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

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/documents/fr%3A97-523

## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Notice
- **Published:** January 9, 1997
- **Citation:** 62 FR 1356

## Text

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

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

AGENCY: Department of Transportation (DOT).

[[Page 1357]]

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
April 18, 1996 [FR 61, page 16968].

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Earl Coles, Office of Information
Management Programs, (202) 366-054, Federal Highway Administration,
Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC
20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

Title: Driver Qualification Files.
OMB Control Number: 2125-0065.
Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously
approved collection for which approval has expired.
Form Number: N/A.
Affected Public: Motor Carriers.
Abstract: The authority for driver qualification files is contained
in 49 U.S.C. 504, 31133, 31136, and 31502, and 49 CFR 1.48, with
penalty provisions in 49 U.S.C. 521 and 522. 49 CFR 391.51 requires a
motor carrier to maintain a driver qualification file for each
regularly employed driver and each intermittent, casual, and occasional
driver. The file contains the minimum amount of information necessary
to document that a driver is qualified to drive a commercial motor
vehicle in interstate commerce. A driver qualification file is used by
the FHWA and motor carrier to ensure that a driver who operates a
commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce, can by reason of
experience and/or training, safely operate a type of commercial motor
vehicle; has been issued an appropriate driver's license; and has not
been disqualified to operate a commercial motor vehicle. Public demand
for highway safety requires that the hiring of commercial motor vehicle
drivers be restricted to those drivers with records which prove their
ability to safely operate a commercial motor vehicle.
Estimated Annual Burden: The total annual burden is 1,076,166
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 January 3, 1997.
Phillip A. Leach,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 97-523 Filed 1-8-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910-62-P

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