[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 22, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68088-68089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-30341]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2009-0344]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a 
Currently-Approved Information Collection Request: Financial 
Responsibility for Motor Carriers of Passengers and Motor Carriers of 
Property

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 (PRA), 
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 and 
extend an information collection request (ICR) entitled, ``Financial 
Responsibility for Motor Carriers of Passengers and Motor Carriers of 
Property.'' The information collected will be used to help ensure that 
motor carriers of passengers and motor carriers of property maintain 
appropriate levels of financial responsibility to operate on public 
highways. On October 19, 2009, FMCSA published a Federal Register 
notice (74 FR 53543) allowing for a 60-day comment period on the 
revision of this ICR. No comments were received in response to the 
notice.

DATES: Please send your comments by January 21, 2010. OMB must receive 
your comments by this date in order to act quickly on the ICR.

ADDRESSES: All comments should reference Federal Docket Management 
System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2009-0344. Interested persons are 
invited to submit written comments on the proposed information 
collection to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office 
of Management and Budget. Comments should be addressed to the attention 
of the Desk Officer, Department of Transportation/Office of the 
Secretary, and sent via electronic mail to [email protected], or faxed to (202) 395-6974, or mailed to the 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, 
DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Dorothea Grymes, Commercial 
Enforcement Division, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, West 
Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 
Telephone: 202-385-2405; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Financial Responsibility for Motor 
Carriers of Passengers and Motor Carriers of Property.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0008.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently-approved information 
collection.
    Respondents: Insurance and surety companies of motor carriers of 
property (Forms MCS-90 and MCS-82) and motor carriers of passengers 
(Forms MCS-90B and MCS-82B).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 175,338.
    Estimated Time per Response: The FMCSA estimates it takes two 
minutes to complete the Endorsement for Motor Carrier Policies of 
Insurances for Public Liability or three minutes for the Motor Carrier 
Public Liability Surety Bond; and one minute to place either document 
on board the vehicle (foreign-domiciled motor carriers only) [49 CFR 
387.7(f)]. These endorsements, and any written decision or order 
authorizing a motor carrier to self-insure are maintained at the motor 
carrier's principal place of business [49 CFR 387.7(d)].
    Expiration Date: March 31, 2010.
    Frequency of Response: Upon creation, change or replacement of an 
insurance policy or surety bond.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 4, 056 burden hours [182 hours 
(5,469 responses x 2 minutes/60 minutes) for Passenger Carriers 
insurance endorsements + 3,401 hours (102,027 responses x 2 minutes/60 
minutes) for Property Carriers insurance endorsements + 33 hours (652 
responses x 3 minutes/60 minutes) for Property Carriers Surety Bonds) + 
440 hours (25,896 responses by Canada-domiciled carriers + 494 
responses by Mexico- and Non-North America-domiciled carriers x 1 
minute/60 minutes) for placing financial responsibility documents in 
all vehicles operated within the U.S. by motor carriers domiciled in 
Canada, Mexico, and Non-North America (NNA)].
    Background: The Secretary is responsible for implementing 
regulations which establish minimal levels of financial responsibility 
for: (1) For-hire motor carriers of property to cover public liability, 
property damage and environment restoration, and (2) for-hire motor 
carriers of passengers to cover public liability and property damage. 
The Endorsement for Motor Carrier Policies of Insurance for Public 
Liability (Forms MCS-90/90B) and the Motor Carrier Public Liability 
Surety Bond (Forms MCS-82/82B) contain the minimum amount of 
information necessary to document that a motor carrier of property or 
passengers has obtained, and has in effect, the minimum levels of 
financial responsibility as set forth in applicable regulations (motor 
carriers of property--49 CFR 387.9; and motor carrier of passengers--49 
CFR 387.33). FMCSA and the public can verify that a motor carrier of 
property or passengers has obtained, and has in effect, the required 
minimum levels of financial responsibility, by use of the information 
enclosed within these documents.
    Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of 
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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.

    Issued on: December 15, 2009.
David Anewalt,
Acting Associate Administrator for Research and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. E9-30341 Filed 12-21-09; 8:45 am]
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