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Respondents: 150,607 users of the 

National Airspace System. 

Frequency: This information is 

collected on occasion. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 7 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 881 

hours. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the FAA 

at the following address: Ms. Carla 

Scott, Room 712, Federal Aviation 

Administration, IT Enterprises Business 

Services Division, AES–200, 800 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20591. 

Public comments invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for FAA’s 

performance; (b) the accuracy of the 

estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to 

enhance the quality, utility and clarity 

of the information collection; and (d) 

ways that the burden could be 

minimized without reducing the quality 

of the collected information. The agency 

will summarize and/or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

Issued in Washington, DC on September 2, 

2010. 

Carla Scott, 

FAA Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, IT Enterprises Business Services 

Division, AES–200. 

[FR Doc. 2010–22554 Filed 9–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2010–0246] 

Notice of Request To Revise a 

Currently-Approved Information 

Collection Request: Motor Carrier 

Safety Assistance Program 

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 

the Information Collection Request (ICR) 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval and invites public 

comment. The FMCSA requests 

approval to revise an ICR entitled 

‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Assistance 

Program (MCSAP).’’ The information 

required consists of grant application 

preparation, quarterly reports and 

electronic data documenting the results 

of driver/vehicle inspections performed 

by the States. This ICR is being revised 

due to an increase in the estimated 

number of State inspections that will be 

performed annually resulting in change 

to the estimated burden to perform this 

activity. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before November 8, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

bearing the Department of 

Transportation (DOT) Docket 

Management System (DMS) Docket 

Number FMCSA–2010–0246 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, 20590–0001 between 9 a.m. and 

5 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal Holidays. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Each submission must include the 

Agency name and the docket number for 

this Notice. Note that DOT posts all 

comments received without change to 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information included in a 

comment. Please see the Privacy Act 

heading below. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov at any time or 

Room W12–140 on the ground level of 

the West Building, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, 20590– 

0001 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. The DMS is available 24 hours 

each day, 365 days each year. If you 

want acknowledgement that we 

received your comments, please include 

a self-addressed, stamped envelope or 

post card or print the acknowledgement 

page that appears after submitting them 

on-line. 

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 of the person 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/ 

pdf/E8–785.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mr. John E. Kostelnik, Office of Safety 

Programs, State Programs Division, 

Department of Transportation, Federal 

Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 

West Building 6th Floor, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington DC 

20590. Telephone: 202–366–5721; 

e-mail: Jack.kostelnik@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Motor Carrier Safety Assistance 

Program. 

OMB Control Number: 2126–0010. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently-approved information 

collection. 

Respondents: State MCSAP lead 

agencies. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

52. 

Estimated Time per Response: Grant 

application preparation: 79.5 hours 

each; quarterly report preparation: 8 

hours each; and inspection and data 

upload: 1 minute each. 

Expiration Date: February 28, 2011. 

Frequency of Response: Grant 

application: 1 annually; quarterly 

reports: 4 annually; and inspection and 

data upload: about 3.4 million annually. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

13,550 hours. The methods used to 

calculate the hours necessary to prepare 

grant applications, upload data, and 

prepare quarterly reports are based on 

interviews with the State and Federal 

personnel charged with those 

responsibilities. The information 

required to prepare the applications for 

grants and the subsequent reports is 

based on general information ordinarily 

maintained by the States in the general 

course of business, and only simple 

computations are required to determine 

burden hours. The grant applications 

and reports are submitted by the 50 

States, 4 Territories, Puerto Rico, and 

the District of Columbia. Each entity 

submits one grant request per year and 

four quarterly reports. About 3.4 million 

inspection reports are uploaded each 

year. 

The figures reflect only 20 percent of 

the total estimated hours to perform the 

activities, since MCSAP reimburses 80 

percent of the eligible costs incurred in 

the administration of an approved plan 

as set forth in 49 CFR 350.303, 350.309 

and 350.311. Labor hours are estimated 

and an average hourly rate for 

professional personnel is applied. The 

four territories of American Samoa, 

Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands and the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands receive 100 percent Federal 

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funding for their MCSAP activities; 

therefore they are not included in the 

computation of burden. 

Background: Sections 401 through 

404 of the Surface Transportation 

Assistance Act of 1982 (STAA) (Pub. L. 

97–424) established a program of 

financial assistance to the States to 

implement programs to enforce: 

(a) Federal rules, regulations, standards, 

and orders applicable to commercial 

motor vehicle safety; and 

(b) compatible State rules, regulations, 

standards and orders. This grant-in-aid 

program is known as the Motor Carrier 

Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP). 

Section 402(c) of the STAA requires that 

the Secretary of Transportation 

(Secretary), on the basis of reports 

submitted by the States and the 

Secretary’s own inspections, make a 

continuing evaluation of the manner in 

which each State is carrying out its 

approved safety enforcement plan. The 

STAA’s MCSAP provisions are codified 

at 49 U.S.C. 31102. 

