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comments in the request for OMB’s
clearance of this information collection.
Issued in Washington, DC on July 12, 2012.
Albert R. Spence,
FAA Assistant Information Collection
Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business
Services Division, AES–200.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of Renewed Approval of
Information Collection: Commercial Air
Tour Operator Reports
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA
invites public comments about our
intention to request the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval to renew for three-year
clearance an information collection that
has been granted emergency clearance.
The Federal Register Notice with a 60day comment period soliciting
comments on the following collection of
information was published on May 9,
2012, vol. 77, no. 90, page 27271–27272.
The commercial air tour operational
data provided to the FAA and NPS will
be used by the agencies as background
information useful in the development
of air tour management plans and
voluntary agreements for purposes of
meeting the mandate of the National
Parks Air Tour Management Act
(NPATMA) of 2000.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by August 20, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathy DePaepe at (405) 954–9362, or by
email at: Kathy.A.DePaepe@faa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 2120–0750.
Title: Commercial Air Tour Operator
Reports.
Form Numbers: There are no FAA
forms associated with this collection.
Type of Review: Request for three-year
clearance of an information collection
that has been granted short-term
emergency clearance.
Background: The FAA Modernization
and Reform Act of 2012 included
amendments to the National Parks Air
Tour Management Act (NPATMA) of
2000. One of these amendments requires
commercial air tour operators
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conducting tours over national park
units to begin reporting on the number
of operations they conduct and any such
other information prescribed by the
FAA Administrator and the Director of
the National Park Service (NPS). The
Administrator and Director have 90
days from date of enactment of the FAA
Modernization and Reform Act of 2012
(enacted February 14, 2012) to jointly
issue an initial request for reports and
the specified frequency and format of
these reports. OMB granted emergency
clearance of this information collection
on April 25, 2012, expiring on October
31, 2012.
Respondents: Approximately 75 air
tour operators.
Frequency: Information is collected
quarterly, or annually for park units
with fewer than 50 tours per year.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 11.66 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
3,300 hours.
Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on
the proposed information collection to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget. Comments should be addressed
to the attention of the Desk Officer,
Department of Transportation/FAA, and
sent via electronic mail to
oira_submission@omb.eop.gov, or faxed
to (202) 395–6974, or mailed to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102,
725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC
20503.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for FAA’s
performance; (b) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information collection; and (d)
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.
ADDRESSES:
Issued in Washington, DC on July 12, 2012.
Albert R. Spence,
FAA Assistant Information Collection
Clearance Officer, IT Enterprises Business
Services Division, AES–200.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2012–0243]
Privacy Act of 1974; Department of
Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration (FMCSA) 007
Pre-Employment Screening Program
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA) Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice to amend a system of
records.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of
Transportation proposes to update and
reissue a Department of Transportation
system of records notice titled
Department of Transportation/Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration—
007 Pre-Employment Screening
Program. The updated system of records
consists of information that is created
and used by the Department’s PreEmployment Screening program to
provide commercial drivers and persons
conducting pre-employment screening
services for the motor carrier industry
electronic access to driver history
reports extracted from the Department’s
Motor Carrier Management Information
System (MCMIS).
As a result of biennial review of this
system, the Privacy Office has made the
five major modifications to the systems
of records. The category of records
identified as ‘‘Financial Transaction
Records’’ in the previously published
System of Records Notice for this
system has been removed as the
Department does not maintain these
records. The ‘‘Access Transaction
Records’’ record category also has been
revised to clarify the types of
information maintained about the two
categories of users permitted to request
access to records for the purposes of
pre-employment screening. The routine
uses have been updated to clarify
disclosure of Pre-Employment
Screening Program (PSP) records to
industry service providers directly
involved in the hiring of commercial
motor vehicle (CMV) drivers on behalf
of motor carriers and/or CMV drivers
and the routine use concerning the
sharing of CMV driver access
transaction records with Validation
Authorities (e.g. Lexis-Nexis). The
system owner information has been
modified to omit the contact
information for the MCMIS and
Freedom of Information Act systems of
records and, instead, include only
contact information for the PSP system
SUMMARY:
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of records. Additionally, this Notice
includes non-substantive changes to
simplify the formatting and text of the
previously published Notice. This
updated system will be included in the
Department of Transportation’s
inventory of record systems.
DATES: Effective August 21, 2012.
Written comments should be submitted
on or before the effective date. If no
comments are received, the proposal
will become effective on the above date.
If comments are received, the comments
will be considered and, where adopted,
the documents will be republished with
changes.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. FMCSA–2012–
0243 by one of the following methods:
■ Federal e-Rulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
■ Mail: Department of Transportation
Docket Management, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Ave. SE. Washington,
DC 20590.
■ Instructions: All submissions
received must include the agency name
and docket number for this rulemaking.
All comments received will be posted
without change to www.regulations.gov,
including any personal information
provided.
■ Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received go to
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for accessing the docket.
