[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 159 (Friday, August 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48009-48010]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-18902]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2008-0211]


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 an Information Collection Request (ICR) to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. 
FMCSA requests approval to revise an existing 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. On June 9, 2008, FMCSA published a Federal Register 
notice announcing for a 60-day comment period on the ICR. No comments 
were received on the ICR.

DATES: Please send your comments by September 15, 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-2008-
0211. 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. 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:

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    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].
    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 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). 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 a 
Certificate of Registration from 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.
    Public Comments Invited: You may comment on any aspect of this 
information collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed collection 
is necessary for the FMCSA to perform it'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: August 6, 2008.
Terry Shelton,
Associate Administrator for Research and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. E8-18902 Filed 8-14-08; 8:45 am]
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