Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Comment; Approval of a New Information Collection: Letter of Confirmation and Carrier Contact Information Sheets, 18803-18805 [E6-5434]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[Public Notice 5326]
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
materials, household goods, and
passengers or are domiciled in Mexico.
This notice is required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Shipping Coordinating Committee;
Notice of Meeting
[Docket No. FMCSA–2006–23781]
DATES:
The Shipping Coordinating
Committee will conduct an open
meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, May 1,
2006 in Room 2415, at U.S. Coast Guard
Headquarters, 2100 2nd Street, SW.,
Washington, DC 20593–0001. The
purpose of this meeting will be to
finalize preparations for the 81st
Session of the Maritime Safety
Committee, and associated bodies of the
International Maritime Organization
(IMO), which is scheduled for May 10–
19, 2006 at IMO Headquarters in
London. At this meeting, papers
received and the draft U.S. positions for
the Maritime Safety Committee will be
discussed. Among other things, the
items of particular interest are:
—Adoption of amendments to SOLAS
for long range identification and
tracking of ships, amendments to the
IMDG Code, amendments to the
International Convention on
standards of Training, Certification
and Watchkeeping for Seafarers,
amendments to the FSS Code, and
amendments to the LSA Code;
—Passenger ship safety;
—Measures to enhance maritime
security;
—Goal-based new ship construction
standards;
—Formal safety assessment;
—Reports of nine subcommittees—
Stability, load lines and fishing vessel
safety, Dangerous goods, solid cargoes
and containers, Training and
watchkeeping, Fire protection,
Radiocommunications and search and
rescue, Ship design and equipment,
Flag State implementation, Bulk
liquids and gases, and Safety of
navigation.
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Members of the public may attend
this meeting up to the seating capacity
of the room. Interested persons may
seek information by writing to Mr.
Howard Hime, Commandant (G–PS),
U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100
2nd Street, SW., Room 1218,
Washington, DC 20593–0001 or by
calling (202) 267–2970.
Dated: April 5, 2006.
Clay Diamond,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating
Committee, Department of State.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Request for Comment;
Approval of a New Information
Collection: Letter of Confirmation and
Carrier Contact Information Sheets
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: FMCSA invites public
comment on its plan to request the
Office of Management and Budget’s
(OMB) approval to collect information
on new forms entitled ‘‘Carrier Contact
Information Sheets.’’ The information
will be collected from United States and
Canada-based motor carriers through the
use forms, and used by FMCSA Safety
Auditors and Safety Investigators to
prepare in advance for Compliance
Reviews (CRs) and New Entrant
Program Safety Audits (NEPSAs); Preauthority Safety Audits (PASAs) and
CRs of certain Mexico-domiciled motor
carriers; and NEPSAs and CRs of NonNorth American motor carriers. FMCSA
conducts CRs to determine motor carrier
compliance with the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs)
and other regulations overseen by
FMCSA. In accordance with section 350
of the 2002 DOT Appropriations Act
and the Agency’s regulations, all
Mexico-domiciled long-haul carriers
must successfully complete a PASA
before receiving authority to operate in
the United States and must receive a CR
within their first 18 months of
operations in the United States. All
other motor carriers receive CRs to
determine their safety fitness.
FMCSA conducts NEPSAs in
accordance with section 210 of the
Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act
of 1999, which requires safety reviews
of all new entrants during their first 18
months of operations.
The information collected from motor
carriers will be used to assist safety
investigators to become familiar with
the motor carrier’s operation prior to
visiting the carrier’s place of business.
The information collected will include,
but is not limited to, company
information and contact persons,
business type, insurance, type of cargo
transported, vehicle and driver
information and controlled substance
testing information. Additional
information will be collected from
carriers who transport hazardous
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Comments must be submitted on
or before June 12, 2006.
All comments should
reference Docket No. FMCSA–2006–
23781. You may mail or hand deliver
comments to the U.S. Department of
Transportation, Dockets Management
Facility, Room PL–401, 400 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590;
telefax comments to (202) 493–2251; or
submit electronically at https://
dms.dot.gov. You may examine and
copy all comments received at the above
address between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. If you desire your comment to
be acknowledged, you must include a
self-addressed stamped envelope or
postcard or, if you submit your
comments electronically, you may print
the acknowledgment.
