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following issues: (1) Barrier design; (2)
road design, construction, and
maintenance practices; and (3) the
architecture and implementation of
intelligent transportation system
technologies.
Conclusion
The sixth meeting of the Motorcyclist
Advisory Council to the Federal
Highway Administration will be held on
May 7, 2009, at the Crystal City
Marriott, 1999 Jefferson Davis Highway,
Arlington, VA 22202 from 9 a.m. until
5 p.m.
Authority: Section 1914 of Public Law
109–59; Public Law 92–463, 5 U.S.C., App.
II § 1.
Issued on: April 1, 2009.
Jeffery F. Paniati,
Federal Highway Acting Deputy
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2008–0321]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Revision of Two Currently
Approved Information Collection
Requests: OMB Control Numbers
2126–0032 and 2126–0033 (Financial
and Operating Statistics for Motor
Carriers of Property)

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AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces FMCSA’s plan to
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) its request to revise two
currently approved information
collection requests (ICRs) as follows: (1)
OMB Control Number 2126–0032
entitled, ‘‘Annual Report of Class I and
Class II Motor Carriers of Property
(formerly OMB 2139–0004),’’ and (2)
OMB Control Number 2126–0033
entitled, ‘‘Quarterly Report of Class I
Motor Carriers of Property (formerly
OMB 2139–0002).’’ These ICRs are
necessary to ensure that motor carriers
comply with FMCSA’s financial and
operating statistics requirements at
chapter III of title 49 CFR part 369
entitled, ‘‘Reports of Motor Carriers.’’
The agency invites public comment on
this information collection request.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or June 8, 2009.

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You may submit comments
bearing the Federal Docket Management
System (FDMS) Docket Number
FMCSA–2008–0321 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
Ground 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. 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 FDMS 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 them
on-line.
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
19476). This information is also
available at http://docketsinfo.dot.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Vivian Oliver, Office of Research and
Information Technology, Department of
Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, West Building
6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE.,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Telephone: 202–366–2974; e-mail
[email protected].
ADDRESSES:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background: The Annual Report of
Class I and Class II Motor Carriers of
Property (Form M) and the Quarterly
Report of Class I Motor Carriers of
Property (Form QFR) are mandated
reporting requirements for all for-hire
motor carriers. See 49 U.S.C. 14123; and
implementing FMCSA regulations at 49
CFR part 369. The Secretary of
Transportation (Secretary) has exercised
his discretion under section 14123 to
also require Class I property carriers
(including dual-property carriers), Class
I household goods carriers and Class I
passenger carriers to file quarterly
reports. Motor carriers (including
interstate and intrastate) subject to the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Regulations are classified on the basis of
their gross carrier operating revenues.1
Under the F&OS program, FMCSA
collects from Class I and Class II
property carriers balance sheet and
income statement data along with
information on safety needs, tonnage,
mileage, employees, transportation
equipment, and other related data.
FMCSA may also ask carriers to respond
to surveys concerning their operations.
The data and information collected
would be made publicly available and
used by FMCSA to determine a motor
carrier’s compliance with the F&OS
program requirements prescribed at
chapter III of title of 49 CFR part 369.
The regulations were formerly
administered by the Interstate
Commerce Commission and later
transferred to the Secretary on January
1, 1996, by section 103 of the ICC
Termination Act of 1995 (Pub. L.104–
88, 109 Stat. 803 (Dec. 29, 1995)), now
codified at 49 U.S.C. 14123. On
September 30, 1998, the Secretary
delegated and transferred the authority
to administer the F&OS program to the
former Bureau of Transportation
Statistics (BTS), now part of the
Research and Innovative Technology
Administration (RITA), to former
chapter XI, subchapter B of 49 CFR part
1420 (63 FR 52192).
On September 29, 2004, the Secretary
transferred the responsibility for the
F&OS program from BTS to FMCSA in
the belief that the program was more
1 For purposes of the F&OS program, carriers are
classified into the following three groups: (1) Class
I carriers are those having annual carrier operating
revenues (including interstate and intrastate) of $10
million or more after applying the revenue deflator
formula as set forth in Note A of 49 CFR 369.2; (2)
Class II carriers are those having annual carrier
operating revenues (including interstate and
intrastate) of at least $3 million, but less than $10
million after applying the revenue deflator formula
as set forth in 49 CFR 369.2; and (3) Class III carriers
are those having annual carrier operating revenues
(including interstate and intrastate) of less than $3
million after applying the revenue deflator formula
as set forth in Note A of 49 CFR 369.2.

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aligned with FMCSA’s mission and its
other motor carrier responsibilities (69
FR 51009). On August 10, 2006, the
Secretary published a final rule (71 FR
45740) that transferred and redesignated
certain motor carrier financial and
statistical reporting regulations of BTS,
that were formerly located at chapter XI,
subchapter B of title 49 CFR part 1420,
to FMCSA under chapter III of title 49
CFR part 369.
Title: Annual Report of Class I and
Class II Motor Carriers of Property
(formerly OMB Control Number 2139–
0004).
New OMB Control Number: 2126–
0032.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently-approved information
collection.
Respondents: Class I and Class II
Motor Carriers of Property.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
372 (per year).

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Estimated Time per Response: 9
hours.
Expiration Date: June 30, 2009.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
3,348 hours [372 respondents × 9 hours
to complete form = 3,348].
Title: Quarterly Report of Class I
Motor Carriers of Property (formerly
OMB Control Number 2139–0002).
New OMB Control Number: 2126–
0033.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently-approved information
collection.
Respondents: Class I Motor Carriers of
Property.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
120.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.8
hours (27 minutes per quarter).
Expiration Date: June 30, 2009.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 216
hours [120 respondents × 1.8 hours to
complete forms = 216].

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Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed information
collection is necessary for FMCSA to
perform its mission; (2) the accuracy of
the estimated burden; (3) ways for
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
and/or include your comments in the
request for OMB’s clearance of this
information collection.
Issued on: March 31, 2009.
Terry Shelton,
Associate Administrator for Research and
Information Technology.
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