Notice of Request for Comments on Extension of Currently Approved Information Collections: OMB Control Numbers 2126-0032 and 2126-0033 (Financial and Operating Statistics for Motor Carriers of Property), 24912-24913 [E6-6352]
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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 81 / Thursday, April 27, 2006 / Notices
Issued on: April 19, 2006.
Dennis Decker,
Division Administrator, Columbus, Ohio.
[FR Doc. E6–6305 Filed 4–26–06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–22–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2006–24195]
Notice of Request for Comments on
Extension of Currently Approved
Information Collections: OMB Control
Numbers 2126–0032 and 2126–0033
(Financial and Operating Statistics for
Motor Carriers of Property)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
FMCSA announces its intent to submit
two currently-approved Information
Collection Requests (ICRs) described to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. The
ICRs describes two information
collection activities and their expected
costs and burdens. The Federal Register
notice allowing for a 60-day comment
period on the ICRs was published on
January 18, 2006 (71 FR 2985). The
agency received five comments in
support of the continuation of these
ICRs.
DATES: Please send your comments by
May 30, 2006. OMB must receive your
comments by this date in order to act
quickly on the ICR.
ADDRESSES: Send 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.
Toni Proctor, phone: (202) 366–2998;
Fax: (202) 366–3518; email:
toni.proctor@fmcsa.dot.gov; Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration,
U.S. Department of Transportation,
Office of Research and Analysis, 400
Seventh Street SW., Suite 8214,
Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are
from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal Holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
(1) Title: Annual Report of Class I and
Class II Motor Carriers of Property
(Including Household Goods and Dual
Property Motor Carriers) (formerly OMB
Control Number 2139–0004). This
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information collection (IC) was
transferred from the former Bureau of
Transportation Statistics (BTS) to
FMCSA on September 29, 2004 (69 FR
51009).
FMCSA IC: OMB Control No: 2126–
0032.
Form No.: Form M.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently-approved information
collection.
Respondents: Class I and Class II
Motor Carriers of Property.
Number of Respondents: 3,000 (per
year).
Estimated Time Per Response: 9
hours.
Expiration Date: April 30, 2006.
Frequency: Annually.
Total Annual Burden: 27,000 hours
[3,000 respondents × 9 hours per
response = 27,000].
(2) Title: Quarterly Financial Report of
Class I Motor Carriers of Property and
Household Goods (formerly OMB
Control Number 2139–0002). This
information collection was transferred
from BTS to FMCSA on September 29,
2004 (69 FR 51009).
FMCSA IC: OMB Control No: 2126–
0033.
Form No.: Form QFR.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Respondents: Class I Motor Carriers of
Property.
Number of Respondents: 1,000 (per
quarter).
Estimated Time Per Response: 1.8
hours (27 minutes per quarter).
Expiration Date: April 30, 2006.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Total Annual Burden: 1,800 hours
[1,000 respondents × 1.8 hours per
response = 1,800].
Background
The Annual Report of Class I and
Class II Motor Carriers of Property and
Household Goods (Form M) and
Quarterly Financial Report of Class I
Motor Carriers of Property (Including
Household Goods and Dual Property
Motor Carriers) (Form QFR) are
mandated reporting requirements
applicable for for-hire motor carriers.
Motor carriers (including interstate and
intrastate) 1 subject to the Federal Motor
1 For purposes of the Financial and Operating
Statistics (F&OS) program, carriers are classified
into the following three groups; (1) Class I carriers
are those having annual carrier operating revenues
(including interstate and intrastate) of $10 million
or more after applying the revenue deflator formula
in Note A of part 1420; (2) Class II carriers are those
having annual carrier operating revenues (including
interstate and intrastate) of at least $3 million but
less than $10 million after applying the revenue
deflator formula in Note A of part 1420; and (3)
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Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) are
classified on the basis of their gross
carrier operating revenues. Under the
financial and operating statistics
program, FMCSA collects balance sheet
and income statement data, along with
information on safety needs, tonnage,
mileage, employees, transportation
equipment and other related data.
FMCSA may also ask carriers to respond
to surveys concerning their operations.
