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necessary for the FHWA’s performance;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
burden; (3) ways for the FHWA to
enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the collected information; and
(4) ways that the burden could be
minimized, including the use of
electronic technology, without reducing
the quality of the collected information.
All comments should include the
Docket number FHWA–2007–27038.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
and 49 CFR 1.48.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Michael Koontz, 202–366–2076, or
Robert Kafalenos, 202–366–2079, Office
of Natural and Human Environment,
Federal Highway Administration,
Department of Transportation, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC
20590. Office hours are from 8 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Annual Reporting for the
Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality
Improvement (CMAQ) Program.
Background: Section 1808 of the Safe,
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for
Users of 2005 (SAFETEA–LU) calls for
an identification and analysis of a
representative sample of CMAQ projects
and the development and population of
a database that describes the impacts of
the program both on traffic congestion
levels and air quality. To establish and
maintain this database, the FHWA is
requesting States to submit annual
reports on their CMAQ investments that
cover projected air quality benefits,
financial information, a brief
description of projects, and several
other factors outlined in the Interim
Program Guidance for the CMAQ
program. States are requested to provide
the end of year summary reports via the
automated system provided through
FHWA by the first day of February of
each year, covering the prior Federal
fiscal year.
Respondents: 51; each State DOT and
Washington, DC.
Estimated Average Burden Per
Response: The estimated average
reporting burden is 6 hours per annual
report.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: The
estimated total annual burden for all
respondents is 306 hours.
Electronic Access: Internet users may
access all comments received by the
U.S. DOT Dockets, Room PL–401, by
using the universal resource locator
(URL): https://dms.dot.gov, 24 hours
each day, 365 days each year. Please
follow the instructions online for more
information and help.
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Issued on: January 23, 2007.
James R. Kabel,
Chief, Management Programs and, Analysis
Division.
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BILLING CODE 4910–22–P
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2006–24843]
Notice of Request for Clearance of a
New Information Collection:
Commercial Driver’s License Program
Improvements and Commercial
Driver’s License Information System
Modernization
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This action informs the public
that FMCSA intends to request that the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approve a new information
collection required by the Commercial
Driver’s License Program Improvements
(CDLPI) and the Commercial Driver’s
License Information System
Modernization grant programs. That
information consists of grant application
preparation and quarterly reports. The
CDLPI grant program also requires
States’ to conduct a self-assessment of
their Commercial Driver’s License (CDL)
programs. This notice is required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments must be received by
April 2, 2007.
ADDRESSES: 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, or
submit electronically at https://
dms.dot.gov/submit. Be sure to include
the docket number appearing in the
heading of this document on your
comment. All comments received will
be available for examination and
copying at the above address from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. If you
would like to be notified when your
comment is received, you must include
a self-addressed, stamped postcard or
you may print the acknowledgment
page that appears after submitting your
comments electronically.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Lloyd Goldsmith, Federal Motor Carrier
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Safety Administration, Office of Safety
Programs, Commercial Driver’s License
Division (MC–ESL), 202–366–2964, 400
Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC,
20590. Office hours are from 7:30 a.m.
to 4 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Commercial Driver’s License
Program Improvements and Commercial
Driver’s License Information System
Modernization.
OMB Control Number: 2126-xxxx.
Type of Request: New information
collection.
Background: The CDL program was
created by the Commercial Motor
Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 (CMVSA)
[Public Law 99–570, 100 Stat. 3207–175,
October 27, 1986] and its amending
legislation. The goal of the CDL program
is to improve highway safety by
ensuring that drivers of large trucks and
buses are qualified to operate those
vehicles and to remove unsafe and
unqualified drivers from the highways.
CMVSA retained the States’ right to
issue a driver’s license but established
minimum national standards which
States must meet when licensing
commercial motor vehicle (CMV)
drivers.