ADDRESSES:
Mr.
Arturo H. Ramirez, Division Chief, (202)
366–3181, Enforcement and Compliance
Division, Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration, 400 7th Street SW.,
Suite 8214, Washington, DC 20590.
Office hours are from 7:00 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Title:
Carrier Contact Information Sheets.
OMB Control No: 2126-XXXX.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background:
In 1999, the Motor Carrier Safety
Improvement Act of 1999 (MCSIA)
[Public Law 106–159,113 Stat. 1748
(December 9, 1999)] strengthened the
motor carrier safety program by
mandating more vehicle and driver
inspections, and carrier compliance
reviews. MCSIA also required safety
reviews of all new entrants during the
first 18 months of operations. Section
350 of the DOT Appropriations Act for
Fiscal Year 2002 [Public Law 107–87,
115 Stat. 864 (December 18, 2001)]
further strengthened the safety program
for motor carriers by requiring safety
audits of long-haul Mexico-domiciled
carriers before they receive operating
authority in the United States.
FMCSA conducts compliance reviews
to ensure that motor carriers comply
with the FMCSRs. To facilitate the
timely completion of the compliance
reviews in the future, FMCSA safety
investigators will use the following two
forms to collect information from motor
carriers prior to conducting compliance
reviews.
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A ‘‘Letter of Confirmation,’’ will be
used by the safety investigator to
confirm an appointment with a carrier
once a compliance review has been
scheduled. The letter further informs
the carrier the investigator will need
access to all carrier records including,
but not limited to, the following:
• A list of drivers used in the past 365
days, including date of hire, date of
termination, Commercial Driver’s
License (CDL) State and license number,
and date of birth;
• Driver qualification files and
controlled substance testing records
results and summaries for the past 365
days;
• Driver payroll records;
• Driver records of duty status (logs,
time records, etc.) for the past 6 months;
• Driver trip reports, expense records,
scale tickets, fuel receipts, toll receipts,
bills of lading or any other pickup or
delivery document for the past 6
months;
• Motor vehicle accident reports and
accident register for the past 12 months;
• A list of motor vehicle equipment
(company unit number, license number,
State, year, make and gross vehicle
weight rating (GVWR));
• Lease agreements, if applicable;
• Vehicle maintenance records for all
vehicles owned or leased;
• Driver vehicle inspection reports for
the last 90 days;
• All roadside inspections for the past
365 days;
• Company gross revenue for the last
calendar or fiscal year, as applicable;
• Total fleet mileage for the last year;
• A copy of the motor carrier’s MCS–
90 or MCS–90B endorsement for its
current policy; and insurance claim
information for the past 365 days (Loss
Run Report).
• Carriers of household goods must
also provide all documents related to
the movement of household goods,
including estimates, orders for service,
bills of lading, inventories, invoices and
weight tickets.
• Carriers of hazardous materials
must also provide, if applicable: a copy
of the company’s security plan; a list of
any hazardous materials (HM or hazmat)
incident(s) that may have occurred in
the past 12 months (including spills,
injuries or any type of release); HM
shipping papers for the past 12 months;
records related to the training of all
hazmat employees and all
documentation regarding the testing of
any applicable specification cargo tanks.
