Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 77 / Friday, April 20, 2012 / Notices 23793 

1For purposes of the Financial & Operating 

Statistics (F&OS) program, passenger carriers are 

classified into the following two groups: (1) Class 

I carriers are those having average annual gross 

transportation operating revenues (including 

interstate and intrastate) of $5 million or more from 

passenger motor carrier operations after applying 

the revenue deflator formula in the Note of section 

Continued 

result in the elimination of two 

quarterly reporting requirements that 

are currently reported to OMB under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520). These forms 

include: (1) Form QFR Quarterly for 

property carriers, authorized by OMB 

under information collection 2126– 

0033; and (2) the Class I passenger 

carrier financial quarterly survey (MP– 

1 Quarterly), authorized by OMB under 

information collection 2126–0031. The 

FMCSA does not have the statutory 

authority to eliminate the annual 

reporting requirements for property or 

passengers. FMCSA will be publishing a 

direct final rule that will include 

additional information, including the 

reduced paperwork burden, resulting 

from this future action. 

Title: Annual Report of Class I and 

Class II Motor Carriers of Property 

(formerly OMB Control Number 2139– 

0004). 

New OMB Control Number: 2126– 

0032. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently-approved information 

collection. 

Respondents: Class I and Class II 

Motor Carriers of Property. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

197 (per year). 

Estimated Time per Response: 9 

hours. 

Expiration Date: September 30, 2012. 

Frequency of Response: Annually. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

1,773 hours [197 respondents × 9 hours 

to complete form = 1,773]. 

Title: Quarterly Report of Class I 

Motor Carriers of Property (formerly 

OMB Control Number 2139–0002). 

New OMB Control Number: 2126– 

0033. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently-approved information 

collection. 

Respondents: Class I Motor Carriers of 

Property. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

111. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1.8 

hours (27 minutes per quarter). 

Expiration Date: September 30, 2012. 

Frequency of Response: Quarterly. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 200 

hours [111 respondents × 1.8 hours to 

complete forms = 200]. 

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 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: April 12, 2012. 

Kelly Leone, 

Associate Administrator for Office of 

Research and Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9548 Filed 4–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2012–0048] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Extension of a CurrentlyApproved Information Collection: 

Annual and Quarterly Report of Class 

I Motor Carriers of Passengers 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

FMCSA announces its plan to submit to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) its request to revise a currentlyapproved information collection for 

Class I Motor Carriers of Passengers, 

(Form MP–1) entitled, ‘‘Annual and 

Quarterly Reports.’’ This information 

collection is necessary to ensure that 

motor carriers comply with financial 

and operating statistics requirements at 

49 CFR part 369. The agency invites 

public comments on this information 

request. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before June 19, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

bearing the Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) Docket Number 

FMCSA–2012–0048 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, 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. 

Vivian Oliver, Office of Research and 

Information Technology, Department of 

Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration, West Building 

6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 

202–366–2974; email 

Vivian.Oliver@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: For-hire Class I motor 

carriers of passengers (including 

interstate and intrastate) 1 are required 


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1420.3; (2) Class II passenger carriers are those 

having average annual gross transportation 

operating revenues (including interstate and 

intrastate) of less than $5 million from passenger 

motor carrier operations after applying the revenue 

deflator formula as shown in Note A of section 

1420.3. Only Class I carriers of passengers are 

required to file Annual and Quarterly Report Form 

MP–1, but Class II passenger carriers must notify 

the agency when there is a change in their 

classification or their revenues exceed the Class II 

limit. 

to file Motor Carrier Quarterly and 

Annual Reports (Form MP–1) that 

provide financial and operating data 

(see 49 U.S.C. 14123; and implementing 

FMCSA regulations at 49 CFR part 369). 

The agency uses this information to 

assess the health of the industry and 

identify industry changes that may 

affect national transportation policy. 

