[Federal Register: November 5, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 214)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
[Docket BTS-2001-10909]
Notice of Request To Renew the Approval of Information
Collections: OMB No. 2139-0002 and 2139-0004 (Financial and Operating
Statistics for Motor Carriers of Property)
AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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OMB Control Numbers: 2139-0002 (Form QFR) and 2139-0004 (Form M).
SUMMARY: This notice announces that the Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS) intends to request the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to renew approval for two information collections, the Quarterly
Report of Class I Motor Carriers of Property (Form QFR) and Annual
Report of Class I and Class II Motor Carriers of Property, (Form M).
The information collections are necessary to ensure that motor carriers
comply with financial and operating statistics requirements as
prescribed in the BTS regulations(49 CFR 1420). This notice is required
by the Paperwork Reduction Act.
DATES: January 4, 2002.
ADDRESSES: Mail or hand deliver comments to the U.S. Department of
Transportation, Dockets Management System (DMS). You may submit your
comments by mail or in person to the Docket Clerk, Docket No. BTS-2001-
10909, U.S. Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Room
PL-401, Washington, DC 20590-0001. The DMS is open for examination and
copying, at the above address, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except federal holidays.
If you wish to file comments using the Internet, you may use the
DOT DMS website at http://dmses.dot.gov. Please follow the online
instructions for submitting an electronic comment. Comments should
identify the docket number and be submitted in duplicate. If you would
like the Department to acknowledge receipt of your comment, you must
submit a self-addressed stamped postcard on which the following
statement is made: Comments on Docket BTS-2001-10909. The Docket Clerk
will date stamp the postcard prior to returning it to you via the U.S.
mail.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paula R. Robinson, Compliance Program
Manager, K-27, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 400 Seventh Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20590; (202) 366-2984; Fax: (202) 366-3364; e-mail:
paula.robinson@bts.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. The Data Collection
The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35; as
amended) and 5 CFR part 1320 require each Federal agency to obtain an
OMB approval to continue an information collection activity for which
the agency received prior approval. BTS is seeking OMB approval for the
following two BTS information collection activities whose prior OMB
approvals are near the expiration date:
(1) Title: Quarterly Report of Class I Motor Carriers of Property.
OMB Control No. 2139-0002.
Form No.: BTS Form QFR.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Class I Motor Carriers of Property.
Number of Respondents: 1,000 (per quarter).
Estimated Time Per Response: 1.8 hours (27 minutes per quarter).
Expiration Date: March 31, 2002.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Total Annual Burden: 1,800 hours.
(2) Title: Annual Report of Class I and Class II Motor Carriers of
Property. OMB Control No. 2139-0004.
Form No.: BTS Form M.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Class I and Class II Motor Carriers of Property.
Number of Respondents: 3,000 (per year).
Estimated Time Per Response: 9 hours.
Expiration Date: March 31, 2002.
Frequency: Annually.
Total Annual Burden: 27,000 hours.
Background
The Quarterly Report of Class I Motor Carriers of Property (Form
QFR) and Annual Report of Class I and Class II Motor Carriers of
Property (Form M) are mandated reporting requirements for for-hire
motor carriers. Motor carriers required to comply with the BTS
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regulations are classified on the basis of their annual gross carrier
operating revenues (including interstate and intrastate). Under the
financial and operating statistics (F&OS) program the BTS collects
balance sheet and income statement data along with information on
tonnage, mileage, employees, transportation equipment, and other
related data. The data and information collected is made publicly
available and used by the BTS to determine a motor carrier's compliance
with the F&OS program requirements prescribed in the BTS regulations
(49 CFR 1420). The regulations were formerly administered by Interstate
Commerce Commission (ICC) and later transferred to the U.S. Department
of Transportation on January 1, 1996, by the ICC Termination Act of
1995 (the Act), Public Law 104-88, 109 Stat. 803 (1995) (codified at 49
U.S.C. 14123).
II. Request for Comments
BTS requests comments on any aspects of these information
collections, including (1) The accuracy of the estimated burden; (2)
ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the collected
information; and (3) ways to minimize the collection burden without
reducing the quality of the information collected including additional
use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Electronic Access and Filing
You may submit or retrieve comments online through the Docket
Management System (DMS) at http://dmses.dot.gov. Please include the
docket number appearing in the heading of this document. Acceptable
formats include: MS Word (Versions 95 to 97), MS Word for Mac (Versions
6 to 8), Rich Text File (RTF), American Standard Code Information
Interchange (ASCII)(TXT), Portable Document Format (PDF), and
WordPerfect (Versions 7 to 8). The DMS is available 24 hours each day,
365 days each year. Electronic submission and retrieval help and
guidelines are available under the help section of the web site. You
may also download an electronic copy of this document from the DOT
Docket Management System on the Internet at http://dmses.dot.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC.
Russell B. Capelle, Jr.,
Assistant BTS Director for Motor Carrier Information, Department of
Transportation.
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