflator formula in Note A of 49 CFR 1420; (2) Class II carriers are 
those having annual carrier operating revenues (including interstate 
and intrastate) of at least $3 million but less than $10 million 
after applying the revenue deflator formula in Note A of 49 CFR 
1420; and (3) Class III carriers are those having annual carrier 
operating revenues (including interstate and intrastate) of less 
than $3 million after applying the revenue deflator formula in Note 
A of 49 CFR 1420.
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    The regulations were formerly administered by the Interstate 
Commerce Commission and later transferred to the U.S. Department of 
Transportation on January 1, 1996 by section 103 of the Interstate 
Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-88, December 
29, 1995, 109 Stat. 803) codified at 49 U.S.C. 14123. The Secretary of 
Transportation (Secretary) transferred the authority to administer the 
F&OS program to BTS on September 30, 1998 (63 FR 52192). Pursuant to 
this authority, BTS, now part of the Research and Innovative Technology 
Administration (RITA), became the responsible DOT modal administration 
for implementing the F&OS program and requirements in 49 CFR 1420. On 
September 29, 2004, the Secretary transferred the responsibility for 
the F&OS program from BTS to FMCSA (69 FR 51009). The latter agency 
plans to publish a final rule in the future to transfer and redesignate 
the F&OS reporting requirements from BTS (now RITA) to FMCSA.

Public Comments Invited

    You are asked to comment on any aspect of this information 
collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed collection is necessary 
for FMCSA's performance; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) 
ways for FMCSA to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the 
collected information; and (4) ways that the burden could be minimized 
without reducing the quality of the collected information. The agency 
will summarize and/or include your comments in the request for OMB's 
clearance of this information collection.

    Issued on January 11, 2006.
Annette M. Sandberg,
Administrator.
 [FR Doc. E6-453 Filed 1-17-06; 8:45 am]
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