The data and information collected will
be made publicly available and used by
FMCSA to determine a motor carrier’s
compliance with the F&OS program
requirements set forth in subchapter B
of 49 CFR part 1420.
The regulations were formerly
administered by the Interstate
Commerce Commission and later
transferred to the U.S. Department of
Transportation on January 1, 1996, by
section 103 of the Interstate Commerce
Commission Termination Act of 1995
(ICCTA) (Pub. L. 104–88, 109 Stat. 803,
December 29, 1995), now codified at 49
U.S.C. 14123. The Secretary of
Transportation (Secretary) transferred
the authority to administer the F&OS
program to the Bureau of Transportation
Statistics on September 30, 1998 (63FR
52192). Pursuant to this authority, the
BTS, now part of the Research and
Innovative Technology Administration
(RITA), became the DOT modal
administration responsible for
implementing the F&OS program and
requirements in 49 CFR part 1420. On
September 29, 2004, the Secretary
transferred the responsibility for the
F&OS program from BTS to FMCSA (69
FR 51009). FMCSA plans to publish a
final rule in the future to transfer and redesignate the F&OS program reporting
requirements at 49 CFR part 1420 from
BTS (now RITA) to FMCSA.
We particularly request comments on:
(1) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for FMCSA to
meet its goal of reducing truck crashes
and its usefulness to this goal; (2) the
accuracy of the estimate of the burden
of the information collection; (3) ways
to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information collected; and
(4) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including using automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. The agency will
summarize and/or include your
comments in the request for OMB’s
clearance of these information
collections.
Class III carriers are those having annual carrier
operating revenues (including interstate and
intrastate) of less than $3 million after applying the
revenue deflator formula in Note A of part 1420.
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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 81 / Thursday, April 27, 2006 / Notices
Issued on April 20, 2006.
Warren E. Hoemann,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. E6–6352 Filed 4–26–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Research and Innovative Technology
Administration
[Docket No.: RITA–2006–24566]
Notice of Request for Approval To
Collect New Information: Confidential
Close Call Reporting System
Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS), Research and
Innovative Technology Administration
(RITA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
requirements of section3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
this notice announces that the Bureau of
Transportation Statistics (BTS) intends
to request the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) to approve a new
information collection effort in railroad
yards. This data collection effort is in
support of a five-year research study
aiming at improving rail safety by
analyzing information on close calls and
other unsafe occurrences in the rail
industry. The study is conducted by the
Office of Human Factors in the Federal
Railroad Administration and is designed
to identify safety issues and propose
corrective actions based on voluntary
reports of close calls submitted to BTS.
This collection is necessary because
data on close calls are not normally
reported to the railroad carriers or the
Federal Railroad Administration.
DATES: Comments must be received by
June 26, 2006.
ADDRESSES: You can mail or handdeliver comments to the U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT),
Dockets Management System (DMS).
You may submit your comments by mail
or in person to the Docket Clerk, Docket
No. RITA–2006–24566, U.S. Department
of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street,
SW., Room PL–401, Washington, DC
20590–0001. Comments should identify
the docket number; paper comments
should be submitted in duplicate. The
DMS is open for examination and
copying, at the above address, from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. If you wish to
receive confirmation of receipt of your
written comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped postcard with the
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following statement: ‘‘Comments on
Docket RITA–2006–24566.’’ The Docket
Clerk will date stamp the postcard prior
to returning it to you via the U.S. mail.
Please note that due to delays in the
delivery of U.S. mail to Federal offices
in Washington, DC, we recommend that
persons consider an alternative method
(the Internet, fax, or professional
delivery service) to submit comments to
the docket and ensure their timely
receipt at U.S. DOT. You may fax your
comments to the DMS at (202) 493–
2251.
If you wish to file comments using the
Internet, you may use the DOT DMS
Web site at https://dms.dot.gov. Please
follow the online instructions for
submitting an electronic comment. You
can also review comments on-line at the
DMS Web site at https://dms.dot.gov.
