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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 242 / Monday, December 18, 2006 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2006–26261]

Notice of Request for Comments on
Renewal of a Currently Approved
Information Collection: Financial
Responsibility for Motor Carriers of
Passengers and Motor Carriers of
Property
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice; request for information.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: 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
review and approval. This information
collection renewal will be used to
ensure that motor carriers of property
and passengers maintain the appropriate
levels of financial responsibility to
operate on public highways. The
Agency published a Federal Register
notice allowing for a 60-day comment
period on the ICR in August 2006 (71 FR
48967, Aug. 22, 2006). FMCSA did not
receive any comments in response to
this notice.
DATES: Please send your comments by
January 17, 2007. OMB must receive
your comments by this date in order to
act quickly on the ICR.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, 725
Seventeenth Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20503, Attention: DOT/FMCSA Desk
Officer.

Ms.
Stephanie Haller, Commercial
Enforcement, Department of
Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, 400 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington DC 20590–
0001. Telephone: 202–385–2422; e-mail
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Financial Responsibility for
Motor Carriers of Passengers and Motor
Carriers of Property.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0008.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently-approved information
collection.
Respondents: Insurance and surety
companies of motor carriers of property
(Forms MCS–90 and MCS–82) and
motor carriers of passengers (Forms
MCS–90B and MCS–82B).

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Estimated Number of Respondents:
143,728 [138,768 property carriers +
4,960 passengers carriers = 143,728].
Estimated Time per Response: The
FMCSA estimates it takes two minutes
for an insurance company to complete
the Endorsement for Motor Carrier
Policies of Insurances for Public
Liability (Forms MCS–90/90B; for both
property and passenger carriers) or the
Motor Carrier Public Liability Surety
Bond (Forms MCS–82/82B for both
property and passenger carriers); one
minute for the insurance company to
file the Motor Carrier Public Liability
Surety Bond (Forms MCS–82/82B) with
FMCSA; one minute for the insurance
company to provide Forms MCS–90/
90B to the carrier; and one minute to
place either document (Forms MCS–90/
90B and MCS–82/82B) on board the
vehicle (foreign-domiciled motor
carriers only). These endorsements
(Forms MCS–90/90B and MCS–82/82B)
are maintained at the motor carrier’s
principal place of business (see 49 CFR
387.7(d)).
Expiration Date: December 31, 2006.
Frequency of Response: Upon
creation, change, or replacement of an
insurance policy or surety bond.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
4,529 hours [151.4 hours for motor
carriers of passengers + 4,377.4 hours
for motor carriers of property = 4,528.8
or rounded to the nearest hour 4,529].
Background
The Secretary of Transportation is
responsible for implementing
regulations which establish the minimal
levels of financial responsibility for: (1)
For-hire motor carriers of property to
cover public liability, property damage,
and environmental restoration, and (2)
for-hire motor carriers of passengers to
cover public liability and property
damage. The Endorsement for Motor
Carrier Policies of Insurance for Public
Liability (Forms MCS–90/90B) and the
Motor Carrier Public Liability Surety
Bond (Forms MCS–82/82B) contain the
minimum amount of information
necessary to document that a motor
carrier of property or passengers has
obtained, and has in effect, the
minimum levels of financial
responsibility as set forth in applicable
regulations (motor carriers of property—
49 CFR 387.9; and motor carrier of
passengers—49 CFR 387.33). FMCSA
and the public can verify that a motor
carrier of property or passengers has
obtained, and has in effect, the required
minimum levels of financial
responsibility, by use of the information
embraced within these documents.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this

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information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed collection is
necessary for the FMCSA’s performance;
(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.
Issued on: December 11, 2006.
John H. Hill,
Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
Solicitation of Applications for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2007, Commercial Motor
Vehicle (CMV) Operator Safety Training
Grant Opportunity
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces that it has
published an opportunity to apply for
FY 2007 CMV Operator Safety Training
Grant Opportunity funding on the
grants.gov Web site (http://
www.grants.gov). Section 4134 of the
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy For
Users (SAFETEA–LU) establishes the
CMV Operator Safety Training Grant
Opportunity program. The legislation
requires grant recipients to train drivers
and future drivers in the safe operation
of CMVs, as defined in Section 31301 of
Title 49, United States Code. Priority
will be given to regional or multi-state
educational or nonprofit associations
serving economically distressed regions
of the United States. Eligible awardees
also can include State governments,
local governments, and accredited postsecondary educational institutions
(public or private) such as colleges,
universities, vocational-technical
schools and truck driver training
schools. To apply for funding,
applicants must be registered with
grants.gov. Registration with grants.gov
may take two to five days before the
system will allow you to apply for
grants using the grants.gov Web site
(http://www.grants.gov/applicants/
get_registered.jsp). Submit application
in accordance with the instructions
provided. Applications for grant
funding must be submitted
electronically to the FMCSA through the

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