[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 111 (Monday, June 9, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32624-32625]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12881]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2008-0079]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a 
Currently-Approved Information Collection: Application for Certificate 
of Registration for Foreign Motor Carriers and Foreign Motor Private 
Carriers

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

ACTION: Notice and request for information.

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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 its 
review and approval. The FMCSA requests approval to revise an 
information collection (IC) entitled, ``Application for Certificate of 
Registration for Foreign Motor Carriers and Foreign Motor Private 
Carriers,'' that requires Mexico-domiciled for-hire and private motor 
carriers to file an application Form OP-2 if they wish to register to 
transport property only within municipalities in the United States on 
the U.S.-Mexico international borders or within the commercial zones of 
such municipalities. FMCSA invites public comment on the ICR.

DATES: We must receive your comments on or before August 8, 2008.

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ADDRESSES: You may submit comments bearing the Federal Docket 
Management System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA Docket Number FMCSA-2008-
0079 using any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line instructions for submitting 
comments.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building Group Floor, 
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery: West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington DC 20590 between 9 a.m. and 5 
p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.

Each submission must include the Agency name and the docket number for 
this Notice. Please note that DOT posts all comments received without 
change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal 
information included in a comment. Please see the Privacy Act heading 
below:
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments, go to http://www.regulations.gov at any time or Room W12-140 
on the ground level of the West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays. The DMS is available 24 hours each day, 365 
days each year. If you want acknowledgement that we received your 
comments, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope or post 
card or print the acknowledgement page that appears after submitting 
on-line.
    Privacy Act: Anyone may search the electronic form of all comments 
received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or of the person signing the comment, if 
submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). 
You may review the DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 
Register on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19476). This information is also 
available at http://Docketinfo.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Denise Ryan, 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) 493-0242; E-mail Address: 
[email protected]. Office hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal Holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Background: Title 49 U.S.C. 13902(c) contains basic licensing 
procedures for registering foreign motor carriers to operate across the 
Mexico-U.S. border into the United States. Part 368 of title 49, CFR, 
contains the regulations that require Mexico-domiciled motor carriers 
to apply to the FMCSA for a Certificate of Registration to provide 
interstate transportation in municipalities in the United States on the 
U.S.-Mexico international border or within the commercial zones of such 
municipalities as defined in 49 U.S.C. 13902(c)(4)(A). The FMCSA 
carries out this registration program under authority delegated by the 
Secretary of Transportation.
    Foreign (Mexico-based) motor carriers use Form OP-2 to apply for 
Certificate of Registration authority at the FMCSA. The form requests 
information on the foreign motor carrier's name, address, U.S. DOT 
Number, form of business (e.g., corporation, sole proprietorship, 
partnership), locations where the applicant plans to operate, types of 
registration requested (e.g., for-hire motor carrier, motor private 
carrier), insurance, safety certifications, household goods arbitration 
certifications, and compliance certifications.
    Title: Application for Certificate of Registration for Foreign 
Motor Carriers and Foreign Motor Private Carriers.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0019.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently-approved information 
collection.
    Respondents: Foreign motor carriers and commercial motor vehicle 
drivers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 615.
    Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours to complete Form OP-2.
    Expiration Date: August 31, 2008.
    Frequency of Response: Other (Once).
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 2,460 hours [615 responses x 4 hours 
to complete Form OP-2 = 2,460].
    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 agency to perform its mission; (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: May 30, 2008.
Terry Shelton,
Associate Administrator for Research and Information Technology.
 [FR Doc. E8-12881 Filed 6-6-08; 8:45 am]
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