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Notice of Meeting Location and Time
The Commissioners have agreed to
hold their seventeenth meeting from
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday,
December 10, 2008, at the office of the
Information Technology and Innovation
Foundation (ITIF), 1250 I (‘‘Eye’’) Street,
NW., Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005.
The meeting will be open to the public.
If you need accommodations because
of a disability or require additional
information to attend the meeting,
please contact John V. Wells, Chief
Economist, U.S. Department of
Transportation, (202) 366–9224,
[email protected].
Issued on this 14 day of November, 2008.
John V. Wells,
Chief Economist, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Designated Federal Official.
[FR Doc. E8–27824 Filed 11–21–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2008–0299]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Revision and Renewal of a
Currently-Approved Information
Collection: OMB Control No. 2126–
0017 (Financial Responsibility, Motor
Carriers, Freight Forwarders and
Brokers)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
information.

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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 its
review and approval. The FMCSA
requests OMB approval to revise and
renew a currently-approved ICR
entitled, ‘‘Financial Responsibility,
Trucking and Freight Forwarding,’’ to
reflect an increase in burden hours due
to an increase in the estimated number
of annual responses. In addition, the
title of the ICR is being changed to
‘‘Financial Responsibility, Motor
Carriers, Freight Forwarders and
Brokers,’’ to better describe its purpose.
This ICR sets forth the financial
responsibility documentation
requirements for motor carriers, freight
forwarders and property brokers so they
can maintain the minimum levels of
financial responsibility required under
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Regulations (FMCSRs) to operate in
interstate, foreign or intrastate
commerce. FMCSA invites public
comment on this ICR.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before January 23, 2009.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
bearing the Department of
Transportation (DOT) Docket
Management System (DMS) Docket
Number FMCSA Docket Number
FMCSA–2008–0299 using any of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility;
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building
Group Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery: West Building
Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200
New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington
DC, 20590–0001, between 9 a.m. and 5
p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday,
except Federal Holidays.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
Each submission must include the
Agency name and the docket number for
this Notice. Please note that DOT posts
all comments received without change
to http://www.regulations.gov, including
any personal information included in a
comment. Please see the Privacy Act
heading below:
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments, go to http://
www.regulations.gov at any time or
Room W12–140 on the ground level of
the West Building, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590–
0001 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. The DMS is available 24 hours
each day, 365 days each year. If you
want acknowledgement that we
received your comments, please include
a self-addressed, stamped envelope or
post card or print the acknowledgement
page that appears after submitting online.
Privacy Act: Anyone may search the
electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or of the person signing the
comment, if submitted on behalf of an
association, business, labor union, etc.).
You may review the DOT’s complete
Privacy Act Statement in the Federal
Register on April 11, 2000 (65 FR
19477–78). This information is also
available at http://Docketinfo.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Dorothea Grymes, Transportation

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Specialist, Office of Enforcement and
Compliance, Commercial Enforcement
Division, Department of Transportation,
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration, 6th Floor, West
Building, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE.,
Washington DC 20590–0001. Telephone
Number: (202) 385–2405; E-mail
Address: [email protected].
Office hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
Holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Secretary of Transportation
(Secretary) is authorized to register for
hire motor carriers of regulated
commodities under the provisions of 49
U.S.C. 13902, surface freight forwarders
under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13903,
and property brokers under the
provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13904. These
persons may conduct transportation
services only if they are registered
pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 13901. The
Secretary has delegated authority
pertaining to these registration
requirements to the FMCSA. The
registration remains valid only as long
as these transportation entities
maintain, on file with the FMCSA,
evidence of the required levels of
insurance coverage pursuant to 49
U.S.C. 13906. FMCSA regulations
governing the financial responsibility
requirements for these entities are found
at 49 CFR part 387.
Forms for Endorsements, Certificates of
Insurance and Others
Evidence of Bodily Injury and
Property Damage (BI&PD) Liability
Forms BMC–91 and 91X entitled,
‘‘Motor Carrier Automobile Bodily
Injury and Property Damage Liability
Certificate of Insurance,’’ and Form
BMC–82 entitled, ‘‘Motor Carrier Bodily
Injury and Property Damage Liability
Surety Bond Under 49 U.S.C. § 13906,’’
provide evidence of the required
coverage for bodily injury and property
damage (BI&PD) liability.
Requirement to obtain Surety Bond or
Trust Fund Agreement Form BMC–34
entitled, ‘‘Motor Carrier Cargo Liability
Certificate of Insurance,’’ and Form
BMC–83 entitled ‘‘Motor Carrier Cargo
Liability Surety Bond Under 49 U.S.C.
§ 13906,’’ establish a carrier’s
compliance with the agency’s cargo
liability requirements. Form BMC–84
entitled ‘‘Property Broker’s Surety Bond
Under 49 U.S.C. § 13906,’’and Form
BMC–85 entitled, ‘‘Property Broker’s
Trust Fund Agreement Under 49 U.S.C.
§ 13906,’’ are filed by brokers to comply
with the requirement that they must
have a $10,000 surety bond or trust fund

