[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 6 (Thursday, January 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1356-1357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-523]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary


Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information 
Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Department of Transportation (DOT).


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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 
April 18, 1996 [FR 61, page 16968].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 10, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Earl Coles, Office of Information 
Management Programs, (202) 366-054, Federal Highway Administration, 
Department of Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 
20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

    Title: Driver Qualification Files.
    OMB Control Number: 2125-0065.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously 
approved collection for which approval has expired.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Affected Public: Motor Carriers.
    Abstract: The authority for driver qualification files is contained 
in 49 U.S.C. 504, 31133, 31136, and 31502, and 49 CFR 1.48, with 
penalty provisions in 49 U.S.C. 521 and 522. 49 CFR 391.51 requires a 
motor carrier to maintain a driver qualification file for each 
regularly employed driver and each intermittent, casual, and occasional 
driver. The file contains the minimum amount of information necessary 
to document that a driver is qualified to drive a commercial motor 
vehicle in interstate commerce. A driver qualification file is used by 
the FHWA and motor carrier to ensure that a driver who operates a 
commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce, can by reason of 
experience and/or training, safely operate a type of commercial motor 
vehicle; has been issued an appropriate driver's license; and has not 
been disqualified to operate a commercial motor vehicle. Public demand 
for highway safety requires that the hiring of commercial motor vehicle 
drivers be restricted to those drivers with records which prove their 
ability to safely operate a commercial motor vehicle.
    Estimated Annual Burden: The total annual burden is 1,076,166 
hours.

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 January 3, 1997.
Phillip A. Leach,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 97-523 Filed 1-8-97; 8:45 am]
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