[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 12 (Thursday, January 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3317-3318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-793]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2007-0082]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently 
Approved Information Collection: Motor Carrier Identification Report

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

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FMCSA 
announces its plan to submit the Information Collection Request (ICR) 
described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review 
and approval. FMCSA requests approval to revise an ICR entitled, 
``Motor Carrier Identification Report,'' which is used to identify 
FMCSA regulated entities, help prioritize the agency's activities, aid 
in assessing the safety outcomes of those activities, and for 
statistical purposes. On November 7, 2007, FMCSA published a Federal 
Register notice allowing for a 60-day comment period on the ICR. No 
comments were received.

DATES: Please send your comments by February 19, 2008. OMB must receive 
your comments by this date in order to act quickly on the ICR.

ADDRESSES: All comments should reference DOT Docket No. FMCSA-2007-
0082. You may submit 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. Delores Vaughn, Transportation 
Specialist, Office of Information Technology, Operations Division, 
Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, 6th Floor, West Building, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., 
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone Number: (202) 366-9409; e-mail address: 
[email protected]. Office hours are from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Motor Carrier Identification Report.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0013.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently-approved information 
collection.
    Respondents: Motor carriers and commercial motor vehicle drivers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 472,470.
    Estimated Time per Response: To complete Form MCS-150--20 minutes; 
and for Form MCS-150A--9 minutes. To complete Form MCS-150B (HM Permit 
Application)--6 minutes for interstate carriers that have already 
completed the Form MCS-150; and for intrastate carriers that have never 
completed a Form MCS-150--they will need about 16 minutes to complete 
the permit renewal.
    Expiration Date: January 31, 2008.
    Frequency of Response: One time for Form MCS-150A; biennially for 
MCS-150 and MCS-150B.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 119,270 hours [108,825 hours for 
Form MCS-150 + 10,305 hours for Form MCS-150A + 140 hours for Form MCS-
150B = 119,270 hours].
    Background: Title 49 U.S.C. 504(b)(2) provides the Secretary of 
Transportation (Secretary) with authority to require carriers, lessors, 
associations, or classes of them to file annual, periodic, and special 
reports containing answers to questions asked by the Secretary. The 
Secretary may also prescribe the form of records required to be 
prepared or compiled and the time period during which records must be 
preserved (See Sec. Sec.  504(b)(1) and (d)). FMCSA will use this data 
to administer its safety programs by establishing a database of 
entities that are subject to its regulations. This database 
necessitates that these entities notify the FMCSA of their existence. 
For example, under 49 CFR 390.19(a), FMCSA requires all motor carriers 
beginning operations to file a Form MCS-150 entitled, ``Motor Carrier 
Identification Report.'' This report is filed by all motor carriers 
conducting operations in interstate or international commerce within 90 
days after beginning operations. It asks the respondent to provide the 
name of the business entity that owns and controls the motor carrier 
operation, address and telephone of principal place of business, 
assigned identification number(s), type of operation, types of cargo 
usually transported, number of vehicles owned, term leased and trip 
leased, driver information, and certification statement signed by an 
individual authorized to sign documents on behalf of the business 
entity.
    The Department of Transportation (DOT) and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2002 (DOT Appropriations Act) (Pub. 
L. 107-87, 115 Stat. 833, December 18, 2001) directed the agency to 
implement section 210 of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 
1999 (Pub. L. 106-159, 113 Stat. 1748, December 9, 1999) by issuing an 
interim final rule (IFR) to ensure that new entrant motor carriers are 
knowledgeable about the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations 
(FMCSRs) and standards. The IFR was published on May 13, 2002 (67 FR 
31983). The Form MCS-150A associated with this rule is entitled, 
``Safety Certification for Application for U.S. DOT Number,'' and is 
used to help ensure that new entrants are knowledgeable about the 
Federal motor carrier safety regulations and standards before being 
granted registration authority to operate in interstate commerce 
(Intrastate carriers are not considered new entrants since they do not 
operate in interstate commerce; and thus do not need to complete or 
file the Form MCS-150A.). Under the Form MCS-150A, as required by 49 
CFR 385.305, the new entrant must certify that it has a system(s) in 
place to ensure compliance with applicable requirements covering driver 
qualifications, hours-of-service, controlled substance and alcohol 
testing, vehicle condition, accident monitoring and hazardous materials

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(HM) transportation. The certification reminds the new entrant of its 
statutory and regulatory responsibilities, which if neglected or 
violated, may subject the applicant to civil penalties and lead to the 
revocation of the new entrant registration.
    On June 30, 2004, the agency issued another final rule entitled, 
``Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations: Hazardous Materials Safety 
Permits,'' (69 FR 39350) which required all HM carriers (both 
interstate and intrastate) to complete and file the Form MCS-150B 
entitled, ``Combined Motor Carrier Identification Report and HM Permit 
Application,'' to obtain a safety permit to transport hazardous 
materials. The safety program under 49 CFR 390.19(a) also requires all 
HM permitted carriers to complete Form MCS-150B in place of the current 
Form MCS-150 to ``renew'' both their permit and their DOT numbers 
according to the DOT number renewal schedule.
    Accordingly, FMCSA seeks to revise this currently-approved 
information collection to update the records and forms associated with 
its safety programs identified above; and to identify the regulated 
entities currently engaged in these activities.
    FMCSA published a Federal Register notice allowing for a 60-day 
comment period on the ICR on November 7, 2007. No comments were 
received in response to this notice.
    Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of 
this information collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed 
collection is necessary for the performance of FMCSA's functions; (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.

    Issued on: January 10, 2008.
Terry Shelton,
Associate Administrator for Research and Information Technology.
 [FR Doc. E8-793 Filed 1-16-08; 8:45 am]
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