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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2012–0031]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Extension of CurrentlyApproved Information Collection
Request: Quarterly Report of Class I
Motor Carriers of Property (Formerly
OMB 2139–0002)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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 its
review and approval. FMCSA requests
approval to revise an ICR entitled,
‘‘Quarterly Report of Class I Motor
Carriers of Property (formerly OMB
2139–0002),’’ which the Agency uses to
ensure that motor carriers comply with
its financial and operating statistics
requirements in chapter III of title 49
CFR part 369 entitled, ‘‘Reports of Motor
Carriers.’’ FMCSA invites public
comment on this ICR. On April 20,
2012, FMCSA published a Federal
Register notice allowing for a 60-day
comment period on the ICR. In response
to the above notice, the Agency received
one comment from the National Motor
Freight Traffic Association, Inc.
(NMFTA), which requested that these
reports no longer be required. FMCSA
may consider this request in a future
rulemaking regarding this information
collection requirement.
DATES: Please send your comments by
October 17, 2012. OMB must receive
your comments by this date in order to
act quickly on the ICR.
ADDRESSES: All comments should
reference Federal Docket Management
System (FDMS) Docket Number
FMCSA–2012–0031. Interested persons
are invited to submit written comments
on the proposed information collection
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
SUMMARY:
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Management and Budget. Comments
should be addressed to the attention of
the Desk Officer, Department of
Transportation/Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Vivian Oliver, Transportation Specialist,
Office of Information Technology,
Operations Division, Department of
Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, West Building
6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone:
202–366–2974; email Address:
vivian.oliver@dot.gov. Office hours are
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Quarterly Report of Class I and
Class II Motor Carriers of Property
(formerly OMB 2139–0002).
OMB Control Number: 2126–0033.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently-approved information
collection.
Respondents: Class I and Class II
Motor Carriers of Property.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
111 (per year).
Estimated Time per Response: 1.8
hours (27 minutes per quarter).
Expiration Date: September 30, 2012.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 200
hours [111 respondents x 1.8 hours to
complete form = 200].
Background: The Quarterly Report of
Class I and Class II Motor Carriers of
Property (Form QFR) is a mandated
reporting requirement for all for-hire
motor carriers (See 49 U.S.C. 14123 and
implementing FMCSA regulations in 49
CFR part 369). Motor carriers (including
interstate and intrastate) subject to the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Regulations are classified on the basis of
their gross carrier operating revenues.1
1 For purposes of the Financial and Operating
Statistics (F&OS) program, carriers are classified
into three groups: (1) Class I carriers are those
having annual carrier operating revenues (including
interstate and intrastate) of $10 million or more
after applying the revenue deflator formula as set
forth in Note A of 49 CFR 369.2; (2) Class II carriers
are those having annual carrier operating revenues
(including interstate and intrastate) of at least $3
million, but less than $10 million after applying the
revenue deflator formula as set forth in 49 CFR
369.2; and (3) Class III carriers are those having
annual carrier operating revenues (including
interstate and intrastate) of less than $3 million
after applying the revenue deflator formula as set
forth in Note A of 49 CFR 369.2.
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Under the Financial and Operating
Statistics (F&OS) program, FMCSA
collects balance sheet and income
statement data from Class I and Class II
property carriers along with information
on safety needs, tonnage, mileage,
employees, transportation equipment,
and other related data. FMCSA may also
ask carriers to respond to surveys
concerning their operations. The data
and information collected would be
made publicly available, and FMCSA
would use both to determine a motor
carrier’s compliance with the F&OS
program requirements prescribed in
chapter III of title of 49 CFR part 369.
In the past, the former Interstate
Commerce Commission issued these
regulations. Later this authority
transferred to the Secretary on January
1, 1996, by Chapter 141 of the ICC
Termination Act of 1995(ICCTA) (Pub.
L..104–88, 109 Stat. 803, 893 (Dec. 29,
1995)), now codified at 49 U.S.C. 14123.
On September 30, 1998, the Secretary
delegated and transferred the authority
to administer the F&OS program to the
former Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS), now part of the
Research and Innovative Technology
Administration (RITA).
On September 29, 2004, the Secretary
transferred the responsibility for the
F&OS program from BTS to FMCSA in
the belief that the program was more
aligned with FMCSA’s mission and its
other motor carrier responsibilities (69
FR 51009). On August 10, 2006, the
Secretary published a final rule (71 FR
45740) that transferred and redesignated
certain motor carrier financial and
statistical reporting regulations of BTS,
that were formerly located in chapter XI,
subchapter B of title 49 CFR part 1420,
to FMCSA under chapter III of title 49
CFR part 369.
Public Comments Invited: FMCSA
requests comments on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed collection is
necessary for FMCSA to perform its
functions; (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (3) ways for FMCSA
to enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the collected information; and
(4) ways that the burden could be
minimized without reducing the quality
of the collected information.
Issued on: September 4, 2012.
Kelly Leone,
Associate Administrator for Office of
Research and Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2012–0031]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Extension of CurrentlyApproved Information Collection
Request: Quarterly Report of Class I
Motor Carriers of Property (Formerly
OMB 2139–0002)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
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 its
review and approval. FMCSA requests
approval to revise an ICR entitled,
‘‘Quarterly Report of Class I Motor
Carriers of Property (formerly OMB
2139–0002),’’ which the Agency uses to
ensure that motor carriers comply with
its financial and operating statistics
requirements in chapter III of title 49
CFR part 369 entitled, ‘‘Reports of Motor
Carriers.’’ FMCSA invites public
comment on this ICR. On April 20,
2012, FMCSA published a Federal
Register notice allowing for a 60-day
comment period on the ICR. In response
to the above notice, the Agency received
one comment from the National Motor
Freight Traffic Association, Inc.
