Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 14 / Friday, January 21, 2000 / Notices 3531

On the basis of the application, we

find that the proposed acquisition of

control is consistent with the public

interest and should be authorized. If any

opposing comments are timely filed,

this finding will be deemed vacated

and, unless a final decision can be made

on the record as developed, a

procedural schedule will be adopted to

reconsider the application. See 49 CFR

1182.6(c). If no opposing comments are

filed by the expiration of the comment

period, this decision will take effect

automatically and will be the final

Board action.

Board decisions and notices are

available on our website at

WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.’’

This decision will not significantly

affect either the quality of the human

environment or the conservation of

energy resources.

It is ordered:

1. The proposed acquisition of control

is approved and authorized, subject to

the filing of opposing comments.

2. If timely opposing comments are

filed, the findings made in this decision

will be deemed as having been vacated.

3. This decision will be effective on

March 6, 2000, unless timely opposing

comments are filed.

4. A copy of this notice will be served

on: (1) the U.S. Department of

Transportation, Office of Motor Carrier

Safety ‘‘ HMCE–20, 400 Virginia

Avenue, SW, Suite 600, Washington, DC

20024; (2) the U.S. Department of

Justice, Antitrust Division, 10th Street &

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20530; and (3) the U.S. Department

of Transportation, Office of the General

Counsel, 400 7th Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20590.

Decided: January 14, 2000.

By the Board, Chairman Morgan, Vice

Chairman Burkes and Commissioner

Clyburn.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Bureau of Transportation Statistics

[Docket No. BTS–99–6368]

OMB Review of Agency Information

Collection Activity; Motor Carrier

Report Form MP–1

AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation

Statistics, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces that the Bureau of

Transportation Statistics (BTS) has

submitted the following data collection

to the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and approval: Motor

Carrier Quarterly and Annual Report

Form MP–1. This report form provides

financial and operation data about large

motor carriers of passengers. BTS

published a Federal Register notice

asking for public comment on this data

collection October 19, 1999 (64 FR

56385). BTS received one comment in

response to that notice.

DATES: You must submit comments by

February 22, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Please send comments to

both (1) the Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), OMB, 725

17th Street, NW., Washington, DC

20503, attention: DOT Desk Officer; and

(2) the Docket Clerk, Docket No. BTS–

99–6368, Department of Transportation,

400 Seventh Street, SW., Room PL–401,

Washington, DC 20590. Comments must

include the OMB control number, 2139–

0003.

You only need to submit one copy. If

you would like the Department to

acknowledge receipt of the comments,

you must include a self-addressed

stamped postcard with the following

statement: Comments on Docket BTS–

99–6368. The Docket Clerk will date

stamp the postcard and mail it back to

you.

If you wish to file comments using the

Internet, you may use the U.S. DOT

Dockets Management System website at

http://dms.dot.gov. Please follow the

instructions online for more

information. This website can also be

used to read comments received.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David Mednick, K–2, Bureau of

Transportation Statistics, 400 Seventh

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590;

(202) 366–8871; fax: (202) 366–3640; email: david.mednick@bts.gov. Please

refer to OMB Control No. 2139–0003 in

any correspondence.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:

Title: Motor Carrier Quarterly and

Annual Report, Motor Carriers of

Passengers.

OMB Control No.: 2139–0003.

Form No.: BTS Form MP–1.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Class I Motor Carriers of

Passengers.

Number of Respondents:

Approximately 26.

Estimated Time Per Response: 90

minutes.

Total Annual Burden: 195 hours.

Needs and Uses: Under section 103 of

the ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub.

L. 104–88, 109 Stat. 803 (1995) (codified

at 49 U.S.C. 14123), the Department of

Transportation (DOT) is required to

collect annual financial and safety

reports from Class I and Class II motor

carriers. DOT may also require motor

carriers to file quarterly and special

reports. In determining the matters to be

covered by the reports, DOT must

consider (1) safety needs; (2) the need to

preserve confidential business

information and trade secrets and

prevent competitive harm; (3) private

sector, academic, and public use of

information in the reports; and (4) the

public interest. DOT must also

streamline and simplify the reporting

requirements to the maximum extent

practicable. DOT has delegated

authority for this program to the

Director of BTS.

Under this statutory mandate, BTS

has been collecting data on motor

carriers of passengers using Form MP–

1. This provides quarterly and annual

data on number of passengers, operating

revenue and expenses, net income, and

assets and liabilities. BTS uses it to

provide periodic information on the

health of the motor carrier of passengers

industry, its impact on the economy,

and the economy’s impact on the

industry. The report form accomplishes

this with minimal data items to be

completed quarterly. Please note that

under the statute BTS also collects data

on motor carriers of property, using

report Forms M and QFR, but these

forms are not part of this renewal notice

and request for comments.

Request for Comments

BTS requests comments regarding any

aspect of this information collection,

including, but not limited to: (1) the

necessity and utility of the information

collection for the proper performance of

the functions of the Bureau of

Transportation Statistics; (2) the

accuracy of the estimated burden; (3)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the collected information; and

(4) ways to minimize the collection

burden without reducing the quality of

the collected information, including the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology.

Rolf R. Schmitt,

Associate Director.

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