■ Fax: 202–493–2251. Instructions:
You must include the agency name and
Docket Number FMCSA–2012–0243. All
comments received will be posted
without change to https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all comments
received in 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 Privacy Act notice in the
Federal Register published on January
17, 2008 (73 FR 3316–3317), or you may
visit www.dot.gov/privacy.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to https://
www.regulations.gov or to the street
address listed above. Follow the online
instructions for accessing the docket.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
general questions, please contact:
Arlene Thompson, (202) 366–2094,
Arlene.Thompson@dot.gov. For privacy
issues please contact: Claire W. Barrett,
Departmental Chief Privacy Officer,
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Privacy Office, Department of
Transportation, Washington, DC 20590;
privacy@dot.gov; or (202) 527–3284.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Privacy Act of
1974, the Department of Transportation
(DOT)/Federal Motor Carrier
Administration (FMCSA or
Administration) proposes to update and
reissue a current DOT system of records
notice titled, ‘‘Department of
Transportation/Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration—007 PreEmployment Screening Program.’’ The
FMCSA’s primary mission is to prevent
commercial motor vehicle-related
fatalities and injuries. The FMCSA
contributes to safe motor carrier
operations through strong enforcement
of safety regulations; targeting high-risk
carriers and commercial motor vehicle
drivers; improving safety information
systems and commercial motor vehicle
technologies; strengthening commercial
motor vehicle equipment and operating
standards; and increasing safety
awareness. To accomplish these
activities, the FMCSA works with
Federal, State, and local enforcement
agencies, the motor carrier industry,
labor safety interest groups, and others.
This system of records is used to
satisfy requirements mandated by
Congress in the Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity
Act: A Legacy for Users, 49 U.S.C.
31150, Public Law 109–59, Section
4117. FMCSA believes that making this
driver data available to potential
employers and operator-applicants will
improve the quality of safety data and
help employers make more informed
decisions when hiring commercial
drivers. The PSP is a screening tool that
allows motor carriers and individual
drivers to purchase driving records from
the FMCSA MCMIS system. A record
purchased through PSP contains the
most recent five years of crash data and
the most recent three years of roadside
inspection data, including serious safety
violations for an individual driver. The
record displays a snapshot in time,
based on the most recent MCMIS data
extract loaded into the PSP system.
This SORN makes four primary
changes to the existing system of
records. It removes an existing category
of records, clarifies the information
maintained in the ‘‘Access Transaction
Records,’’ adds a new routine use, and
clarifies an existing routine use. The
category of records has been revised to
exclude the category of ‘‘Financial
Transaction Records’’ as this
information is maintained exclusively
by DOT’s PSP Service Provider and
these records are not considered federal
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records under the stewardship of the
DOT. The ‘‘Access Transaction
Records’’ record category was revised to
clarify that information is maintained
on the two categories of users permitted
to request access to records for the
purposes of pre-employment screening.
In addition to transactions initiated by
motor carriers, the record will include
information on transactions initiated by
industry service providers as authorized
by the routine use added as part of this
system of records notice. The category
of records more clearly states the
information maintained on requests
initiated by operator-applicant
requesting his or her own PSP record.
This information establishes a record of
account access to ensure that operatorapplicants only access their own
information. These changes have been
made to more clearly reflect existing
FMCSA processes and do not introduce
changes in actual operations.
The routine uses have been updated
to permit disclosure of PSP records to
industry service providers directly
involved in the hiring of commercial
motor vehicle (CMV) drivers on behalf
of motor carriers and/or CMV drivers.
This change reflects motor carrier
business models which may include the
use of industry service providers to
directly hire commercial motor vehicle
drivers on behalf of motor carriers.
Additionally, the routine use
concerning the sharing of CMV driver
Access Transaction Records with
Validation Authorities (e.g. Lexis-Nexis)
was clarified by removing information
incorrectly included in the routine use
that should be discussed in the Notice’s
categories of information.
The system owner information has
been modified to include only contact
information for the PSP system of
records and no longer included
information for the MCMIS and
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
systems, which are separate and distinct
system of records. The complete system
of records notices for these systems may
be found at www.dot.gov/privacy.
FMCSA plans to introduce PSP
Mobile iOS Application as an
alternative means of providing
information available through the PSP
Web site to the authorized users.
FMCSA does not require individuals to
register or provide any PII as a condition
of downloading PSP iOS application.
Individuals downloading the PSP iOS
application must fulfill Apple’s
registration requirements prior to
downloading the application. Apple
does not provide FMCSA any PII of
individuals who download the PSP iOS
application from its site. Requesters
seeking information on CMV drivers
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through the PSP iOS mobile application
can only access PSP records using the
same authorization process and data
elements described in this System of
Records Notice.
This updated system will be included
in DOT’s inventory of record systems.
■ CMV driver date of birth
■ CMV driver license number
■ CMV driver license State
Uses’’ (available at https://www.dot.gov/
privacy/privacyactnotices).
Access Transaction Records also
include information about the motor
carrier or industry service provider
accessing the record including:
DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING
AGENCIES:
SYSTEM NUMBER:
■ User unique system username
■ User unique system password
DOT/FMCSA 007.
SYSTEM NAME:
Department of Transportation Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Pre-Employment Screening Program.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
Unclassified, Sensitive.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
Records are maintained at the DOT
Service Provider sites managed by
AT&T in Ashburn, VA and Allen, TX.
CATETORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM OF RECORDS:
PSP records will include personally
identifiable information (PII) pertaining
to Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV)
drivers, as defined by 49 CFR 390.5,
(referred to in this system of records
notice as operator-applicants). PSP will
also include access transaction records.
For CMV drivers, this will include
personal information submitted by the
CMV driver to access his or her personal
PSP record. For motor carriers or
authorized industry service provider,
Access Transaction Records will
include the unique username and
password submitted by the user to
access the PSP system and the CMV
driver information submitted by the
motor carrier or authorized industry
service provider to retrieve a PSP
record.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS:
Categories of records in this system
include:
CMV crash and inspection records.
