96-20894. Proposed Agency Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 160 (Friday, August 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42674-42675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20894]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Bureau of Transportation Statistics
OMB Control Number: 2139-0003


Proposed Agency Information Collection Activity; Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice.

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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: [phone]. Comments 
may also be submitted electronically by e-mail to: 
[e-mail]. 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, [phone], Fax: [phone], e-mail: 
[e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. The Data Collection

    Title: Motor Carrier Quarterly and Annual Report Form MP-1, Motor

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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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