[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 76 (Thursday, April 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16968-16969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-9562]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[FHWA Docket No. MC-96-14]
Notice of Request for Reinstatement of an Expired Information
Collection
AGENCY: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the
intention of the FHWA to request the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to reinstate the expired information collection that documents
the qualification of commercial motor vehicle drivers and the expired
information collection that notifies the FHWA of a new motor carrier.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 17, 1996.
ADDRESSES: All signed, written comments should refer to the docket
number that appears at the top of this document and must be submitted
to HCC-10, room 4232, Office of the Chief Counsel, Federal Highway
Administration, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. All
comments received will be available for examination at the above
address from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. Those desiring notification of receipt of
comments must include a self-addressed, stamped postcard/envelope.
Interested parties are invited to send comments regarding any
aspect of these information collections, including, but not limited to:
(1) The necessity and utility of the information collection for the
proper performance of the functions of the FHWA; (2) the accuracy of
the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the collected information; and (4) ways to minimize the
collection burden without reducing the quality of the collected
information. Comments submitted in response to this notice will be
summarized and/or included in the request for OMB reinstatement of this
information collection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Peter C. Chandler, Office of Motor
Carrier Research and Standards, (202)
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366-5763, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation,
400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from
7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Driver Qualification Files.
OMB Number: 2125-0065.
Background: The authority for driver qualification files is
contained in 49 U.S.C. 504, 31133, 31136, and 31502, and 49 CFR 1.48,
with penalty provisions in 49 U.S.C. 521 and 522. 49 CFR 391.51
requires a motor carrier to maintain a driver qualification file for
each regularly employed driver and each intermittent, casual, and
occasional driver. The file contains the minimum amount of information
necessary to document that a driver is qualified to drive a commercial
motor vehicle in interstate commerce. A driver qualification file is
used by the FHWA and motor carrier to ensure that a driver who operates
a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce, can by reason of
experience and/or training, safely operate a type of commercial motor
vehicle; has been issued an appropriate driver's license; and has not
been disqualified to operate a commercial motor vehicle. Public demand
for highway safety requires that the hiring of commercial motor vehicle
drivers be restricted to those drivers with records which prove their
ability to safely operate a commercial motor vehicle.
Respondents: Motor Carriers.
Estimated Annual Burden on Respondents: 34 minutes for newly hired
drivers; 8 minutes for drivers employed longer than one year; 1 minute
for intermittent, casual, and occasional drivers.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 1,047,749 hours.
Frequency: The requirements pertaining to driver qualification
files are recordkeeping requirements. A driver qualification file must
be kept by a motor carrier as long as the driver is employed by such
motor carrier and for 3 years thereafter.
Title: Motor Carrier Identification Report.
OMB Number: 2125-0544.
Background: Section 206 of the Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1984
requires the Secretary of Transportation to establish minimum safety
standards for commercial motor vehicle safety. 49 U.S.C. 504 provides
the Secretary of Transportation authority to require special reports
containing answers to questions asked by the Secretary and to prescribe
the form of records. Authority pertaining to commercial motor vehicle
safety has been delegated to the FHWA. In order to administer its
safety standards, the FHWA needs to possess a database of entities that
are subject to the agency's standards. A database necessitates that
entities subject to the FHWA's standards notify the agency of their
existence. Therefore, 49 CFR 385.21 requires all motor carriers
beginning operations to file the Motor Carrier Identification Report,
Form MCS-150, within 90 days of beginning operations.
Respondents: Motor Carriers.
Average Burden per Response: 5 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 2,917 hours.
Frequency: One-time reporting requirement.
Authority: 23 U.S.C. 315; sec. 3506(c)(2)(A) of Pub.L. 104-13;
49 CFR 1.48.
Issued on: April 8, 1996.
Rodney E. Slater,
Federal Highway Administrator.
[FR Doc. 96-9562 Filed 4-17-96; 8:45 am]
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