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Study is complete and all reporting and 

certification requirements under the 

FAST Act are satisfied. 

On June 27, 2017, NAS published the 

report titled, ‘‘Improving Motor Carrier 

Safety Measurement.’’ The report is 

available at https://www.nap.edu/ 

catalog/24818/improving-motor-carriersafety-measurement. A copy of the 

report has been placed in the docket 

referenced at the beginning of this 

notice. 

Pursuant to the FAST Act, FMCSA 

submitted the results of this study to 

both Congress and the DOT OIG on 

August 7, 2017. The FAST Act also 

requires FMCSA to submit an action 

plan to the Senate Committee on 

Commerce, Science, and Transportation; 

and the House of Representatives 

Transportation and Infrastructure 

Committee. 

To solicit input during the 

development of the corrective action 

plan, FMCSA hosted a public meeting 

on September 8, 2017. Information from 

the public meeting was incorporated 

into the action plan. The corrective 

action plan was transmitted on June 25, 

2018. The OIG is required to review the 

action plan and submit a report to 

Congress on the responsiveness of the 

FMCSA’s plan to the NAS report’s 

recommendations. 

FMCSA’s corrective action plan 

includes solicitation of input from the 

public for recommendations 2, 3 and 4. 

As a result, FMCSA is soliciting 

responses to the following questions at 

the public meeting and through the 

docket referenced above. 

NAS Recommendation 2 

FMCSA should continue to 

collaborate with States and other 

agencies to improve the quality of the 

Motor Carrier Management Information 

System (MCMIS) data in SMS. Two 

specific data elements require 

immediate attention: Carrier exposure 

and crash data. The current exposure 

data (e.g., Power Unit (PU) and Vehicle 

Miles Traveled (VMT) data) are missing 

with high frequency, and data that are 

collected are likely of unsatisfactory 

quality. 

Questions 

1. What should FMCSA do to improve 

the collection of PU, VMT, and driver 

count data? For example, should 

FMCSA use edit checks to verify the 

accuracy of the data? 

2. VMT, PU, and number of 

inspections are the current measures of 

exposure used in SMS. Are there other 

ways FMCSA should consider 

measuring carrier exposure with data 

that is already available to FMCSA? 

3. What are the current challenges 

that motor carriers face in reporting 

VMT data? 

4. What information is available from 

the States to improve exposure data? 

5. What additional data should 

FMCSA consider collecting from 

carriers? Why? 

6. What external sources of exposure 

and crash data should FMCSA explore? 

7. In addition to the data currently 

collected by FMCSA, what other 

exposure data would motor carriers be 

willing to share? 

i. More frequent updates to mileage 

and PU data 

ii. Number/type of trips 

iii. Mileage breakdown by State 

iv. Other options? 

8. What incentives would encourage 

motor carriers to share additional 

information? 

NAS Recommendation 3 

FMCSA should investigate ways of 

collecting data that will likely benefit 

the recommended methodology for 

safety assessment. This includes data on 

carrier characteristics—such as 

information on driver turnover rate, 

type of cargo, method and level of 

compensation, and better information 

on exposure. 

Questions 

1. What additional data should 

FMCSA consider collecting to support 

the recommended methodology for 

safety assessment (i.e., IRT model)? 

a. Would this data be useful for safety 

assessments? 

b. What are the challenges to 

collecting or using the data 

recommended by NAS? 

i. Driver turnover rate 

ii. Type of cargo 

iii. Method of compensation 

iv. Level of compensation 

v. Better information on exposure 

2. What pay-related and/or driverturnover-related data would carriers be 

willing to share? 

NAS Recommendation 4 

FMCSA should structure a userfriendly version of the MCMIS data file 

used as input to SMS without any 

personally identifiable information to 

facilitate its use by external parties, 

such as researchers, and carriers. 

Questions 

FMCSA is planning to develop a web 

page to make simplified MCMIS data 

snapshots available to researchers, 

motor carriers, safety consultants, and 

the public 

1. What features should this web page 

include? 

2. If the information collected in 

recommendation 3 above is used within 

the IRT model, should it be made 

available publicly to allow a full 

replication of the results? 

3. What features should a userfriendly MCMIS data file include? 

4. Would industry stakeholders find a 

user-friendly MCMIS data file useful? 

Why? 