In CMVSA, Congress found that one
of the leading impacts to CMV safety
was the possession of multiple licenses
by commercial drivers. Multiple
licenses allowed drivers to spread their
traffic violations over a number of
licenses and to maintain a ‘‘good driver’’
rating regardless of the number of
violations they may have acquired in
one or more States. In response to the
States’ concerns, CMVSA directed DOT
to establish Federal minimum standards
to correct the multiple license issue,
testing and licensing to check a person’s
ability to operate the types of vehicle
he/she plans to operate, and to ensure
that a person with a bad driving record
is prohibited from operating a CMV.
These standards were designed to:
• Prohibit commercial drivers from
possessing more than one CDL,
• Require that commercial drivers
pass meaningful written and driving
tests,
• Include special qualifications for
hazardous materials drivers, and
• Establish disqualifications and
penalties for drivers convicted of the
traffic violations specified in 49 CFR
383.51.
States that failed to comply with the
requirements imposed by DOT would be
subject to withholding of a percentage of
their Federal-aid highway funds. To
enable the States to fully implement the
provisions of CMVSA, Congress
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authorized DOT to enter into an
agreement for the operation of a national
non-Federal information system to serve
as a clearinghouse and depository of
information pertaining to the licensing
and identification of operators of CMVs
and the disqualification of such
operators from operating CMVs. CDLIS
is operated by the American Association
of Motor Vehicles Administrators, an
organization that represents the States’
driver licensing and motor vehicle
agencies.
State driver licensing databases
(including that of the District of
Columbia) and the CDLIS Central Site
(Central Site) hold the data to support
the CDL program. The Central Site only
serves as a pointer to the current State
of Record—the State where the driver’s
data is kept, including convictions,
crashes, and withdrawals from all
previous States. The Central Site is only
updated when there is a name, date of
birth, social security number, State, or
driver license number change. All other
data changes happen within and
between States. The Central Site
information ensures that the driver has
only one CDL and that all current and
history information on that driver
resides in the database of the current
State of Record.
The Agency has been providing grant
funds to States to support CDL program
activities since the inception of the
program through the Motor Carrier
Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP).
The burden for the information
collection associated with this program
is currently captured under information
collection number 2126–0010.
Section 4124 of the Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity
Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU)
[Public Law 109–59, 119 Stat. 1736,
August 10, 2005] established the CDLPI
grants to implement the requirements of
the CDL program resulting from
CMVSA. Section 4123 of SAFETEA–LU
(119 Stat. 1734) established the CDLIS
Modernization grants to develop a
comprehensive national plan to
modernize the existing CDL information
system. SAFETEA–LU specifies specific
data collection for the CDLPI grant
program that is unique to that grant.
This new information collection request
will provide for the collection of the
SAFETEA–LU mandated information
for the CDLPI program and the
information for the new CDLIS
Modernization grant program.
CMVSA authorized DOT, working in
partnership with the States, to assist the
States in implementation of the CDL
program by expending $60 million in
order to meet the goals established by
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Congress. These funds were to be used
to:
• Develop the knowledge and skills
tests,
• Create a CDLIS telecommunications
network connecting all State
Departments of Motor Vehicles (State
DMVs),
• Create national computer software
to support each State in sharing
information between the State DMVs,
• Implement the testing and licensing
procedures of each State, and
• Implement in each State an
information system that would support
the program.
Congress continued to provide
funding in subsequent years to improve
the program or to implement new
program initiatives and systems
enhancements mandated by subsequent
legislation.
This notice proposes that, in order to
qualify for a grant, a State must submit
an application with budget information
and a self-assessment of its CDL
program. In addition, this notice
proposes that after the grant is awarded,
a State must submit quarterly reports
explaining its work activities and its
accomplishments. FMCSA will monitor
and evaluate a State’s progress under its
approved grant project. If a State fails to
operate within the guidelines of the
approved grant or does not remedy any
identified deficiencies or
incompatibilities in a timely manner,
FMCSA may terminate the grant project.
This proposed information collection
would provide FMCSA with the
information that serves as the basis for
these responsibilities and decisions.
It is proposed that a State may submit
its grant application electronically using
grants.gov (https://www.grants.gov/
Apply?campaignid=tabnavtracking
081105). A State may submit its
quarterly reports using e-mail.
