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1For purposes of the Financial and Operating 

Statistics (F&OS) program, carriers are classified 

into the following three groups: (1) Class I carriers 

are those having annual carrier operating revenues 

(including interstate and intrastate) of $10 million 

or more after applying the revenue deflator formula 

as set forth in Note A of 49 CFR 369.2; and (2) Class 

II carriers are those having annual carrier operating 

revenues (including interstate and intrastate) of at 

least $3 million, but less than $10 million after 

applying the revenue deflator formula as set forth 

in 49 CFR 369.2. 

titled, ‘‘Annual Report of Class I and 

Class II For-Hire Motor Carriers,’’ OMB 

Control No. 2126–0032. This ICR is 

necessary to comply with FMCSA’s 

financial and operating statistics 

requirements at chapter III of title 49 

CFR part 369 titled, ‘‘Reports of Motor 

Carriers.’’ 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received on or before June 17, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the information 

collection should be sent within 30 days 

of publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jeff Secrist, Office of Registration and 

Safety Information, DOT, FMCSA, West 

Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. Telephone: 202–385–2367; email 

jeff.secrist@dot.gov . 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Annual Report of Class I and 

Class II For-Hire Motor Carriers. 

OMB Control Number: 2126–0032. 

Type of Request: Renewal of a 

currently-approved information 

collection. 

Respondents: Class I and Class II ForHire Motor Carriers of Property and 

Class I For-Hire Motor Carriers of 

Passengers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

102 total (34 per year). 

Estimated Time per Response: 9 hours 

for Form M and 0.3 hours for Form MP– 

1. 

Expiration Date: May 31, 2022. 

Frequency of Response: Annually. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 306 

hours [306 hours (Form M) + 0 hours 

(Form MP–1)]. 

Estimated annual respondents for 

Form M decreased from 43 in the 

previously approved Information 

Collection Requirement (ICR) to 34 in 

the current ICR. Estimated annual 

burden hours for Form M decreased by 

78 hours [306 proposed hours¥384 

currently approved hours = ¥78 hours]. 

Estimated annual respondents for Form 

MP–1 stayed the same. The previously 

approved ICR had 0 annual hours. The 

current ICR has 0 annual hours. This 

estimate is based off the number of 

Form M and Form MP–1 submissions 

received by the Agency between 2018 

and 2020, which results in these 

estimates of annual respondents/ 

responses for the upcoming information 

collection period. 

Labor costs to industry have 

decreased by $2,276 annually [$14,494 

in proposed costs ¥ $16,770 currently 

approved costs = ¥$2,276]. This is due 

to the decreased estimates of annual 

respondents/responses. Other annual 

costs to respondents (i.e., associated 

with mailing completed forms to 

FMCSA) have decreased by $9 [($34 in 

proposed mailing costs for Form M + $0 

in proposed mailing costs for Form MP– 

1)—($43 in previously approved mailing 

costs for Form M + $0 in previously 

approved mailing costs for Form MP–1) 

= $¥9]. This change is also due to the 

decreased estimates of annual 

respondents/responses. 

For the Federal Government, annual 

costs have increased by $6 [$79 in 

proposed costs ¥ $73 in previously 

approved costs = $6]. This increase is 

due to a revision in the federal 

government employee load rate, which 

was revised to be consistent with other 

FMCSA ICRs. 

Background 

Section 14123 of title 49 of the United 

States Code (U.S.C.) requires certain forhire motor carriers of property, 

passengers, and household goods to file 

annual financial reports. The annual 

reporting program was implemented on 

December 24, 1938 (3 FR 3158), and it 

was subsequently transferred from the 

Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) 

to the U.S. Department of 

Transportation’s (DOT) Bureau of 

Transportation Statistics (BTS) on 

January 1, 1996. The Secretary of 

Transportation delegated to BTS the 

responsibility for the program on 

December 17, 1996 (61 FR 68162). 

