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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 242 / Monday, December 18, 2006 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2006–26261]
Notice of Request for Comments on
Renewal of a Currently Approved
Information Collection: Financial
Responsibility for Motor Carriers of
Passengers and Motor Carriers of
Property
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice; request for information.
AGENCY:
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
review and approval. This information
collection renewal will be used to
ensure that motor carriers of property
and passengers maintain the appropriate
levels of financial responsibility to
operate on public highways. The
Agency published a Federal Register
notice allowing for a 60-day comment
period on the ICR in August 2006 (71 FR
48967, Aug. 22, 2006). FMCSA did not
receive any comments in response to
this notice.
DATES: Please send your comments by
January 17, 2007. OMB must receive
your comments by this date in order to
act quickly on the ICR.
ADDRESSES: You may submit 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.
Ms.
Stephanie Haller, Commercial
Enforcement, Department of
Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, 400 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington DC 20590–
0001. Telephone: 202–385–2422; e-mail
Stephanie.haller@fmcsa.dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Financial Responsibility for
Motor Carriers of Passengers and Motor
Carriers of Property.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0008.
Type of Request: Extension 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).
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Estimated Number of Respondents:
143,728 [138,768 property carriers +
4,960 passengers carriers = 143,728].
Estimated Time per Response: The
FMCSA estimates it takes two minutes
for an insurance company to complete
the Endorsement for Motor Carrier
Policies of Insurances for Public
Liability (Forms MCS–90/90B; for both
property and passenger carriers) or the
Motor Carrier Public Liability Surety
Bond (Forms MCS–82/82B for both
property and passenger carriers); one
minute for the insurance company to
file the Motor Carrier Public Liability
Surety Bond (Forms MCS–82/82B) with
FMCSA; one minute for the insurance
company to provide Forms MCS–90/
90B to the carrier; and one minute to
place either document (Forms MCS–90/
90B and MCS–82/82B) on board the
vehicle (foreign-domiciled motor
carriers only). These endorsements
(Forms MCS–90/90B and MCS–82/82B)
are maintained at the motor carrier’s
principal place of business (see 49 CFR
387.7(d)).
Expiration Date: December 31, 2006.
Frequency of Response: Upon
creation, change, or replacement of an
insurance policy or surety bond.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
4,529 hours [151.4 hours for motor
carriers of passengers + 4,377.4 hours
for motor carriers of property = 4,528.8
or rounded to the nearest hour 4,529].
Background
The Secretary of Transportation is
responsible for implementing
regulations which establish the minimal
levels of financial responsibility for: (1)
For-hire motor carriers of property to
cover public liability, property damage,
and environmental 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
embraced within these documents.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
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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 11, 2006.
John H. Hill,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
Solicitation of Applications for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2007, Commercial Motor
Vehicle (CMV) Operator Safety Training
Grant Opportunity
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: FMCSA announces that it has
published an opportunity to apply for
FY 2007 CMV Operator Safety Training
Grant Opportunity funding on the
grants.gov Web site (https://
www.grants.gov). Section 4134 of the
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy For
Users (SAFETEA–LU) establishes the
CMV Operator Safety Training Grant
Opportunity program. The legislation
requires grant recipients to train drivers
and future drivers in the safe operation
of CMVs, as defined in Section 31301 of
Title 49, United States Code. Priority
will be given to regional or multi-state
educational or nonprofit associations
serving economically distressed regions
of the United States. Eligible awardees
also can include State governments,
local governments, and accredited postsecondary educational institutions
(public or private) such as colleges,
universities, vocational-technical
schools and truck driver training
schools. To apply for funding,
applicants must be registered with
grants.gov. Registration with grants.gov
may take two to five days before the
system will allow you to apply for
grants using the grants.gov Web site
(https://www.grants.gov/applicants/
get_registered.jsp). Submit application
in accordance with the instructions
provided. Applications for grant
funding must be submitted
electronically to the FMCSA through the
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grants.gov Web site. The CFDA number
for MCSAP is 20.235.
DATES: FMCSA will initially consider
funding of applications submitted by
January 31, 2007 by qualified
applicants. If additional funding
remains available, applications
submitted after January 31, 2007 will be
considered on a case-by-case basis.
Funds will not be available for
allocation until such time as FY2007
appropriations legislation is passed and
signed into law. Funding is subject to
reductions resulting from obligation
limitations or rescissions as specified in
SAFETEA–LU or other legislation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Art L. Williams, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, Office of Safety
Programs, State Programs Division (MC–
sESS), 202–366–3695, 400 Seventh
Street SW., Room 8314, Washington, DC
20590. Office hours are from 7:30 a.m.
to 4 p.m., EST., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
Issued on: December 11, 2006.
John H. Hill,
Administrator.
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National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
[NHTSA Docket No. NHTSA–2006–26143]
National Emergency Medical Services
Advisory Council to the Secretary of
Transportation
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of establishment of an
advisory committee.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Secretary of
Transportation announces the
establishment of a National Emergency
Medical Services (EMS) Advisory
Council (NEMSAC) to provide advice
and recommendations regarding EMS
matters to the U.S. Department of
Transportation (DOT), National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA). NHTSA’s Office of
Emergency Medical Services will serve
as sponsor of the Advisory Council for
the Secretary. The purpose of this notice
is to inform interested parties of the
establishment of NEMSAC and invite
the submission to NHTSA of
nominations/applications for
membership, as well as comments on
the strategies or issues that should be
considered by NEMSAC.
