The collection
has been approved for a period of 18 months due to noncompliance
with the Government Paperwork Elimination Act. Upon resubmission,
the agency shall allow an electronic submission option or provide a
memo to OMB/OIRA on their timeline to reach GPEA compliance.
Further, the agency shall assess if questions from Form M can be
eliminated to lower its burden. This assessment will be in
consultation with the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The results of
this assessmen will be included in the supporting documents upon
resubmission.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
09/30/2020
36 Months From Approved
02/28/2019
98
0
308
865
0
2,772
38,870
0
308
The purpose of this request is
two-fold. The request is first to renew the OMB approval of the
mandatory use of Form M, the "Class I & II Motor Carriers of
Property and Household Goods Annual Report." The annual report is
used to collect financial, operating, equipment and employment data
from individual motor carriers of property and household goods.
Class I and Class II motor carriers of property are required to
file Form M. Class I carriers are those with $10 million or more
average annual gross transportation operating revenue (including
interstate and intrastate), and Class II motor carriers are those
with $3 million or more, but less than $10 million in operating
revenue (including interstate and intrastate). The 2nd purpose of
this request is to revise the ICR to incorporate the already OMB
approved “Annual Report of Class I Motor Carriers of Passengers”
ICR, OMB Control No. 2126-0031 (which is due to expire October 31,
2020), for mandatory use of the MP-1 Form, the “Annual Report Form
(Motor Carriers of Passengers)” with this ICR. As a result of the
ICR merge, FMCSA proposes to rename the 2126-0032 ICR as the
“Annual Report of Class I and Class II For-Hire Motor Carriers”
ICR. After OMB approval of the merged ICR, FMCSA proposes to submit
a request to withdraw the previously approved “Annual Report of
Class I Motor Carriers of Passengers” ICR, OMB Control No.
2126-0031. Class I motor carriers of passengers are required to
file Form MP-1. Class I carriers are those with $5 million or more
in operating revenue. The data collected will be available to users
in its original form. The data is not used by the DOT. Insurance
companies, consultants, law firms, academia, trade publications and
others may use the data to assess industry growth and its impact on
the economy, to identify industry changes that may affect national
transportation, and to monitor company financial stability. The
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) also uses the data to inform the
national annual input-output and Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
estimates. And BEA uses the data to prepare estimates of industry
output and provide details on inputs to supplement the information
on motor carriers of passengers collected by the U.S. Census
Bureau.
The program adjustment decrease
of 1,908 estimated annual burden hours [2,772 currently approved
hours – 864 proposed hours] for information collection 1 (Form M)
is due to updated information and estimates of the number of
responses. The updated estimate of the number respondents decreased
from 308 in the previously approved ICR to 96. No program
adjustments were made for information collection 2 (Form
MP-2).
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.