Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 50 / Wednesday, March 14, 2012 / Notices 15183 

Issued on: March 5, 2012. 

Kelly Leone, 

Associate Administrator for Office of 

Research and Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6059 Filed 3–13–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2012–0059] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Extension of a CurrentlyApproved Information Collection: 

Licensing Applications for Motor 

Carrier Operating Authority 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

information. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

FMCSA announces its plan to submit 

the Information Collection Request (ICR) 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for its 

review and approval. The FMCSA seeks 

approval to extend an ICR entitled, 

‘‘Licensing Applications for Motor 

Carrier Operating Authority,’’ that is 

used by for-hire motor carriers of 

regulated commodities, motor passenger 

carriers, freight forwarders, property 

brokers, and certain Mexico-domiciled 

motor carriers to register their 

operations with the FMCSA. The agency 

invites public comment on the ICR. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before May 14, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) Docket 

Number FMCSA–2012–0059 using any 

of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 20590– 

0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building, Ground Floor, Room W12– 

140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 

5 p.m. e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the Agency name and docket 

number. For detailed instructions on 

submitting comments and additional 

information on the exemption process, 

see the Public Participation heading 

below. Note that all comments received 

will be posted without change to 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided. 

Please see the Privacy Act heading 

below. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, and follow the 

online instructions for accessing the 

dockets, or go to the street address listed 

above. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement for the Federal Docket 

Management System published in the 

Federal Register on January 17, 2008 

(73 FR 3316), or you may visit http:// 

edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdfE8- 

794.pdf. 

Public Participation: The Federal 

eRulemaking Portal is available 24 

hours each day, 365 days each year. You 

can obtain electronic submission and 

retrieval help and guidelines under the 

‘‘help’’ section of the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal Web site. If you 

want us to notify you that we received 

your comments, please include a selfaddressed, stamped envelope or 

postcard, or print the acknowledgement 

page that appears after submitting 

comments online. Comments received 

after the comment closing date will be 

included in the docket and will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Denise Ryan, Transportation Specialist, 

Office of Information Technology, 

Information Technology Operations 

Division, Department of Transportation, 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration, 6th Floor, West 

Building, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, Telephone 

Number (202) 493–0242; Email Address 

denise.ryan@dot.gov. Office hours are 

from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The FMCSA is 

authorized to register for-hire motor 

carriers of regulated commodities under 

the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13902; 

freight forwarders under the provisions 

of 49 U.S.C. 13903; property brokers 

under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13904; 

and certain Mexican motor carriers 

under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13902 

and the North American Free Trade 

Agreement (NAFTA) motor carrier 

access provision. The forms used to 

apply for registration authority with the 

FMCSA are: Form OP–1 for motor 

property carriers and brokers; Form OP– 

1(P) for motor passenger carriers; Form 

OP–1(FF) for freight forwarders; and 

Form OP–1(MX) for certain Mexican 

motor carriers. These forms request 

information on the applicant’s identity, 

location, familiarity with safety 

requirements, and type of proposed 

operations. There are some differences 

on the forms due to specific statutory 

standards for registration of the different 

types of transportation entities. 

Title: Licensing Applications for 

Motor Carrier Operating Authority. 

OMB Control Number: 2126–0016. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently-approved information 

collection. 

Respondents: Motor carriers, motor 

passenger carriers, freight forwarders, 

brokers, and certain Mexico-domiciled. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

37,239. 

Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours 

to complete Form OP–1(MX); and 2 

hours to complete Forms OP–1, OP– 

1(FF), OP–1(P). 

Expiration Date: September 30, 2012. 

Frequency of Response: Other (as 

needed). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

74,556 hours [71,400 hours for Form 

OP–1 + 2,000 hours for Form OP–1(P) 

+ 1,000 hours for Form OP–1(FF) + 140 

hours for Form OP–1(MX) + 16 hours 

for OP–1(NNA) = 74,556]. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection is 

necessary for the agency to perform its 

mission; (2) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (3) ways for the 

FMCSA to enhance the quality, 

usefulness, and clarity of the collected 

information; and (4) ways that the 

burden could be minimized without 

reducing the quality of the collected 

information. The agency will summarize 

or include your comments in the request 

for OMB’s clearance of this information 

collection. 

Issued on: March 2, 2012. 

Kelly Leone, 

Associate Administrator for Research and 

Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6084 Filed 3–13–12; 8:45 am] 

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