[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 135 (Friday, July 14, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40175-40176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11140]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2006-25074]


Notice of Request for Comments on Extension of a Currently 
Approved Information Collection: OMB Control Number 2126-0031 (Annual 
and Quarterly Report of Class I Motor Carriers of Passengers) (Formerly 
OMB 2129-0003)

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

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announces its intent to 
submit a currently approved Information Collection Request (ICR), 
Annual and Quarterly Report of Class I Motor Carriers of Passengers, to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The 
ICR describes the relevant information collection activities and their 
expected costs and burdens. The Agency published a Federal Register 
notice providing a 60-day comment period on this ICR in April 2006 (71 
FR 18136, Apr. 10, 2006). The Agency received two comments in support 
of continuation of this information collection.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 14, 2006. A 
comment to OMB is most effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of 
this publication.

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/FMCSA Desk Officer.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Annual and Quarterly Report of Class I Motor Carriers of 
Passengers (formerly OMB Control Number 2129-0003). On September 29, 
2004, the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) transferred this 
information collection (IC) from the Bureau of Transportation 
Statistics (BTS), now a part of the Research and Innovative Technology

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Administration (RITA), to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Information 
(FMCSA) (69 FR 51009, Aug. 17, 2004).
    FMCSA IC: OMB Control No. 2126-0031.
    Form No.: MP-1.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Respondents: Class I Motor Carriers of Passengers.
    Number of Respondents: 26.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 1.5 hours.
    Expiration Date: August 31, 2006.
    Frequency: Quarterly and Annually.
    Total Annual Burden: 195 hours [130 responses x 1.5 hour per 
response = 195 hours].

Background

    The Annual and Quarterly Report of Class I Motor Carriers of 
Passengers is a mandated reporting requirement applicable to certain 
motor carriers of passengers. Motor carriers (both interstate and 
intrastate) subject to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations are 
classified on the basis of their gross carrier operating revenues.\1\ 
Class I passenger motor carriers are required to file with the Agency 
motor carrier quarterly and annual reports (Form MP-1) providing 
financial and operating data (see 49 U.S.C. 14123). Under the financial 
and operating statistics (F&OS) program, FMCSA collects balance sheet 
and income statement data along with information on tonnage, mileage, 
employees, transportation equipment, and related data. The Agency uses 
this information to assess the health of the industry and identify 
industry changes that could affect national transportation policy. The 
data also indicate company financial stability and operational 
characteristics. The data and information collected are made publicly 
available and used by FMCSA to determine a passenger carrier's 
compliance with the F&OS program requirements set forth in 49 CFR Part 
1420.
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    \1\ For purposes of the Financial & Operating Statistics (F&OS) 
program, passenger carriers are classified into the following two 
groups: (1) Class I carriers are those having average annual gross 
transportation operating revenues (including interstate and 
intrastate) of $5 million or more from passenger motor carrier 
operations after applying the revenue deflator formula in the Note 
of 49 CFR 1420.3; (2) Class II passenger carriers are those having 
average annual gross transportation operating revenues (including 
interstate and intrastate) of less than $5 million from passenger 
motor carrier operations after applying the revenue deflator formula 
as shown in Note A of Sec.  1420.3. Only Class I carriers of 
passengers are required to file Annual and Quarterly Report Form MP-
1, but Class II passenger carriers must notify the Agency when there 
is a change in their classification or their revenues exceed the 
Class II limit.
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    The F&OS reporting regulations were formerly administered by the 
Interstate Commerce Commission. They were transferred to the U.S. 
Department of Transportation on January 1, 1996, by Section 103 of the 
ICC Termination Act of 1995 (ICCTA) (Pub. L. 104-88, 109 Stat. 803, 
December 29, 1995), now codified at 49 U.S.C. 14123. On September 30, 
1998, the Secretary transferred the authority to administer the F&OS 
program to BTS (63 FR 52192). Effective September 29, 2004, the 
Secretary transferred this program responsibility from BTS and 
redelegated it to FMCSA (69 FR 51009, Aug. 17, 2004). FMCSA will 
publish a final rule that transfers and redesignates the F&OS program 
reporting requirements, currently at 49 CFR 1420, from BTS (now RITA) 
to FMCSA.
    We particularly request comments on: (1) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for FMCSA to meet its goal of 
reducing commercial motor vehicle crashes, and the usefulness of the 
information with respect to this goal; (2) the accuracy of the 
estimated IC burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 
burden of the collection of information on respondents (including use 
of automated collection techniques and other information technologies) 
without reducing the quality of the collected information. The Agency 
will summarize and/or include your comments in the request for OMB 
approval of this IC.

    Issued on: July 7, 2006.
David H. Hugel,
Acting Administrator.
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