[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 77 (Monday, April 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20163-20164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7626]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2007-27554]


Notice of Request for Information (RFI): Accident Recordkeeping 
Requirements

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, FMCSA 
invites public comment on its intent to request approval from the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to revise the information 
collection (IC) entitled, ``Accident Recordkeeping Requirements,'' 
covered by OMB Control Number 2126-0009. This information collection is 
necessary for FMCSA to assess the effectiveness of the safety 
management controls of motor carriers. The IC is currently due to 
expire on June 30, 2007.

DATES: We must receive your comments on or before June 22, 2007.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by any of the following 
methods. Please identify your comments by the FMCSA Docket Number 
FMCSA-20 [number].
     Web site: http://dms.dot.gov. Follow instructions for 
submitting comments to the Docket.
     Fax: 202-493-2251.
     Mail: U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket Management 
Facility, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Plaza level, Washington, DC 20590-
0001.
     Hand Delivery: Plaza level of the Nassif, Building, 400 
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Docket: For access to the Docket Management System (DMS) to read

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background documents or comments received, go to http://dms.dot.gov at 
any time or to the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 
e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The DMS is 
available electronically 24 hours each day, 365 days each year. If you 
want notification of receipt of your comments, please include a self-
addressed, stamped envelope, or postcard or print the acknowledgement 
page that appears after submitting comments online.
    Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all 
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register on April 11, 
2000 (65 FR 19477), or you may visit http://dms.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Tom Yager, Chief, Driver & Carrier 
Operations Division, Office of Bus & Truck Standards and Development 
(MC-PSD), Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington DC 20590-0001. 
Telephone: 202-366-4009; e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Accident Recordkeeping Requirements.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0009.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently-approved collection.
    Respondents: Motor Carriers, Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators, 
State Licensing Agencies.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 106,800 motor carriers.
    Estimated Time per Response: 18 minutes.
    Expiration Date: June 30, 2007.
    Frequency of Response: Once per year.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 32,040 hours [106,800 motor carriers 
recording an accident x 18 minutes per response/60 minutes = 32,040].
    Background: Title 49 CFR 390.15(b), requires motor carriers to make 
all records and information pertaining to crashes (accidents) specified 
in paragraphs (b)(1) and (b)(2) of that section available to an 
authorized representative or special agent of the FMCSA upon request, 
or as part of an inquiry. Interstate motor carriers are required to 
maintain an ``accident register'' consisting of a list of all accidents 
(both interstate and intrastate) involving their commercial motor 
vehicles (CMVs) (49 CFR 390.15(b)). The information for each accident 
must include, at a minimum, the following elements: Date of accident; 
city or town in which or most near where the accident occurred, and the 
State in which the accident occurred; driver name; number of injuries; 
number of fatalities; and whether hazardous materials, other than fuel 
spilled from the fuel tanks of motor vehicles involved in the accident, 
were released. In addition, the register must contain copies of all 
accident reports required by State or other governmental entities or 
insurers. Motor carriers must maintain the required information about 
CMV accidents in their accident registers for three years after the 
date of the accident, instead of the former one year. This information 
collection supports the DOT strategic goal of safety by requiring motor 
carriers to gather and record information on crashes involving their 
CMVs. Likewise, the FMCSA is strengthening its ability to assess motor 
carriers' safety performance and to use that information to help motor 
carriers to prevent crashes and to reduce their severity. FMCSA uses 
this data to enable it to direct its enforcement resources to the motor 
carriers with the weakest safety records.
    Definitions: The word ``accident'' is defined as an occurrence 
involving a commercial motor vehicle operating on a public road in 
interstate or intrastate commerce which results in: (1) A fatality; (2) 
bodily injury to a person who, as a result of the injury, receives 
medical treatment away from the scene of the accident; or (3) one or 
more motor vehicles incurring disabling damage as a result of the 
accident, requiring the motor vehicle to be transported away from the 
scene by a tow truck or other motor vehicle (49 CFR 390.5).
    Public Commentd Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of 
this information collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed 
collection is necessary for the FMCSA's performance; (2) the accuracy 
of the estimated burden; (3) ways for the 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 or include your 
comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this information 
collection.

    Issued on: April 16, 2007.
D. Marlene Thomas,
Associate Administrator Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-7626 Filed 4-20-07; 8:45 am]
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