Proposed Form MCSA–5842, Grant
Application Continuation Sheet (CDL–
3), would be submitted with the CDLPI
and CDLIS Modernization grant
proposals. It supplements the
information on SF–424, Application for
Federal Assistance, with the
information necessary to evaluate the
grant proposal for conformity with
congressionally-mandated eligibility
criteria in SAFETEA–LU. This new form
includes the congressionally-mandated
Maintenance of Expenditures and is
based on Part Two: Writing The Grant
Proposal from Developing and Writing
Grant Proposals on The Catalog of
Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
Web site [https://www.cfda.gov] modified
to provide the information necessary to
monitor project execution.
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Proposed Form MCSA–5843, Budget
Detail Worksheet (CDL–4), is submitted
with the CDLPI and CDLIS
Modernization grant proposals. This
budget worksheet collects detailed
budget information not provided on SF–
424A, Budget Information for NonConstruction Programs. As a result, the
SF–424A will not be required. This new
form was based on the expired (OJP
Form 7150/1) (fillable) Budget Detail
Worksheet.
Proposed Form MCSA–5844, SelfAssessment of State CDL Program (CDL–
5), is submitted with the CDLPI grant
proposals. This structured selfassessment instrument will allow
FMCSA to link grant proposals to
improvement needs identified by the
State and for cross comparisons among
States. SAFETEA–LU requires States to
submit an assessment of their CDL
programs as part of the application for
CDLPI grants.
These forms are intended to be
completed on grants.gov during the
application process. The header
information on each form would
automatically be completed with
information from the SF–424.
CDLPI Grants
Respondents: State CDL lead agencies
(the 50 States and the District of
Columbia).
Number of Respondents (for the
CDLPI grants): 51 (per year and per
quarter).
Frequency (for the CDLPI grants):
Annual application with quarterly
reports.
Estimated Time Per Response (for the
CDLPI grants): 56 hours (30 hours to
prepare the annual grant application, 10
hours to complete the self assessment of
the State CDL Program, and 4 hours to
prepare each quarterly report (4 × 4 = 16
hours)).
Estimated Total Annual Burden (for
the CDLPI grants): 2,856 hours (51
respondents × 56 hours per response).
CDLIS Modernization Grants
Number of Respondents (for the
CDLIS Modernization grants): 51 (per
year and per quarter).
Frequency (for the CDLIS
Modernization grants): Annual
application with quarterly reports.
Estimated Time Per Response (for the
CDLIS Modernization grants): 46 hours
(30 hours to prepare the annual grant
application and 4 hours to prepare each
quarterly report (4 × 4 = 16 hours)).
Estimated Total Annual Burden (for
the CDLIS Modernization grants): 2,346
hours (51 respondents × 46 hours per
response).
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Combined Total Annual Burden:
5,202 hours (2,856 hours CDLPI
Estimated Total Annual Burden + 2,346
hours CDLIS Modernization Estimated
Total Annual Burden).
Public Comments Invited
Your comments are invited on
whether the collection of information is
necessary for FMCSA to meet its goal of
reducing truck crashes, including:
• Whether the information is useful
to this goal;
• The accuracy of the estimated
burden of the information collection;
• Ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information collected;
and
• 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.
Electronic Access and Filing
You may submit or retrieve comments
online through the Docket Management
System (DMS) at https://dms.dot.gov/
submit. Acceptable formats include MS
Word (versions 95 to 97), MS Word for
Mac (versions 6 to 8), Rich Text File
(RTF), American Standard Code
Information Interchange (ASCII)(TXT),
Portable Document Format (PDF), and
WordPerfect (versions 7 or 8). 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. You may also download an
electronic copy of this document from
the DOT DMS on the Internet at
https://dms.dot.gov/search. Please
include the docket number appearing in
the heading of this document.
Issued on: January 23, 2007.
