Notice of Request for Approval of a New Information Collection: Best Motor Carrier Safety Management Technology Practices, 35768-35769 [05-12113]
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Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 118 / Tuesday, June 21, 2005 / Notices
published on April 11, 2000 at 65 FR
19477 or you may visit https://
dms.dot.gov.
Ms.
Angeli Sebastian, Division Chief,
Information Systems, (202) 366–4023,
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (MC–RIS), 400 7th
Street SW., Suite 8214, Washington, DC
20590. Office hours are from 7 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: ‘‘Licensing Applications for
Motor Carrier Operating Authority,’’
formerly titled ‘‘Revision of Licensing
Application Forms, Application
Procedures, and Corresponding
Regulations.’’
OMB Control Number: 2126–0016.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently-approved data collection.
Abstract: The FMCSA is authorized to
register for-hire motor carriers of
regulated commodities and of
passengers under the provisions of 49
U.S.C. 13902(a); freight forwarders
under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13903;
property brokers under the provisions of
49 U.S.C. 13904; and certain Mexican
motor carriers under the provisions of
49 U.S.C. 13902(c) and the North
American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) motor carrier access provision.
The forms used to apply for registration
authority with the FMCSA are: Form
OP–1 for motor property carriers and
brokers; Form OP–1(P) for motor
passenger carriers; Form OP–1(FF) for
freight forwarders; and Form OP–1(MX)
for those Mexican motor carriers that
will file applications to operate within
the United States beyond the U.S.Mexico border municipalities and
commercial zones. These forms request
information on the applicant’s identity,
location, familiarity with safety
requirements, ability to meet the
minimum financial responsibility
requirements, and type of transportation
operations the registrant plans to
provide. There are some differences on
the forms due to specific statutory
standards for registration of the different
types of transportation entities.
Respondents: Motor carriers, freight
forwarders, brokers and certain Mexican
motor carriers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
21,262.
Average Burden Per Response: The
current estimated average time to
complete the OP–1, OP–1(P) and OP–1
(FF) registration application forms is 2
hours each, and 4 hours to complete the
OP–1(MX) form.
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Estimated Total Annual Burden: The
estimated total annual burden is 55,738
hours.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
the Department’s estimate of the burden
of the proposed information collection;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
49 U.S.C. 13902, 13903 and 13904; and 49
CFR 1.73.
Issued on: June 13, 2005.
Annette M. Sandberg,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2005–20946]
Notice of Request for Approval of a
New Information Collection: Best
Motor Carrier Safety Management
Technology Practices
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice
announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below has been forwarded to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
approval and comment. The ICR is
related to a study of how information
technology is being used to improve
safety management in the motor carrier
industry. On February 25, 2005, the
agency published a Federal Register
notice (70 FR 9440) with a 60-day
comment period to solicit the public’s
views on the information collection
noted below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before July 21, 2005. A comment to
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OMB is most effective if OMB receives
it within 30 days of this publication.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Docket Number FMCSA–
2005–20946 by any of the following
methods:
• Web site: https://dms.dot.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting
comments on the DOT electronic docket
site.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Management System
(DMS) Facility, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street,
SW., Nassif Building, Room PL–401,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery: Room PL–401 on
plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington DC,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except on Federal
holidays.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the agency name and docket
number or Regulatory Identification
Number (RIN) for this rulemaking
process. Note that all comments
received will be posted without change
to https://dms.dot.gov including any
personal information provided. Please
see the Privacy Act heading under
Regulatory Notes.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to https://
dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room PL–
401 on the plaza level of the Nassif
Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 at 65 FR
19477 or you may visit https://
dms.dot.gov.
Ms.
Angeli Sebastian, Division Chief,
Information Systems, (202) 366–4023,
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (MC–RIS), 400 7th
Street SW., Suite 8214, Washington, DC
20590. Office hours are from 7 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Title: ‘‘Motor Carrier Industry
Profile.’’
OMB Control Number: None.
Type of Request: New information
collection.
Abstract: The FMCSA is responsible
for enhancing the safety of motor carrier
operations and the nation’s highway
system through fair, uniform and
consistent enforcement of the Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and
applicable Hazardous Materials
Regulations, and through other
innovative programmatic approaches. A
complicating factor is the sheer size and
diversity of the motor carrier industry,
and a less than thorough understanding
of its diversity. Detailed information
about the safety performance differences
among segments, and the practices,
policies, and programs undertaken by
safety leaders within each segment will
assist FMCSA in its policy and program
development and improve the safety of
the industry. This project is being
conducted on behalf of FMCSA through
a cooperative agreement with the
University of Maryland’s Smith School
of Business.