The data also show company financial 

stability and traffic patterns. Motor 

carriers of passengers required to 

comply with the regulations are 

classified on the basis of their annual 

gross carrier operating revenues. Under 

the Financial & Operating Statistics 

(F&OS) program the FMCSA collects 

balance sheet and income statement 

data along with information on tonnage, 

mileage, employees, transportation 

equipment, and other related data. 

The data and information collected is 

made publicly available as prescribed in 

49 CFR part 369. The regulations were 

formerly administered by the Interstate 

Commerce Commission (ICC), the 

Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C. 

11145, 49 U.S.C. 11343(d)(1) and the 

Bus Regulatory Act of 1982 and later 

transferred to the U.S. Department of 

Transportation on January 1, 1996, by 

the ICC Termination Act of 1995 

(ICCTA) (Pub. L. 104–88, 109 Stat. 803 

(Dec. 29, 1995)), now codified at 49 

U.S.C. 14123. The Secretary of 

Transportation (Secretary) transferred 

the authority to administer the F&OS 

program to the former Bureau of 

Transportation Statistics on September 

30, 1998 (63 FR 52192). Pursuant to this 

authority, the BTS, now part of the 

Research and Innovative Technology 

Administration (RITA), became the 

responsible DOT modal administration 

for implementing the F&OS program 

and requirements at 49 CFR part 1420. 

On September 29, 2004, the Secretary 

transferred the responsibility for the 

F&OS program from BTS, to FMCSA (69 

FR 51009). On August 10, 2006 (71 FR 

45740), the Secretary published a final 

rule that transferred and redesignated 

the motor carrier financial and 

statistical reporting regulations of BTS 

that were formerly located at chapter XI 

of title 49 CFR to FMCSA in 49 chapter 

III of title 49 CFR part 369. 

FMCSA plans to initiate a regulatory 

proceeding in the near future that will 

result in the elimination of two 

quarterly reporting requirements that 

are currently reported to OMB under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520). These forms 

include: (1) Form QFR Quarterly for 

property carriers, authorized by OMB 

under information collection 2126– 

0033; and (2) the Class I passenger 

carrier financial quarterly survey (MP– 

1 Quarterly), authorized by OMB under 

information collection 2126–0031. The 

FMCSA does not have the statutory 

authority to eliminate the annual 

reporting requirements for property or 

passengers. FMCSA will be publishing a 

direct final rule that will include 

additional information, including the 

reduced paperwork burden, resulting 

from this future action. 

Title: Annual and Quarterly Report of 

Class I Motor Carriers of Passengers 

(OMB 2139–0003). 

OMB Control Number: 2126–0031. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection request. 

Respondents: Class I Motor Carriers of 

Passengers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 2. 

Estimated Time per Response: 18 

minutes per response. 

Expiration Date: September 30, 2012. 

Frequency of Response: Annually and 

Quarterly. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 3 

hours [10 responses × 18 minutes per 

response/60 minutes]. 

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 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: April 12, 2012. 

Kelly Leone, 

Associate Administrator for Office of 

Research and Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9551 Filed 4–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[FMCSA–2012–0102] 

Proposed Recommendations on 

Obstructive Sleep Apnea 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice; request for public 

comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces proposed 

recommendations from the Motor 

Carrier Safety Advisory Committee 

(MCSAC) and the Medical Review 

Board (MRB) on Obstructive Sleep 

Apnea (OSA) and the medical 

certification of commercial motor 

vehicle (CMV) drivers. The MCSAC and 

the MRB are FMCSA advisory 

committees and operate in accordance 

with the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act (FACA). At the Agency’s request, 

the committees deliberated and 

provided their finalized 

recommendations to FMCSA on 

February 6, 2012. The Agency proposes 

to adopt the recommendations as 

regulatory guidance after reviewing and 

evaluating comments received from the 

public. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before May 21, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

bearing the Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) Docket No. FMCSA 

2012–0102 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal 

Holidays. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Instructions: Each submission must 

include the Agency name and the 

docket numbers for this notice. 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 for 

further information. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 


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