Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection: Designation of Agents, Motor Carriers, Brokers and Freight Forwarders, 15043-15044 [E8-5640]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 55 / Thursday, March 20, 2008 / Notices Type of Request: New collection. OMB Control Number: 2120–XXXX. Form(s): There are no FAA forms associated with this collection. Affected Public: A total of 12,000 respondents. Frequency: The information is collected annually. Estimated Average Burden per Response: Approximately 1 hour per response. Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An estimated 12,000 hours annually. Abstract: This project involves the random and representative sampling of Flight Attendants currently employed by U.S. air carriers. The goal of this effort is to identify the type of fatigue that flight attendants experience, the frequency with which they experience fatigue, and the consequences fatigue may have on the safety of U.S. air carriers. The results obtained from this survey are intended to provide information to FAA policy makers regarding flight attendant rest and duty time. Send comments to the FAA at the following address: Ms. Carla Mauney, Room 712, Federal Aviation Administration, IT Enterprises Business Services Division, AES–200, 800 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20591. Comments Are Invited On: Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Department, including whether the information will have practical utility; the accuracy of the Department’s estimates of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be 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. ADDRESSES: mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES Issued in Washington, DC, on March 13, 2008. Carla Mauney, FAA Information Collection Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business Services Division, AES–200. [FR Doc. E8–5576 Filed 3–19–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–13–M VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:44 Mar 19, 2008 Jkt 214001 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration [Docket No. FMCSA–2008–0049] Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection: Designation of Agents, Motor Carriers, Brokers and Freight Forwarders Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT. ACTION: Notice and 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. The FMCSA requests approval to revise an existing information collection (IC) entitled ‘‘Designation of Agents, Motor Carriers, Brokers and Freight Forwarders,’’ which is used to provide registered motor carriers, property brokers, and freight forwarders a means of meeting process agent requirements. On December 26, 2007, FMCSA published a Federal Register notice allowing for a 60-day comment period on the ICR. No comments were received on the ICR. DATES: Please send your comments by April 21, 2008. OMB must receive your comments by this date in order to act quickly on the ICR. ADDRESSES: All comments should reference DOT Docket No. FMCSA– 2008–0049. 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Loretta G. Bitner, Commercial Enforcement (MC–ECC), Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 202–385–2400. Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST, Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Designation of Agents, Motor Carriers, Brokers and Freight Forwarders. OMB Control Number: 2126–0015. Type of Request: Revision of a currently-approved information collection. Respondents: Motor carriers, freight forwarders and brokers. PO 00000 Frm 00088 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 15043 Estimated Number of Respondents: 89,000. Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes. Expiration Date: April 30, 2008. Frequency of Response: The Form BOC–3 must be filed by all for-hire motor carriers and freight forwarders when the transportation entity first registers with the FMCSA. All brokers are required to file the Form BOC–3 as necessary and make a designation for each State in which it has an office or in which contracts will be written. Subsequent filings are made only if the motor carrier, broker or freight forwarder changes process agents. Estimated Total Annual Burden: 14,833 hours [89,000 Form BOC–3 filings per year × 10 minutes/60 minutes to complete form = 14,833 hours]. Background: The Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) is authorized to register for-hire motor carriers of regulated commodities under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13902; freight forwarders under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13903; and property brokers under provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13904. These entities may conduct transportation services only if they are registered pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 13901. The Secretary has delegated authority pertaining to these registration requirements to the FMCSA. Registered motor carriers (including private carriers) and freight forwarders must designate: (1) An agent on whom service of notices in proceedings before the Secretary may be made (49 U.S.C. 13303); and (2) for every State in which they are authorized to operate and every State traversed in the United States during such operations, agents on whom process issued by a court may be served in actions brought against the registered transportation entity (49 U.S.C. 13304). Every broker shall make a designation for each State in which its offices are located or in which contracts will be written. Regulations governing the designation of process agents are found at 49 CFR part 366, entitled ‘‘Designation of Process Agent.’’ This designation is filed with the FMCSA on Form BOC–3, ‘‘Designation of Agent for Service of Process.’’ 