Form MCSA–5540, ‘‘Carrier
Information,’’ will be used for the
collection of information from all motor
carriers subject to the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Regulations. The
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information will be used by the safety
investigator to assist him/her in
conducting a compliance review of the
motor carrier’s operation. The
information to be collected from the
carrier includes, but is not limited to:
• The legal name and contact
information (including telephone and
facsimile numbers and e-mail
addresses);
• Information regarding the motor
carrier’s type of business—for example,
whether the business is a sole
proprietorship, partnership, LLC
(Limited Liability Company) or
corporation;
• The motor carrier’s gross revenue
for the last complete fiscal year;
• The fleet mileage for the preceding
12 months;
• The motor carrier’s employee
identification number, social security
number or Registro Federal de
Causantes number (Mexican Federal
Tax Identification number) (RFC) (if a
Mexico-domiciled carrier);
• The motor carrier’s insurance
information, including name of
insurance company, agent or contact
information, insurance company’s
telephone number, coverage or policy
number and whether the carrier has an
additional umbrella policy. The form
also requests that for-hire carriers and
carriers of hazardous materials have
available for the safety investigator’s
review a copy of Form MCS–90 or
MCS–90B, as appropriate;
• Any reports of accidents in the
proceeding 365 days;
• A description of the type of cargo
transported and whether the carrier is a
for-hire property carrier, a for-hire
passenger carrier, private property
carrier or private passenger carrier;
• The number of vehicles in the
motor carrier’s fleet including, if
applicable, the number of straight
trucks, truck tractors, trailers, hazardous
material cargo tank trucks, hazardous
material cargo tank trailers, school
buses, motor coaches, and number of 9–
15 passenger vehicles;
• The number of vehicles in its fleet
that are owned, leased or trip leased;
• The number of interstate or
intrastate drivers that operate
commercial motor vehicles within a 100
air-mile radius or beyond a 100 air-mile
radius;
• The number of non-CDL drivers
operating commercial motor vehicles
within a 150 air-mile radius;
• If applicable, the total number of
trip leased and CDL drivers it employs
per month;
• A description of the motor carrier’s
controlled substances and alcohol
testing program for CDL drivers,
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including the name of any consortium
in which it participates and relevant
contact persons, addresses, and
telephone numbers;
• A list of all drivers enrolled in the
company’s random alcohol and
controlled substance testing program
and a semi-annual aggregate statistical
summary of the motor carrier’s alcohol
and controlled substance testing results;
• The name of the person(s) who
hires drivers, oversees driver
qualifications, monitors drivers hoursof-service, maintains trip related
expense receipts, completes payroll,
dispatches, oversees controlled
substances testing, is responsible for the
motor carrier’s vehicle maintenance
program, is responsible for maintenance
records and is responsible for the motor
carrier’s accident records.
Additional forms set forth below will
apply to carriers who transport
household goods, hazardous materials
and passengers, or are domiciled in
Mexico. The forms are listed as
Appendices, Forms A-E, respectively.
Appendix A (Household Goods Carriers)
Requests that carriers who transport
household goods provide:
• General information including, but not
limited to, the location of the motor carrier’s
sales office(s), the location where it
maintains equipment or warehousing
facilities and the name and phone number of
these locations;
• If applicable, the name of prime agents
that are not company owned, addresses and
telephone number(s) and copies of any
written agreements the carrier may have with
them;
• If the carrier uses brokers, copies of any
written agreements with the brokers;
• If applicable, information pertaining to
the use of public or self-storage facilities the
carrier may use to hold shipments that are in
transit and the name, address and telephone
number of each facility used in the past 12
months;
• Information pertaining to the motor
carrier’s arbitration program, the provider of
the program (company name), contact
person, date participation in the program
began, address of provider, date the program
was put into effect, estimating process and its
complaint and inquiry processes;
• Information regarding tariffs, including
name and identifying number of the tariff,
the effective date of the tariff, whether the
carrier participates in a tariff published by
another party, if so, the date participation
began and a copy of the motor carrier’s tariff
and all revisions in effect during the past 12
months;
• Information regarding production and
distribution to their customers of the
publication entitled ‘‘Your Rights and
Responsibilities When You Move’’ prior to
signing an order for service; and
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Appendix B (Hazardous Materials Carriers)
Requests that a carrier of hazardous
materials provide:
• A motor carrier’s hazardous materials
registration number, the class/division of the
hazardous material the carrier transports and
whether it transports placardable amounts;
• If applicable, the specification(s) of the
cargo tanks the carrier uses to transport the
hazardous material, the name of the facility
it uses to inspect the cargo tanks and
registration number (CT) number;
• Information pertaining to hazardous
materials requiring a Hazardous Material
Safety Permit and the permit number;
• Information about the motor carrier’s
security plan, whether the plan includes a
written risk assessment and the name of the
person in the company responsible for
security;
• The name of the person(s) providing
employees hazardous material training;
• Whether the motor carrier’s employees
have received general awareness training,
security awareness training, function specific
training or in-depth security training;
• A list of all employees that handle
hazardous materials, including, but not
limited to drivers, loaders, handlers, persons
that prepare shipping papers; and
• The name of anyone responsible for
hazardous materials safety.
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Appendix C (Passenger Carriers)
Requires passenger carriers to identify
whether they operate vehicles designed to
transport: (1) Eight (8) passengers or less
(including driver), (2) nine (9) to 15
passengers (including the driver[ar3]), or (3)
16 or more passengers (including the driver).
