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result in the elimination of two
quarterly reporting requirements that
are currently reported to OMB under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520). These forms
include: (1) Form QFR Quarterly for
property carriers, authorized by OMB
under information collection 2126–
0033; and (2) the Class I passenger
carrier financial quarterly survey (MP–
1 Quarterly), authorized by OMB under
information collection 2126–0031. The
FMCSA does not have the statutory
authority to eliminate the annual
reporting requirements for property or
passengers. FMCSA will be publishing a
direct final rule that will include
additional information, including the
reduced paperwork burden, resulting
from this future action.
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: Extension of a
currently-approved information
collection.
Respondents: Class I and Class II
Motor Carriers of Property.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
197 (per year).
Estimated Time per Response: 9
hours.
Expiration Date: September 30, 2012.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
1,773 hours [197 respondents × 9 hours
to complete form = 1,773].
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: Extension of a
currently-approved information
collection.
Respondents: Class I Motor Carriers of
Property.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
111.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.8
hours (27 minutes per quarter).
Expiration Date: September 30, 2012.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 200
hours [111 respondents × 1.8 hours to
complete forms = 200].
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 FMCSA
to enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the collected information; and
(4) ways that the burden could be

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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: April 12, 2012.
Kelly Leone,
Associate Administrator for Office of
Research and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2012–9548 Filed 4–19–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2012–0048]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Extension of a CurrentlyApproved Information Collection:
Annual and Quarterly Report of Class
I Motor Carriers of Passengers
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
FMCSA announces its plan to submit to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) its request to revise a currentlyapproved information collection for
Class I Motor Carriers of Passengers,
(Form MP–1) entitled, ‘‘Annual and
Quarterly Reports.’’ This information
collection is necessary to ensure that
motor carriers comply with financial
and operating statistics requirements at
49 CFR part 369. The agency invites
public comments on this information
request.

SUMMARY:

We must receive your comments
on or before June 19, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
bearing the Federal Docket Management
System (FDMS) Docket Number
FMCSA–2012–0048 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.
DATES:

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Instructions: All submissions must
include the Agency name and docket
number. For detailed instructions on
submitting comments, 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.
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. Telephone:
202–366–2974; email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: For-hire Class I motor
carriers of passengers (including
interstate and intrastate) 1 are required
1 For purposes of the Financial & Operating
Statistics (F&OS) program, passenger carriers are
classified into the following two groups: (1) Class
I carriers are those having average annual gross
transportation operating revenues (including
interstate and intrastate) of $5 million or more from
passenger motor carrier operations after applying
the revenue deflator formula in the Note of section

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to file Motor Carrier Quarterly and
Annual Reports (Form MP–1) that
provide financial and operating data
(see 49 U.S.C. 14123; and implementing
FMCSA regulations at 49 CFR part 369).
The agency uses this information to
assess the health of the industry and
identify industry changes that may
affect national transportation policy.
The data also show company financial
stability and traffic patterns. Motor
carriers of passengers required to
comply with the regulations are
classified on the basis of their annual
gross carrier operating revenues. Under
the Financial & Operating Statistics
(F&OS) program the FMCSA collects
balance sheet and income statement
data along with information on tonnage,
mileage, employees, transportation
equipment, and other related data.
The data and information collected is
made publicly available as prescribed in
49 CFR part 369. The regulations were
formerly administered by the Interstate
Commerce Commission (ICC), the
Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C.
11145, 49 U.S.C. 11343(d)(1) and the
Bus Regulatory Act of 1982 and later
transferred to the U.S. Department of
Transportation on January 1, 1996, by
the ICC Termination Act of 1995
(ICCTA) (Pub. L. 104–88, 109 Stat. 803
(Dec. 29, 1995)), now codified at 49
U.S.C. 14123. The Secretary of
Transportation (Secretary) transferred
the authority to administer the F&OS
program to the former Bureau of
Transportation Statistics on September
30, 1998 (63 FR 52192). Pursuant to this
authority, the BTS, now part of the
Research and Innovative Technology
Administration (RITA), became the
responsible DOT modal administration
for implementing the F&OS program
and requirements at 49 CFR part 1420.
On September 29, 2004, the Secretary
transferred the responsibility for the
F&OS program from BTS, to FMCSA (69
FR 51009). On August 10, 2006 (71 FR
45740), the Secretary published a final
rule that transferred and redesignated
the motor carrier financial and
statistical reporting regulations of BTS
that were formerly located at chapter XI
of title 49 CFR to FMCSA in 49 chapter
III of title 49 CFR part 369.
1420.3; (2) Class II passenger carriers are those
having average annual gross transportation
operating revenues (including interstate and
intrastate) of less than $5 million from passenger
motor carrier operations after applying the revenue
deflator formula as shown in Note A of section
1420.3. Only Class I carriers of passengers are
required to file Annual and Quarterly Report Form
MP–1, but Class II passenger carriers must notify
the agency when there is a change in their
classification or their revenues exceed the Class II
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FMCSA plans to initiate a regulatory
proceeding in the near future that will
result in the elimination of two
quarterly reporting requirements that
are currently reported to OMB under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520). These forms
include: (1) Form QFR Quarterly for
property carriers, authorized by OMB
under information collection 2126–
0033; and (2) the Class I passenger
carrier financial quarterly survey (MP–
1 Quarterly), authorized by OMB under
information collection 2126–0031. The
FMCSA does not have the statutory
authority to eliminate the annual
reporting requirements for property or
passengers. FMCSA will be publishing a
direct final rule that will include
additional information, including the
reduced paperwork burden, resulting
from this future action.
Title: Annual and Quarterly Report of
Class I Motor Carriers of Passengers
(OMB 2139–0003).
OMB Control Number: 2126–0031.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection request.
Respondents: Class I Motor Carriers of
Passengers.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 2.
Estimated Time per Response: 18
minutes per response.
Expiration Date: September 30, 2012.
Frequency of Response: Annually and
Quarterly.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 3
hours [10 responses × 18 minutes per
response/60 minutes].
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 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: April 12, 2012.
Kelly Leone,
Associate Administrator for Office of
Research and Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[FMCSA–2012–0102]

Proposed Recommendations on
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice; request for public
comments.
AGENCY:

FMCSA announces proposed
recommendations from the Motor
Carrier Safety Advisory Committee
(MCSAC) and the Medical Review
Board (MRB) on Obstructive Sleep
Apnea (OSA) and the medical
certification of commercial motor
vehicle (CMV) drivers. The MCSAC and
the MRB are FMCSA advisory
committees and operate in accordance
with the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (FACA). At the Agency’s request,
the committees deliberated and
provided their finalized
recommendations to FMCSA on
February 6, 2012. The Agency proposes
to adopt the recommendations as
regulatory guidance after reviewing and
evaluating comments received from the
public.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before May 21, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
bearing the Federal Docket Management
System (FDMS) Docket No. FMCSA
2012–0102 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, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal
Holidays.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
Instructions: Each submission must
include the Agency name and the
docket numbers for this notice. 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 for
further information.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
SUMMARY:

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