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Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 8 / Wednesday, January 12, 2005 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2004–19683]

Notice-Request for Comments on
Renewing Approval of an Information
Collection: OMB Control No. 2126–
0016 (Licensing Applications for Motor
Carrier Operating Authority)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: This notice announces
FMCSA’s plans to request the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
renew its approval of the information
collection described below. This
information collection is for the
application forms used by for-hire motor
carriers of regulated commodities,
freight forwarders, property brokers, and
certain Mexican motor carriers to
register their operations with the
FMCSA. This notice is required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act.
DATES: Please submit your comments by
March 14, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Mail or hand deliver
comments to the U.S. Department of
Transportation, Dockets Management
Facility, Room PL–401, 400 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590, or
submit electronically at http://
dmses.dot.gov/submit. Be sure to
include the docket number appearing in
the heading of this document on your
comment. All comments received will
be available for examination and
copying at the above address from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. If you
would like to be notified when your
comment is received, you must include
a self-addressed, stamped postcard or
you may print the acknowledgment
page that appears after submitting
comments electronically.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Joy Dunlap, (202) 493–0219,
Information Systems Division (MC–RIS),
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 400 Seventh Street,
SW., Washington, DC 20590. Office
hours are from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., e.s.t.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Licensing Applications for
Motor Carrier Operating Authority,
formerly titled ‘‘Revision of Licensing
Application Forms, Application
Procedures, and Corresponding
Regulations.’’

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OMB Number: 2126–0016.
Background: The FMCSA is
authorized to register for-hire motor
carriers of regulated commodities under
the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13902;
freight forwarders under the provisions
of 49 U.S.C. 13903; property brokers
under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13904;
and certain Mexican motor carriers
under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13902
and the North American Free Trade
Agreement (NAFTA) motor carrier
access provision. The forms used to
apply for registration authority with the
FMCSA are: Form OP–1 for motor
property carriers and brokers; Form OP–
1(P) for motor passenger carriers; Form
OP–1(FF) for freight forwarders; and
Form OP–1(MX) for certain Mexican
motor carriers. These forms request
information on the applicant’s identity,
location, familiarity with safety
requirements, and type of proposed
operations. There are some differences
on the forms due to specific statutory
standards for registration of the different
types of transportation entities.
Respondents: Motor carriers, freight
forwarders, brokers and certain Mexican
motor carriers.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: The
current estimated average time to
complete each registration application
form is 2 hours. There are
approximately 19,000 annual
applications on the OP–1, OP–1(P) and
OP–1(FF) forms; therefore, the estimated
annual reporting burden is 38,000 hours
(19,000 annual applications × 2 hours =
38,000 hours). FMCSA estimates that it
receives approximately 2,060 OP–1(MX)
applications annually. The estimated
annual reporting burden for the current
OP–1(MX) is approximately 2,060 hours
(1,030 respondents per year × 2 hours
each to complete form). Therefore, the
total estimated annual reporting burden
is 40,060 hours (2,060 hours + 38,000
hours = 40,060 hours).
Frequency: Initial applications are
submitted one time; updates for changes
to certain information are required as
the changes occur.
Public Comments Invited: Your
comments are particularly invited on
whether the collection of information is
necessary for the FMCSA to meet its
goal of reducing truck crashes,
including whether the information is
useful to this goal; the accuracy of the
estimate of the burden of the
information collection; ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information 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.

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Electronic Access and Filing: You
may submit or retrieve comments online
through the Docket Management System
(DMS) at http://dmses.dot.gov/submit.
Acceptable formats include: MS Word
(versions 95 to 97), MS Word for Mac
(versions 6 to 8), Rich Text File (RTF),
American Standard Code Information
Interchange (ASCII)(TXT), Portable
Document Format (PDF), and
WordPerfect (versions 7 to 8). The DMS
is available 24 hours each day, 365 days
each year. Electronic submission and
retrieval help and guidelines are
available under the help section of the
web site. You may also download an
electronic copy of this document from
the DOT Docket Management System on
the Internet at http://dms.dot.gov/
search.htm. Please include the docket
number appearing in the heading of this
document.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended;
49 U.S.C. 13902, 13903 and 13904; and 49
CFR 1.73.
Issued: January 3, 2005.
Annette M. Sandberg,
Administrator.
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BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
Notice of Application for Approval of
Discontinuance or Modification of a
Railroad Signal System or Relief From
the Requirements of Title 49 Code of
Federal Regulations Part 236
Pursuant to Title 49 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) part 235 and 49
U.S.C. 20502(a), the following railroad
has petitioned the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) seeking approval
for the discontinuance or modification
of the signal system or relief from the
requirements of 49 CFR part 236 as
detailed below.
Docket Number FRA–2004–19819
Applicant: CSX Transportation,
Incorporated, Mr. N. Michael Choat,
Chief Engineer, Communications and
Signal, 4901 Belfort Road, Suite 130,
Jacksonville, Florida 32256.
CSX Transportation (CSXT) seeks
approval to extend the temporary
discontinuance of the traffic control
system (TCS), for a period not to exceed
one year, on a portion of the LH&StL
Subdivision, Louisville Division
between Louisville, Kentucky, milepost
HR 6.8 and Doyle, Kentucky, milepost
HR 110.9. The request is associated with
the July 31, 2004-catastrophic event in

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