[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 92 (Friday, May 11, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27836-27837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-11456]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2012-0118]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of a 
Currently-Approved Information Collection Request: 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 its 
review and approval. The FMCSA requests approval to extend an ICR 
entitled, ``Motor Carrier Identification Report,'' which is used to 
identify FMCSA regulated entities, prioritize the agency's activities, 
aid in assessing the safety outcomes of those activities, and for 
statistical purposes.
    On February 6, 2012, 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 June 11, 2012. 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-2012-0118. 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/Federal Motor Carrier 
Safety Administration, 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. Vivian Oliver, Transportation 
Specialist, Office of Information Technology, Operations Division, 
Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, West Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 202-366-2974; email Address: 
[email protected]. Office hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Motor Carrier Identification Report.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0013.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently-approved information 
collection.
    Respondents: Motor carriers, commercial motor vehicle drivers, and 
intermodal equipment providers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 447,109.
    Estimated Time per Response: To complete Form MCS-150, motor 
carriers will need 20 minutes the first time they file this report and 
7.5 minutes for the biennial update. To complete Form MCS-150B (HM 
Safety Permit Application), interstate HM carriers that have already 
completed the Form MCS-150 will need 6 minutes to complete this report 
and intrastate HM carriers that have never completed a Form MCS-150 
will need about 16 minutes to complete it and 5 minutes for the 
biennial update. Form MCS-150C--Intermodal Equipment Providers will 
need 20 minutes the first time they file this report and 7.5 minutes 
for the biennial update.
    Expiration Date: July 31, 2012.
    Frequency of Response: Biennially.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 93,792 hours [93,534 hours for Form 
MCS-150 + 249 hours for Form MCS-150B + 9 hours for Form MCS-150C = 
93,792 hours].
    Background: Title 49, United States Code Section 504(b)(2) provides 
the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) with authority to require 
carriers, lessors, associations, or classes of these entities 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.  504(b)(1) and (d)). The 
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 before beginning operations. It asks the

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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) directed the agency to issue an interim final 
rule (IFR) to ensure that new entrant motor carriers are knowledgeable 
about the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) and 
standards.
    On June 30, 2004, the agency issued a 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.
    On December 17, 2008, FMCSA issued a final rule entitled, 
``Requirements for Intermodal Equipment Providers and for Motor 
Carriers and Drivers Operating Intermodal Equipment,'' (73 FR 76794) 
which required all intermodal equipment providers to complete Form MCS-
150C entitled, ``Intermodal Equipment Provider Identification Report'' 
in order to register with the Agency and receive a USDOT number. FMCSA 
now regulates intermodal equipment providers and requires them to 
complete Form MCS-150C, instead of the current Form MCS-150. In 
addition, intermodal equipment providers must complete Form MCS-150C to 
update their USDOT number record according to the USDOT number update 
schedule in 49 CFR 390.19.
    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 FMCSA to perform its functions; (2) the 
accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways for 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: April 25, 2012.
Kelly Leone,
Associate Administrator for Research and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2012-11456 Filed 5-10-12; 8:45 am]
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