The Transportation Equity Act for the 

21st Century (TEA–21) (Pub. L. 105– 

178) further revised the MCSAP by 

broadening its purpose beyond 

enforcement activities and programs by 

requiring participating States to assume 

greater responsibility for improving 

motor carrier safety. Section 4003 of 

TEA–21 required States to develop 

performance-based plans reflecting 

national priorities and performance 

goals, revised the MCSAP funding 

distribution formula, and created a new 

incentive funding program. As a result, 

States have greater flexibility in 

designing programs to address national 

and State goals of reducing the number 

and severity of commercial motor 

vehicle (CMV) accidents. 

The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and 

Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A 

Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU) (Pub. 

L. 109–59) amended 49 U.S.C. 

31102(b)(1) to modify and augment the 

conditions a State must meet to qualify 

for basic program funds under the 

MCSAP. The statute requires a State to 

document in its State Commercial 

Vehicle Safety Plan (CVSP) its 

commitment to meet the following 

additional conditions: 

• Deploy technology to enhance the 

efficiency and effectiveness of CMV 

safety programs; 

• Include, in both the training manual 

for the licensing examination to drive a 

non-CMV and the training manual for 

the licensing examination to drive a 

CMV, information on best practices for 

driving safely in the vicinity of 

noncommercial and commercial motor 

vehicles; 

• Conduct comprehensive and highly 

visible traffic enforcement and CMV 

safety inspection programs in high-risk 

locations and corridors; and 

• Except in the case of an imminent 

or obvious safety hazard, ensure that an 

inspection of a vehicle transporting 

passengers for a motor carrier of 

passengers is conducted at a station, 

terminal, border crossing, maintenance 

facility, destination, or other location 

where a motor carrier may make a 

planned stop. 

Additionally, section 4106 of 

SAFETEA–LU amended 49 U.S.C. 

31102(c) to provide that States may use 

a portion of MCSAP basic grant funds to 

conduct documented enforcement of 

State traffic laws—both laws and 

regulations designed to promote the safe 

operation of CMVs and laws and 

regulations relating to non-CMVs, when 

necessary to promote the safe operation 

of CMVs. 

In order for FMCSA to evaluate 

program effectiveness, it is necessary for 

the State to provide and maintain 

information concerning past, present 

and future program activity. The Final 

Rule that revised Part 350 to implement 

the changes to the MCSAP made by 

SAFETEA–LU was published in the 

Federal Register on July 5, 2007 (72 FR 

36769) . The State’s grant application, 

known as the CVSP, must contain the 

information required by 49 CFR 

350.201, 350.211 and 350.213. This 

information is necessary to enable 

FMCSA to determine whether a State 

meets the statutory and administrative 

criteria to be eligible for a grant. It is 

necessary that a State’s work activities 

and accomplishments be reported so 

that FMCSA can monitor and evaluate 

a State’s progress under its approved 

plan and make the determinations and 

decisions required by 49 CFR 350.205 

and 350.207. The FMCSA is required to 

determine whether each State’s efforts 

meet the intended objectives of its plan. 

In the event of nonconformity with any 

approved plan and failure on the part of 

a State to remedy deficiencies, FMCSA 

is required to take action to cease 

Federal participation in that State’s 

plan. 

This information collection supports 

the DOT Strategic Goal of Safety 

(i.e., reducing commercial truck-related 

fatalities) by providing financial and 

technical support to State CMV 

enforcement efforts. 

The FMCSA uses the information in 

the CVSP to determine whether a State 

has the necessary resources and 

authority to undertake the program 

intended by Congress. After a grant has 

been awarded to a State, a continuing 

evaluation of the State’s activities is 

performed to determine whether 

continued funding is appropriate and if 

revisions in the State’s CVSP should be 

made. A quarterly report is submitted by 

the States using Standard Form PPR 

(SF–PPR) along with a narrative 

addendum to provide the minimum 

necessary information to assist in 

appropriate monitoring of a State’s 

performance, compared to its CVSP, and 

to permit FMCSA to determine whether 

the effort of a State is cost efficient and 

whether Federal assistance should be 

continued. In addition, inspection data 

and reports are submitted electronically 

by the inspecting officer from the field 

to FMCSA at the time of completion of 

the inspection. 

SAFETEA–LU provides that States 

may conduct traffic enforcement 

activities against non-CMVs to promote 

the safe operation of CMVs. The States 

have been routinely conducting traffic 

enforcement activities on CMVs and 

been reimbursed, provided an 

appropriate inspection was conducted 

at the time. Previously, non-CMV traffic 

enforcement was not an eligible MCSAP 

activity for reimbursement so the States 

have not captured activity levels for this 

type of enforcement. The number of 

non-CMV enforcement activities 

conducted by the States has been 

relatively minimal since SAFETEA–LU 

limits the amount of MCSAP grant 

funding that can be used for non-CMV 

traffic enforcement activities to no more 

than five percent of the basic amount a 

State receives annually. 

