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RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Paper copies are returned to the
originating office upon transfer to
electronic medium. Electronic version is
retained indefinitely at the discretion of
DOT, USCG, or TSA, as appropriate.
SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

U.S. Department of Transportation,
Dockets Program Manager, Office of
Information Services, Docket
Operations, M–30, 1200 New Jersey
Ave., SE., Room W12–140, Washington,
DC 20590.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

Same as ‘‘System Manager.’’
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Same as ‘‘System Manager.’’
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

Same as ‘‘System Manager.’’
RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Individuals participating in DOT,
USCG, or TSA APA proceedings who
provide information about their
identities.
EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:

None.
Habib Azarsina,
Acting Departmental Privacy Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2007–0082]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Revision of a Currently
Approved Information Collection:
Motor Carrier Identification Report
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.

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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
FMCSA announces its plan to submit
the Information Collection Request (ICR)
described below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. FMCSA requests
approval to revise an ICR entitled,
‘‘Motor Carrier Identification Report,’’
which is used to identify FMCSA
regulated entities, help prioritize the
agency’s activities, aid in assessing the
safety outcomes of those activities, and
for statistical purposes. On November 7,
2007, FMCSA published a Federal

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Register notice allowing for a 60-day
comment period on the ICR. No
comments were received.
DATES: Please send your comments by
February 19, 2008. OMB must receive
your comments by this date in order to
act quickly on the ICR.
ADDRESSES: All comments should
reference DOT Docket No. FMCSA–
2007–0082. You may submit comments
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, 725
Seventeenth Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20503, Attention: DOT/FMCSA Desk
Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Delores Vaughn, Transportation
Specialist, Office of Information
Technology, Operations Division,
Department of Transportation, Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration,
6th Floor, West Building, 1200 New
Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Telephone Number: (202) 366–9409; email address: [email protected].
Office hours are from 7 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal Holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Motor Carrier Identification
Report.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0013.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently-approved information
collection.
Respondents: Motor carriers and
commercial motor vehicle drivers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
472,470.
Estimated Time per Response: To
complete Form MCS–150—20 minutes;
and for Form MCS–150A—9 minutes.
To complete Form MCS–150B (HM
Permit Application)—6 minutes for
interstate carriers that have already
completed the Form MCS–150; and for
intrastate carriers that have never
completed a Form MCS–150—they will
need about 16 minutes to complete the
permit renewal.
Expiration Date: January 31, 2008.
Frequency of Response: One time for
Form MCS–150A; biennially for MCS–
150 and MCS–150B.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
119,270 hours [108,825 hours for Form
MCS–150 + 10,305 hours for Form
MCS–150A + 140 hours for Form MCS–
150B = 119,270 hours].
Background: Title 49 U.S.C. 504(b)(2)
provides the Secretary of Transportation
(Secretary) with authority to require
carriers, lessors, associations, or classes
of them to file annual, periodic, and
special reports containing answers to
questions asked by the Secretary. The
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records required to be prepared or
compiled and the time period during
which records must be preserved (See
§§ 504(b)(1) and (d)). FMCSA will use
this data to administer its safety
programs by establishing a database of
entities that are subject to its
regulations. This database necessitates
that these entities notify the FMCSA of
their existence. For example, under 49
CFR 390.19(a), FMCSA requires all
motor carriers beginning operations to
file a Form MCS–150 entitled, ‘‘Motor
Carrier Identification Report.’’ This
report is filed by all motor carriers
conducting operations in interstate or
international commerce within 90 days
after beginning operations. It asks the
respondent to provide the name of the
business entity that owns and controls
the motor carrier operation, address and
telephone of principal place of business,
assigned identification number(s), type
of operation, types of cargo usually
transported, number of vehicles owned,
term leased and trip leased, driver
information, and certification statement
signed by an individual authorized to
sign documents on behalf of the
business entity.
The Department of Transportation
(DOT) and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2002
(DOT Appropriations Act) (Pub. L. 107–
87, 115 Stat. 833, December 18, 2001)
directed the agency to implement
section 210 of the Motor Carrier Safety
Improvement Act of 1999 (Pub. L. 106–
159, 113 Stat. 1748, December 9, 1999)
by issuing an interim final rule (IFR) to
ensure that new entrant motor carriers
are knowledgeable about the Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Regulations
(FMCSRs) and standards. The IFR was
published on May 13, 2002 (67 FR
31983). The Form MCS–150A associated
with this rule is entitled, ‘‘Safety
Certification for Application for U.S.
DOT Number,’’ and is used to help
ensure that new entrants are
knowledgeable about the Federal motor
carrier safety regulations and standards
before being granted registration
authority to operate in interstate
commerce (Intrastate carriers are not
considered new entrants since they do
not operate in interstate commerce; and
thus do not need to complete or file the
Form MCS–150A.). Under the Form
MCS–150A, as required by 49 CFR
385.305, the new entrant must certify
that it has a system(s) in place to ensure
compliance with applicable
requirements covering driver
qualifications, hours-of-service,
controlled substance and alcohol
testing, vehicle condition, accident
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(HM) transportation. The certification
reminds the new entrant of its statutory
and regulatory responsibilities, which if
neglected or violated, may subject the
applicant to civil penalties and lead to
the revocation of the new entrant
registration.
On June 30, 2004, the agency issued
another final rule entitled, ‘‘Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Regulations:
Hazardous Materials Safety Permits,’’
(69 FR 39350) which required all HM
carriers (both interstate and intrastate)
to complete and file the Form MCS–
150B entitled, ‘‘Combined Motor Carrier
Identification Report and HM Permit
Application,’’ to obtain a safety permit
to transport hazardous materials. The
safety program under 49 CFR 390.19(a)
also requires all HM permitted carriers
to complete Form MCS–150B in place of
the current Form MCS–150 to ‘‘renew’’
both their permit and their DOT
numbers according to the DOT number
renewal schedule.
Accordingly, FMCSA seeks to revise
this currently-approved information
collection to update the records and
forms associated with its safety
programs identified above; and to
identify the regulated entities currently
engaged in these activities.
FMCSA published a Federal Register
notice allowing for a 60-day comment
period on the ICR on November 7, 2007.
No comments were received in response
to this notice.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed collection is
necessary for the performance of
FMCSA’s functions; (2) the accuracy of
the estimated burden; (3) ways for the
FMCSA to enhance the quality,
usefulness, and clarity of the collected
information; and (4) ways that the
burden could be minimized without
reducing the quality of the collected
information.
Issued on: January 10, 2008.
Terry Shelton,
Associate Administrator for Research and
Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2007–0074]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; New Information Collection:
Share the Road Safely Outreach
Program Assessment
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
FMCSA announces its plan to submit
the Information Collection Request (ICR)
described below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval. The proposed ICR
will be used to collect information on
commercial motor vehicle (CMV) and
passenger car drivers’ awareness of the
Share the Road Safely Outreach Program
safety messages and activities. On
September 11, 2007, FMCSA published
a Federal Register notice allowing for a
60-day comment period on the ICR. The
Agency received one comment on the
ICR.
DATES: Please submit your comments by
February 19, 2008. OMB must receive
your comments by this date in order to
act quickly on the ICR.
ADDRESSES: All comments should
reference DOT Docket Number FMCSA–
2007–0074. You may submit comments
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, 725
Seventeenth Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20503, Attention: DOT/FMCSA Desk
Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Brian Ronk, Program Manager, FMCSA,
Office of Outreach and Development,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington,
DC 20590–0001. Telephone: (202) 366–
1072; or e-mail [email protected].
Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Share the Road Safely Outreach
Program Assessment.
OMB Control Number: 2126–XXXX.
Type of Request: New information
collection.
Respondents: Public/licensed
passenger car drivers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1500.
Estimated Time per Response: The
estimated average burden per response
is 10 minutes.