Responsibility for collection of the 

reports was transferred from BTS to 

FMCSA on August 17, 2004 (69 FR 

51009), and the regulations were 

redesignated as 49 CFR part 369 on 

August 10, 2006 (71 FR 45740). FMCSA 

collects carriers’ annual reports and 

furnishes copies of the reports when 

requested under the Freedom of 

Information Act (FOIA). Annual 

financial reports are filed on Form M 

(Class I and II for-hire property carriers, 

including household goods carriers) and 

Form MP–1 (Class I for-hire passenger 

carriers). For-hire motor carriers 

(including interstate and intrastate) 

subject to the Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Regulations are classified on the 

basis of their gross carrier operating 

revenues.1

The data and information collected is 

publicly available through FOIA 

requests. FMCSA has created electronic 

forms that may be prepared, signed 

electronically, and submitted to FMCSA 

via https://ask.fmcsa.dot.gov/app/ask/. 

FMCSA revised Form M to ensure that 

it solicits only that information required 

by statute, and also added an option to 

allow filers to upload their own 

document in lieu of filling out either 

Form M or MP–1 (as applicable), so long 

as the document includes all of the 

information listed on the form. 

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 performance of 

FMCSA’s functions; (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. 

Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 

1.87. 

Thomas P. Keane, 

Associate Administrator, Office of Research 

and Registration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2022–0009] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Notice and Request for 

Comment; National Survey of the Use 

of Booster Seats 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), 

Department of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments on a renewal of an existing 

clearance. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), this notice announces that the 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

summarized below will be submitted to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR 

describes the nature of the information 

collection and its expected burden. This 

document describes a collection of 


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information for which NHTSA intends 

to seek OMB approval on the National 

Survey of the Use of Booster Seats 

(NSUBS). A Federal Register Notice 

with a 60-day comment period soliciting 

comments on the following information 

collection was published on February 

16, 2022. NHTSA received 3 comments. 

As explained in this document, none of 

the comments necessitate NHTSA 

making any revisions to the information 

collection or burden estimates. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before June 17, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection, including 

suggestions for reducing burden, should 

be submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget at 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

To find this particular information 

collection, select ‘‘Currently under 

Review—Open for Public Comment’’ or 

use the search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or access to 

background documents, contact Lacey 

L. Boyle, Office of Traffic Records and 

Analysis, Mathematical Analysis 

Division (NSA–210), 202–366–7468, 

National Center for Statistics and 

Analysis, W55–207, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 

Please identify the relevant collection of 

information by referring to its OMB 

Control Number (2127–0644). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), a Federal 

agency must receive approval from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) before it collects certain 

information from the public and a 

person is not required to respond to a 

collection of information by a Federal 

agency unless the collection displays a 

valid OMB control number. In 

compliance with these requirements, 

this notice announces that the following 

information collection request will be 

submitted OMB. 

A Federal Register notice with a 60- 

day comment period soliciting public 

comments on the following information 

was published on February 16, 2022 (87 

FR 8929). 

Title: National Survey of the Use of 

Booster Seats. 

OMB Control Number: 2127–0644. 

Form Number(s): NHTSA Form 1010. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Type of Review Requested: Regular. 

Requested Expiration Date of 

Approval: 3 years from date of approval. 

Summary of the Collection of 

Information: The National Survey of the 

Use of Booster Seats (NSUBS) is a 

voluntary collection of restraint use 

information for children under 13. 

NSUBS is a biennial collection. Data 

collectors observe restraint use for all 

passenger vehicle occupants included in 

the survey and for those vehicles that 

voluntarily participate, the data 

collectors conduct a brief interview with 

the vehicle driver or other 

knowledgably adult to determine the 

age, height, weight, race, and ethnicity 

of the child occupants and age of driver. 

Data collectors collect the information at 

fast food restaurants, gas stations, day 

care centers, and recreation centers 

where vehicles are most likely to have 

child occupants. The survey estimates 

restraint use for all children under 13. 

The collection includes race and 

ethnicity breakouts of restraint use 

among all occupants in a vehicle as well 

as age, height, and weight of children. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use of the 

Information: The NSUBS is conducted 

to respond to Section 14(i) of the 

Transportation Recall Enhancement, 

Accountability, and Documentation 

(TREAD) Act of 2000. The Act directs 

the Department of Transportation to 

reduce deaths and injuries (among 

children in the 4- to 8-year old age 

group that are caused by failure to use 

a booster seat) by twenty-five percent. 

