Notice of Request To Renew Approval of Information
Federal Register Notice
November 15, 2002
Volume 67, Number 221
AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), DOT
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
Collection: OMB No. 2139-0003 (Financial and Operating Statistics
for Motor Carriers of Passengers).
OMB Control Numbers: 2139-0003 (Form MP-1, Quarterly and Annual
Reports).
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 the information collection, the Annual and
Quarterly Reports for Class I Motor Carriers of Passengers (Form MP-1).
This information collection is 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 (PRA).
DATES: January 14, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to the U.S. Department of Transportation,
Dockets Management System (DMS). You may submit your comments by fax,
Internet, in person or via the U.S. mail to the Docket Clerk, Docket
No. BTS-2002-13790, Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street,
SW., Room PL-401, Washington, DC 20590-0001. Please note that in case
of delays in the delivery of U.S. mail to Federal offices in
Washington, DC, we recommend that persons consider an alternative method (the Internet, fax, or
professional delivery service) to submit comments to the docket and to
ensure their timely receipt at U.S. DOT. You may fax your comments to
the DMS at (202) 493-2251.
If you wish to file comments using the Internet, you may use the
DOT DMS Web site at http://dms.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 comments, you must
submit a self-addressed stamped postcard on which the following
statement is made: Comments on Docket BTS-2002-13790. The Docket Clerk
will date stamp the postcard prior to returning it to you via the U.S.
mail. 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paula R. Robinson, Compliance Program
Manager, Office of Motor Carrier Information, K-13, Bureau of
Transportation Statistics, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC
20590-0001; (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 BTS information collection activity whose prior OMB approval
is near the expiration date:
Title: Class I Quarterly and Annual Reports of Motor Carriers of
Passengers.
OMB Control Number: 2139-0003.
Form Number: 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: 1.5 hours.
Expiration Date: February 28, 2003.
Frequency: Quarterly and annually.
Total Annual Burden: 195 hours.
Abstract: This report provides financial and operating data. The
Department of Transportation uses this information to assess the health
of the industry and identify industry changes that may affect national
transportation policy. The data also show company financial stability
and traffic.
Background: The Quarterly and Annual Reports of Motor Carriers of
Passengers (Form MP-1) is a mandated reporting requirement for for-hire
Class I motor carriers of passengers. Motor carriers required to comply
with the BTS 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 as prescribed in the BTS regulations (49 CFR 1420). The
regulations were formerly administered by Interstate Commerce
Commission (ICC), the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C. 11145, 49
U.S.C. 11343(d)(1) and the Bus Regulatory Act of 1982 and later
transferred to the U.S. Department of Transportation on January 1,
1996, by the ICC Termination Act of 1995 (the Act), 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.
Russell B. Capelle, Jr.,
Assistant BTS Director for Motor Carrier Information, Department of Transportation.
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