DATES: Comments and applications or
nominations for membership on
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NEMSAC must be received February 16,
2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Drew Dawson, Director, NHTSA Office
of Emergency Medical Services, (202)
366–9966 or via e-mail at
drew.dawson@dot.gov; or Ms. Allison
Rusnak, Office of the Chief Counsel,
(202) 366–1834 or via e-mail at
allison.rusnak@dot.gov, 400 7th Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20590. Office
hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
EST, Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Access
You may submit or retrieve comments
online through the Document
Management System (DMS) at: https://
dms.dot.gov/submit. The DMS is
available 24 hours each day, 365 days
each year. Electronic submission and
retrieval help and guidelines are
available under the help section of the
Web site.
An electronic copy of this document
may be downloaded from the Federal
Register’s home page at https://
www.archives.gov and the Government
Printing Office’s database at https://
www.access.gpo.gov/nara.
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 a Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (70 FR
19477), or you may visit https://
dms.dot.gov.
Please note that even after the
comment closing date, we will continue
to file relevant information in the docket
as it becomes available. Further, some
people may submit late comments and
we recommend that you periodically
check the docket for new material. We
will consider late comments [75 days
from publication].
Background
The National Emergency Medical
Services Advisory Council will serve as
a forum to provide to NHTSA advice
and recommendations on a broad range
of issues related to EMS. The DOT has
determined that the establishment of
NEMSAC falls under the terms of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. II.
A. Notice of Establishment of an
Advisory Council
In accordance with the requirements
of FACA, an agency of the Federal
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Government cannot establish or utilize
a group of people in the interest of
obtaining consensus advice or
recommendations unless that group is
chartered as a Federal advisory
committee. The purpose of this notice is
to announce the establishment of an
advisory committee to provide NHTSA
advice and recommendations regarding
a broad range of EMS issues. The
Secretary has determined that the
establishment of NEMSAC is necessary
and in the public interest.
B. Name of Committee
National Emergency Medical Services
Advisory Council.
C. Purpose and Objective
The NEMSAC will be a nationally
recognized council of EMS
representatives and consumers to
provide advice and recommendations
regarding EMS to NHTSA. The issues
that NEMSAC will consider include:
National EMS needs assessment and
strategic planning; development of
standards, guidelines, benchmarks, and
data collection relating to EMS;
development of methods for improving
community-based EMS; strengthening
EMS systems through enhanced
workforce development, education,
training, exercises, equipment, medical
oversight; improved coordination and
support of EMS activities among Federal
programs; and other issues or topics as
determined by NHTSA.
The NEMSAC does not exercise
program management or regulatory
development responsibilities, and
makes no decisions directly affecting
the programs on which it provides
advice. The NEMSAC provides a forum
for the development, consideration, and
communication of information from a
knowledgeable and independent
perspective of a strategy for advancing
EMS systems nationwide.
D. Balanced Membership Plans
Advisory council members shall
represent a cross-section of the diverse
agencies, organizations, and individuals
involved in EMS activities and
programs in the U.S. The NEMSAC shall
be composed of not more than 26
members, each of whom shall be
appointed by the Secretary of
Transportation. Twenty-four of these
members will represent the perspectives
of particular components of the EMS
community. The Council’s broad-based
membership will assure that it has
sufficient EMS system expertise and
geographic and demographic diversity
to accurately reflect the EMS
community as a whole. NHTSA seeks
applications and nominations for
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Solicitation of Applications for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007,
Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) Operator Safety Training Grant
Opportunity
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: FMCSA announces that it has published an opportunity to apply
for FY 2007 CMV Operator Safety Training Grant Opportunity funding on
the grants.gov Web site (https://www.grants.gov). Section 4134 of the
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A
Legacy For Users (SAFETEA-LU) establishes the CMV Operator Safety
Training Grant Opportunity program. The legislation requires grant
recipients to train drivers and future drivers in the safe operation of
CMVs, as defined in Section 31301 of Title 49, United States Code.
Priority will be given to regional or multi-state educational or
nonprofit associations serving economically distressed regions of the
United States. Eligible awardees also can include State governments,
local governments, and accredited post-secondary educational
institutions (public or private) such as colleges, universities,
vocational-technical schools and truck driver training schools. To
apply for funding, applicants must be registered with grants.gov.
Registration with grants.gov may take two to five days before the
system will allow you to apply for grants using the grants.gov Web site
(https://www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp). Submit
application in accordance with the instructions provided. Applications
for grant funding must be submitted electronically to the FMCSA through
the
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grants.gov Web site. The CFDA number for MCSAP is 20.235.
DATES: FMCSA will initially consider funding of applications submitted
by January 31, 2007 by qualified applicants. If additional funding
remains available, applications submitted after January 31, 2007 will
be considered on a case-by-case basis. Funds will not be available for
allocation until such time as FY2007 appropriations legislation is
passed and signed into law. Funding is subject to reductions resulting
from obligation limitations or rescissions as specified in SAFETEA-LU
or other legislation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Art L. Williams, Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration, Office of Safety Programs, State
Programs Division (MC-sESS), 202-366-3695, 400 Seventh Street SW., Room
8314, Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
EST., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Issued on: December 11, 2006.
John H. Hill,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. E6-21458 Filed 12-15-06; 8:45 am]
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