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: Office of the Secretary, 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

November 22, 1996 [61 FR 59484].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Highway Administration

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 28, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. David R. Miller, Office of Motor

Carrier Research and Standards, (202) 366-4009, Federal Highway

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

Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.,

e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

Title: Controlled Substances and Alcohol Testing.

OMB Number: 2125-0543.

Type Request: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously approved

collection for which approval has expired.

Form(s): FHWA: MCS-154, FHWA: MCS-155, OMB No: 9999-0023, OMB no:

2105-0529

Affected Public: 553,238 motor carriers.

Abstract: Title 49 U.S.C. 31306 requires the Secretary of

Transportation to promulgate regulations that require motor carriers to

test their drivers for the use of alcohol and controlled substances.

The Secretary has adopted regulations that require commercial motor

vehicle (CMV) drivers to submit to testing by motor carriers.

The information collection is required for motor carriers to

document compliance with the controlled substances and alcohol testing

regulations, show driver's Constitutional rights andprivacy are

sufficiently protected, show that drug-positive drivers and drivers

with any

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alcohol concentration of 0.02 or greater in their body, are not being

used to operate CMVs on public roads, and show that drivers who have

tested positive have received necessary assistance in resolving their

use problem. The records are used by the FHWA, and its State and local

partners in the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program, to determine

whether drivers have driven CMVs while using alcohol and drugs in

violation of the law.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 2,309,703 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 FHWA Desk Officer.

Interested parties are invited to send comments regarding any

aspect of this collection of information, including, but not limited

to: whether the proposed collection of information isnecessary 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 July 23,1997.

Phillip A. Leach,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97-19952 Filed 7-28-97; 8:45 am]

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