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 to perform its functions; (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 E:\FR\FM\20MRN1.SGM 20MRN1 15044 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 55 / Thursday, March 20, 2008 / Notices reducing the quality of the collected information. Issued On: March 12, 2008. Terry Shelton, Associate Administrator for Research and Information Technology. [FR Doc. E8–5640 Filed 3–19–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration [Docket No. FMCSA–2008–0036] Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Standards; Rotel North American Tours, LLC; Application for Exemption and Request for Comments Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT. ACTION: Notice of application for exemption; request for comments. mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES AGENCY: SUMMARY: FMCSA announces that Rotel North American Tours, LLC (Rotel) has applied for exemption from the Agency’s requirement that drivers of certain commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) possess a valid commercial driver’s license (CDL). Rotel has requested this exemption for 22 German bus drivers who would transport German tourists in the United States by means of Rotel’s specially equipped passenger-carrying CMVs. Rotel hires the bus drivers to conduct the tours in addition to operating the CMVs. Rotel previously was able to conduct these operations without exemption because its drivers had been able to obtain (and renew) non-resident CDLs from certain States. However, because of the recent emphasis upon security in the U.S., Rotel reports that no State currently issues non-resident CDLs. Rotel believes these drivers possess the knowledge and skills necessary to ensure a level of safety that is equivalent to, or greater than, the level of safety that would be obtained by complying with the U.S. requirement for a CDL. FMCSA requests public comment on the Rotel application for exemption. DATES: Comments must be received on or before April 21, 2008. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Federal Docket Management System Number FMCSA– 2008–0036 by any of the following methods: • Web site: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments on the Federal electronic docket site. • Fax: 1–202–493–2251. VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:44 Mar 19, 2008 Jkt 214001 • Mail: Docket Management Facility, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590– 0001. • Hand Delivery: Ground Floor, Room W12–140, DOT Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and docket number. For detailed instructions on submitting comments and additional information on the exemption process, see the Public Participation heading below. Note that all comments received will be posted without change to https:// www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading below. Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or comments received, go to https:// www.regulations.gov at any time or to the ground floor, room W12–140, DOT Building, New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT’s complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19476) or you may visit https:// www.regulations.gov. Public participation: The https:// www.regulations.gov Web site is generally available 24 hours each day, 365 days each year. You can get electronic submission and retrieval help and guidelines under the ‘‘help’’ section of the https://www.regulations.gov Web site and also at the DOT’s https:// docketsinfo.dot.gov Web site. If you want us to notify you that we received your comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope or postcard or print the acknowledgement page that appears after submitting comments online. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert F. Schultz, Jr., FMCSA Driver and Carrier Operations Division, Office of Bus and Truck Standards and Operations. Telephone: 202–366–4325. E-mail: MCPSD@dot.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background Section 4007 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Pub. L. PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 105–178, 112 Stat. 107, June 9, 1998) amended 49 U.S.C. 31315 and 31136(e) to provide authority to grant exemptions from motor carrier safety regulations. Under its regulations, FMCSA must publish a notice of each exemption request in the Federal Register (49 CFR 381.315(a)). The Agency must provide the public an opportunity to inspect the information relevant to the application, including the results of any safety analyses that have been conducted. The Agency must also provide an opportunity for public comment on the request. The Agency reviews the safety analyses and the public comments and determines whether granting the exemption would likely achieve a level of safety equivalent to, or greater than, the level that would be achieved by the current regulation (49 CFR 381.305(a)). The decision of the Agency must be published in the Federal Register (49 CFR 381.315(b)) with the reason for denying or, in the alternative, the specific person or class of persons receiving the exemption, and the regulatory provision or provisions from which exemption is being granted. The notice must also specify the effective period of the exemption (up to 2 years), and explain the terms and conditions of the exemption. The exemption may be renewed (49 CFR 381.300(b)). Request for Exemption Rotel, headquartered in Terre Haute, Indiana, is engaged in conducting bus tours of the United States for Europeans. It currently has 22 bus drivers and 11 customized buses dedicated to these operations. The buses qualify as passenger commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) as defined in section 383.5 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) (49 CFR 350 et. seq.); therefore, the operators of the buses must possess a valid commercial driver’s license (CDL) (49 CFR 383.110) with passenger endorsement (49 CFR 383.93). Rotel drivers operate the buses and deliver oral commentary during the trip. Rotel prefers to use native German drivers to conduct the tours. It tried to use non-native Germans who were fluent in German, but states that the quality of its service was affected adversely. Rotel’s drivers hold German CDLs, but these are not recognized in the U.S. Until recently, the German drivers could obtain (and renew) a non-resident CDL in one of several States of the U.S. However, because of the recent heightening of security in the U.S., no State currently issues or renews nonresident CDLs. Therefore, Rotel’s drivers E:\FR\FM\20MRN1.SGM 20MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 55 (Thursday, March 20, 2008)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2008-0049]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently 
Approved Information Collection: Designation of Agents, Motor Carriers, 
Brokers and Freight Forwarders