This project is being conducted in
three phases as follows:
Phase 1 (now completed) involved
three analyses of the motor carrier
industry segmented into its major
components. The first analysis consisted
of developing financial and operating
performance profiles for each of the 13
for-hire commodity segments
(Refrigerated; Bulk Materials—Non
Tank; Tank Carriers, Moving/Household
Goods; Building Materials; Heavy
Equipment, General Freight Truck-Load
(subdivided into small, medium and
large-sized carriers), General Freight
Less-Than-Truck-Load, and Other
Specialized (subdivided into small,
medium and large-sized carriers). The
second analysis evaluated detailed
safety performance data for 10
commodity segments, including
Building Materials, Moving/Household
Goods, General Freight (TL and LTL),
Heavy Equipment, Produce, Intermodal,
Passenger, Refrigerated (non-produce),
Tank Carriers and Bulk Materials
Carriers. Each commodity segment was
subdivided into its for-hire and private
components, and each of the 30
segments was evaluated on recent crash,
vehicle, driver and safety management
factors. The third analysis combined the
financial and safety performance data
from the first two analyses to create a
profile of the financial and safety
performance relationship. Correlation
coefficients were calculated for various
financial-safety performance measures,
and each correlation coefficient was
calculated for various financial-safety
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performance measures and tested for its
statistical significance. Phase 1 results
are located on the FMCSA Analysis and
Information (A&I) online Web site
(https://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov) under
‘‘Analysis Results and Reports.’’
The safety performance results from
Phase 1 provided the basis for Phase 2
of this study (also complete).
Phase 2 of the study is an
investigation of the safety programs,
policies, and procedures undertaken by
safety leaders in each commodity
segment (commonly known as the ‘‘Best
Practices’’ Study). Phase 2 included
individual interviews with several
safety leaders in each segment. Detailed
information was collected on driver
screening and hiring practices, preservice and in-service training
procedures, incentive awards programs
and vehicle maintenance policies. Phase
2 results are also located on FMCSA’s
A&I Web site (https://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov)
under Analysis Results and Reports.’’
Phase 3: Results from Phase 2 are
being shared with FMCSA safety
investigators and disseminated to many
carriers within the industry, including
new entrants and poor performers.
Specifically, copies of the ‘‘Best
Practices’’ final report were provided to
national-level industry associations and
FMCSA field offices. Summarized
brochures have been developed for
distribution to the associations, FMCSA
field offices, and new entrants upon
initial registration with FMCSA. The
hope is that these new motor carriers
will incorporate these practices into
their own safety management programs
while they are still in the development
stage. Additionally, FMCSA hopes to
incorporate the results in material
provided at compliance reviews, so that
carriers who rate poorly have access to
specific, concrete examples of how to
revise or improve their safety
management programs.
As part of Phase 3, FMCSA and the
University of Maryland will seek more
detailed information from the motor
carrier industry on how technology is
being used to improve safety
management. FMCSA and the
University of Maryland propose to send
questionnaires to approximately 1,000
of the largest for-hire and private
carriers in the United States. The
University of Maryland will also post
the questionnaires on-line so that the
selected carriers can complete the
survey via the Internet, if desired.
Respondents: 1,000. The respondents
will be from the ten largest for-hire and
private motor carriers in each State.
Average Burden Per Response: The
estimated average time to complete the
questionnaire is 45 minutes.
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Estimated Total Annual Burden: The
estimated total annual burden is 750
hours.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
the Department’s estimate of the burden
of the proposed information collection;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
Pub. L. 106–159, 113 Stat. 1748 (December 9,
1999); and 49 CFR 1.73.
Issued on: June 13, 2005.
Annette M. Sandberg,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 05–12113 Filed 6–20–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Notice and Request For Comments
Federal Railroad
Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice and Request for
Comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice
announces that the Information
Collection Requirements (ICRs)
abstracted below have been forwarded
to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and comment. The
ICRs describe the nature of the
information collections and their
expected burdens. The Federal Register
notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting comments on the following
collections of information was
published on April 12, 2005 (70 FR
19142).
Comments must be submitted on
or before July 21, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Robert Brogan, Office of Safety,
Planning and Evaluation Division, RRS–
21, Federal Railroad Administration,
1120 Vermont Ave., NW., Mail Stop 17,
Washington, DC 20590 (telephone: (202)
493–6292), or Mr. Victor Angelo, Office
of Support Systems, RAD–20, Federal
Railroad Administration, 1120 Vermont
DATES:
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2005-20946]
Notice of Request for Approval of a New Information Collection:
Best Motor Carrier Safety Management Technology Practices
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 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval and comment. The ICR
is related to a study of how information technology is being used to
improve safety management in the motor carrier industry. On February
25, 2005, the agency published a Federal Register notice (70 FR 9440)
with a 60-day comment period to solicit the public's views on the
information collection noted below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before July 21, 2005. A comment
to OMB is most effective if OMB receives it within 30 days of this
publication.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Docket Number FMCSA-
2005-20946 by any of the following methods:
Web site: https://dms.dot.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments on the DOT
electronic docket site.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Management System (DMS) Facility, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Nassif Building,
Room PL-401, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery: Room PL-401 on plaza level of the Nassif
Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington DC, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except on Federal holidays.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
Instructions: All submissions must include the agency name and
docket number or Regulatory Identification Number (RIN) for this
rulemaking process. Note that all comments received will be posted
without change to https://dms.dot.gov including any personal information
provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading under Regulatory Notes.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to https://dms.dot.gov at any time or to Room PL-
401 on the plaza level of the Nassif Building, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's
complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on
April 11, 2000 at 65 FR 19477 or you may visit https://dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Angeli Sebastian, Division Chief,
Information Systems, (202) 366-4023, Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (MC-RIS), 400 7th Street SW., Suite 8214, Washington, DC
20590. Office hours are from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., e.t., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Title: ``Motor Carrier Industry Profile.''