John H. Hill,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. E7–1440 Filed 1–29–07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Information
Collection; Comment Request
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency (OCC), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The OCC, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
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agencies to comment on a continuing
information collection, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor,
and a respondent is not required to
respond to, an information collection
unless it displays a currently valid
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number. The OCC is
soliciting comment concerning an
extension of OMB approval of the
information collection titled ‘‘Consumer
Protections for Depository Institution
Sales of Insurance.’’
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before April 2, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Communications Division,
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency, Public Information Room,
Mailstop 1–5, Attention: 1557–0220,
250 E Street, SW, Washington, DC
20219. In addition, comments may be
sent by fax to (202) 874–4448, or by
electronic mail to
regs.comments@occ.treas.gov. You can
inspect and photocopy the comments at
the OCC’s Public Information Room, 250
E Street, SW, Washington, DC 20219.
You can make an appointment to
inspect the comments by calling (202)
874–5043.
Additionally, you should send a copy
of your comments to OCC Desk Officer,
1557–0220, by mail to U.S. Office of
Management and Budget, 725, 17th
Street, NW, #10235, Washington, DC
20503, or by fax to (202) 395–6974.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You
may request additional information or a
copy of the collection and supporting
documentation submitted to OMB by
contacting: Mary Gottlieb or Camille
Dickerson, (202) 874–5090, Legislative
and Regulatory Activities Division,
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency, 250 E Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20219.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Consumer Protections for
Depository Institution Sales of
Insurance—12 CFR 14.
OMB Control No.: 1557–0220.
Type of Review: Extension, without
revision, of a currently approved
collection.
Description: This information
collection requires national banks and
other covered persons involved in
insurance sales to make two separate
disclosures to consumers. Under 12 CFR
14.40, a respondent must prepare and
provide certain disclosures to
consumers: (1) Before the completion of
the initial sale of an insurance product
or annuity to a consumer; and (2) at the
time of application for the extension of
credit (if insurance products or
annuities are sold, solicited, advertised,
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or offered in connection with an
extension of credit).
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit.
Burden Estimates:
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,563.
Estimated Number of Responses:
1,563.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours:
7,815 hours.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Comments: Comments submitted in
response to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information has practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the collection
of information;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology; and
(e) Estimates of capital or startup costs
and costs of operation, maintenance,
and purchase of services to provide
information.
Dated: January 24, 2007.
Stuart Feldstein,
Assistant Director, Legislative and Regulatory
Activities Division, Office of the Comptroller
of the Currency.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Information
Collection; Comment Request
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency (OCC), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The OCC, as part of its
continuing effort to reduce paperwork
and respondent burden, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies to comment on a continuing
information collection, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor,
and a respondent is not required to
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2006-24843]
Notice of Request for Clearance of a New Information Collection:
Commercial Driver's License Program Improvements and Commercial
Driver's License Information System Modernization
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: This action informs the public that FMCSA intends to request
that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approve a new
information collection required by the Commercial Driver's License
Program Improvements (CDLPI) and the Commercial Driver's License
Information System Modernization grant programs. That information
consists of grant application preparation and quarterly reports. The
CDLPI grant program also requires States' to conduct a self-assessment
of their Commercial Driver's License (CDL) programs. This notice is
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Comments must be received by April 2, 2007.
ADDRESSES: 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, or submit electronically at https://
dms.dot.gov/submit. Be sure to include the docket number appearing in
the heading of this document on your comment. All comments received
will be available for examination and copying at the above address from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
If you would like to be notified when your comment is received, you
must include a self-addressed, stamped postcard or you may print the
acknowledgment page that appears after submitting your comments
electronically.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Lloyd Goldsmith, Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration, Office of Safety Programs, Commercial
Driver's License Division (MC-ESL), 202-366-2964, 400 Seventh Street,
SW., Washington, DC, 20590. Office hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Commercial Driver's License Program Improvements and
Commercial Driver's License Information System Modernization.
OMB Control Number: 2126-xxxx.
Type of Request: New information collection.