The passenger carrier is also asked whether
it operates in interstate commerce.
Appendix D (Mexico-domiciled Carriers)
Requests a Mexico-domiciled carrier to
provide:
• Information regarding the transportation
of interstate cargo during the preceding 12
months and the number of miles traveled in
the United States only;
• The number of vehicles the carrier
operates in commerce in the United States
that have a Gross Vehicle Weight or Gross
Combination Weight rating under 10,000
pounds, in excess of 10,000 pounds or in
excess of 26,000 pounds;
• Whether the vehicles are housed in
Mexico or the United States and the address
of the location they are housed;
• Copies of its MX authority and a MCS–
90 properly endorsed with required or
adequate levels of insurance;
• The number of drivers operating in the
United States-Mexico border commercial
zone and beyond the commercial zone;
• Information regarding its process
agent(s), including, but not limited to, the
contact person, address of process agent,
telephone, facsimile or cellular phone
numbers and e-mail addresses, if applicable;
• For carriers with subsidiaries based in
the United States, information regarding
these subsidiaries, including, but not limited
to, company name, contact person, address of
company, telephone, facsimile and cellular
numbers; and e-mail addresses.
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Appendix E (Non-North American Carriers)
Requests a Non-North American carrier
to[ar4] provide:
• Information concerning the
transportation of interstate cargo during the
preceding 12 months and the number of
miles traveled in the United States only;
• The number of vehicles the carrier
operates in commerce in the United States
that have a Gross Vehicle Weight or Gross
Combination Weight rating under 10,000
pounds, in excess of 10,000 pounds or in
excess of 26,000 pounds;
• Whether the vehicles are housed in
Mexico or the United States and the address
of the location they are housed;
• Copies of all operating authorities (MX
or other) and a MCS–90 properly endorsed
with required or adequate levels of
insurance;
• Information regarding its process
agent(s), including, but not limited to, the
contact person, address of process agent,
telephone, facsimile or cellular numbers and
e-mail address in applicable; and
For carriers with subsidiaries based in
the United States, information regarding
these subsidiaries, including, but not
limited to, the contact person, address
of process agent, telephone, facsimile or
cellular numbers and e-mail address.
Respondents: United States, Canadabased and Mexico-domiciled motor
carriers and Non-North American motor
carriers.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: The burden for the Letter of
Confirmation is included in the burden
for the Form MCSA–5540, ‘‘Carrier
Information’’. The estimated time to
read the Letter of Confirmation and
complete the Form MCSA–5540 is 40
minutes, and Appendices A—E: is 20
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 23,384 hours [23,384
respondents x 40 minutes/60 minutes to
complete the Letter of Confirmation and
Form MCSA–5540 + 23,384 respondents
x 20 minutes to/60 minutes complete
Appendices A-E = 23,384 hours].
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’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. The agency
will summarize and/or include your
comments in the request for OMB’s
clearance of this information collection.
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Issued on: April 6, 2006.
Warren E. Hoemann,
Deputy Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request for Revenue Procedure 2006–
1 and Revenue Procedure 2006–3
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Department of the
Treasury, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)). Currently, the IRS is
soliciting comments concerning
Revenue Procedure 2006–1, and
Revenue Procedure 2006–3, 26 CFR
601.201—Rulings and Determination
Letters.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before June 12, 2006 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Glenn P. Kirkland, Internal Revenue
Service, room 6411, 1111 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20224.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of revenue procedures should be
directed to Larnice Mack at Internal
Revenue Service, room 6512, 1111
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20224, or at (202) 622–3179, or
through the Internet at
(Larnice.Mack@irs.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 26 CFR 601.201—Rulings and
Determination Letters.
OMB Number: 1545–1522.
Revenue Procedure Number: Revenue
Procedures 2006–1, and 2006–3.
Abstract: The information requested
in these revenue procedures are
required to enable the Internal Revenue
Service to give advice on filing letter
rulings and determination letter
requests and to process such requests.