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agreement in effect before FMCSA will
issue a property broker license.
Cancellation of Prior Filings Form
BMC–35 entitled, Notice of Cancellation
Motor Carrier Insurance Under 49
U.S.C. 13906, Form BMC–36 entitled,
‘‘Notice of Cancellation Motor Carrier
and Brokers Surety Bonds Under 49
U.S.C. § 13906,’’ and Form 85 entitled,
‘‘Property Broker’s Trust Fund
Agreement Under 49 U.S.C. 13906,’’
cancel prior filings.
Endorsement Form BMC 90 entitled,
‘‘Endorsement for Motor Carrier Policies
of Insurance for Automobile Bodily
Injury and Property Damage Liability
Under Section 13906, Title 49 of the
United States Code,’’ and Form BMC–32
entitled, ‘‘Endorsement for Motor
Common Carrier Policies of Insurance
for Cargo Liability Under 49 U.S.C.
§ 13906,’’ are executed by the insurance
company, attached to BI&PD and cargo
insurance policies, respectively, and
forwarded to the motor carrier or freight
forwarder.
Self Insurance motor carriers can also
apply to the FMCSA to self-insure
BI&PD and/or cargo liability in lieu of
filing certificates of insurance with the
FMCSA, as long as the carrier maintains
a satisfactory safety rating. See 49 CFR
387.7(d)(3) and 387.309. The Form
BMC–40 is the application used by
carriers to apply for self-insurance
authority.
Title: Financial Responsibility, Motor
Carriers, Freight Forwarders and
Brokers, formerly titled ‘‘Financial
Responsibility, Trucking and Freight
Forwarding.’’
OMB Control Number: 2126–0017.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently-approved information
collection.
Respondents: Motor carriers, freight
forwarders and brokers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
251,415.
Estimated Time per Response: The
estimated average burden per response
for the Form BMC–40 is 40 hours. The
estimated average burden per response
for all of the other remaining insurance
forms (BMC–32, 34, 35, 36, 82, 83, 84,
85, 90, 91, and 91X) is 10 minutes per
form.
Expiration Date: February 28, 2009.
Frequency of Response: Certificates of
insurance, surety bonds, and trust fund
agreements are required when the
transportation entity first registers with
the FMCSA and then when such
coverages are changed or replaced.
Notices of cancellation are required only
when such certificates of insurance,
surety bonds or trust fund agreements
are canceled. The Form BMC–40 is
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approval from FMCSA to self-insure its
BI&PD and/or cargo liability.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
66,960 hours [5 BMC–40 filings per year
x 40 hours to complete + 400,560 filings
per year for all of the other forms x 10
minutes/60 minutes to complete =
66,960].
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 agency to perform its
mission; (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. The agency will summarize
or include your comments in the request
for OMB’s clearance of this information
collection.
Issued on: November 14, 2008.
Terry Shelton,
Associate Administrator for Research and
Information Technology.
[FR Doc. E8–27867 Filed 11–21–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Preparation of an Environmental
Impact Statement/Environmental
Impact Report for the Geary Bus Rapid
Transit Project in San Francisco, CA
Federal Transit Administration
(FTA), Department of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare
an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS).
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) and the San
Francisco County Transportation
Authority (The Authority) intend to
prepare an EIS on the implementation of
a fixed-guideway transit system in the
Geary Boulevard Corridor located
between the Transbay Terminal on the
east (at First and Mission Streets) and
33rd Avenue on the west. Alternatives
proposed to be considered in the draft
EIS include a combined No Project/
Transportation Systems Management
(TSM) Alternative, a Geary BRT
Alternative and any additional
reasonable alternatives that emerge from
the study process. The EIS will be
prepared to satisfy the requirements of
the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 (NEPA) and its implementing
regulations. The FTA and The Authority
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the purpose and need to be addressed
by the project, the alternatives to be
considered in the EIS, and the
environmental and community impacts
to be evaluated.
DATES: Written comments on the scope
of the NEPA review, including the
project’s purpose and need, the
alternatives to be considered, and the
related impacts to be assessed, should
be sent to The Authority by December
24, 2008. See ADDRESSES below.
Scoping Meetings: Meetings to accept
comments on the scope of the EIS will
be held on December 4 and December 6,
2008 at the locations given below. On
December 4, 2008, the public scoping
meeting will begin at 6 p.m. and
continue until 8 p.m. or until all who
wish to provide oral comments have
been given the opportunity. The
meeting on December 6, 2008 will begin
at 10 a.m. and continue until 12 p.m. or
until all who wish to provide oral
comments have been given the
opportunity.
The locations are accessible to people
with disabilities. A court reporter will
record oral comments. Forms will be
provided on which to submit written
comments. Project staff will be available
at the meeting to informally discuss the
EIS scope and the proposed project.
Governmental agencies will be invited
to a separate scoping meeting to be held
on December 3, 2008 at the San
Francisco County Transportation
Authority between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on the
scope of the EIS, including the project’s
purpose and need, the alternatives to be
considered, and the related impacts to
be assessed, should be sent to Zabe
Bent, Principal Transportation Planner;
San Francisco County Transportation
Authority; 100 Van Ness Avenue, 26th
Floor; San Francisco, CA 94102. Phone:
(415) 522–4819. Fax: (415) 522–4829. Email: [email protected]. Please
include the name of an appropriate
contact person in your agency for
continued EIS coordination. Further
project information will be available at
the scoping meetings and may also be
obtained by calling (415) 522–4800, by
downloading materials from http://
www.GearyBRT.org or by e-mailing
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background/Project Description
The proposed project would be
located in the Geary Boulevard Corridor,
a key east-west transportation corridor
in the heart of the City and County of
San Francisco. Geary Boulevard is an
important roadway and transit route
serving high-density commercial and

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