Background: The CDL program was created by the Commercial Motor
Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 (CMVSA) [Public Law 99-570, 100 Stat. 3207-
175, October 27, 1986] and its amending legislation. The goal of the
CDL program is to improve highway safety by ensuring that drivers of
large trucks and buses are qualified to operate those vehicles and to
remove unsafe and unqualified drivers from the highways. CMVSA retained
the States' right to issue a driver's license but established minimum
national standards which States must meet when licensing commercial
motor vehicle (CMV) drivers.
In CMVSA, Congress found that one of the leading impacts to CMV
safety was the possession of multiple licenses by commercial drivers.
Multiple licenses allowed drivers to spread their traffic violations
over a number of licenses and to maintain a ``good driver'' rating
regardless of the number of violations they may have acquired in one or
more States. In response to the States' concerns, CMVSA directed DOT to
establish Federal minimum standards to correct the multiple license
issue, testing and licensing to check a person's ability to operate the
types of vehicle he/she plans to operate, and to ensure that a person
with a bad driving record is prohibited from operating a CMV.
These standards were designed to:
Prohibit commercial drivers from possessing more than one
CDL,
Require that commercial drivers pass meaningful written
and driving tests,
Include special qualifications for hazardous materials
drivers, and
Establish disqualifications and penalties for drivers
convicted of the traffic violations specified in 49 CFR 383.51.
States that failed to comply with the requirements imposed by DOT
would be subject to withholding of a percentage of their Federal-aid
highway funds. To enable the States to fully implement the provisions
of CMVSA, Congress
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authorized DOT to enter into an agreement for the operation of a
national non-Federal information system to serve as a clearinghouse and
depository of information pertaining to the licensing and
identification of operators of CMVs and the disqualification of such
operators from operating CMVs. CDLIS is operated by the American
Association of Motor Vehicles Administrators, an organization that
represents the States' driver licensing and motor vehicle agencies.
State driver licensing databases (including that of the District of
Columbia) and the CDLIS Central Site (Central Site) hold the data to
support the CDL program. The Central Site only serves as a pointer to
the current State of Record--the State where the driver's data is kept,
including convictions, crashes, and withdrawals from all previous
States. The Central Site is only updated when there is a name, date of
birth, social security number, State, or driver license number change.
All other data changes happen within and between States. The Central
Site information ensures that the driver has only one CDL and that all
current and history information on that driver resides in the database
of the current State of Record.
The Agency has been providing grant funds to States to support CDL
program activities since the inception of the program through the Motor
Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP). The burden for the
information collection associated with this program is currently
captured under information collection number 2126-0010.
Section 4124 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) [Public Law
109-59, 119 Stat. 1736, August 10, 2005] established the CDLPI grants
to implement the requirements of the CDL program resulting from CMVSA.
Section 4123 of SAFETEA-LU (119 Stat. 1734) established the CDLIS
Modernization grants to develop a comprehensive national plan to
modernize the existing CDL information system. SAFETEA-LU specifies
specific data collection for the CDLPI grant program that is unique to
that grant. This new information collection request will provide for
the collection of the SAFETEA-LU mandated information for the CDLPI
program and the information for the new CDLIS Modernization grant
program.
CMVSA authorized DOT, working in partnership with the States, to
assist the States in implementation of the CDL program by expending $60
million in order to meet the goals established by Congress. These funds
were to be used to:
Develop the knowledge and skills tests,
Create a CDLIS telecommunications network connecting all
State Departments of Motor Vehicles (State DMVs),
Create national computer software to support each State in
sharing information between the State DMVs,
Implement the testing and licensing procedures of each
State, and
Implement in each State an information system that would
support the program.
Congress continued to provide funding in subsequent years to
improve the program or to implement new program initiatives and systems
enhancements mandated by subsequent legislation.
This notice proposes that, in order to qualify for a grant, a State
must submit an application with budget information and a self-
assessment of its CDL program. In addition, this notice proposes that
after the grant is awarded, a State must submit quarterly reports
explaining its work activities and its accomplishments. FMCSA will
monitor and evaluate a State's progress under its approved grant
project. If a State fails to operate within the guidelines of the
approved grant or does not remedy any identified deficiencies or
incompatibilities in a timely manner, FMCSA may terminate the grant
project. This proposed information collection would provide FMCSA with
the information that serves as the basis for these responsibilities and
decisions.