(NMFTA), which requested that these
reports no longer be required. FMCSA
may consider this request in a future
rulemaking regarding this information
collection requirement.
DATES: Please send your comments by
October 17, 2012. OMB must receive
your comments by this date in order to
act quickly on the ICR.
ADDRESSES: All comments should
reference Federal Docket Management
System (FDMS) Docket Number
FMCSA–2012–0031. 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/Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, 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
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2012-0031]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of Currently-
Approved Information Collection Request: Quarterly Report of Class I
Motor Carriers of Property (Formerly OMB 2139-0002)
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FMCSA
announces its plan to submit the Information Collection Request (ICR)
described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for its
review and approval. FMCSA requests approval to revise an ICR entitled,
``Quarterly Report of Class I Motor Carriers of Property (formerly OMB
2139-0002),'' which the Agency uses to ensure that motor carriers
comply with its financial and operating statistics requirements in
chapter III of title 49 CFR part 369 entitled, ``Reports of Motor
Carriers.'' FMCSA invites public comment on this ICR. On April 20,
2012, FMCSA published a Federal Register notice allowing for a 60-day
comment period on the ICR. In response to the above notice, the Agency
received one comment from the National Motor Freight Traffic
Association, Inc. (NMFTA), which requested that these reports no longer
be required. FMCSA may consider this request in a future rulemaking
regarding this information collection requirement.
DATES: Please send your comments by October 17, 2012. OMB must receive
your comments by this date in order to act quickly on the ICR.
ADDRESSES: All comments should reference Federal Docket Management
System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2012-0031. Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments on the proposed information
collection to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office
of
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Management and Budget. Comments should be addressed to the attention of
the Desk Officer, Department of Transportation/Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Vivian Oliver, Transportation
Specialist, Office of Information Technology, Operations Division,
Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration, West Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 202-366-2974; email Address:
vivian.oliver@dot.gov. Office hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Quarterly Report of Class I and Class II Motor Carriers of
Property (formerly OMB 2139-0002).
OMB Control Number: 2126-0033.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently-approved information
collection.
Respondents: Class I and Class II Motor Carriers of Property.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 111 (per year).
Estimated Time per Response: 1.8 hours (27 minutes per quarter).
Expiration Date: September 30, 2012.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 200 hours [111 respondents x 1.8
hours to complete form = 200].
Background: The Quarterly Report of Class I and Class II Motor
Carriers of Property (Form QFR) is a mandated reporting requirement for
all for-hire motor carriers (See 49 U.S.C. 14123 and implementing FMCSA
regulations in 49 CFR part 369). Motor carriers (including interstate
and intrastate) subject to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
are classified on the basis of their gross carrier operating
revenues.\1\
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\1\ For purposes of the Financial and Operating Statistics
(F&OS) program, carriers are classified into three groups: (1) Class
I carriers are those having annual carrier operating revenues
(including interstate and intrastate) of $10 million or more after
applying the revenue deflator formula as set forth in Note A of 49
CFR 369.2; (2) Class II carriers are those having annual carrier
operating revenues (including interstate and intrastate) of at least
$3 million, but less than $10 million after applying the revenue
deflator formula as set forth in 49 CFR 369.2; and (3) Class III
carriers are those having annual carrier operating revenues
(including interstate and intrastate) of less than $3 million after
applying the revenue deflator formula as set forth in Note A of 49
CFR 369.2.
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Under the Financial and Operating Statistics (F&OS) program, FMCSA
collects balance sheet and income statement data from Class I and Class
II property carriers along with information on safety needs, tonnage,
mileage, employees, transportation equipment, and other related data.
FMCSA may also ask carriers to respond to surveys concerning their
operations. The data and information collected would be made publicly
available, and FMCSA would use both to determine a motor carrier's
compliance with the F&OS program requirements prescribed in chapter III
of title of 49 CFR part 369.
In the past, the former Interstate Commerce Commission issued these
regulations. Later this authority transferred to the Secretary on
January 1, 1996, by Chapter 141 of the ICC Termination Act of
1995(ICCTA) (Pub. L..104-88, 109 Stat. 803, 893 (Dec. 29, 1995)), now
codified at 49 U.S.C. 14123. On September 30, 1998, the Secretary
delegated and transferred the authority to administer the F&OS program
to the former Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), now part of
the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA).
On September 29, 2004, the Secretary transferred the responsibility
for the F&OS program from BTS to FMCSA in the belief that the program
was more aligned with FMCSA's mission and its other motor carrier
responsibilities (69 FR 51009). On August 10, 2006, the Secretary
published a final rule (71 FR 45740) that transferred and redesignated
certain motor carrier financial and statistical reporting regulations
of BTS, that were formerly located in chapter XI, subchapter B of title
49 CFR part 1420, to FMCSA under chapter III of title 49 CFR part 369.
Public Comments Invited: FMCSA requests comments on any aspect of
this information collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed
collection is necessary for FMCSA to perform its functions; (2) the
accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways for FMCSA to enhance the
quality, usefulness, and clarity of the collected information; and (4)
ways that the burden could be minimized without reducing the quality of
the collected information.
Issued on: September 4, 2012.
Kelly Leone,
Associate Administrator for Office of Research and Information
Technology.
[FR Doc. 2012-22882 Filed 9-14-12; 8:45 am]
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