Please note that anyone is able to
electronically search all comments
received into our docket management
system 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
(Volume 65, Number 70; pages 19477–
78) or you may review the Privacy Act
Statement at https://dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Demetra V. Collia, RTS 31, Room 3430,
Bureau of Transportation Statistics,
Research and Innovative Technology
Administration, 400 Seventh Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20590; (202) 366–
1610; Fax No. (202) 493–0568; e-mail:
demetra.collia@dot.gov. Office hours are
from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Data Confidentiality Provisions: The
confidentiality of Close Calls data is
protected under the BTS confidentiality
statute (49 U.S.C. 111(k) and the
Confidential Information Protection and
Statistical Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) of
2002 (Pub. L. 107–347, Title V). In
accordance with these confidentiality
statutes, only statistical and nonidentifying data will be made publicly
available through reports. Further, BTS
will not release to FRA or any other
public or private entity any information
that might reveal the identity of
individuals or organizations mentioned
in close call reports.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. The Data Collection
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. chapter 35; as amended) and
5 CFR part 1320 require each Federal
agency to obtain OMB approval to
initiate an information collection
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activity. BTS is seeking OMB approval
for the following BTS information
collection activity:
Title: Confidential Close Call
Reporting System.
OMB Control Number: 2139–NEW.
Type of Review: Approval of data
collection.
Respondents: Employees of selected
(pilot) railroad sites.
Number of Respondents: 350 (per
annum).
Estimated Time per Response: 0.50
hours.
Frequency: Intermittent for 5 years.
(Reports are submitted when there is a
qualifying event, i.e., a close call occurs
within a pilot site. The frequency of
such event is estimated to be
approximately one per day.)
Total Annual Burden: 175.00 hours.
II. Background
Collecting data on the nation’s
transportation system is an important
component of BTS’s responsibility to
the transportation community and is
authorized in BTS statutory authority
(49 U.S.C. 111(c)(1) and (2) and 49
U.S.C. 111(c)(5)(j)). BTS and FRA share
a common interest in promoting rail
safety based on better data. To that end,
FRA’s Office of Research and
Development is sponsoring the
Confidential Close Call Reporting
System (C3RS) Demonstration Project to
investigate the effectiveness of such
system in improving rail safety.
A close call represents a situation in
which an ongoing sequence of events
was stopped from developing further,
preventing the occurrence of potentially
serious safety-related consequences.
This might include the following: (1)
Events that happen frequently, but have
low safety consequences; (2) events that
happen infrequently but have the
potential for high consequences (e.g., a
train in dark territory proceeds beyond
its authority); (3) events that are below
the FRA reporting threshold (e.g., an
event that causes a minor injury); and
(4) events that are reportable to FRA but
have the potential for a far greater
accident than the one reported (e.g., a
slow speed collision with minor damage
to the equipment and no injuries.)
Employees involved in a close call
will be asked to fill out a questionnaire
which will be made available on the
Web and at their work site and mail it
to BTS. The close call questionnaire will
request the respondent to provide
information such as: (1) Name and
contact information; (2) time and
location of the incident; (3) a short
description of the event; (4) contributing
factors to the close call; and (5) any
other information that might be useful
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[FR Doc No: E6-6352]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2006-24195]
Notice of Request for Comments on Extension of Currently Approved
Information Collections: OMB Control Numbers 2126-0032 and 2126-0033
(Financial and Operating Statistics for 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 FMCSA
announces its intent to submit two currently-approved Information
Collection Requests (ICRs) described to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICRs describes two
information collection activities and their expected costs and burdens.
The Federal Register notice allowing for a 60-day comment period on the
ICRs was published on January 18, 2006 (71 FR 2985). The agency
received five comments in support of the continuation of these ICRs.
DATES: Please send your comments by May 30, 2006. OMB must receive your
comments by this date in order to act quickly on the ICR.
ADDRESSES: Send 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. Toni Proctor, phone: (202) 366-
2998; Fax: (202) 366-3518; email: toni.proctor@fmcsa.dot.gov; Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation,
Office of Research and Analysis, 400 Seventh Street SW., Suite 8214,
Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
(1) Title: Annual Report of Class I and Class II Motor Carriers of
Property (Including Household Goods and Dual Property Motor Carriers)
(formerly OMB Control Number 2139-0004). This information collection
(IC) was transferred from the former Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS) to FMCSA on September 29, 2004 (69 FR 51009).