Data extract from the FMCSA Motor
Carrier Management Information System
(MCMIS) containing the most recent five
years’ crash data and the most recent
three years’ inspection information for
operator-applicants including:
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CMV driver name (last, first)
CMV driver date of birth
CMV driver license number
CMV driver license State
Access transaction records. In the
case of a motor carrier or industry
service provider accessing a CMV
driver’s PSP record, transaction records
include information about the subject of
the electronic record request including:
■ CMV driver name (last, first, middle
initial)
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In the case of an operator-applicant
requesting his or her own PSP record,
the Access Transaction Record will
include:
■ CMV driver name (last, first, middle
initial)
■ CMV driver date of birth
■ CMV driver license number
■ CMV driver license State
■ CMV driver address.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
49 U.S.C. 31150, as added by section
4117 of Public Law 109–59 [Safe,
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for
Users (SAFETEA–LU)].
The purpose of this system is to make
CMV crash and inspection records
available to authorized operatorapplicants, authorized industry service
providers, and authorized motor
carriers. Records maintained in the
system will also support operational
management of the PSP program.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE
SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND
PRUPOSES OF USE:
In addition to those disclosures
generally permitted under Section (b) of
the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a(b), all or
a portion of the records or information
contained in this system may be
disclosed outside of DOT as a routine
use pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as
follows:
1. To authorized industry service
providers and motor carriers as part of
the operator-applicant’s PSP record;
authorized industry service providers
and motor carriers may use PSP records
only for purposes of pre-employment
safety screening of operator-applicants
and must have the operator-applicant’s
consent to access the PSP record;
2. To the DOT Validation Authority
(e.g., Lexis-Nexis) to verify and validate
the presented identity of the individual
operator-applicant requesting access to
his or her own inspection and crash
data.
3. Other possible routine uses of the
information, applicable to all DOT
Privacy Act systems of records, are
published in the Federal Register at 75
FR 82132, December 29, 2010, under
‘‘Prefatory Statement of General Routine
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POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,
RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND
DISPOSING OF RECORDS:
STORAGE:
Records in this system are stored
electronically or on paper in secure
facilities. Electronic records may be
stored on magnetic disc, tape, digital
media, and CD–ROM. Any paper
records received or required for
purposes of processing data requests
will be stored in secure file folders at
the DOT Service Provider’s secure
storage facility.
RETRIEVABILITY:
Records will be retrieved by using the
operator-applicant’s last name, date of
birth, license number, and license State.
SAFEGUARDS:
PURPOSE(S):
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All records in the system will be
protected from unauthorized access
through appropriate administrative,
physical, and technical safeguards.
Electronic files will be stored in a
database secured by password security,
encryption, firewalls, and secured
operating systems, to which only
authorized Service Provider or DOT/
FMCSA personnel will have access, on
a need-to-know basis. Paper files will be
stored in file cabinets in a locked file
room to which only the authorized
Service Provider and DOT/FMCSA
personnel will have access, on a needto-know basis. All access to the
electronic system and paper files will be
logged and monitored. All PII data
elements will be encrypted in the PSP
system.
The Service Provider will be subject
to routine audits of the PSP program by
FMCSA to ensure compliance with the
Privacy Act, applicable sections of the
Fair Credit Reporting Act and other
applicable Federal laws, regulations, or
other requirements.
Access by external users (operatorapplicants, authorized industry service
providers and motor carriers) will be
restricted within the system based upon
the user’s role as an authorized industry
service provider, motor carrier, or
validated operator-applicant. An
authorized industry service provider or
motor carrier is an entity or person who
has been provided a unique user
identification and password and must
use the unique identification and
password to access data in PSP. External
users will be able to query the CMV
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crash and inspection database only. The
Service Provider will provide users with
an advisory statement that authorized
industry service providers and motor
carriers could be subject to criminal
penalties and other sanctions under 18
U.S.C. 1001 for misuse of the PSP
system.
In order for an authorized industry
service provider or motor carrier to
receive an individual operatorapplicant’s crash and inspection data,
the authorized industry service provider
or motor carrier must certify, for each
request, under penalty of perjury, that
the request is for pre-employment
purposes only and that written or
electronic consent of the operatorapplicant has been obtained. Upon
completion of certification, the Service
Provider will provide the individual
operator-applicant data to the industry
service provider or motor carrier via the
secure PSP Web site. The authorized
industry service provider or motor
carrier will access this individual’s
information by entering a unique
identification username and password.
Authorized industry service providers
or motor carriers will be required to
maintain each operator-applicant’s
signed, written consent form or
electronic signature for five years.
Authorized industry service providers
or motor carriers are subject to random
audits by DOT to ensure that written or
electronic consent of operatorapplicants was obtained.
The PSP system also allows validated
operator-applicants to access their own
crash and inspection data upon written
or electronic request. Upon receipt of an
operator-applicant’s request, the Service
Provider will validate the identity of the
requestor (operator-applicant) by using
his or her full name, date of birth, driver
license number, driver license State and
current address against a validation
authority.
The contractor and FMCSA have
established an ongoing, randomselection audit process to monitor
compliance with the written consent
obligation. The audit requirements and
penalties process is incorporated by
reference as part of the contract between
FMCSA and the contractor. The purpose
of the audit requirements and penalties
process is to ensure that the account
holder obtains a driver-signed consent
form prior to completing a PSP driver
record inquiry in accordance with the
Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C.
