Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review

Vanester M. Williams
U.S. Department of Transportation
March 2, 1998

[Federal Register: March 2, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 40)]
[Notices]               
[Page 10256-10257]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary

 
Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information 
Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information 
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR 
describes the nature of the information collection and its expected 
burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period 
soliciting comments on the following collection of information was 
published on August 28, 1997 (62 FR 45694-45695).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 1, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. James D. McCauley, Department of 
Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 400 Seventh Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 
p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)

    Title: Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP).
    OMB Number: 2125-0536.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously 
approved collection for which approval has expired.
    Affected Public: State MCSAP lead agencies.
    Abstract: Sections 401-404 of the Surface Transportation Assistance 
Act of 1982 (STAA) established a program of financial assistance to the 
States' implementation of programs for the enforcement of (a) Federal 
rules, regulations, standards, and orders applicable to commercial 
motor vehicle

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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). The Intermodal Surface Transportation 
Safety Act of 1991 (ISTEA) added programs, such as drug interdiction, 
traffic enforcement, and size and weight activities to the core program 
established by the STAA. Pursuant to the STAA, in order to qualify for 
a grant, participating States must submit a plan which is adequate to 
promote the objectives of Section 402 and meet a number of specified 
requirements. Section 402(c) of the STAA requires that the Secretary, 
on the basis of reports submitted by the State agency and the 
Secretary's own inspections make a continuing evaluation of the manner 
in which each State is carrying out its approved plan. This provision 
is implemented in 49 CFR 350.19 and Appendix B, paragraph G. In order 
for the Secretary (i.e. Federal Highway Administration) to make this 
evaluation, it is necessary for the State to provide and/or maintain 
information concerning past, present, and future enforcement activity. 
The application by a State for a grant must contain the information 
required by 49 CFR 350.9 or 350.11, 250.13 and 250.15. This information 
is necessary to enable the FHWA 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 FHWA may monitor and evaluate a State's progress under 
its approved plan and make the determinations and decisions required of 
49 CFR 350.19, 350.23, and 350.25.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 14,498 hours.
    Addresses: Send comments to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention FHWA Desk Officer. Comments are 
invited on: whether the proposed collection of information is necessary 
for the proper performance of the functions of the Department, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; the 
accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize the 
burden of the collection of information on respondents, including the 
use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 20, 1998.
Vanester M. Williams,
Clearance Officer, United States Department of Transportation.
[FR Doc. 98-5279 Filed 2-27-98; 8:45 am]
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