Conducting the National Survey of the 

Use of Booster Seats provides the 

Department with invaluable information 

on use and non-use of booster seats, 

helping the Department to improve its 

outreach programs to ensure that 

children are protected to the greatest 

extent possible when they ride in motor 

vehicles. The OMB approval for this 

survey is scheduled to expire on June 

30, 2022. NHTSA seeks an extension to 

this approval to obtain this important 

survey data, save more children, and 

help to comply with the TREAD Act 

requirement. 

60-day Notice: NHTSA published a 

60-day notice on February 16, 2022 

requesting comments on NHTSA’s 

intention to request approval from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for an extension of the currently 

approved NSUBS information collection 

(87 FR 8929). NHTSA received 3 

comments on the 60-day notice. Two of 

the commentors expressed support to 

continue the NSUBS, while one 

commentor was against the continuation 

of the NSUBS. None of the comments 

necessitate a revision of the scope of the 

information collection or the estimates 

of the annual cost or burden hours. 

One individual, Jean Publee, 

commented against the continuation of 

the NSUBS. Publee states that NHTSA 

has collected the NSUBS for years and 

believes that the data collection should 

not go on without an end date. Publee 

states that the NSUBS is a waste of tax 

dollars. While NHTSA understands 

Publee’s comments, NHTSA believes 

that the continuation of this data 

collection is necessary to support 

NHTSA’s mission. The NSUBS is the 

only probability-based nationwide child 

restraint use survey in the United States 

that observes restraint use. Without this 

survey, NHTSA cannot direct outreach 

programs where they are most needed. 

NHTSA received two comments 

supporting the continuation of the 

NSUBS. Safe Kids Worldwide state that 

it supports the continuation of the 

NSUBS and uses the information 

collected from the NSUBS to develop 

and advocate policy around child safety 

in cars. SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. (SBS 

USA) also shared its support for the 

continuation of the NSUBS, but stated 

that in addition to what NSUBS already 

collects they would like more detailed 

data reporting. SBS USA mentions that 

16 States and DC mandate rear-facing 

car seats until age 2. SBS USA wants to 

know if these laws are working in States 

with these requirements vs. States 

without these requirements. NHTSA 

does not collect data in every State and 

applies sampling weights to produce 

nationally representative estimates; 

however NHTSA will consider this 

suggestion and determine if the current 

sample design will allow reporting of 

usage rate based on child restraint laws. 

SBS USA is concerned about booster 

seat usages vs. booster seat need 

especially for children 8- to 12-years 

old. SBS USA suggests having parents 

conduct the 5-Step Test on children 

using seatbelts and record the results. 

NHTSA appreciates the suggestion and 

will consider it for the future. At this 

time, adding the 5-Step Test is out of 

scope of the NSUBS. NHTSA’s purpose 

in conducting the NSUBS is to assess 

the extent to which children are 

prematurely transitioned to restraint 

types that are inappropriate for their 

age, height, and weight. The data 

collectors have a limited amount of time 

to visually inspect restraint usage and 

interview drivers, adding the 5-Step 

Test is time prohibitive. NHTSA does 

record the age of interviewed children 

and will consider breaking out data 

based on the age range of 8–9 and 10– 

12 as it might give more insight into 

how older and younger kids in the 8– 

12 age range are transitioned to different 

restraint types. 


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1U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 

June 2021, from https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/ 

oes_nat.htm#00-0000 for May 2020. 

Affected Public: Motorists in 

passenger vehicles with children under 

13 willing to participate at gas stations, 

fast food restaurants, day care centers, 

and recreation centers frequented by 

children during the time in which the 

survey is conducted. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

Based on the average number of 

respondents from the last three survey 

years (2017, 2019, 2021), we expect to 

have approximately 5,300 adult 

motorists in passenger vehicles with 

children under 13 at gas stations, fast 

food restaurants, day care centers, and 

recreation as respondents. 

Frequency: Biennial. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: NHTSA estimates that the data 

collection will, on average, take 

approximately 4.25 minutes of each 

respondent’s time. Respondents are 

adult motorists supplying information 

about children in their vehicle. 

Multiplying the 4.25 minutes of burden 

per respondent by the estimated 5,300 

respondents yields 376 (5,300 × 4.25/60) 

total burden hours for all respondents 

collectively. Since NSUBS data are 

collected biennially, dividing the 376 

total burden hours by two yields an 

annual burden of 188 hours. 