1681 et seq., and 49 U.S.C. 31150. The
contractor will penalize an account
holder, who fails to comply with the
audit requirements. Based on the nature
and frequency of these violations, the
contractor may send a written warning,
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suspend, or terminate the account
holder from the PSP.
Individuals who access the PSP
system via the iOS application are
subject to the privacy policy integrated
in the application.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
1. CMV crash and inspection records:
Pursuant to General Records Schedule
(GRS) 20 (‘‘Electronic Records,’’
February 2008, see https://
www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/ardor/
grs20.html), governing extract files, each
monthly MCMIS extract in PSP is
deleted approximately three months
after being superseded by a current
MCMIS extract, unless needed longer
for administrative, legal, audit or other
operational purposes.
2. Access Transaction Records:
Pursuant to GRS 24, ‘‘Information
Technology Operations and
Management Records,’’ Item 6, April
2010, see https://www.archives.gov/
records-mgmt/grs/grs24.html) Access
Transaction Records are retained for a
period of five years.
SYSTEM MANAGER CONTACT INFORMATION:
PSP System Manager: Office of
Information Technology; Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration; U.S.
Department of Transportation; 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., W65–319;
Washington, DC 20590.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
Operator-applicants wishing to know
if their inspection and crash records
appear in this system may directly
access the PSP system or make a request
in writing to the PSP System Manager
identified under ‘‘System Manager
Contact Information.’’
Individual operator-applicants
wishing to know if their Access
Transaction Records appear in this
system may make a written request to
the following address: NIC
Technologies, 4601 N. Fairfax Drive,
Suite 1160, Arlington, VA 22203.
Any other requests for records about
yourself from this system of records or
any other Departmental system of
records your request must conform with
the Privacy Act regulations set forth in
49 CFR part 10. You must sign your
request, and your signature must either
be notarized or submitted under 28
U.S.C. 1746, a law that permits
statements to be made under penalty of
perjury as a substitute for notarization.
While no specific form is required, you
may obtain forms for this purpose from
the Chief Freedom of Information Act
Officer, https://www.dot.gov/foia or
202.366.4542. In addition you should
provide the following:
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An explanation of why you believe
the Department would have information
on you;
■ Identify which component(s) of the
Department you believe may have the
information about you;
■ Specify when you believe the
records would have been created;
■ Provide any other information that
will help the FOIA staff determine
which DOT component agency may
have responsive records; and
■ If your request is seeking records
pertaining to another living individual,
you must include a statement from that
individual certifying his/her agreement
for you to access his/her records.
Without this bulleted information the
component(s) may not be able to
conduct an effective search, and your
request may be denied due to lack of
specificity or lack of compliance with
applicable regulations.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
See ‘‘Notification Procedure’’ above.
CONTESTING RECORDS PROCEDURE:
Operator-applicants seeking to contest
the content of information about them
in this system should apply to the
System Manager by following the same
procedures as indicated under
‘‘Notification Procedure.’’ Operatorapplicants may also submit a data
challenge to FMCSA’s online system to
record and monitor challenges to
FMCSA data, DataQs. The system can be
accessed via the DataQs Web site
(https://dataqs.fmcsa.dot.gov/login.asp).
The DataQs system, provides an
electronic means for operator-applicants
to file concerns about Federal and State
data contained in the PSP report.
Specifically, DataQs allows an
individual to challenge data maintained
by FMCSA on, among other things,
crashes, inspections, registration,
operating authority, safety audits and
enforcement actions. Through this
system, data concerns are automatically
forwarded to the appropriate Federal or
State office for processing and
resolution. Any challenges to data
provided by State agencies must be
resolved by the appropriate State
agency. Additionally, FMCSA is not
authorized to direct a State to change or
alter MCMIS data for violations or
inspections originating within a
particular State(s). Once a State office
makes a determination on the validity of
a challenge, FMCSA considers that
decision as the final resolution of the
challenge. FMCSA cannot change State
records without State consent. The
system also allows filers to monitor the
status of each filing.
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RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
1. CMV crash and inspection records:
All commercial driver crash and
inspection data in PSP is received from
a monthly MCMIS data extract. The
MCMIS SORN identifies the source(s) of
the information in MCMIS. (FMCSA
modified the MCMIS SORN to describe
the system’s sharing of PII with the
Driver Information Resource and PSP
systems. See 74 FR 66391, December 15,
2009). All DOT SORNs may be found at
www.dot.gov/privacy.
2. Access transaction records: An
audit trail of those entities or persons
that accessed the PSP (i.e. authorized
motor carriers, authorized industry
service providers, or validated operatorapplicants) is automatically created
when requests are initiated and when
data is released by the Service Provider.
These records are internal documents to
be used by the Service Provider and
FMCSA for auditing, monitoring and
compliance purposes.
EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:
None.
Issued in Washington, DC on July 13, 2012.
Claire W. Barrett,
Departmental Privacy Officer.
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Surface Transportation Board
Notice and Request for Comments
Surface Transportation Board.