The quarterly report is created by the 

State and submitted to FMCSA using 

inspection data and other information. 

The collection of uniform data permits 

analysis and comparison of State 

programs and facilitates program 

administration and reporting (e.g., 

comparison of the data from a single 

State to the national average, equipment 

violation and out-of-service trends, etc.). 

The FMCSA routinely uses quarterly 

report information to measure 

individual and collective State program 

accomplishment and to assist with 

future program development. 

Description of MCSAP forms: 

a. Form MCSAP–1, Motor Carrier 

Safety Assistance Program: Use of the 

MCSAP–1 form is being discontinued. 

States will be required to submit their 

grant applications electronically using 

grants.gov beginning in Fiscal Year 

2011. The SF–424 form (OMB No. 4040– 

0004), available via grants.gov, will be 

used in place of the previously 

approved MCSAP–1 form. 

b. Form MCSAP–2, Grant Agreement: 

The MCSAP–2 form is the grant 

agreement that specifies the total 

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amount of the State Program, the State 

and Federal participating shares, the 

period of the grant, and the signatures 

of the responsible State official and the 

FMCSA Division Administrator. 

c. Form MCSAP–2A, Grant 

Amendment for Fiscal Yearll: The 

MCSAP–2A form is used to modify the 

terms of the grant. It is used to increase 

or decrease the amount of the grant, or 

to extend the period of the grant. It 

contains the signatures of the 

responsible State official and the 

FMCSA Division Administrator. 

In addition, the following documents 

are provided as part of the CVSP 

package: 

a. State Training Plan (optional 

format): This document is a request for 

commercial vehicle training courses. It 

is used by the FMCSA’s National 

Training Center to more effectively 

schedule training courses to meet the 

needs of State enforcement agencies. 

b. State Certification: The CVSP must 

contain a State Certification signed by 

the Governor, the State Attorney 

General, or other specially designated 

State official. The Certification includes 

conditions that must be met by the State 

to receive MCSAP grant funds. 

Virtually all (99%) of the information 

required by the grant is submitted 

electronically. This includes over 3.4 

million inspection reports, which are 

uploaded electronically from laptop 

computers at inspection sites in the 

field to FMCSA annually. The nearuniversal use of laptops for submitting 

these inspection reports has resulted in 

a dramatic reduction in the time burden. 

The annual CVSPs require signed 

certifications by State personnel and 

these certification documents are not, 

therefore, electronically transmitted. 

The FMCSA is the only Federal 

agency authorized to enforce safety 

regulations applicable to commercial 

trucks and buses in interstate 

commerce. The type of information to 

be gathered from the States through this 

information collection is unique to 

MCSAP. No duplication was identified 

through the rulemaking process to 

implement relevant sections of 

SAFETEA–LU. 

Under MCSAP grants are extended to 

the States predicated on annual 

submission of CVSPs. The FMCSA has 

determined that although monthly or 

bimonthly reports are not needed, a 

semiannual report would not be 

sufficiently frequent to allow for timely 

evaluation and changes in State program 

direction. Therefore, quarterly reports 

were determined to be the most 

appropriate, considering burden and 

Federal need. If the reports were 

submitted less frequently, FMCSA 

would be unable to exercise appropriate 

oversight and administration of the 

program as envisioned by the Congress. 

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. The agency will summarize 

or include your comments in the request 

for OMB’s clearance of this information 

collection. 

Issued on: September 2, 2010. 

Kelly Leone, 

Director, Office of Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2010–22462 Filed 9–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2010–0273] 

Notice of Request for Information 

(RFI): Training Certification for Drivers 

of Longer Combination Vehicles 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

FMCSA announces its plan to submit 

the Information Collection Request (ICR) 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval and invites public 

comment. The FMCSA requests OMB 

approval to revise an ICR entitled, 

‘‘Training Certification for Drivers of 

Longer Combination Vehicles.’’ This ICR 

is necessary because the training 

certificates drivers are required to 

present to prospective employers serve 

as proof the drivers have successfully 

completed the training to operate 

Longer Combination Vehicles (LCVs) 

safely on the Nation’s highways. Motor 

carriers are required to maintain a copy 

of the training certification in each LCV 

driver’s qualification file, which may be 

reviewed by Federal or State 

enforcement officials. This ICR is being 

revised due to an anticipated increase in 

the estimated number of LCV drivers 

submitting training certificates to 

employers resulting in change to the 

estimated information collection burden 

for this training task. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before November 8, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Federal Docket 

Management System Number FMCSA– 

2010–0273 by 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, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building, Ground Floor, Room W12– 

140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

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 and additional 

information on the exemption process, 

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 

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 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. 

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