Agency Information Collection Activities; Approval of a Currently Approved Information Collection Request: Financial Responsibility for Motor Carriers of Passengers and Motor Carriers of Property

G. Kelly Leone
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
March 1, 2013

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 41 (Friday, March 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 13932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04760]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2013-0379]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Approval of a Currently 
Approved Information Collection Request: Financial Responsibility for 
Motor Carriers of Passengers and Motor Carriers of Property

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 information collected will be used to help ensure 
that motor carriers of passengers and property maintain appropriate 
levels of financial responsibility to operate on public highways.

DATES: Please send your comments by April 1, 2013. OMB must receive 
your comments by this date in order to act on the ICR.

ADDRESSES: All comments should reference Federal Docket Management 
System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2013-0379. 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. Tura Gatling and Gerald Folsom, 
Ph.D., Office of Registration and Safety Information, Federal Motor 
Carrier Safety Administration, West Building, 6th Floor, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 202-385-2405/2412; 
email tura.gatling@dot.gov and gerald.folsom@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Financial Responsibility for Motor Carrier of Passengers and 
Motor Carriers of Property.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0008.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently-approved information 
collection.
    Respondents: Insurance and surety companies of motor carriers of 
property (Forms MCS-90 and MCS-82) and motor carriers of passengers 
(Forms MCS-90B and MCS-82B).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 6,074.
    Estimated Time per Response: The FMCSA estimates it takes two 
minutes to complete the Endorsement for Motor Carrier Policies of 
Insurances for Public Liability or three minutes for the Motor Carrier 
Public Liability Surety Bond; and one minute to place either document 
on board the vehicle (foreign-domiciled motor carriers only) [49 CFR 
387.7(f)]. These endorsements are maintained at the motor carrier's 
principal place of business [49 CFR 387.7 (iii) (d)].
    Expiration Date: March 31, 2013.
    Frequency of Response: Upon creation, change or replacement of an 
insurance policy or surety bond.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 4,480 hours [(3,874 annual burden 
hours for Form MCS-90B, Form MCS-90, Form MCS-82B and Form MCS-82) + 
(606 annual burden hours for placing legible copies of the carrier's 
Insurance Endorsements or Surety Bonds in the cabs of all vehicles 
operated in the United States) = 4,480].

Background

    The Secretary of Transportation is responsible for implementing 
regulations which establish minimal levels of financial responsibility 
for: (1) For-hire motor carriers of property to cover public liability, 
property damage and environment restoration, and (2) for-hire motor 
carriers of passengers to cover public liability and property damage. 
The Endorsement for Motor Carrier Policies of Insurance for Public 
Liability (Forms MCS-90/90B) and the Motor Carrier Public Liability 
Surety Bond (Forms MCS-82/82B) contain the minimum amount of 
information necessary to document that a motor carrier of property or 
passengers has obtained, and has in effect, the minimum levels of 
financial responsibility as set forth in applicable regulations (motor 
carriers of property--49 CFR 387.9; and motor carrier of passengers--49 
CFR 387.33). FMCSA and the public can verify that a motor carrier of 
property or passengers has obtained, and has in effect, the required 
minimum levels of financial responsibility, by use of the information 
enclosed within these documents.
    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: February 21, 2013.
G. Kelly Leone,
Associate Administrator for Office of Research and Information 
Technology And Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-04760 Filed 2-28-13; 8:45 am]
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