[Federal Register: August 15, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 159)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2008-0211]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a
Currently-Approved Information Collection: Application for Certificate
of Registration for Foreign Motor Carriers and Foreign Motor Private
Carriers
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for information.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FMCSA
announces its plan to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR) to
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval.
FMCSA requests approval to revise an existing information collection
(IC) entitled, ``Application for Certificate of Registration for
Foreign Motor Carriers and Foreign Motor Private Carriers,'' that
requires Mexico-domiciled for-hire and private motor carriers to file
an application Form OP-2 if they wish to register to transport property
only within municipalities in the United States on the U.S.-Mexico
international borders or within the commercial zones of such
municipalities. On June 9, 2008, FMCSA published a Federal Register
notice announcing for a 60-day comment period on the ICR. No comments
were received on the ICR.
DATES: Please send your comments by September 15, 2008. OMB must
receive your comments by this date in order to act quickly on the ICR.
ADDRESSES: All comments should reference DOT Docket No. FMCSA-2008-
0211. 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Denise Ryan, Transportation
Specialist, Office of 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; E-mail Address:
denise.ryan@dot.gov. Office hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Title: Application for Certificate of Registration for Foreign
Motor Carriers and Foreign Motor Private Carriers.
OMB Control Number: 2126-0019.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently-approved information
collection.
Respondents: Foreign motor carriers and commercial motor vehicle
drivers.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 615.
Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours to complete Form OP-2.
Expiration Date: August 31, 2008.
Frequency of Response: Other (Once).
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 2,460 hours [615 responses x 4 hours
to complete Form OP-2 = 2,460].
Background: Title 49 U.S.C. 13902(c) contains basic licensing
procedures for registering foreign motor carriers to operate across the
Mexico-U.S. border into the United States. Part 368 of title 49, CFR,
contains the regulations that require Mexico-domiciled motor carriers
to apply to FMCSA for a Certificate of Registration to provide
interstate transportation in municipalities in the United States on the
U.S.-Mexico international border or within the commercial zones of such
municipalities as defined in 49 U.S.C. 13902(c)(4)(A). FMCSA carries
out this registration program under authority delegated by the
Secretary of Transportation.
Foreign (Mexico-based) motor carriers use Form OP-2 to apply for a
Certificate of Registration from the FMCSA. The form requests
information on the foreign motor carrier's name, address, U.S. DOT
Number, form of business (e.g., corporation, sole proprietorship,
partnership), locations where the applicant plans to operate, types of
registration requested (e.g., for-hire motor carrier, motor private
carrier), insurance, safety certifications, household goods arbitration
certifications, and compliance certifications.
Public Comments Invited: You may comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1) Whether the proposed collection
is necessary for the FMCSA to perform it's functions; (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: August 6, 2008.
Terry Shelton,
Associate Administrator for Research and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. E8-18902 Filed 8-14-08; 8:45 am]
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