5. How often should this user-friendly 

MCMIS data file be updated (e.g., 

monthly, quarterly, annually etc.)? 

Issued under the authority delegated in 49 

CFR 1.87 on: August 13, 2018 

Raymond P. Martinez, 

Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request for Regulation Project 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service, 

as part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on continuing 

information collections, as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

The IRS is soliciting comments 

concerning notice concerning fiduciary 

relationship and notice concerning 

fiduciary relationship of financial 

institution. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before October 22, 2018 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Laurie Brimmer, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6529, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the form should be directed to 

Kerry Dennis, at (202) 317–5751 or 

Internal Revenue Service, Room 6529, 

1111 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20224, or through the 

internet, at Kerry.Dennis@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Notice Concerning Fiduciary 

Relationship and Notice Concerning 

Fiduciary Relationship of Financial 

Institution. 

OMB Number: 1545–0013. 

Form Number: 56 and 56–F. 


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Abstract: Form 56 is used to inform 

the IRS that a person is acting for 

another person in a fiduciary capacity 

so that the IRS may mail tax notices to 

the fiduciary concerning the person for 

whom he/she is acting. The data is used 

to ensure that the fiduciary relationship 

is established or terminated and to mail 

or discontinue mailing designated tax 

notices to the fiduciary. The filing of 

Form 56–F by a fiduciary (FDIC or other 

federal agency acting as a receiver or 

conservator of a failed financial 

institution (bank or thrift) gives the IRS 

the necessary information to submit 

send letters, notices, and notices of tax 

liability to the federal fiduciary now in 

charge of the financial institution rather 

than sending the notice, etc. to the 

institution’s last known address. 

Current Actions: There are no changes 

being made to the burden associated 

with the collection tools at this time. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations, and individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

174,050. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 2 

hrs. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 349,786. 

The following paragraph applies to all 

of the collections of information covered 

by this notice. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Books or records relating to a collection 

of information must be retained as long 

as their contents may become material 

in the administration of any internal 

revenue law. Generally, tax returns and 

tax return information are confidential, 

as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the collection of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

Approved: August 13, 2018. 

Laurie Brimmer, 

Senior Tax Analyst. 

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BILLING CODE 4830–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

Proposed Collection; Comment 

Request on Information Collection for 

T.D. 9308 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Internal Revenue Service, 

as part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

Currently, the IRS is soliciting 

comments concerning the burden 

associated with Treasury Decision 9308, 

Reporting Requirements for Widely 

Held Fixed Investment Trusts. 

Previously Treasury Decision 9279. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before October 22, 2018 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Laurie Brimmer, Internal Revenue 

Service, Room 6529, 1111 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20224. 

Please send separate comments for each 

specific information collection listed 

below. You must reference the 

information collection’s title, form 

number, reporting or record-keeping 

requirement number, and OMB number 

(if any) in your comment. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the collection tools should be 

directed to Alissa Berry, at (901) 707– 

4988, at Internal Revenue Service, Room 

6529, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20224, or through the 

internet at Alissa.A.Berry@irs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Currently, 

the IRS is seeking comments concerning 

the following information collection 

tools, reporting, and record-keeping 

requirements: 

Title: Reporting Requirements for 

Widely Held Fixed Investment Trusts. 

OMB Number: 1545–1540. 

Treasury Decision Number: 9308. 

Abstract: Under regulation section 

1.671–5, the trustee or the middleman 

who holds an interest in a widely held 

fixed investment trust for an investor 

will be required to provide a Form 1099 

to the IRS and a tax information 

statement to the investor. The trust is 

also required to provide more detailed 

tax information to middlemen and 

certain other persons, upon request. 

Current Actions: There are no changes 

to the collection at this time. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

1,200. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 2 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,400. 

The following paragraph applies to all 

of the collections of information covered 

by this notice: 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a valid OMB control number. 

Books or records relating to a collection 

of information must be retained as long 

as their contents may become material 

in the administration of any internal 

revenue law. Generally, tax returns and 

tax return information are confidential, 

as required by 26 U.S.C. 6103. 

Request for Comments: Comments 

submitted in response to this notice will 

be summarized and/or included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the collection of 

information; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on respondents, including 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and (e) estimates of capital 

or start-up costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. 

Approved: August 15, 2018. 

Laurie Brimmer, 

Senior Tax Analyst. 

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