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

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** December 2, 1997
- **Citation:** 62 FR 63741

## Text

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]
BILLING CODE 4910-62-P

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