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These obligations arise irregularly
because they are associated with the
hiring process. This collection also
imposes certain annual obligations on
motor carriers and employee-drivers.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
3,254,580 hours. FMCSA arrives at this
estimate through calculation of the time
involved with each of the requirements
of the driver qualification rules
including those pertaining to the hiring
of a CMV driver by a motor carrier and
the safety performance history of the
applicant-driver.
Background

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The Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1984
(Pub. L. 98–554, Title II, 98 Stat. 2834
(October 30, 1984)) requires the
Secretary of Transportation to issue
regulations pertaining to CMV safety.
These regulations, also issued under the
authority provided by 49 U.S.C. 504,
31133, 31136, and 31502, require motor
carriers to maintain a driver
qualification file on each of their CMV
drivers. The rules require a motor
carrier to obtain and maintain specified
information concerning the
qualifications of each driver to operate
a CMV in interstate commerce. The
CMV driver is often required to produce
the required information. The majority
of the information is collected during
the process of hiring the CMV driver
and during annual reviews. This
information is available to FMCSA
investigators to substantiate the
qualifications of drivers to operate a
CMV safely in interstate commerce. A
qualified driver means fewer crashes.
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: August 31, 2007.
Michael S. Griffith,
Acting Associate Administrator for Research
and Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2007–28630]

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 its
review and approval and invites public
comment. 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 (STRS) safety
messages and activities. This
information collection will aid FMCSA
in developing future Share the Road
Safely initiatives by surveying and
examining driver awareness of sharing
the road safely by using safety messages
and activities.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before November 13, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by any of the following
methods. Please identify your comments
by the FMCSA Docket Number FMCSA–
2007–28630.
• Web site: http://dms.dot.gov.
Follow instructions for submitting
comments to the Docket.
• Fax: 202–493–2251.
• Mail: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, M–
30, West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590.
• Hand Delivery: U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, M–
30, West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590 between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
Docket: For access to the Docket
Management System (DMS) to read
background documents or comments
received, go to http://dms.dot.gov at any
time or to the U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, M–
30, West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590 between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday,

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except Federal holidays. The DMS is
available electronically 24 hours each
day, 365 days each year. If you want
notification of receipt of your
comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope, or
postcard or print the acknowledgement
page that appears after submitting
comments on-line.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register on
April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477), or you
may visit http://dms.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Brian Ronk, Office of Outreach and
Development, Department of
Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590.
Telephone: (202) 366–1072, or e-mail
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The purpose of this study is to assess
the awareness of licensed drivers
regarding Share the Road Safely
messages. 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, but used for
internal research purposes by FMCSA to
assess its outreach activities and
identify 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.
Title: Share the Road Safely Outreach
Program Assessment.
OMB Control Number: 2126–XXXX.
Type of Request: New collection.
Respondents: Public/licensed drivers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,500.
Estimated Time per Response: The
estimated average burden per response
is 10 minutes.
Expiration Date: N/A.
Frequency of Response: Other. The
information will be collected during the
first year of approval and again two
years following the initial data
collection.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 250
hours [1,500 responses × 10 minutes/60
minutes per response = 250].

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Public Comments Invited: Interested
parties are invited to send comments
regarding any aspect of this information
collection, including but not limited to:
(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. Comments submitted in
response to this notice will be
summarized and/ or included in the
request for OMB’s clearance for this
information collection.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

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On April 6, 2007, FMCSA published
a notice in the Federal Register (72 FR
17218), to announce that its Information
Collection Request (ICR) for collecting
data about motor carriers who operate
small passenger-carrying commercial
motor vehicles had been sent to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. In the
April 6th notice, the agency imposed a
30-day comment period for interested
parties to comment on the survey. The
comment period ended on May 7, 2007.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Purpose of Reopening the Comment
Period

Issued on: August 31, 2007.
Michael S. Griffith,
Acting Associate Administrator for Research
and Information Technology.
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Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2006–27393]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Request for Comments;
Notice of Intent To Survey Motor
Carriers Operating Small PassengerCarrying Commercial Motor Vehicles
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments; reopening of comment
period.
AGENCY:

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Commercial Passenger Carrier Safety
Division, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590, phone (202)
366–5763, fax (202) 366–3621, e-mail
[email protected]. Office hours
are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., e.t., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUMMARY: The Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration (FMCSA) is
reopening the comment period on its
April 6, 2007, notice and request for
comments concerning a proposed
survey of motor carriers operating smallpassenger-carrying commercial motor
vehicles to obtain additional feedback
from motor carriers and interested
parties.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before October 11, 2007. OMB must
receive your comments by this date to
act quickly on the request.
ADDRESSES: Send 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.
Peter Chandler, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, DOT, Office of
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The comment period is being
reopened to allow more time for the
public to comment on this proposed
survey. FMCSA is committed to
obtaining information that will provide
insight into the common safety and
regulatory compliance challenges facing
motor carriers with small passengercarrying CMV operations. Such
information provided in the comments
will also be utilized by FMCSA to
develop educational outreach initiatives
for the affected industry segment. It is
appropriate that FMCSA connect with
and inform this segment of the motor
carrier industry of its regulatory
compliance responsibilities before
implementing an enforcement program.
Any information obtained will help
identify specific areas of regulatory
compliance that are problematic for this
industry segment. The survey will also
obtain needed insight about how to best
provide and distribute information to
the affected industry segment.
Issued on: September 4, 2007.
Terry Shelton,
Associate Administrator for Research and
Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2007–28523]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Revision of an Approved
Information Collection: Request for
Revocation of Authority Granted
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. This information
collection notifies the FMCSA of a
voluntary request by a motor carrier,
freight forwarder, or property broker to
amend or revoke its registration of
authority granted. On April 3, 2007,
FMCSA published a Federal Register
notice allowing for a 60-day comment
period on the ICR. No comments were
received by the agency.
DATES: Please send your comments by
October 11, 2007. OMB must receive
your comments by this date in order to
act quickly on the ICR.
ADDRESSES: 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:
Stephanie Haller, Supervisory
Transportation Specialist, Commercial
Enforcement Division, Department of
Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, West Building
6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone:
202–385–2362; e-mail
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Request for Revocation of
Authority.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0018.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently-approved information
collection.
Form Number: OCE–46.
Respondents: Motor carriers, freight
forwarders and property brokers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
3,250.
Estimated Time per Response: 15
minutes.
Expiration Date: September 30, 2007.

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