FMCSA IC: OMB Control No: 2126-0032.
Form No.: Form M.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently-approved information
collection.
Respondents: Class I and Class II Motor Carriers of Property.
Number of Respondents: 3,000 (per year).
Estimated Time Per Response: 9 hours.
Expiration Date: April 30, 2006.
Frequency: Annually.
Total Annual Burden: 27,000 hours [3,000 respondents x 9 hours per
response = 27,000].
(2) Title: Quarterly Financial Report of Class I Motor Carriers of
Property and Household Goods (formerly OMB Control Number 2139-0002).
This information collection was transferred from BTS to FMCSA on
September 29, 2004 (69 FR 51009).
FMCSA IC: OMB Control No: 2126-0033.
Form No.: Form QFR.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Respondents: Class I Motor Carriers of Property.
Number of Respondents: 1,000 (per quarter).
Estimated Time Per Response: 1.8 hours (27 minutes per quarter).
Expiration Date: April 30, 2006.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Total Annual Burden: 1,800 hours [1,000 respondents x 1.8 hours per
response = 1,800].
Background
The Annual Report of Class I and Class II Motor Carriers of
Property and Household Goods (Form M) and Quarterly Financial Report of
Class I Motor Carriers of Property (Including Household Goods and Dual
Property Motor Carriers) (Form QFR) are mandated reporting requirements
applicable for for-hire motor carriers. Motor carriers (including
interstate and intrastate) \1\ subject to the Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) are classified on the basis of their gross
carrier operating revenues. Under the financial and operating
statistics program, FMCSA collects balance sheet and income statement
data, along with information on safety needs, tonnage, mileage,
employees, transportation equipment and other related data. FMCSA may
also ask carriers to respond to surveys concerning their operations.
The data and information collected will be made publicly available and
used by FMCSA to determine a motor carrier's compliance with the F&OS
program requirements set forth in subchapter B of 49 CFR part 1420.
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\1\ For purposes of the Financial and Operating Statistics
(F&OS) program, carriers are classified into the following three
groups; (1) Class I carriers are those having annual carrier
operating revenues (including interstate and intrastate) of $10
million or more after applying the revenue deflator formula in Note
A of part 1420; (2) Class II carriers are those having annual
carrier operating revenues (including interstate and intrastate) of
at least $3 million but less than $10 million after applying the
revenue deflator formula in Note A of part 1420; and (3) Class III
carriers are those having annual carrier operating revenues
(including interstate and intrastate) of less than $3 million after
applying the revenue deflator formula in Note A of part 1420.
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The regulations were formerly administered by the Interstate
Commerce Commission and later transferred to the U.S. Department of
Transportation on January 1, 1996, by section 103 of the Interstate
Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995 (ICCTA) (Pub. L. 104-88,
109 Stat. 803, December 29, 1995), now codified at 49 U.S.C. 14123. The
Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) transferred the authority to
administer the F&OS program to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics
on September 30, 1998 (63FR 52192). Pursuant to this authority, the
BTS, now part of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration
(RITA), became the DOT modal administration responsible for
implementing the F&OS program and requirements in 49 CFR part 1420. On
September 29, 2004, the Secretary transferred the responsibility for
the F&OS program from BTS to FMCSA (69 FR 51009). FMCSA plans to
publish a final rule in the future to transfer and re-designate the
F&OS program reporting requirements at 49 CFR part 1420 from BTS (now
RITA) to FMCSA.
We particularly request comments on: (1) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for FMCSA to meet its goal of reducing truck
crashes and its usefulness to this goal; (2) the accuracy of the
estimate of the burden of the information collection; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information collected;
and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
respondents, including using automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology. The agency will summarize and/or
include your comments in the request for OMB's clearance of these
information collections.
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Issued on April 20, 2006.
Warren E. Hoemann,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. E6-6352 Filed 4-26-06; 8:45 am]
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