Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 143 / Tuesday, July 28, 2009 / Notices 37287 

1For purposes of the Financial & Operating 

Statistics (F&OS) program, passenger carriers are 

classified into the following two groups; (1) Class 

I carriers are those having average annual gross 

transportation operating revenues (including 

interstate and intrastate) of $5 million or more from 

passenger motor carrier operations after applying 

the revenue deflator formula as shown in the Note 

at 49 CFR 369.3; and (2) Class II passenger carriers 

are those having average annual gross 

transportation operating revenues (including 

interstate and intrastate) of less than $5 million 

from passenger motor carrier operations after 

applying the revenue deflator formula as shown in 

the Note at 49 CFR 369.3. Only Class I carriers of 

passengers are required to file the Annual and 

Quarterly Report Form MP–1. Class II passenger 

carriers, however, must notify the agency when 

there is a change in their classification or their 

revenues exceed the Class II limit. 

Epstein, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the 

Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State 

(telephone: 202/453–8048). The address 

is U.S. Department of State, SA–44, 301 

4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, 

DC 20547–0001. 

Dated: July 20, 2009. 

C. Miller Crouch, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational 

and Cultural Affairs, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E9–17912 Filed 7–27–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 6709] 

Waiver of Restriction on Assistance to 

the Central Government of the Kyrgyz 

Republic 

Pursuant to section 7088(c)(2) of the 

Department of State, Foreign 

Operations, and Related Programs 

Appropriations Act, 2009 (Division H, 

Pub. L. 111–8) (‘‘the Act’’), and 

Department of State Delegation of 

Authority Number 245–1, I hereby 

determine that it is important to the 

national interest of the United States to 

waive the requirements of section 

7088(c)(1) of the Act with respect to the 

Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, 

and I hereby waive such restriction. 

This determination shall be reported 

to the Congress, and published in the 

Federal Register. 

Dated: July 14, 2009. 

Jacob L. Lew, 

Deputy Secretary of State for Management 

and Resources, Department of State. 

[FR Doc. E9–17911 Filed 7–27–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2009–0170] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Revision of a Currently 

Approved Information Collection 

Request: Annual and Quarterly Report 

of Class I Motor Carriers of 

Passengers (OMB 2139–0003) 

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 to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for approval its request to revise 

a currently approved information 

collection request (ICR) entitled, 

‘‘Annual and Quarterly Report of Class 

I Motor Carriers of Passengers.’’ This 

information collection is necessary to 

ensure that motor carriers comply with 

financial and operating statistics 

requirements at chapter III of title 49 

CFR part 369 entitled, ‘‘Reports of Motor 

Carriers.’’ On March 24, 2009, FMCSA 

published a Federal Register notice (at 

74 FR 12436) allowing for a 60-day 

comment period on the revision of this 

ICR. The comment received in response 

to the notice expressed support for this 

ICR. 

DATES: Please send your comments by 

August 27, 2009. OMB must receive 

your comments by this date in order to 

act quickly on the ICR. 

ADDRESSES: All comments should 

reference Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) Docket Number 

FMCSA–2009–0170. Interested persons 

are invited to submit written comments 

on the proposed information collection 

to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget. Comments 

should be addressed to the attention of 

the Desk Officer, Department of 

Transportation/Office of the Secretary, 

and sent via electronic mail to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov, or faxed 

to (202) 395–6974, or mailed to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102, 

725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Vivian Oliver, Office of Research and 

Information Technology, Department of 

Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration, West Building 

6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 

202–366–2974; e-mail 

Vivian.Oliver@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Annual and Quarterly Report of 

Class I Motor Carriers of Passengers 

(formerly OMB Control Number 2139– 

0003). 

OMB Control Number: 2126–0031. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently-approved information 

collection request. 

Respondents: Class I Motor Carriers of 

Passengers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 6. 

Estimated Time per Response: 18 

minutes per response. 

Expiration Date: 09/30/2009. 

Frequency of Response: Quarterly and 

annually. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 9 

hours [30 responses × 18 minutes per 

response/60 minutes = 9]. 

Background: For-hire Class I motor 

carriers of passengers (including 

interstate and intrastate) 1 are required 

to file Motor Carrier Annual and 

Quarterly Reports (Form MP–1) that 

provide financial and operating data 

(see 49 U.S.C. 14123; and implementing 

FMCSA regulations at 49 CFR part 369). 

The agency uses this information to 

assess the health of the industry and 

identify industry changes that may 

affect national transportation policy. 

The data also show company financial 

stability and traffic patterns. Motor 

carriers of passengers required to 

comply with the regulations are 

classified on the basis of their annual 

gross carrier operating revenues. Under 

the Financial & Operating Statistics 

(F&OS) program, the FMCSA collects 

balance sheet and income statement 

data along with information on tonnage, 

mileage, employees, transportation 

equipment, and other related data. 

The data and information collected is 

made publicly available as prescribed in 

49 CFR part 369. Class I motor carriers 

are required by 49 U.S.C. 14123 to file 

annual financial reports with the 

Secretary. The Secretary has exercised 

his discretion under section 14123 to 

also require Class I property carriers 

(including dual-property carriers), Class 

I household goods carriers and Class I 

passengers carriers to file quarterly 

reports. 

Over the years, the regulations were 

formerly administered by the Interstate 

Commerce Commission (ICC), but the 

ICC Termination Act of 1995 (ICCTA) 

(Pub. L. 104–88, 109 Stat. 803 (Dec. 29, 

1995); now codified at 49 U.S.C. 14123) 

abolished the ICC and transferred the 

responsibility for collecting and 

disseminating motor carrier financial 

information to the Secretary of 

Transportation (Secretary). On 

September 30, 1998, the Secretary 

delegated and transferred the authority 

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