Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently-Approved Information Collection Request: Application for Certificate of Registration for Foreign Motor Carriers and Foreign Motor Private Carriers

Topics:  Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Kelly Leone
Federal Register
October 25, 2011

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66119-66120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-27475]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2011-0270]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a 
Currently-Approved Information Collection Request: Application for 
Certificate of Registration for Foreign Motor Carriers and Foreign 
Motor Private Carriers

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), 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 review 
and approval. The FMCSA requests approval to revise an ICR entitled, 
``Application for Certificate of Registration for Foreign Motor 
Carriers and Foreign Motor Private Carriers,'' that requires Mexico-
domiciled for-hire and private motor carriers to file an application 
Form OP-2 if they wish to register to transport property only

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within municipalities in the United States on the U.S.-Mexico 
international border or within the commercial zones of such 
municipalities. On July 22, 2011, FMCSA published a Federal Register 
notice allowing for a 60-day comment period on the ICR. No comments 
were received.

DATES: Please send your comments by November 25, 2011. 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-2011-0270. 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/Federal Motor Carrier 
Safety Administration, 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, Transportation 
Specialist, Office of Information Technology, IT Operations Division, 
Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, 6th Floor, West Building, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., 
Washington DC 20590. Telephone Number: (202) 366-2974; E-mail Address: 
vivian.oliver@dot.gov. Office hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday 
through Friday, except Federal Holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Application for Certificate of 
Registration for Foreign Motor Carriers and Foreign Motor Private 
Carriers.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0019.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently-approved information 
collection.
    Respondents: Foreign motor carriers and commercial motor vehicle 
drivers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 400.
    Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours to complete Form OP-2.
    Expiration Date: February 29, 2012.
    Frequency of Response: Other (Once).
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 1,600 hours [400 responses x 4 hours 
to complete Form OP-2 = 1,600].
    Background: Title 49 U.S.C. 13902(c) contains basic licensing 
procedures for registering foreign motor carriers to operate across the 
U.S.-Mexico border into the United States. Part 368 of title 49, CFR, 
contains the regulations that require Mexico-domiciled motor carriers 
to apply to the FMCSA for a Certificate of Registration to provide 
interstate transportation in municipalities in the United States on the 
U.S.-Mexico international border or within the commercial zones of such 
municipalities as defined in 49 U.S.C. 13902(c)(4)(A). The FMCSA 
carries out this registration program under authority delegated by the 
Secretary of Transportation.
    Foreign (Mexico-based) motor carriers use Form OP-2 to apply for 
Certificate of Registration authority at the FMCSA. The form requests 
information on the foreign motor carrier's name, address, U.S. DOT 
Number, form of business (e.g., corporation, sole proprietorship, 
partnership), locations where the applicant plans to operate, types of 
registration requested (e.g., for-hire motor carrier, motor private 
carrier), insurance, safety certifications, household goods arbitration 
certifications, and compliance certifications.
    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 FMCSA to perform its 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 on: October 12, 2011.
Kelly Leone,
Associate Administrator, Research and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2011-27475 Filed 10-24-11; 8:45 am]
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