[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 45 (Friday, March 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10605-10606]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5702]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary


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

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, (DOT).

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 
November 22, 1996 [FR 61, page 59483].

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 7, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Peter Chandler, Office of Motor Carrier Research and Standards, 
(202) 366-4009, Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

    Title: Time Records.
    OMB Number: 2125-0196.
    Affected Public: Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers (CMV).
    Abstract: The Secretary has adopted regulations that establish 
hours of service (HOS) limitations for CMV drivers. Time records 
generally used by motor carriers are time cards or time sheets. Time 
records may be used in lieu of records of duty status by drivers who 
operate within a 100 air-mile radius of their normal work reporting 
location, 49 CFR 395.1(e). Time records must show: (1) The time the 
driver reports for duty each day; (2) The total number of hours the 
driver is on duty each day; (3) The time the driver is released from 
duty each day; and (4) The total time on duty for the preceding 7 days 
(for drivers used intermittently or

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for the first time). The time record is used by the FHWA and its State 
and local partners in the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program to 
determine whether CMV drivers have violated the HOS limitations. The 
regulations allow motor carriers to prepare electronic time records, in 
lieu of preparing paper time records.
    Need: Title 49 U.S.C. 31502 authorizes the Secretary of 
Transportation to promulgate regulations that establish maximum HOS for 
employees of motor carriers.
    Estimated Annual Burden: No annual burden.

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 March 3, 1997.
Phillip A. Leach,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 97-5702 Filed 3-6-97; 8:45 am]
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