30-day notice of request for
approval: Statutory Licensing and
Consolidation Authority.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–
3519 (PRA), the Surface Transportation
Board (STB or Board) gives notice that
it has submitted a request to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) for
SUMMARY:
approval of the information collection
required from those seeking licensing
authority under 49 U.S.C. 10901–03 and
consolidation authority under §§ 11323–
26. Under these Title 49 provisions, rail
carriers and non-carriers are required to
file an application with the Board, or
seek an exemption (through petition or
notice) from the full application process
under § 10502, before they may
construct, acquire, or operate a line of
railroad; abandon or discontinue
operations over a line of railroad; or
consolidate their interests through a
merger or common-control arrangement.
The Board previously published a
notice about this collection in the
Federal Register on December 12, 2011,
at 76 FR 77312–14 (60-day notice). That
notice allowed for a 60-day public
review and comment period. No
comments were received.
The information collection for which
approval is sought is described in detail
below. Comments may now be
submitted to OMB concerning: (1) The
accuracy of the Board’s burden
estimates; (2) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; (3) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, when
appropriate; and (4) whether this
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Board, including
whether the collection has practical
utility.
Description of Collection
Title: Statutory Licensing and
Consolidation Authority.
OMB Control Number: 2140–00##.
STB Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Existing collection in
use without an OMB control number.
Respondents: Rail carriers and noncarriers seeking statutory licensing or
consolidation authority or an exemption
from filing an application for such
authority.
Number of Respondents: 106.1
Estimated Time per Response:
Between 5 hours and 300 hours,
depending on the type of request and
complexity of the circumstances
surrounding request for authority (based
on actual survey of respondents).
Frequency: On occasion.
TABLE—NUMBER OF RESPONSES IN
FY 2011
Number of filings
under 49 U.S.C.
10901–03 and
11323–26
Type of filing
Applications ................
Petitions* .....................
Notices* ......................
3
18
156
* Under § 10502, petitions for exemption and
notices of exemption are permitted in lieu of
an application.
Total Burden Hours (annually
including all respondents): 4,317 hours
(sum total of estimated hours per
response × number of responses for each
type of filing).
TABLE—ESTIMATED HOURS PER
RESPONSE
Number of hours
per response
under 49 U.S.C.
10901–03 and
11323–26
Type of filing
Applications 2 ..................
Petitions* .........................
Notices* ..........................
524
58
19
* Under § 10502, petition for exemptions and
notices of exemption are permitted in lieu of
an application.
Total ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’ Cost (such
as filing fees): $669,950 (Sum of
estimated ‘‘non-hour burden’’ cost per
response × Number of Responses for
each statutory section and type of
filing).3
TABLE—ESTIMATED ‘‘NON-HOUR BURDEN’’ COST PER RESPONSE
§ 10901
Applications Filing Fees ................................
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Type of Cost
Extension, Acquisition, etc.—$7,200 ............
Construction—$74,500 .................................
1 In Fiscal Year (FY) 2011, there were 177 filings
under 49 U.S.C. 10901–03 and 11323–26. See
Table—Number of Responses in FY 2011. However,
approximately 40% of the filings were additional
filings submitted by railroads that had already
submitted filings during the time period. Therefore,
the number of respondents is approximately 40%
less than the number of filings.
2 Because most respondents seek authority under
the Board’s expedited exemption process, rather
than the more burdensome application process, the
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sample size for applications filed under §§ 10901–
03 and 11323–26 is small. For example, under these
provisions, only 3 applications were filed with the
Board during the FY 2011, all of which were
reported by the industry as routine and
noncontroversial. In the 60-day notice, the Board
reported these numbers as they were provided by
industry, explaining in a footnote that the available
survey data appeared to understate the substantial
time and cost often associated with the application
process. Since that time, the Board has compiled
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$6,200
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Major—$1,488,500
Significant—$297,700
Minor—$7,500
additional data and has adjusted the burden hours
for applications to reflect the addition to the sample
of a traditionally larger application that was filed
in FY 2010. Thus, the hourly burden per
application has been increased to more accurately
reflect the differences among the types of filings.
3 Because filing fees may vary within a particular
statutory section, an average filing fee was used
(except for applications under §§ 11323–26, where
only minor transactions were filed in FY 2011).
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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 139 (Thursday, July 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42548-42552]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-17597]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2012-0243]
Privacy Act of 1974; Department of Transportation, Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) 007 Pre-Employment Screening
Program
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Department
of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice to amend a system of records.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of
Transportation proposes to update and reissue a Department of
Transportation system of records notice titled Department of
Transportation/Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration--007 Pre-
Employment Screening Program. The updated system of records consists of
information that is created and used by the Department's Pre-Employment
Screening program to provide commercial drivers and persons conducting
pre-employment screening services for the motor carrier industry
electronic access to driver history reports extracted from the
Department's Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS).
As a result of biennial review of this system, the Privacy Office
has made the five major modifications to the systems of records. The
category of records identified as ``Financial Transaction Records'' in
the previously published System of Records Notice for this system has
been removed as the Department does not maintain these records. The
``Access Transaction Records'' record category also has been revised to
clarify the types of information maintained about the two categories of
users permitted to request access to records for the purposes of pre-
employment screening. The routine uses have been updated to clarify
disclosure of Pre-Employment Screening Program (PSP) records to
industry service providers directly involved in the hiring of
commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers on behalf of motor carriers and/
or CMV drivers and the routine use concerning the sharing of CMV driver
access transaction records with Validation Authorities (e.g. Lexis-
Nexis). The system owner information has been modified to omit the
contact information for the MCMIS and Freedom of Information Act
systems of records and, instead, include only contact information for
the PSP system
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of records. Additionally, this Notice includes non-substantive changes
to simplify the formatting and text of the previously published Notice.
