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Study is complete and all reporting and
certification requirements under the
FAST Act are satisfied.
On June 27, 2017, NAS published the
report titled, ‘‘Improving Motor Carrier
Safety Measurement.’’ The report is
available at https://www.nap.edu/
catalog/24818/improving-motor-carriersafety-measurement. A copy of the
report has been placed in the docket
referenced at the beginning of this
notice.
Pursuant to the FAST Act, FMCSA
submitted the results of this study to
both Congress and the DOT OIG on
August 7, 2017. The FAST Act also
requires FMCSA to submit an action
plan to the Senate Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation;
and the House of Representatives
Transportation and Infrastructure
Committee.
To solicit input during the
development of the corrective action
plan, FMCSA hosted a public meeting
on September 8, 2017. Information from
the public meeting was incorporated
into the action plan. The corrective
action plan was transmitted on June 25,
2018. The OIG is required to review the
action plan and submit a report to
Congress on the responsiveness of the
FMCSA’s plan to the NAS report’s
recommendations.
FMCSA’s corrective action plan
includes solicitation of input from the
public for recommendations 2, 3 and 4.
As a result, FMCSA is soliciting
responses to the following questions at
the public meeting and through the
docket referenced above.
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NAS Recommendation 2
FMCSA should continue to
collaborate with States and other
agencies to improve the quality of the
Motor Carrier Management Information
System (MCMIS) data in SMS. Two
specific data elements require
immediate attention: Carrier exposure
and crash data. The current exposure
data (e.g., Power Unit (PU) and Vehicle
Miles Traveled (VMT) data) are missing
with high frequency, and data that are
collected are likely of unsatisfactory
quality.
Questions
1. What should FMCSA do to improve
the collection of PU, VMT, and driver
count data? For example, should
FMCSA use edit checks to verify the
accuracy of the data?
2. VMT, PU, and number of
inspections are the current measures of
exposure used in SMS. Are there other
ways FMCSA should consider
measuring carrier exposure with data
that is already available to FMCSA?
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3. What are the current challenges
that motor carriers face in reporting
VMT data?
4. What information is available from
the States to improve exposure data?
5. What additional data should
FMCSA consider collecting from
carriers? Why?
6. What external sources of exposure
and crash data should FMCSA explore?
7. In addition to the data currently
collected by FMCSA, what other
exposure data would motor carriers be
willing to share?
i. More frequent updates to mileage
and PU data
ii. Number/type of trips
iii. Mileage breakdown by State
iv. Other options?
8. What incentives would encourage
motor carriers to share additional
information?
FMCSA should investigate ways of
collecting data that will likely benefit
the recommended methodology for
safety assessment. This includes data on
carrier characteristics—such as
information on driver turnover rate,
type of cargo, method and level of
compensation, and better information
on exposure.
Issued under the authority delegated in 49
CFR 1.87 on: August 13, 2018
Raymond P. Martinez,
Administrator.
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Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request for Regulation Project
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The Internal Revenue Service,
as part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on continuing
information collections, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
The IRS is soliciting comments
concerning notice concerning fiduciary
relationship and notice concerning
fiduciary relationship of financial
institution.
SUMMARY:
Questions
1. What additional data should
FMCSA consider collecting to support
the recommended methodology for
safety assessment (i.e., IRT model)?
a. Would this data be useful for safety
assessments?
b. What are the challenges to
collecting or using the data
recommended by NAS?
i. Driver turnover rate
ii. Type of cargo
iii. Method of compensation
iv. Level of compensation
v. Better information on exposure
2. What pay-related and/or driverturnover-related data would carriers be
willing to share?
NAS Recommendation 4
FMCSA should structure a userfriendly version of the MCMIS data file
used as input to SMS without any
personally identifiable information to
facilitate its use by external parties,
such as researchers, and carriers.
Questions
FMCSA is planning to develop a web
page to make simplified MCMIS data
snapshots available to researchers,
motor carriers, safety consultants, and
the public
1. What features should this web page
include?
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2. If the information collected in
recommendation 3 above is used within
the IRT model, should it be made
available publicly to allow a full
replication of the results?
3. What features should a userfriendly MCMIS data file include?
4. Would industry stakeholders find a
user-friendly MCMIS data file useful?
Why?
5. How often should this user-friendly
MCMIS data file be updated (e.g.,
monthly, quarterly, annually etc.)?
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Written comments should be
received on or before October 22, 2018
to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Laurie Brimmer, Internal Revenue
Service, Room 6529, 1111 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the form should be directed to
Kerry Dennis, at (202) 317–5751 or
Internal Revenue Service, Room 6529,
1111 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20224, or through the
internet, at Kerry.Dennis@irs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Notice Concerning Fiduciary
Relationship and Notice Concerning
Fiduciary Relationship of Financial
Institution.
OMB Number: 1545–0013.
Form Number: 56 and 56–F.
