97-30224. Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements, Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 222 (Tuesday, November 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61571-61572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30224]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary


Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements, Agency Information 
Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, (DOT).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this notice announces that the Information Collection 
Requests (ICRs) abstracted below have been forwarded to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICRs describes 
the nature of the information collection and their expected costs and 
burden hours. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period 
soliciting comments on the following collections of information was 
published in FR 62 46400, September 2, 1997.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 18, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Mednick, Environmental 
Specialist, K-20, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 400 Seventh

[[Page 61572]]

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590, [phone]; fax: [phone]; 
e-mail: [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)

    1. Title: Quarterly Report of Class I Motor Carriers of Property.
    OMB Control No: 2139-0002.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Form Number: BTS Form QFR.
    Affected Public: Class I Motor Carriers of Property.
    Abstract: These data collection forms were transferred from the 
Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to the Department of 
Transportation (DOT) on January 1, 1996, by the ICC Termination Act of 
1995. The OMB Control numbers while under the ICC were 3120-0002, 3120-
0032, and 3120-0138. Pursuant to 14 U.S.C. Sec. 14123, DOT is required 
to collect annual financial reports from Class I and Class II 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 property 
industry, its impact on the economy, and industry changes that may 
affect national transportation policy.
    Estimated Annual Burden: The total estimated annual burden is 7,200 
hours.
    2. Title: Annual Report of Class I Motor Carriers of Property.
    OMB Control No. 2139-0004.
    Form No.: BTS Form M-1.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Class I Motor Carriers of Property.
    Abstract: These data collection forms were transferred from the 
Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to the Department of 
Transportation (DOT) on January 1, 1996, by the ICC Termination Act of 
1995. The OMB Control numbers while under the ICC were 3120-0002, 3120-
0032, and 3120-0138. Pursuant to 14 U.S.C. Sec. 14123, DOT is required 
to collect annual financial reports from Class I and Class II 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 property 
industry, its impact on the economy, and industry changes that may 
affect national transportation policy.
    Annual Burden Hours Estimate: 22,500.
    3. Title: Annual Report of Class II Motor Carriers of Property.
    OMB Control No. 2139-0005.
    Form No.: BTS Form M-2.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Affected Public: Class II Motor Carriers of Property.
    Abstract: These data collection forms were transferred from the 
Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to the Department of 
Transportation (DOT) on January 1, 1996, by the ICC Termination Act of 
1995. The OMB Control numbers while under the ICC were 3120-0002, 3120-
0032, and 3120-0138. Pursuant to 14 U.S.C. Sec. 14123, DOT is required 
to collect annual financial reports from Class I and Class II 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 property 
industry, its impact on the economy, and industry changes that may 
affect national transportation policy.
    Annual Burden Hours Estimate: 19,000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20503, Attention BTS Desk Officer.
    Comments are Invited on: whether the proposed collection of 
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of 
the Department, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility 
and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize 
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including 
the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of 
information technology.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on November 12, 1997.
Phillip A. Leach,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 97-30224 Filed 11-17-97; 8:45 am]
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