This updated system will be included in the Department of
Transportation's inventory of record systems.
DATES: Effective August 21, 2012. Written comments should be submitted
on or before the effective date. If no comments are received, the
proposal will become effective on the above date. If comments are
received, the comments will be considered and, where adopted, the
documents will be republished with changes.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. FMCSA-
2012-0243 by one of the following methods:
[squf] Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
[squf] Mail: Department of Transportation Docket Management, Room
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE. Washington, DC 20590.
[squf] Instructions: All submissions received must include the
agency name and docket number for this rulemaking. All comments
received will be posted without change to www.regulations.gov,
including any personal information provided.
[squf] Docket: For access to the docket to read background
documents or comments received go to www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for accessing the docket.
[squf] Fax: 202-493-2251. Instructions: You must include the agency
name and Docket Number FMCSA-2012-0243. All comments received will be
posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all
comments received in 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
Privacy Act notice in the Federal Register published on January 17,
2008 (73 FR 3316-3317), or you may visit www.dot.gov/privacy.
Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to https://www.regulations.gov or to the street
address listed above. Follow the online instructions for accessing the
docket.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general questions, please contact:
Arlene Thompson, (202) 366-2094, Arlene.Thompson@dot.gov. For privacy
issues please contact: Claire W. Barrett, Departmental Chief Privacy
Officer, Privacy Office, Department of Transportation, Washington, DC
20590; privacy@dot.gov; or (202) 527-3284.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974,
the Department of Transportation (DOT)/Federal Motor Carrier
Administration (FMCSA or Administration) proposes to update and reissue
a current DOT system of records notice titled, ``Department of
Transportation/Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration--007 Pre-
Employment Screening Program.'' The FMCSA's primary mission is to
prevent commercial motor vehicle-related fatalities and injuries. The
FMCSA contributes to safe motor carrier operations through strong
enforcement of safety regulations; targeting high-risk carriers and
commercial motor vehicle drivers; improving safety information systems
and commercial motor vehicle technologies; strengthening commercial
motor vehicle equipment and operating standards; and increasing safety
awareness. To accomplish these activities, the FMCSA works with
Federal, State, and local enforcement agencies, the motor carrier
industry, labor safety interest groups, and others.
This system of records is used to satisfy requirements mandated by
Congress in the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation
Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, 49 U.S.C. 31150, Public Law 109-59,
Section 4117. FMCSA believes that making this driver data available to
potential employers and operator-applicants will improve the quality of
safety data and help employers make more informed decisions when hiring
commercial drivers. The PSP is a screening tool that allows motor
carriers and individual drivers to purchase driving records from the
FMCSA MCMIS system. A record purchased through PSP contains the most
recent five years of crash data and the most recent three years of
roadside inspection data, including serious safety violations for an
individual driver. The record displays a snapshot in time, based on the
most recent MCMIS data extract loaded into the PSP system.
This SORN makes four primary changes to the existing system of
records. It removes an existing category of records, clarifies the
information maintained in the ``Access Transaction Records,'' adds a
new routine use, and clarifies an existing routine use. The category of
records has been revised to exclude the category of ``Financial
Transaction Records'' as this information is maintained exclusively by
DOT's PSP Service Provider and these records are not considered federal
records under the stewardship of the DOT. The ``Access Transaction
Records'' record category was revised to clarify that information is
maintained on the two categories of users permitted to request access
to records for the purposes of pre-employment screening. In addition to
transactions initiated by motor carriers, the record will include
information on transactions initiated by industry service providers as
authorized by the routine use added as part of this system of records
notice. The category of records more clearly states the information
maintained on requests initiated by operator-applicant requesting his
or her own PSP record. This information establishes a record of account
access to ensure that operator-applicants only access their own
information. These changes have been made to more clearly reflect
existing FMCSA processes and do not introduce changes in actual
operations.
The routine uses have been updated to permit disclosure of PSP
records to industry service providers directly involved in the hiring
of commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers on behalf of motor carriers
and/or CMV drivers. This change reflects motor carrier business models
which may include the use of industry service providers to directly
hire commercial motor vehicle drivers on behalf of motor carriers.
Additionally, the routine use concerning the sharing of CMV driver
Access Transaction Records with Validation Authorities (e.g. Lexis-
Nexis) was clarified by removing information incorrectly included in
the routine use that should be discussed in the Notice's categories of
information.
The system owner information has been modified to include only
contact information for the PSP system of records and no longer
included information for the MCMIS and Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) systems, which are separate and distinct system of records. The
complete system of records notices for these systems may be found at
www.dot.gov/privacy.
FMCSA plans to introduce PSP Mobile iOS Application as an
alternative means of providing information available through the PSP
Web site to the authorized users. FMCSA does not require individuals to
register or provide any PII as a condition of downloading PSP iOS
application. Individuals downloading the PSP iOS application must
fulfill Apple's registration requirements prior to downloading the
application. Apple does not provide FMCSA any PII of individuals who
download the PSP iOS application from its site. Requesters seeking
information on CMV drivers
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through the PSP iOS mobile application can only access PSP records
using the same authorization process and data elements described in
this System of Records Notice.
This updated system will be included in DOT's inventory of record
systems.
SYSTEM NUMBER:
DOT/FMCSA 007.
SYSTEM NAME:
Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration Pre-Employment Screening Program.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
Unclassified, Sensitive.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
Records are maintained at the DOT Service Provider sites managed by
AT&T in Ashburn, VA and Allen, TX.
CATETORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM OF RECORDS:
PSP records will include personally identifiable information (PII)
pertaining to Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) drivers, as defined by 49
CFR 390.5, (referred to in this system of records notice as operator-
applicants). PSP will also include access transaction records. For CMV
drivers, this will include personal information submitted by the CMV
driver to access his or her personal PSP record. For motor carriers or
authorized industry service provider, Access Transaction Records will
include the unique username and password submitted by the user to
access the PSP system and the CMV driver information submitted by the
motor carrier or authorized industry service provider to retrieve a PSP
record.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS:
Categories of records in this system include:
CMV crash and inspection records. Data extract from the FMCSA Motor
Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS) containing the most
recent five years' crash data and the most recent three years'
inspection information for operator-applicants including:
[squf] CMV driver name (last, first)
[squf] CMV driver date of birth
[squf] CMV driver license number
[squf] CMV driver license State
Access transaction records. In the case of a motor carrier or
industry service provider accessing a CMV driver's PSP record,
transaction records include information about the subject of the
electronic record request including:
[squf] CMV driver name (last, first, middle initial)
[squf] CMV driver date of birth
[squf] CMV driver license number
[squf] CMV driver license State
Access Transaction Records also include information about the motor
carrier or industry service provider accessing the record including:
[squf] User unique system username
[squf] User unique system password
In the case of an operator-applicant requesting his or her own PSP
record, the Access Transaction Record will include:
[squf] CMV driver name (last, first, middle initial)
[squf] CMV driver date of birth
[squf] CMV driver license number
[squf] CMV driver license State
[squf] CMV driver address.
AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:
49 U.S.C. 31150, as added by section 4117 of Public Law 109-59
[Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A
Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU)].
PURPOSE(S):
The purpose of this system is to make CMV crash and inspection
records available to authorized operator-applicants, authorized
industry service providers, and authorized motor carriers. Records
maintained in the system will also support operational management of
the PSP program.
ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES
OF USERS AND PRUPOSES OF USE:
In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under Section
(b) of the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a(b), all or a portion of the
records or information contained in this system may be disclosed
outside of DOT as a routine use pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as
follows:
1. To authorized industry service providers and motor carriers as
part of the operator-applicant's PSP record; authorized industry
service providers and motor carriers may use PSP records only for
purposes of pre-employment safety screening of operator-applicants and
must have the operator-applicant's consent to access the PSP record;
2. To the DOT Validation Authority (e.g., Lexis-Nexis) to verify
and validate the presented identity of the individual operator-
applicant requesting access to his or her own inspection and crash
data.
3. Other possible routine uses of the information, applicable to
all DOT Privacy Act systems of records, are published in the Federal
Register at 75 FR 82132, December 29, 2010, under ``Prefatory Statement
of General Routine Uses'' (available at https://www.dot.gov/privacy/privacyactnotices).
DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCIES:
None.
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING,
AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS:
STORAGE:
Records in this system are stored electronically or on paper in
secure facilities. Electronic records may be stored on magnetic disc,
tape, digital media, and CD-ROM. Any paper records received or required
for purposes of processing data requests will be stored in secure file
folders at the DOT Service Provider's secure storage facility.
RETRIEVABILITY:
Records will be retrieved by using the operator-applicant's last
name, date of birth, license number, and license State.
SAFEGUARDS:
All records in the system will be protected from unauthorized
access through appropriate administrative, physical, and technical
safeguards. Electronic files will be stored in a database secured by
password security, encryption, firewalls, and secured operating
systems, to which only authorized Service Provider or DOT/FMCSA
personnel will have access, on a need-to-know basis. Paper files will
be stored in file cabinets in a locked file room to which only the
authorized Service Provider and DOT/FMCSA personnel will have access,
on a need-to-know basis. All access to the electronic system and paper
files will be logged and monitored. All PII data elements will be
encrypted in the PSP system.
The Service Provider will be subject to routine audits of the PSP
program by FMCSA to ensure compliance with the Privacy Act, applicable
sections of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and other applicable Federal
laws, regulations, or other requirements.
Access by external users (operator-applicants, authorized industry
service providers and motor carriers) will be restricted within the
system based upon the user's role as an authorized industry service
provider, motor carrier, or validated operator-applicant. An authorized
industry service provider or motor carrier is an entity or person who
has been provided a unique user identification and password and must
use the unique identification and password to access data in PSP.
External users will be able to query the CMV
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crash and inspection database only. The Service Provider will provide
users with an advisory statement that authorized industry service
providers and motor carriers could be subject to criminal penalties and
other sanctions under 18 U.S.C. 1001 for misuse of the PSP system.
In order for an authorized industry service provider or motor
carrier to receive an individual operator-applicant's crash and
inspection data, the authorized industry service provider or motor
carrier must certify, for each request, under penalty of perjury, that
the request is for pre-employment purposes only and that written or
electronic consent of the operator-applicant has been obtained. Upon
completion of certification, the Service Provider will provide the
individual operator-applicant data to the industry service provider or
motor carrier via the secure PSP Web site. The authorized industry
service provider or motor carrier will access this individual's
information by entering a unique identification username and password.
Authorized industry service providers or motor carriers will be
required to maintain each operator-applicant's signed, written consent
form or electronic signature for five years. Authorized industry
service providers or motor carriers are subject to random audits by DOT
to ensure that written or electronic consent of operator-applicants was
obtained.