DATES:
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Abstract: Form 56 is used to inform
the IRS that a person is acting for
another person in a fiduciary capacity
so that the IRS may mail tax notices to
the fiduciary concerning the person for
whom he/she is acting. The data is used
to ensure that the fiduciary relationship
is established or terminated and to mail
or discontinue mailing designated tax
notices to the fiduciary. The filing of
Form 56–F by a fiduciary (FDIC or other
federal agency acting as a receiver or
conservator of a failed financial
institution (bank or thrift) gives the IRS
the necessary information to submit
send letters, notices, and notices of tax
liability to the federal fiduciary now in
charge of the financial institution rather
than sending the notice, etc. to the
institution’s last known address.
Current Actions: There are no changes
being made to the burden associated
with the collection tools at this time.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations, and individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
174,050.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 2
hrs.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 349,786.
The following paragraph applies to all
of the collections of information covered
by this notice.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a valid OMB control number.
Books or records relating to a collection
of information must be retained as long
as their contents may become material
in the administration of any internal
revenue law. Generally, tax returns and
tax return information are confidential,
as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103.
Request for Comments: Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval. All
comments will become a matter of
public record. Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the collection of
information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
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technology; and (e) estimates of capital
or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information.
Approved: August 13, 2018.
Laurie Brimmer,
Senior Tax Analyst.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Collection; Comment
Request on Information Collection for
T.D. 9308
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
The Internal Revenue Service,
as part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Currently, the IRS is soliciting
comments concerning the burden
associated with Treasury Decision 9308,
Reporting Requirements for Widely
Held Fixed Investment Trusts.
Previously Treasury Decision 9279.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before October 22, 2018
to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Laurie Brimmer, Internal Revenue
Service, Room 6529, 1111 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224.
Please send separate comments for each
specific information collection listed
below. You must reference the
information collection’s title, form
number, reporting or record-keeping
requirement number, and OMB number
(if any) in your comment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the collection tools should be
directed to Alissa Berry, at (901) 707–
4988, at Internal Revenue Service, Room
6529, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20224, or through the
internet at Alissa.A.Berry@irs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Currently,
the IRS is seeking comments concerning
the following information collection
tools, reporting, and record-keeping
requirements:
Title: Reporting Requirements for
Widely Held Fixed Investment Trusts.
SUMMARY:
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OMB Number: 1545–1540.
Treasury Decision Number: 9308.
Abstract: Under regulation section
1.671–5, the trustee or the middleman
who holds an interest in a widely held
fixed investment trust for an investor
will be required to provide a Form 1099
to the IRS and a tax information
statement to the investor. The trust is
also required to provide more detailed
tax information to middlemen and
certain other persons, upon request.
Current Actions: There are no changes
to the collection at this time.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,200.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 2
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 2,400.
The following paragraph applies to all
of the collections of information covered
by this notice:
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a valid OMB control number.
Books or records relating to a collection
of information must be retained as long
as their contents may become material
in the administration of any internal
revenue law. Generally, tax returns and
tax return information are confidential,
as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103.
Request for Comments: Comments
submitted in response to this notice will
be summarized and/or included in the
request for OMB approval. All
comments will become a matter of
public record. Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the collection of
information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology; and (e) estimates of capital
or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information.
Approved: August 15, 2018.
Laurie Brimmer,
Senior Tax Analyst.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service
Proposed Collection; Comment Request for Regulation Project
AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service, as part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. The IRS is soliciting comments concerning notice
concerning fiduciary relationship and notice concerning fiduciary
relationship of financial institution.
DATES: Written comments should be received on or before October 22,
2018 to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Laurie Brimmer, Internal
Revenue Service, Room 6529, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20224.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the form should be directed to Kerry Dennis, at (202) 317-
5751 or Internal Revenue Service, Room 6529, 1111 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20224, or through the internet, at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Notice Concerning Fiduciary Relationship and Notice
Concerning Fiduciary Relationship of Financial Institution.
OMB Number: 1545-0013.
Form Number: 56 and 56-F.
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Abstract: Form 56 is used to inform the IRS that a person is acting
for another person in a fiduciary capacity so that the IRS may mail tax
notices to the fiduciary concerning the person for whom he/she is
acting. The data is used to ensure that the fiduciary relationship is
established or terminated and to mail or discontinue mailing designated
tax notices to the fiduciary. The filing of Form 56-F by a fiduciary
(FDIC or other federal agency acting as a receiver or conservator of a
failed financial institution (bank or thrift) gives the IRS the
necessary information to submit send letters, notices, and notices of
tax liability to the federal fiduciary now in charge of the financial
institution rather than sending the notice, etc. to the institution's
last known address.
Current Actions: There are no changes being made to the burden
associated with the collection tools at this time.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations, and
individuals or households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 174,050.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 2 hrs.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 349,786.
The following paragraph applies to all of the collections of
information covered by this notice.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required
to respond to, a collection of information unless the collection of
information displays a valid OMB control number. Books or records
relating to a collection of information must be retained as long as
their contents may become material in the administration of any
internal revenue law. Generally, tax returns and tax return information
are confidential, as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103.
Request for Comments: Comments submitted in response to this notice
will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval. All
comments will become a matter of public record. Comments are invited
on: (a) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether
the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology; and (e)
estimates of capital or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services to provide information.
Approved: August 13, 2018.
Laurie Brimmer,
Senior Tax Analyst.
[FR Doc. 2018-17946 Filed 8-20-18; 8:45 am]
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