Current Actions: There are no changes
being made to the revenue procedures at
this time.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2006-23781]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Comment;
Approval of a New Information Collection: Letter of Confirmation and
Carrier Contact Information Sheets
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: FMCSA invites public comment on its plan to request the Office
of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval to collect information on new
forms entitled ``Carrier Contact Information Sheets.'' The information
will be collected from United States and Canada-based motor carriers
through the use forms, and used by FMCSA Safety Auditors and Safety
Investigators to prepare in advance for Compliance Reviews (CRs) and
New Entrant Program Safety Audits (NEPSAs); Pre-authority Safety Audits
(PASAs) and CRs of certain Mexico-domiciled motor carriers; and NEPSAs
and CRs of Non-North American motor carriers. FMCSA conducts CRs to
determine motor carrier compliance with the Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) and other regulations overseen by FMCSA. In
accordance with section 350 of the 2002 DOT Appropriations Act and the
Agency's regulations, all Mexico-domiciled long-haul carriers must
successfully complete a PASA before receiving authority to operate in
the United States and must receive a CR within their first 18 months of
operations in the United States. All other motor carriers receive CRs
to determine their safety fitness.
FMCSA conducts NEPSAs in accordance with section 210 of the Motor
Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999, which requires safety reviews
of all new entrants during their first 18 months of operations.
The information collected from motor carriers will be used to
assist safety investigators to become familiar with the motor carrier's
operation prior to visiting the carrier's place of business. The
information collected will include, but is not limited to, company
information and contact persons, business type, insurance, type of
cargo transported, vehicle and driver information and controlled
substance testing information. Additional information will be collected
from carriers who transport hazardous materials, household goods, and
passengers or are domiciled in Mexico. This notice is required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 12, 2006.
ADDRESSES: All comments should reference Docket No. FMCSA-2006-23781.
You may mail or hand deliver comments to the U.S. Department of
Transportation, Dockets Management Facility, Room PL-401, 400 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590; telefax comments to (202) 493-2251;
or submit electronically at https://dms.dot.gov. You may examine and
copy all comments received at the above address between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. If you desire
your comment to be acknowledged, you must include a self-addressed
stamped envelope or postcard or, if you submit your comments
electronically, you may print the acknowledgment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Arturo H. Ramirez, Division Chief,
(202) 366-3181, Enforcement and Compliance Division, Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration, 400 7th Street SW., Suite 8214,
Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Carrier Contact Information Sheets.
OMB Control No: 2126-XXXX.
Background:
In 1999, the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 (MCSIA)
[Public Law 106-159,113 Stat. 1748 (December 9, 1999)] strengthened the
motor carrier safety program by mandating more vehicle and driver
inspections, and carrier compliance reviews. MCSIA also required safety
reviews of all new entrants during the first 18 months of operations.
Section 350 of the DOT Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2002 [Public
Law 107-87, 115 Stat. 864 (December 18, 2001)] further strengthened the
safety program for motor carriers by requiring safety audits of long-
haul Mexico-domiciled carriers before they receive operating authority
in the United States.
FMCSA conducts compliance reviews to ensure that motor carriers
comply with the FMCSRs. To facilitate the timely completion of the
compliance reviews in the future, FMCSA safety investigators will use
the following two forms to collect information from motor carriers
prior to conducting compliance reviews.
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A ``Letter of Confirmation,'' will be used by the safety
investigator to confirm an appointment with a carrier once a compliance
review has been scheduled. The letter further informs the carrier the
investigator will need access to all carrier records including, but not
limited to, the following:
A list of drivers used in the past 365 days, including
date of hire, date of termination, Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
State and license number, and date of birth;
Driver qualification files and controlled substance
testing records results and summaries for the past 365 days;
Driver payroll records;
Driver records of duty status (logs, time records, etc.)
for the past 6 months;
Driver trip reports, expense records, scale tickets, fuel
receipts, toll receipts, bills of lading or any other pickup or
delivery document for the past 6 months;
Motor vehicle accident reports and accident register for
the past 12 months;
A list of motor vehicle equipment (company unit number,
license number, State, year, make and gross vehicle weight rating
(GVWR));
Lease agreements, if applicable;
Vehicle maintenance records for all vehicles owned or
leased;
Driver vehicle inspection reports for the last 90 days;
All roadside inspections for the past 365 days;
Company gross revenue for the last calendar or fiscal
year, as applicable;
Total fleet mileage for the last year;
A copy of the motor carrier's MCS-90 or MCS-90B
endorsement for its current policy; and insurance claim information for
the past 365 days (Loss Run Report).
