60-day Federal Register Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 50 / Wednesday, March 14, 2012 / Notices
Issued on: March 5, 2012.
Kelly Leone,
Associate Administrator for Office of
Research and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2012–6059 Filed 3–13–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2012–0059]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Extension of a CurrentlyApproved Information Collection:
Licensing Applications for Motor
Carrier Operating Authority
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
information.
AGENCY:

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 seeks
approval to extend an ICR entitled,
‘‘Licensing Applications for Motor
Carrier Operating Authority,’’ that is
used by for-hire motor carriers of
regulated commodities, motor passenger
carriers, freight forwarders, property
brokers, and certain Mexico-domiciled
motor carriers to register their
operations with the FMCSA. The agency
invites public comment on the ICR.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before May 14, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) Docket
Number FMCSA–2012–0059 using any
of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility;
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building,
Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 20590–
0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: West
Building, Ground Floor, Room W12–
140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and
5 p.m. e.t., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the Agency name and docket
number. For detailed instructions on

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submitting comments and additional
information on the exemption process,
see the Public Participation heading
below. Note that all comments received
will be posted without change to
http://www.regulations.gov, including
any personal information provided.
Please see the Privacy Act heading
below.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to http://
www.regulations.gov, and follow the
online instructions for accessing the
dockets, or go to the street address listed
above.
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 for the Federal Docket
Management System published in the
Federal Register on January 17, 2008
(73 FR 3316), or you may visit http://
edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdfE8794.pdf.
Public Participation: The Federal
eRulemaking Portal is available 24
hours each day, 365 days each year. You
can obtain electronic submission and
retrieval help and guidelines under the
‘‘help’’ section of the Federal
eRulemaking Portal Web site. If you
want us to notify you that we received
your comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope or
postcard, or print the acknowledgement
page that appears after submitting
comments online. Comments received
after the comment closing date will be
included in the docket and will be
considered to the extent practicable.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Denise Ryan, Transportation Specialist,
Office of Information Technology,
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) 493–0242; Email Address
[email protected]. Office hours are
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The FMCSA is
authorized to register for-hire motor
carriers of regulated commodities under
the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13902;
freight forwarders under the provisions
of 49 U.S.C. 13903; property brokers
under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13904;

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and certain Mexican motor carriers
under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13902
and the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) motor carrier
access provision. The forms used to
apply for registration authority with the
FMCSA are: Form OP–1 for motor
property carriers and brokers; Form OP–
1(P) for motor passenger carriers; Form
OP–1(FF) for freight forwarders; and
Form OP–1(MX) for certain Mexican
motor carriers. These forms request
information on the applicant’s identity,
location, familiarity with safety
requirements, and type of proposed
operations. There are some differences
on the forms due to specific statutory
standards for registration of the different
types of transportation entities.
Title: Licensing Applications for
Motor Carrier Operating Authority.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0016.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently-approved information
collection.
Respondents: Motor carriers, motor
passenger carriers, freight forwarders,
brokers, and certain Mexico-domiciled.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
37,239.
Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours
to complete Form OP–1(MX); and 2
hours to complete Forms OP–1, OP–
1(FF), OP–1(P).
Expiration Date: September 30, 2012.
Frequency of Response: Other (as
needed).
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
74,556 hours [71,400 hours for Form
OP–1 + 2,000 hours for Form OP–1(P)
+ 1,000 hours for Form OP–1(FF) + 140
hours for Form OP–1(MX) + 16 hours
for OP–1(NNA) = 74,556].
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: March 2, 2012.
Kelly Leone,
Associate Administrator for Research and
Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2012–6084 Filed 3–13–12; 8:45 am]
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