To represent the value of the 

respondents’ time, NHTSA uses the 

average hourly wage for the United 

States, which is estimated to be $27.07.1

Using this estimate, NHTSA estimates 

the total opportunity costs to 

respondents to be $10,178.32 (376 × 

$27.07) or $5,089.16 annually. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: 

$0. 

NHTSA estimates that there are no 

costs to respondents other than 

opportunity costs associated with the 

burden hours. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspects of this 

information collection, including (a) 

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; 

(b) the accuracy of the Department’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

information collection; (c) ways to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(d) 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. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as 

amended; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 

1351.29A. 

Chou-Lin Chen, 

Associate Administrator for the National 

Center for Statistics and Analysis. 

[FR Doc. 2022–10629 Filed 5–17–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–59–P 

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS 

Solicitations of Nominations for 

Appointment to the VA National 

Academic Affiliations Council 

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs. 

ACTION: Notice of solicitation for 

nominations. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Veterans 

Affairs (VA) is seeking nominations of 

qualified candidates to be considered 

for appointment to the VA National 

Academic Affiliations Council (NAAC) 

(hereinafter in this section referred to as 

‘‘the NAAC’’). 

DATES: Nominations for membership on 

the NAAC must be received no later 

than 5:00 p.m. EST on June 1, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: All nominations should be 

emailed to larissa.emory@va.gov. Please 

write Nomination for NAAC 

Membership in the subject line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larissa Emory, PMP, CBP, MS, 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO), OAA, 

Veterans Health Administration (VHA) 

at larissa.emory@va.gov. A copy of the 

current charter and list of current 

members can also be obtained by 

emailing larissa.emory@va.gov or (573) 

797–9137. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

NAAC was established to provide 

advice and make recommendations to 

the Secretary of VA on matters affecting 

partnerships between VA and its 

academic affiliates. In providing advice 

to the Secretary and making 

recommendations on matters affecting 

partnerships between VA and its 

academic affiliates, the NAAC carries 

out the duties set forth and to operate 

under the provisions of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, as amended 5 

U.S.C. app. 2. 

Membership Criteria and 

Qualifications: VA is seeking 

nominations for NAAC membership. 

The NAAC is comprised of not more 

than 14 regular members, plus not more 

than 8 ex-officio Federal members. 

Several members may be regular 

Government employees, but most of the 

NAAC’s membership shall consist of 

non-Federal employees, appointed by 

the Secretary from the general public, 

serving as Special Government 

Employees. 

The expertise required of the NAAC’s 

membership includes, but is not limited 

to: 

(1) Individuals who are 

knowledgeable experts with special 

competence to evaluate and improve the 

partnership between VA and its 

academic affiliates. 

(2) Individuals representing academic 

leaders of: 

a. Health professions education 

institutions. 

b. Health care industry leaders. 

c. Academic and health care leaders 

with experience in establishing and 

sustaining academic affiliations and 

accredited health professions residency 

and training programs. 

(3) Individuals representing National 

Accrediting or Professional 

Organizations to include but not limited 

to Association of American Medical 

Colleges (AAMC), American Association 

of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), 

Accreditation Council for Graduate 

Medical Education (ACGME), American 

Psychological Association (APA), 

Physician Assistant Education 

Association (PAEA), and National 

Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA). 

Membership Requirements: The 

NAAC meets up to four times annually, 

typically once per quarter each fiscal 

year. Individuals selected for 

appointment to the NAAC shall be 

invited to serve an initial three-year 

term. After the initial term, the 

Secretary may reappoint members for an 

additional term. NAAC members will 

receive per diem and reimbursement for 

eligible travel expenses incurred. 

To the extent possible, the Secretary 

seeks members who have diverse 

professional and personal qualifications 

including but not limited to subject 

matter experts in the areas described 

above. Nominations should include any 

relevant information to ensure diverse 

Committee membership. 

Requirements for Nomination 

Submission 

Nominations should be typed (one 

nomination per nominator). Nomination 

package should include: 

(1) A letter of nomination that clearly 

states the name and affiliation of the 

nominee, the basis for the nomination 

(i.e., specific attributes which qualify 

the nominee for service in this 

capacity), and a statement from the 

nominee indicating willingness to serve 

as a member of the NAAC. 

(2) The nominee’s contact 

information, including name, mailing 

address, telephone number(s), and email 

address. 


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