Carriers of household goods must also provide all
documents related to the movement of household goods, including
estimates, orders for service, bills of lading, inventories, invoices
and weight tickets.
Carriers of hazardous materials must also provide, if
applicable: a copy of the company's security plan; a list of any
hazardous materials (HM or hazmat) incident(s) that may have occurred
in the past 12 months (including spills, injuries or any type of
release); HM shipping papers for the past 12 months; records related to
the training of all hazmat employees and all documentation regarding
the testing of any applicable specification cargo tanks.
Form MCSA-5540, ``Carrier Information,'' will be used for the
collection of information from all motor carriers subject to the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. The information will be used
by the safety investigator to assist him/her in conducting a compliance
review of the motor carrier's operation. The information to be
collected from the carrier includes, but is not limited to:
The legal name and contact information (including
telephone and facsimile numbers and e-mail addresses);
Information regarding the motor carrier's type of
business--for example, whether the business is a sole proprietorship,
partnership, LLC (Limited Liability Company) or corporation;
The motor carrier's gross revenue for the last complete
fiscal year;
The fleet mileage for the preceding 12 months;
The motor carrier's employee identification number, social
security number or Registro Federal de Causantes number (Mexican
Federal Tax Identification number) (RFC) (if a Mexico-domiciled
carrier);
The motor carrier's insurance information, including name
of insurance company, agent or contact information, insurance company's
telephone number, coverage or policy number and whether the carrier has
an additional umbrella policy. The form also requests that for-hire
carriers and carriers of hazardous materials have available for the
safety investigator's review a copy of Form MCS-90 or MCS-90B, as
appropriate;
Any reports of accidents in the proceeding 365 days;
A description of the type of cargo transported and whether
the carrier is a for-hire property carrier, a for-hire passenger
carrier, private property carrier or private passenger carrier;
The number of vehicles in the motor carrier's fleet
including, if applicable, the number of straight trucks, truck
tractors, trailers, hazardous material cargo tank trucks, hazardous
material cargo tank trailers, school buses, motor coaches, and number
of 9-15 passenger vehicles;
The number of vehicles in its fleet that are owned, leased
or trip leased;
The number of interstate or intrastate drivers that
operate commercial motor vehicles within a 100 air-mile radius or
beyond a 100 air-mile radius;
The number of non-CDL drivers operating commercial motor
vehicles within a 150 air-mile radius;
If applicable, the total number of trip leased and CDL
drivers it employs per month;
A description of the motor carrier's controlled substances
and alcohol testing program for CDL drivers, including the name of any
consortium in which it participates and relevant contact persons,
addresses, and telephone numbers;
A list of all drivers enrolled in the company's random
alcohol and controlled substance testing program and a semi-annual
aggregate statistical summary of the motor carrier's alcohol and
controlled substance testing results;
The name of the person(s) who hires drivers, oversees
driver qualifications, monitors drivers hours-of-service, maintains
trip related expense receipts, completes payroll, dispatches, oversees
controlled substances testing, is responsible for the motor carrier's
vehicle maintenance program, is responsible for maintenance records and
is responsible for the motor carrier's accident records.
Additional forms set forth below will apply to carriers who
transport household goods, hazardous materials and passengers, or are
domiciled in Mexico. The forms are listed as Appendices, Forms A-E,
respectively.
