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

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 [FR 61, page 59483].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 7, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Peter Chandler, Office of Motor Carrier Research and Standards,

(202) 366-4009, Federal Highway Administration, Department of

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

Title: Time Records.

OMB Number: 2125-0196.

Affected Public: Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers (CMV).

Abstract: The Secretary has adopted regulations that establish

hours of service (HOS) limitations for CMV drivers. Time records

generally used by motor carriers are time cards or time sheets. Time

records may be used in lieu of records of duty status by drivers who

operate within a 100 air-mile radius of their normal work reporting

location, 49 CFR 395.1(e). Time records must show: (1) The time the

driver reports for duty each day; (2) The total number of hours the

driver is on duty each day; (3) The time the driver is released from

duty each day; and (4) The total time on duty for the preceding 7 days

(for drivers used intermittently or

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for the first time). The time record is used by the FHWA and its State

and local partners in the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program to

determine whether CMV drivers have violated the HOS limitations. The

regulations allow motor carriers to prepare electronic time records, in

lieu of preparing paper time records.

Need: Title 49 U.S.C. 31502 authorizes the Secretary of

Transportation to promulgate regulations that establish maximum HOS for

employees of motor carriers.

Estimated Annual Burden: No annual burden.

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 March 3, 1997.

Phillip A. Leach,

Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.

[FR Doc. 97-5702 Filed 3-6-97; 8:45 am]

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