OMB Control Number: None.
Type of Request: New information collection.
Abstract: The FMCSA is responsible for enhancing the safety of
motor carrier operations and the nation's highway system through fair,
uniform and consistent enforcement of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Regulations and applicable Hazardous Materials Regulations, and through
other innovative programmatic approaches. A complicating factor is the
sheer size and diversity of the motor carrier industry, and a less than
thorough understanding of its diversity. Detailed information about the
safety performance differences among segments, and the practices,
policies, and programs undertaken by safety leaders within each segment
will assist FMCSA in its policy and program development and improve the
safety of the industry. This project is being conducted on behalf of
FMCSA through a cooperative agreement with the University of Maryland's
Smith School of Business.
This project is being conducted in three phases as follows:
Phase 1 (now completed) involved three analyses of the motor
carrier industry segmented into its major components. The first
analysis consisted of developing financial and operating performance
profiles for each of the 13 for-hire commodity segments (Refrigerated;
Bulk Materials--Non Tank; Tank Carriers, Moving/Household Goods;
Building Materials; Heavy Equipment, General Freight Truck-Load
(subdivided into small, medium and large-sized carriers), General
Freight Less-Than-Truck-Load, and Other Specialized (subdivided into
small, medium and large-sized carriers). The second analysis evaluated
detailed safety performance data for 10 commodity segments, including
Building Materials, Moving/Household Goods, General Freight (TL and
LTL), Heavy Equipment, Produce, Intermodal, Passenger, Refrigerated
(non-produce), Tank Carriers and Bulk Materials Carriers. Each
commodity segment was subdivided into its for-hire and private
components, and each of the 30 segments was evaluated on recent crash,
vehicle, driver and safety management factors. The third analysis
combined the financial and safety performance data from the first two
analyses to create a profile of the financial and safety performance
relationship. Correlation coefficients were calculated for various
financial-safety performance measures, and each correlation coefficient
was calculated for various financial-safety performance measures and
tested for its statistical significance. Phase 1 results are located on
the FMCSA Analysis and Information (A&I) online Web site (https://
ai.fmcsa.dot.gov) under ``Analysis Results and Reports.''
The safety performance results from Phase 1 provided the basis for
Phase 2 of this study (also complete).
Phase 2 of the study is an investigation of the safety programs,
policies, and procedures undertaken by safety leaders in each commodity
segment (commonly known as the ``Best Practices'' Study). Phase 2
included individual interviews with several safety leaders in each
segment. Detailed information was collected on driver screening and
hiring practices, pre-service and in-service training procedures,
incentive awards programs and vehicle maintenance policies. Phase 2
results are also located on FMCSA's A&I Web site (https://
ai.fmcsa.dot.gov) under Analysis Results and Reports.''
Phase 3: Results from Phase 2 are being shared with FMCSA safety
investigators and disseminated to many carriers within the industry,
including new entrants and poor performers. Specifically, copies of the
``Best Practices'' final report were provided to national-level
industry associations and FMCSA field offices. Summarized brochures
have been developed for distribution to the associations, FMCSA field
offices, and new entrants upon initial registration with FMCSA. The
hope is that these new motor carriers will incorporate these practices
into their own safety management programs while they are still in the
development stage. Additionally, FMCSA hopes to incorporate the results
in material provided at compliance reviews, so that carriers who rate
poorly have access to specific, concrete examples of how to revise or
improve their safety management programs.
As part of Phase 3, FMCSA and the University of Maryland will seek
more detailed information from the motor carrier industry on how
technology is being used to improve safety management. FMCSA and the
University of Maryland propose to send questionnaires to approximately
1,000 of the largest for-hire and private carriers in the United
States. The University of Maryland will also post the questionnaires
on-line so that the selected carriers can complete the survey via the
Internet, if desired.
Respondents: 1,000. The respondents will be from the ten largest
for-hire and private motor carriers in each State.
Average Burden Per Response: The estimated average time to complete
the questionnaire is 45 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: The estimated total annual burden is
750 hours.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Department, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of
the proposed information collection; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. All responses to this notice will be summarized
and included in the request for OMB approval.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended; Pub. L. 106-159, 113 Stat. 1748 (December 9,
1999); and 49 CFR 1.73.
Issued on: June 13, 2005.
Annette M. Sandberg,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 05-12113 Filed 6-20-05; 8:45 am]
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