Notice2022-10661
Agency Information Collection Activities; Approval of a Renewal of a Currently-Approved Information Collection: Annual Report of Class I and Class II For-Hire Motor Carriers
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Published
May 18, 2022
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Abstract
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 its review and approval and invites public comment. FMCSA requests approval to renew the previously approved ICR 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."
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30327-30328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10661]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2021-0154]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Approval of a Renewal
of a Currently-Approved Information Collection: Annual Report of Class
I and Class II For-Hire Motor Carriers
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Department
of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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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 its
review and approval and invites public comment. FMCSA requests approval
to renew the previously approved ICR
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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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#eb818e8d8dc5988e889982989fab8f849fc58c849d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d9b3bcbfbff7aabcbaabb0aaad99bdb6adf7beb6af">[email protected]</span></a> .
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 For-Hire 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 for-hire 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\
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\1\ For 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.
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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 <a href="https://ask.fmcsa.dot.gov/app/ask/">https://ask.fmcsa.dot.gov/app/ask/</a>. 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.
[FR Doc. 2022-10661 Filed 5-17-22; 8:45 am]
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