The PSP system also allows validated operator-applicants to access
their own crash and inspection data upon written or electronic request.
Upon receipt of an operator-applicant's request, the Service Provider
will validate the identity of the requestor (operator-applicant) by
using his or her full name, date of birth, driver license number,
driver license State and current address against a validation
authority.
The contractor and FMCSA have established an ongoing, random-
selection audit process to monitor compliance with the written consent
obligation. The audit requirements and penalties process is
incorporated by reference as part of the contract between FMCSA and the
contractor. The purpose of the audit requirements and penalties process
is to ensure that the account holder obtains a driver-signed consent
form prior to completing a PSP driver record inquiry in accordance with
the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq., and 49 U.S.C.
31150. The contractor will penalize an account holder, who fails to
comply with the audit requirements. Based on the nature and frequency
of these violations, the contractor may send a written warning,
suspend, or terminate the account holder from the PSP.
Individuals who access the PSP system via the iOS application are
subject to the privacy policy integrated in the application.
RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:
1. CMV crash and inspection records: Pursuant to General Records
Schedule (GRS) 20 (``Electronic Records,'' February 2008, see https://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/ardor/grs20.html), governing extract
files, each monthly MCMIS extract in PSP is deleted approximately three
months after being superseded by a current MCMIS extract, unless needed
longer for administrative, legal, audit or other operational purposes.
2. Access Transaction Records: Pursuant to GRS 24, ``Information
Technology Operations and Management Records,'' Item 6, April 2010, see
https://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/grs/grs24.html) Access Transaction
Records are retained for a period of five years.
SYSTEM MANAGER CONTACT INFORMATION:
PSP System Manager: Office of Information Technology; Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration; U.S. Department of Transportation; 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., W65-319; Washington, DC 20590.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
Operator-applicants wishing to know if their inspection and crash
records appear in this system may directly access the PSP system or
make a request in writing to the PSP System Manager identified under
``System Manager Contact Information.''
Individual operator-applicants wishing to know if their Access
Transaction Records appear in this system may make a written request to
the following address: NIC Technologies, 4601 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite
1160, Arlington, VA 22203.
Any other requests for records about yourself from this system of
records or any other Departmental system of records your request must
conform with the Privacy Act regulations set forth in 49 CFR part 10.
You must sign your request, and your signature must either be notarized
or submitted under 28 U.S.C. 1746, a law that permits statements to be
made under penalty of perjury as a substitute for notarization. While
no specific form is required, you may obtain forms for this purpose
from the Chief Freedom of Information Act Officer, https://www.dot.gov/foia or 202.366.4542. In addition you should provide the following:
An explanation of why you believe the Department would have
information on you;
[squf] Identify which component(s) of the Department you believe
may have the information about you;
[squf] Specify when you believe the records would have been
created;
[squf] Provide any other information that will help the FOIA staff
determine which DOT component agency may have responsive records; and
[squf] If your request is seeking records pertaining to another
living individual, you must include a statement from that individual
certifying his/her agreement for you to access his/her records.
Without this bulleted information the component(s) may not be able
to conduct an effective search, and your request may be denied due to
lack of specificity or lack of compliance with applicable regulations.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:
See ``Notification Procedure'' above.
CONTESTING RECORDS PROCEDURE:
Operator-applicants seeking to contest the content of information
about them in this system should apply to the System Manager by
following the same procedures as indicated under ``Notification
Procedure.'' Operator-applicants may also submit a data challenge to
FMCSA's online system to record and monitor challenges to FMCSA data,
DataQs. The system can be accessed via the DataQs Web site (https://dataqs.fmcsa.dot.gov/login.asp). The DataQs system, provides an
electronic means for operator-applicants to file concerns about Federal
and State data contained in the PSP report. Specifically, DataQs allows
an individual to challenge data maintained by FMCSA on, among other
things, crashes, inspections, registration, operating authority, safety
audits and enforcement actions. Through this system, data concerns are
automatically forwarded to the appropriate Federal or State office for
processing and resolution. Any challenges to data provided by State
agencies must be resolved by the appropriate State agency.
Additionally, FMCSA is not authorized to direct a State to change or
alter MCMIS data for violations or inspections originating within a
particular State(s). Once a State office makes a determination on the
validity of a challenge, FMCSA considers that decision as the final
resolution of the challenge. FMCSA cannot change State records without
State consent. The system also allows filers to monitor the status of
each filing.
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RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:
1. CMV crash and inspection records: All commercial driver crash
and inspection data in PSP is received from a monthly MCMIS data
extract. The MCMIS SORN identifies the source(s) of the information in
MCMIS. (FMCSA modified the MCMIS SORN to describe the system's sharing
of PII with the Driver Information Resource and PSP systems. See 74 FR
66391, December 15, 2009). All DOT SORNs may be found at www.dot.gov/privacy.
2. Access transaction records: An audit trail of those entities or
persons that accessed the PSP (i.e. authorized motor carriers,
authorized industry service providers, or validated operator-
applicants) is automatically created when requests are initiated and
when data is released by the Service Provider. These records are
internal documents to be used by the Service Provider and FMCSA for
auditing, monitoring and compliance purposes.
EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:
None.
Issued in Washington, DC on July 13, 2012.
Claire W. Barrett,
Departmental Privacy Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-17597 Filed 7-18-12; 8:45 am]
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