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Expiration Date: N/A. This is a new
information collection request.
Frequency of Response: This
information collection will occur twice
within the three year effective period of
the OMB clearance; once in the initial
year of approval and again two years
following the initial data collection.
Estimated Average Total Annual
Burden: 167 hours [1,500 respondents ×
10 minutes/60 minutes per response × 2
telephone interviews/3 year ICR
approval timeframe = 167].
Background
The purpose of this study is to assess
the awareness of licensed drivers (both
CMV and passenger car) regarding Share
the Road Safely (STRS) messages and
activities. The study will assist FMCSA
in developing future STRS campaign
messages and identifying target
audiences and distribution strategies.
The data will be collected through a
telephone survey. Results of the study
will not be published in the Federal
Register, but used for internal research
purposes by FMCSA to assess its
outreach activities and identify
additional opportunities to help raise
the public’s awareness of driving safely
in, or around, large trucks and vehicles.
A follow-up survey will be conducted
two years after the initial data collection
and compared against the results from
the baseline assessment, then the IC will
continue every two years thereafter.
FMCSA published a Federal Register
notice allowing for a 60-day comment
period on the ICR on September 11,
2007. The Agency received one
comment regarding the need for it to
develop and enforce more rigorous
standards on the trucking industry. The
commenter asserts that a program like
‘‘Share the Road Safely’’ is mindboggling when the agency continues to
let unsafe trucks travel on our nation’s
highways, license one-eyed drivers and
those who submit spurious statements
to support registration. FMCSA
responded to the comment citing to
section 4127 of the Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity
Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU)
(Pub. L. 109–59, 119 Stat. 1144; Aug. 10,
2005) which authorizes the Secretary of
Transportation (Secretary) to conduct an
outreach and education program to be
administered by the Agency and the
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA). The Agency
affirmed the writer’s concern about
truck safety on our Nation’s roadways
and explained that the intent of the
STRS program is to educate the public
on how to prevent crashes, injuries and
fatalities when sharing the road safely
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