Appendix A (Household Goods Carriers)
Requests that carriers who transport household goods provide:
General information including, but not limited to, the
location of the motor carrier's sales office(s), the location where
it maintains equipment or warehousing facilities and the name and
phone number of these locations;
If applicable, the name of prime agents that are not
company owned, addresses and telephone number(s) and copies of any
written agreements the carrier may have with them;
If the carrier uses brokers, copies of any written
agreements with the brokers;
If applicable, information pertaining to the use of
public or self-storage facilities the carrier may use to hold
shipments that are in transit and the name, address and telephone
number of each facility used in the past 12 months;
Information pertaining to the motor carrier's
arbitration program, the provider of the program (company name),
contact person, date participation in the program began, address of
provider, date the program was put into effect, estimating process
and its complaint and inquiry processes;
Information regarding tariffs, including name and
identifying number of the tariff, the effective date of the tariff,
whether the carrier participates in a tariff published by another
party, if so, the date participation began and a copy of the motor
carrier's tariff and all revisions in effect during the past 12
months;
Information regarding production and distribution to
their customers of the publication entitled ``Your Rights and
Responsibilities When You Move'' prior to signing an order for
service; and
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Appendix B (Hazardous Materials Carriers)
Requests that a carrier of hazardous materials provide:
A motor carrier's hazardous materials registration
number, the class/division of the hazardous material the carrier
transports and whether it transports placardable amounts;
If applicable, the specification(s) of the cargo tanks
the carrier uses to transport the hazardous material, the name of
the facility it uses to inspect the cargo tanks and registration
number (CT) number;
Information pertaining to hazardous materials requiring
a Hazardous Material Safety Permit and the permit number;
Information about the motor carrier's security plan,
whether the plan includes a written risk assessment and the name of
the person in the company responsible for security;
The name of the person(s) providing employees hazardous
material training;
Whether the motor carrier's employees have received
general awareness training, security awareness training, function
specific training or in-depth security training;
A list of all employees that handle hazardous
materials, including, but not limited to drivers, loaders, handlers,
persons that prepare shipping papers; and
The name of anyone responsible for hazardous materials
safety.
Appendix C (Passenger Carriers)
Requires passenger carriers to identify whether they operate
vehicles designed to transport: (1) Eight (8) passengers or less
(including driver), (2) nine (9) to 15 passengers (including the
driver[ar3]), or (3) 16 or more passengers (including the driver).
The passenger carrier is also asked whether it operates in
interstate commerce.
Appendix D (Mexico-domiciled Carriers)
Requests a Mexico-domiciled carrier to provide:
Information regarding the transportation of interstate
cargo during the preceding 12 months and the number of miles
traveled in the United States only;
The number of vehicles the carrier operates in commerce
in the United States that have a Gross Vehicle Weight or Gross
Combination Weight rating under 10,000 pounds, in excess of 10,000
pounds or in excess of 26,000 pounds;
Whether the vehicles are housed in Mexico or the United
States and the address of the location they are housed;
Copies of its MX authority and a MCS-90 properly
endorsed with required or adequate levels of insurance;
The number of drivers operating in the United States-
Mexico border commercial zone and beyond the commercial zone;
Information regarding its process agent(s), including,
but not limited to, the contact person, address of process agent,
telephone, facsimile or cellular phone numbers and e-mail addresses,
if applicable;
For carriers with subsidiaries based in the United
States, information regarding these subsidiaries, including, but not
limited to, company name, contact person, address of company,
telephone, facsimile and cellular numbers; and e-mail addresses.
Appendix E (Non-North American Carriers)
Requests a Non-North American carrier to[ar4] provide:
Information concerning the transportation of interstate
cargo during the preceding 12 months and the number of miles
traveled in the United States only;
The number of vehicles the carrier operates in commerce
in the United States that have a Gross Vehicle Weight or Gross
Combination Weight rating under 10,000 pounds, in excess of 10,000
pounds or in excess of 26,000 pounds;
Whether the vehicles are housed in Mexico or the United
States and the address of the location they are housed;
Copies of all operating authorities (MX or other) and a
MCS-90 properly endorsed with required or adequate levels of
insurance;
Information regarding its process agent(s), including,
but not limited to, the contact person, address of process agent,
telephone, facsimile or cellular numbers and e-mail address in
applicable; and
For carriers with subsidiaries based in the United States,
information regarding these subsidiaries, including, but not limited
to, the contact person, address of process agent, telephone, facsimile
or cellular numbers and e-mail address.
Respondents: United States, Canada-based and Mexico-domiciled motor
carriers and Non-North American motor carriers.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: The burden for the Letter of
Confirmation is included in the burden for the Form MCSA-5540,
``Carrier Information''. The estimated time to read the Letter of
Confirmation and complete the Form MCSA-5540 is 40 minutes, and
Appendices A--E: is 20 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 23,384 hours [23,384
respondents x 40 minutes/60 minutes to complete the Letter of
Confirmation and Form MCSA-5540 + 23,384 respondents x 20 minutes to/60
minutes complete Appendices A-E = 23,384 hours].
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'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. The agency will summarize and/or include your
comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this information
collection.
Issued on: April 6, 2006.
Warren E. Hoemann,
Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. E6-5434 Filed 4-11-06; 8:45 am]
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