Proposed Agency Information Collection Activity; Comment Request
Federal Register Notice
August 16, 1996
Volume 61, Number 160
AGENCY: Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This notice announces that a data collection, Motor Carrier
Quarterly and Annual Report Form MP-1, is coming up for renewal. In
compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq., Pub. L. 104-13), the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
invites the general public, industry, and other Federal agencies to
comment on the continuing need and usefulness of BTS collecting
quarterly financial data from Class I motor carriers of passengers.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted by October 15, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to OMB Control No. 2139-0003 in any
correspondence. Send comments to: David Mednick, K-10, Bureau of
Transportation Statistics, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC
20590. Comments may be submitted by Fax to: (202) 366-3640. Comments
may also be submitted electronically by e-mail to:
david.mednick@bts.gov. Electronic comments must be submitted as an
ASCII file avoiding the use of special characters and any form of
encryption.
Commenters wishing BTS to acknowledge receipt of their comments
must submit with those comments a self-addressed stamped postcard on
which the following statement is made: Comments on OMB Control No.
2139-0003. The postcard will be dated/time stamped and returned to the
commenter.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Mednick, K-10, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366-8871, Fax: (202) 366-3640, e-mail: david.mednick@bts.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. The Data Collection
Title: Motor Carrier Quarterly and Annual Report Form MP-1, Motor Carriers of Passengers. OMB Control No. 2139-0003.
Form No.: BTS Form MP-1.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Class I Motor Carriers of Passengers.
Number of Respondents: 26.
Estimated Time Per Response: 90 minutes.
Total Annual Burden: 156 hours.
Needs and Uses: This data collection form was transferred from the
Interstate Commerce Commission to the Department of Transportation
(DOT) on January 1, 1996, by the ICC Termination Act of 1995. The OMB
Control number while under the ICC was 3120-0021. Pursuant to14 U.S.C.
14123, DOT is required to collect annual financial reports from Class I
motor carriers. DOT may also require motor carriers to file quarterly
reports. In determining the matters to be covered by the reports, DOT
must consider: (1) Safety needs; (2) the need to preserve confidential
business information and trade secrets and prevent competitive harm;
(3) private sector, academic, and public use of information in the
reports; and (4) the public interest. BTS wishes to continue to provide
periodic information on the health of the motor carrier of passengers
industry, its impact on the economy, and the economy's impact on the
industry. The current report accomplishes this with minimal data items
to be completed quarterly.
II. Request for Comments
BTS requests comments concerning the information collection,
including whether (a) the reports are needed by BTS to fulfill its
legal mandate under 14 U.S.C. 14123 to collect financial data from
motor carriers; (b) BTS accurately estimated the reporting burden; (c)
there are other ways to enhance the quality, utility, or clarity of the
information collected; and (d) there are ways to minimize reporting
burden, including the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology.
T.R. Lakshmanan,
Director, Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
[FR Doc. 96-20894 Filed 8-15-96; 8:45 am]
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