50396 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 166 / Tuesday, August 26, 2008 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket Number—DOT–OST–2008–0196] 

Renewal of Approval of Information 

Collection Requirements 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

OMB Control No.: 2100–0019. 

Title: Transportation for Individuals 

with Disabilities; Accessibility of Overthe-Road Buses (OTRBs). 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13, this notice 

announces the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Office of the Secretary, 

(DOT) intention to request an extension 

of the information collection request 

(ICR) OMB No. 2100–0019, Americans 

with Disabilities Act (ADA): Information 

Collection Requirements for the ADA 

Rule for Over-the-Road Buses. DOT 

invites the general public, industry and 

other governmental parties to comment 

on the Department’s request for the 

renewal Paperwork Reduction Act 

approval of the information 

requirements in Subpart H of 49 CFR 

Part 37, concerning over-the-road buses. 

The current request approved by OMB 

expires on August 31, 2008. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by October 27, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may file comments 

identified by the docket number DOT–

OST–2008–0196 by any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Ave., SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal Holidays. 

• Fax: (202) 493–2251. 

Instructions: You must include the 

agency name and docket number DOT–

OST–2008–0196 at the beginning of 

your comment. All comments received 

will be posted without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of any written 

communications and comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

document (or signing the document, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement in the Federal Register 

published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 

65, Number 70; Pages 19477–78), which 

may also be found at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

You may request confidential 

treatment of comments or portions of 

comments under the procedures set 

forth in 49 CFR Part 105. While all 

comments should be sent to the FDMS, 

OST will consider separately and not 

place in the public docket those 

comments or portions of comments OST 

determines to include trade secrets, 

other confidential commercial 

information, or sensitive security 

information (SSI). In accordance with 49 

CFR 105.30, you may ask OST to keep 

information confidential using the 

following procedures: (1) Mark 

‘‘confidential’’ on each page of the 

original document you would like to 

keep confidential; (2) send FDMS both 

the original document and a second 

copy of the original document with the 

confidential information redacted; and 

(3) explain why the information is 

confidential (as a trade secret, other 

confidential commercial information, or 

SSI). In your explanation, you should 

provide enough information to enable 

OST to determine whether the 

information provided is protected by 

law and must be handled separately. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert C. Ashby, Acting Assistant 

General Counsel for Regulation and 

Enforcement, Office of General Counsel, 

Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 

DC 20590, room W94–302, 202–366–

9310, or via e-mail at 

bob.ashby@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Transportation for Individuals 

With Disabilities—Accessibility of Overthe-Road Buses (OTRBs). 

OMB Control No.: 2100–0019. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: The Department of 

Transportation (DOT), in conjunction 

with the U.S. Architectural and 

Transportation Barriers Compliance 

Board, issued final access regulations 

for privately operated over-the-road 

buses (OTRBs) as required by the 

Americans with Disability Act (ADA) of 

1990. The Final Rule on Accessibility of 

Over-the-Road Buses has the following 

recordkeeping/reporting requirements: 

The first has to do with 48 hour advance 

notice and compensation. The second 

has to do with equivalent service and 

compensation. The third has to do with 

reporting information on ridership on 

accessible fixed route buses. The fourth 

has to do with recordkeeping for 5 

years. The fifth has to do with report 

submission to DOT annually. The sixth 

has to do with reporting information on 

the purchase and lease of accessible and 

inaccessible new and used buses. When 

initiating the information collection as 

part of the rulemaking that established 

the requirements in question, the 

Department provided the estimate of 

burdens set forth below. We have no 

reason to believe that the time necessary 

to comply with the information 

collection requirements has changed in 

the meantime. We would note that this 

estimate assumes compliance by bus 

operators with the information 

collection requirements. Reporting rates, 

however, have been low. The purpose of 

the information collection requirements 

is to provide data that the Department 

can use in reviewing the provisions of 

its rule and to assist the Department in 

its oversight of compliance by bus 

companies. In particular, the data will 

be used to assist the Department in 

conducting the reevaluation of the 

requirements of the over-the-road bus 

rule mentioned in the regulation itself. 

Respondents: Charter/tour service 

operators, fixed route companies, small 

mixed service operators. 

Estimated No. of Respondents: 3,448. 

Average Annual Burden per 

Respondent: Variable. 

Estimated Total Burden on 

Respondents: 316,226 hours. 

Burden Statement: The amount of 

data sought is held to the minimum 

amount necessary to ensure compliance 

with the regulation. As suggested in 

comments from both the bus industry 

and disability community commenters 

during the rulemaking leading to this 

rule, recordkeeping and reporting of this 

kind would be useful for the purpose of 

ensuring compliance. The cumulative 

total burden for the information 

collection is between 167,889 hours 

(low estimate) to 182,873 hours (high 

estimate). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 19, 

2008. 

Robert C. Ashby, 

Acting Assistant General Counsel for 

Regulation and Enforcement. 

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