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 USC

Chapter 35), this notice announces that the Information Collection

Requests (ICRs) abstracted below have been forwarded to the Office of

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

the nature of the information collections and their expected burden.

The Federal Register (FR) Notice with a 60-day comment period

soliciting comments on information collection 2125-0571 was published

on July 22, 1997 [62 FR 39300] and the FR Notice for 2125-0572 was

published on July 22, 1997 [62 FR 39301].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before (Insert 30 days from

date of publication).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Mr. Thomas Vining, Office of

Motor Carriers, (202) 358-7028, Federal Highway Administration,

Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC

20590; for information collections 2125-0571 and 2125-0572.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

Title: Request for Revocation of Authority Granted.

OMB Number: 2125-0571.

Type of Request: Reinstatement, without change, of a previously

approved collection for which approval has expired.

Affected Public: Motor Carriers, Freight Forwarders, and Brokers.

Form(s): OCE-46.

Abstract: The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to

promulgate regulations that provide for the registration of for-hire

motor carriers of regulated commodities under 49 U.S.C. 13902, for

surface freight forwarders under 49 U.S.C. 13903, and for property

brokers under 49 U.S.C. 13904. The Secretary has adopted regulations to

implement these registration procedures. Under Title 49 U.S.C. 13905,

each registration is effective from the date specified and remains in

effect for such period as the Secretary of Transportation determines

appropriate by regulation. Subsection (c) of 49 U.S.C. 13905 provides

that, on application of the registrant, the Secretary may amend or

revoke a registration. Authority pertaining to these registrations has

been delegated to the FHWA.

Form OCE-46 allows transportation entities to apply voluntarily for

revocation of their registration in whole or in part. The form asks for

the registrant's docket number, name and address, and the reasons for

the revocation request.

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 400 hours.

Title: Application for Certificate of Registration for Foreign

Motor Carriers and Foreign Motor Private Carriers under 49 U.S.C.

13902(c).

OMB Number: 2125-0572.

Affected Public: Foreign Motor Carriers.

Type of Request: Reinstatement, without change, of a previously

approved collection for which approval has expired.

Form(s): OP-2.

Abstract: Basic licensing procedures for registering foreign motor

carriers to operate across the border into the United States are found

at 49 U.S.C. 13902(c). Related regulations appear at 49 CFR 368. The

FHWA carries out this registration program under authority delegated by

the Secretary of Transportation. Form OP-2 is used by foreign motor

carriers to apply for registration with the FHWA. The form requests

information on the motor carrier's location, the form of business,

ownership and control, and proposed operations.

ADDRESS: 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,

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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 November 25, 1997.

Phillip A. Leach,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97-31510 Filed 12-1-97; 8:45 am]

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