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Management and Budget. Comments
should be addressed to the attention of
the Desk Officer, Department of
Transportation/Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, and sent via
electronic mail to
[email protected], or faxed
to (202) 395–6974, or mailed to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102,
725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC
20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Vivian Oliver, Transportation Specialist,
Office of Information Technology,
Operations Division, 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 Address:
[email protected]. Office hours are
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Quarterly Report of Class I and
Class II Motor Carriers of Property
(formerly OMB 2139–0002).
OMB Control Number: 2126–0033.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently-approved information
collection.
Respondents: Class I and Class II
Motor Carriers of Property.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
111 (per year).
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 x 1.8 hours to
complete form = 200].
Background: The Quarterly Report of
Class I and Class II Motor Carriers of
Property (Form QFR) is a mandated
reporting requirement for all for-hire
motor carriers (See 49 U.S.C. 14123 and
implementing FMCSA regulations in 49
CFR part 369). 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
1 For purposes of the Financial and Operating
Statistics (F&OS) program, carriers are classified
into 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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Under the Financial and Operating
Statistics (F&OS) program, FMCSA
collects balance sheet and income
statement data from Class I and Class II
property carriers 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 FMCSA
would use both to determine a motor
carrier’s compliance with the F&OS
program requirements prescribed in
chapter III of title of 49 CFR part 369.
In the past, the former Interstate
Commerce Commission issued these
regulations. Later this authority
transferred to the Secretary on January
1, 1996, by Chapter 141 of the ICC
Termination Act of 1995(ICCTA) (Pub.
L..104–88, 109 Stat. 803, 893 (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).
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
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 in chapter XI,
subchapter B of title 49 CFR part 1420,
to FMCSA under chapter III of title 49
CFR part 369.
Public Comments Invited: FMCSA
requests comments on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed collection is
necessary for FMCSA to perform its
functions; (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.
Issued on: September 4, 2012.
Kelly Leone,
Associate Administrator for Office of
Research and Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2012–0031]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Extension of CurrentlyApproved Information Collection
Request: Quarterly Report of Class I
Motor Carriers of Property (Formerly
OMB 2139–0002)
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
the Information Collection Request (ICR)
described below to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for its
review and approval. FMCSA requests
approval to revise an ICR entitled,
‘‘Quarterly Report of Class I Motor
Carriers of Property (formerly OMB
2139–0002),’’ which the Agency uses to
ensure that motor carriers comply with
its financial and operating statistics
requirements in chapter III of title 49
CFR part 369 entitled, ‘‘Reports of Motor
Carriers.’’ FMCSA invites public
comment on this ICR. On April 20,
2012, FMCSA published a Federal
Register notice allowing for a 60-day
comment period on the ICR. In response
to the above notice, the Agency received
one comment from the National Motor
Freight Traffic Association, Inc.
(NMFTA), which requested that these
reports no longer be required. FMCSA
may consider this request in a future
rulemaking regarding this information
collection requirement.
DATES: Please send your comments by
October 17, 2012. OMB must receive
your comments by this date in order to
act quickly on the ICR.
ADDRESSES: All comments should
reference Federal Docket Management
System (FDMS) Docket Number
FMCSA–2012–0031. Interested persons
are invited to submit written comments
on the proposed information collection
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget. Comments
should be addressed to the attention of
the Desk Officer, Department of
Transportation/Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, and sent via
electronic mail to
[email protected], or faxed
to (202) 395–6974, or mailed to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
SUMMARY:

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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 180 / Monday, September 17, 2012 / Notices

Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102,
725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC
20503.
Ms.
Vivian Oliver, Transportation Specialist,
Office of Information Technology,
Operations Division, 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 Address:
[email protected]. Office hours are
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Quarterly Report of Class I and
Class II Motor Carriers of Property
(formerly OMB 2139–0002).
OMB Control Number: 2126–0033.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently-approved information
collection.
Respondents: Class I and Class II
Motor Carriers of Property.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
111 (per year).
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 x 1.8 hours to
complete form = 200].
Background: The Quarterly Report of
Class I and Class II Motor Carriers of
Property (Form QFR) is a mandated
reporting requirement for all for-hire
motor carriers (See 49 U.S.C. § 14123
and implementing FMCSA regulations
in 49 CFR part 369). 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 Financial and Operating
Statistics (F&OS) program, FMCSA
collects balance sheet and income
statement data from Class I and Class II
property carriers along with information
on safety needs, tonnage, mileage,
employees, transportation equipment,
and other related data. FMCSA may also

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

1 For purposes of the Financial and Operating
Statistics (F&OS) program, carriers are classified
into 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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ask carriers to respond to surveys
concerning their operations. The data
and information collected would be
made publicly available, and FMCSA
would use both to determine a motor
carrier’s compliance with the F&OS
program requirements prescribed in
chapter III of title of 49 CFR part 369.
In the past, the former Interstate
Commerce Commission issued these
regulations. Later this authority
transferred to the Secretary on January
1, 1996, by Chapter 141 of the ICC
Termination Act of 1995 (ICCTA) (Pub.
L. 104–88, 109 Stat. 803, 893 (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).
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
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 in chapter XI,
subchapter B of title 49 CFR part 1420,
to FMCSA under chapter III of title 49
CFR part 369.
Public Comments Invited: FMCSA
requests comments on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed collection is
necessary for FMCSA to perform its
functions; (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.
Issued on: September 4, 2012.
Kelly Leone,
Associate Administrator for Office of
Research and Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Transit Administration
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for a
Light Rail Operations and Maintenance
Satellite Facility, King and Snohomish
Counties, Washington
Federal Transit Administration,
United States Department of
Transportation.
ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement.
AGENCY:

The Federal Transit
Administration (FTA) and the Central
Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority
(Sound Transit) are planning to prepare
an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for Sound Transit’s proposed new
Light Rail Operations and Maintenance
Satellite Facility (OMSF). The OMSF
would allow Sound Transit to meet
future maintenance and storage needs of
an expanded fleet of light rail vehicles
identified in the Sound Transit 2 (ST2)
Plan. The EIS will be prepared in
accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and
Washington’s State Environmental
Policy Act (SEPA). This Notice of Intent
initiates scoping for the EIS, invites
interested parties to participate in the
EIS process, provides information about
the preliminary purpose and need for
the proposed transit project, includes
site alternatives being considered for
evaluation in the EIS, and identifies
potential environmental effects to be
considered. The notice invites public
comments on the scope of the EIS and
announces the public scoping meetings
that will be conducted. Alternatives
being considered for evaluation include
a No-Build alternative and five sites
where the OMSF could be built.
DATES: Written comments on the scope
of alternatives and impacts to be
considered in the EIS must be received
no later than October 22, 2012, and
must be sent to Sound Transit as
indicated below. Information about the
proposed project, the Scoping
Information Report, and the EIS process
will be available at two public scoping
meetings (on Oct. 8 and Oct. 11) and
one scoping meeting for tribal and
agency representatives (on Oct. 9) at the
locations described below. Sound
Transit and FTA will accept comments
at those meetings.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on the
scope of the EIS should be sent to Kent
Hale, Senior Environmental Planner,
Sound Transit, 401 S. Jackson Street,
Seattle, WA 98104–2826, or by email to
[email protected].
SUMMARY:

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