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for information.

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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. The FMCSA requests approval to revise an existing 
information collection (IC) entitled ``Designation of Agents, Motor 
Carriers, Brokers and Freight Forwarders,'' which is used to provide 
registered motor carriers, property brokers, and freight forwarders a 
means of meeting process agent requirements. On December 26, 2007, 
FMCSA published a Federal Register notice allowing for a 60-day comment 
period on the ICR. No comments were received on the ICR.

DATES: Please send your comments by April 21, 2008. OMB must receive 
your comments by this date in order to act quickly on the ICR.

ADDRESSES: All comments should reference DOT Docket No. FMCSA-2008-
0049. 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Loretta G. Bitner, Commercial 
Enforcement (MC-ECC), Department of Transportation, Federal Motor 
Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 
DC 20590. Telephone: 202-385-2400. Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m. EST, Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Designation of Agents, Motor Carriers, Brokers and Freight 
Forwarders.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0015.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently-approved information 
collection.
    Respondents: Motor carriers, freight forwarders and brokers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 89,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes.
    Expiration Date: April 30, 2008.
    Frequency of Response: The Form BOC-3 must be filed by all for-hire 
motor carriers and freight forwarders when the transportation entity 
first registers with the FMCSA. All brokers are required to file the 
Form BOC-3 as necessary and make a designation for each State in which 
it has an office or in which contracts will be written. Subsequent 
filings are made only if the motor carrier, broker or freight forwarder 
changes process agents.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 14,833 hours [89,000 Form BOC-3 
filings per year x 10 minutes/60 minutes to complete form = 14,833 
hours].
    Background: The Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) is 
authorized to register for-hire motor carriers of regulated commodities 
under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13902; freight forwarders under the 
provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13903; and property brokers under provisions of 
49 U.S.C. 13904. These entities may conduct transportation services 
only if they are registered pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 13901. The Secretary 
has delegated authority pertaining to these registration requirements 
to the FMCSA.
    Registered motor carriers (including private carriers) and freight 
forwarders must designate: (1) An agent on whom service of notices in 
proceedings before the Secretary may be made (49 U.S.C. 13303); and (2) 
for every State in which they are authorized to operate and every State 
traversed in the United States during such operations, agents on whom 
process issued by a court may be served in actions brought against the 
registered transportation entity (49 U.S.C. 13304). Every broker shall 
make a designation for each State in which its offices are located or 
in which contracts will be written. Regulations governing the 
designation of process agents are found at 49 CFR part 366, entitled 
``Designation of Process Agent.'' This designation is filed with the 
FMCSA on Form BOC-3, ``Designation of Agent for Service of Process.''
    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 to perform its functions; (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

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reducing the quality of the collected information.

    Issued On: March 12, 2008.
Terry Shelton,
Associate Administrator for Research and Information Technology.
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