Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information

Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act 1995 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35), this notice announces that the Information Collection

Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR describes

the nature of the information collection and its expected burden. The

Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting

comments on the following collection of information was published on

April 18, 1996 [FR 61 16968].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before November 27, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Peter C. Chandler, Office of Motor

Carrier Research and Standards, (202) 366-5763, Federal Highway

Administration, Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

Title: Drivers Qualification Files (Regularly Employed Drivers and

Intermittent, Casual, or Occasional Drivers).

Type of Request: Reinstatement, without change, of previous changes

to a currently approved information collection.

OMB Control Number: 2125-0065.

Form Number: None.

Affected Public: Motor Carriers.

Abstract: Motor Carriers are required to maintain a drivers

qualification file for each commercial motor vehicle (CMV) driver to

document that the driver meets the qualifications standards to drive a

CMV in interstate commerce.

Need: To ensure the motor carrier to maintain a driver's

qualification file for each regularly employed driver and each

intermittent, casual, and occasional driver.

Estimated Annual Burden: The total annual burden is 860,749 hours.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503, Attention DOT Desk Officer.

Comments are Invited on: whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of

the Department, including whether the information will have practical

utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of the

proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility

and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize

the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including

the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 21, 1996.

Phillip A. Leach,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 96-27584 Filed 10-25-96; 8:45 am]

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