It is proposed that a State may submit its grant application
electronically using grants.gov (https://www.grants.gov/
Apply?campaignid=tabnavtracking 081105). A State may submit its
quarterly reports using e-mail.
Proposed Form MCSA-5842, Grant Application Continuation Sheet (CDL-
3), would be submitted with the CDLPI and CDLIS Modernization grant
proposals. It supplements the information on SF-424, Application for
Federal Assistance, with the information necessary to evaluate the
grant proposal for conformity with congressionally-mandated eligibility
criteria in SAFETEA-LU. This new form includes the congressionally-
mandated Maintenance of Expenditures and is based on Part Two: Writing
The Grant Proposal from Developing and Writing Grant Proposals on The
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Web site [https://
www.cfda.gov] modified to provide the information necessary to monitor
project execution.
Proposed Form MCSA-5843, Budget Detail Worksheet (CDL-4), is
submitted with the CDLPI and CDLIS Modernization grant proposals. This
budget worksheet collects detailed budget information not provided on
SF-424A, Budget Information for Non-Construction Programs. As a result,
the SF-424A will not be required. This new form was based on the
expired (OJP Form 7150/1) (fillable) Budget Detail Worksheet.
Proposed Form MCSA-5844, Self-Assessment of State CDL Program (CDL-
5), is submitted with the CDLPI grant proposals. This structured self-
assessment instrument will allow FMCSA to link grant proposals to
improvement needs identified by the State and for cross comparisons
among States. SAFETEA-LU requires States to submit an assessment of
their CDL programs as part of the application for CDLPI grants.
These forms are intended to be completed on grants.gov during the
application process. The header information on each form would
automatically be completed with information from the SF-424.
CDLPI Grants
Respondents: State CDL lead agencies (the 50 States and the
District of Columbia).
Number of Respondents (for the CDLPI grants): 51 (per year and per
quarter).
Frequency (for the CDLPI grants): Annual application with quarterly
reports.
Estimated Time Per Response (for the CDLPI grants): 56 hours (30
hours to prepare the annual grant application, 10 hours to complete the
self assessment of the State CDL Program, and 4 hours to prepare each
quarterly report (4 x 4 = 16 hours)).
Estimated Total Annual Burden (for the CDLPI grants): 2,856 hours
(51 respondents x 56 hours per response).
CDLIS Modernization Grants
Number of Respondents (for the CDLIS Modernization grants): 51 (per
year and per quarter).
Frequency (for the CDLIS Modernization grants): Annual application
with quarterly reports.
Estimated Time Per Response (for the CDLIS Modernization grants):
46 hours (30 hours to prepare the annual grant application and 4 hours
to prepare each quarterly report (4 x 4 = 16 hours)).
Estimated Total Annual Burden (for the CDLIS Modernization grants):
2,346 hours (51 respondents x 46 hours per response).
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Combined Total Annual Burden: 5,202 hours (2,856 hours CDLPI
Estimated Total Annual Burden + 2,346 hours CDLIS Modernization
Estimated Total Annual Burden).
Public Comments Invited
Your comments are invited on whether the collection of information
is necessary for FMCSA to meet its goal of reducing truck crashes,
including:
Whether the information is useful to this goal;
The accuracy of the estimated burden of the information
collection;
Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; and
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.
Electronic Access and Filing
You may submit or retrieve comments online through the Docket
Management System (DMS) at https://dms.dot.gov/submit. Acceptable
formats include MS Word (versions 95 to 97), MS Word for Mac (versions
6 to 8), Rich Text File (RTF), American Standard Code Information
Interchange (ASCII)(TXT), Portable Document Format (PDF), and
WordPerfect (versions 7 or 8). 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. You may also
download an electronic copy of this document from the DOT DMS on the
Internet at https://dms.dot.gov/search. Please include the docket number
appearing in the heading of this document.
Issued on: January 23, 2007.
John H. Hill,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. E7-1440 Filed 1-29-07; 8:45 am]
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