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
July 22, 2011

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 141 (Friday, July 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44081-44082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18585]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2011-0178]


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 information.

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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. The FMCSA requests approval to revise an ICR 
entitled, ``Application for Certificate of Registration for Foreign 
Motor Carriers and Foreign Motor Private Carriers,''

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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 within municipalities in the United States on the U.S.-
Mexico international borders or within the commercial zones of such 
municipalities. FMCSA invites public comment on the ICR.

DATES: We must receive your comments on or before September 20, 2011.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Federal Docket 
Management System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2011-0178 using any of the 
following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., West Building, Ground 
Floor, Room W12-140, 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building, Ground Floor, 
Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 
a.m. and 5 p.m. E.T., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and 
docket number. For detailed instructions on submitting comments and 
additional information on the exemption process, see the Public 
Participation heading below. Note that all comments received will be 
posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any 
personal information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading 
below.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov, and follow the 
online instructions for accessing the dockets, or go to the street 
address listed above.
    Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all 
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement for the Federal Docket Management System 
published in the Federal Register on January 17, 2008 (73 FR 3316), or 
you may visit http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdfE8-794.pdf.
    Public Participation: The Federal eRulemaking Portal is available 
24 hours each day, 365 days each year. You can obtain electronic 
submission and retrieval help and guidelines under the ``help'' section 
of the Federal eRulemaking Portal Web site. If you want us to notify 
you that we received your comments, please include a self-addressed, 
stamped envelope or postcard, or print the acknowledgement page that 
appears after submitting comments online. Comments received after the 
comment closing date will be included in the docket and will be 
considered to the extent practicable.

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:
    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.
    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].
    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 agency to perform its mission; (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. The agency will summarize or include your 
comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this information 
collection.

    Issued on: July 14, 2011.
 Kelly Leone,
 Associate Administrator for Office of Research and Information 
Technology.
[FR Doc. 2011-18585 Filed 7-21-11; 8:45 am]
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