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 USC

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

August 28, 1996 [FR 61, page 44385]

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 10, 1997.

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

Carriers, (202) 366-5763, Federal Highway Administration, Department of

Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

Title: Endorsement for Motor Carrier Policies of Insurance.

Type of Request: Reinstatement. Without change, of a previously

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approved collection for which approval has expired.

OMB Control Number: 2125-0074.

Form Number: MCS-90, MCS-82.

Affected Public: Insurance and surety companies of motor carriers

of property.

Abstract: Sections 29 and 30 of the Motor Carrier Act of 1980

(codified at 49 U.S.C. 31139) require the Secretary of Transportation

to promulgate regulations which establish minimal levels of financial

responsibility for motor carriers of property to cover public

liability, property damage, and environmental restoration. The

Endorsement for Motor Carrier Policies of Insurance for Public

Liability (Form MCS-90) and the Motor Carrier Public Liability Surety

Bond (Form MCS-82) contain the minimum amount of information necessary

to document that a motor carrier of property has obtained and has in

effect the minimum levels of financial responsibility as set forth in

49 CFR 387.9. The information within these documents is used by the

FHWA and the public to verify that a motor carrier of property has

obtained and has in effect the required minimum levels of financial

responsibility.

Estimated Annual Burden: The total annual burden is 3,555 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.

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 February 3, 1997.

Phillip A. Leach,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97-3042 Filed 2-6-97; 8:45 am]

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