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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA 2015–0233]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Extension of a CurrentlyApproved Information Collection:
Annual Report of Class I and Class II
Motor Carriers of Property (OMB 2139–
0004)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
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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 its
review and approval. The FMCSA
requests approval to extend an ICR
titled, ‘‘Annual Report of Class I and
Class II Motor Carriers of Property
(formerly OMB 2139–0004), whose new
designation is 2126–0032. This ICR is
necessary to ensure that motor carriers
comply with FMCSA’s financial and
operating statistics requirements at
chapter III of title 49 CFR part 369
entitled, ‘‘Reports of Motor Carriers.’’
On August 6, 2015, FMCSA published
a Federal Register notice allowing for a
60-day comment period on this ICR. The
agency received no comments in
response to that notice.
DATES: Please send your comments to
this notice by December 2, 2015. OMB
must receive your comments by this
date to act quickly on the ICR.
ADDRESSES: All comments should
reference Federal Docket Management
System (FDMS) Docket Number
FMCSA–2015–0233. 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, 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: Mr.
Jeff Secrist, Office of Registration and
Safety Information, Department of
Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier
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Safety Administration, West Building
6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Telephone: 202–385–2367; email
jeff.secrist@dot.gov. Office hours are
from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal
Holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Annual Report of Class I and
Class II Motor Carriers of Property
(formerly OMB Control Number 2139–
0004).
New OMB Control Number: 2126–
0032.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently-approved information
collection.
Respondents: Class I and Class II
Motor Carriers of Property and
Household Goods.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
308.
Estimated Time per Response: 9
hours.
Expiration Date: January 31, 2016.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
2,772 hours [308 respondents × 9 hours
to complete form = 2,772].
Background: Section 14123 of title 49
of the United States Code (U.S.C.)
requires certain for-hire motor carriers
of property and household goods to file
annual financial reports. The annual
reporting program was implemented on
December 24, 1938 (3 FR 3158), and it
was subsequently transferred from the
Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)
to the Secretary of the U.S. Department
of Transportation (DOT) on January 1,
1996. The Secretary of DOT transferred
the authority to administer this program
to DOT’s Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS) on December 17, 1996
(61 FR 68162). Annual financial reports
are filed on Form M (for-hire property
carriers, including household goods
carriers) and Form MP–1 (for-hire
passenger carriers). Responsibility for
collection of the reports was transferred
from BTS to FMCSA on August 17, 2004
(69 FR 51009), and the regulations were
redesignated as 49 CFR part 369 on
August 10, 2006 (71 FR 45740). FMCSA
has continued to collect carriers’ annual
reports and to furnish copies of the
reports requested under the Freedom of
information Act. 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 the following three groups: (1) Class I carriers
are those having annual carrier operating revenues
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Under the Financial and Operating
Statistics (F&OS) program, FMCSA
collects from Class I and Class II
property carriers balance sheet and
income statement data 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
used by FMCSA to determine a motor
carrier’s compliance with the F&OS
program requirements prescribed at
chapter III of title of 49 CFR part 369.
Public Comments Invited: FMCSA
requests that you comment 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 the
FMCSA to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the collected
information, and (4) ways that the
burden could be minimized without
reducing the quality of the collected
information. The agency will summarize
or include your comments in the request
for OMB’s clearance of this information
collection.
Issued under the authority delegated in 49
CFR 1.87 on: October 26, 2015.
G. Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator, Office of Research
and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2015–27880 Filed 10–30–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2015–0071]
Qualification of Drivers; Exemption
Applications; Vision
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of applications for
exemptions; request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: FMCSA announces receipt of
applications from 28 individuals for
exemption from the vision requirement
in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Regulations. They are unable to meet
the vision requirement in one eye for
(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; and (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.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA 2015-0233]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of a
Currently-Approved Information Collection: Annual Report of Class I and
Class II Motor Carriers of Property (OMB 2139-0004)
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. The FMCSA requests approval to extend an ICR
titled, ``Annual Report of Class I and Class II Motor Carriers of
Property (formerly OMB 2139-0004), whose new designation is 2126-0032.
This ICR is necessary to ensure that motor carriers comply with FMCSA's
financial and operating statistics requirements at chapter III of title
49 CFR part 369 entitled, ``Reports of Motor Carriers.'' On August 6,
2015, FMCSA published a Federal Register notice allowing for a 60-day
comment period on this ICR. The agency received no comments in response
to that notice.
DATES: Please send your comments to this notice by December 2, 2015.
OMB must receive your comments by this date to act quickly on the ICR.
ADDRESSES: All comments should reference Federal Docket Management
System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2015-0233. 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, 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: Mr. Jeff Secrist, Office of
Registration and Safety Information, Department of Transportation,
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, West Building 6th Floor,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Telephone: 202-
385-2367; email jeff.secrist@dot.gov. Office hours are from 9:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Annual Report of Class I and Class II Motor Carriers of
Property (formerly OMB Control Number 2139-0004).
New OMB Control Number: 2126-0032.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently-approved information
collection.
Respondents: Class I and Class II Motor Carriers of Property and
Household Goods.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 308.
Estimated Time per Response: 9 hours.
Expiration Date: January 31, 2016.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 2,772 hours [308 respondents x 9
hours to complete form = 2,772].
Background: Section 14123 of title 49 of the United States Code
(U.S.C.) requires certain for-hire motor carriers of property and
household goods to file annual financial reports. The annual reporting
program was implemented on December 24, 1938 (3 FR 3158), and it was
subsequently transferred from the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)
to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on
January 1, 1996. The Secretary of DOT transferred the authority to
administer this program to DOT's Bureau of Transportation Statistics
(BTS) on December 17, 1996 (61 FR 68162). Annual financial reports are
filed on Form M (for-hire property carriers, including household goods
carriers) and Form MP-1 (for-hire passenger carriers). Responsibility
for collection of the reports was transferred from BTS to FMCSA on
August 17, 2004 (69 FR 51009), and the regulations were redesignated as
49 CFR part 369 on August 10, 2006 (71 FR 45740). FMCSA has continued
to collect carriers' annual reports and to furnish copies of the
reports requested under the Freedom of information Act. 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 the following 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; and (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.
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Under the Financial and Operating Statistics (F&OS) program, FMCSA
collects from Class I and Class II property carriers balance sheet and
income statement data 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 used by FMCSA to determine a motor carrier's compliance
with the F&OS program requirements prescribed at chapter III of title
of 49 CFR part 369.
Public Comments Invited: FMCSA requests that you comment 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 the FMCSA to
enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the collected
information, and (4) ways that the burden could be minimized without
reducing the quality of the collected information. The agency will
summarize or include your comments in the request for OMB's clearance
of this information collection.
Issued under the authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.87 on: October
26, 2015.
G. Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator, Office of Research and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2015-27880 Filed 10-30-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-EX-P