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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 37 / Thursday, February 25, 2016 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2015–0436]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Extension of a CurrentlyApproved Information Collection
Request: Financial Responsibility for
Motor Carriers of Passengers and
Motor Carriers of Property
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

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 and invites public
comment. 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.

SUMMARY:

We must receive your comments
on or before April 25, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) Docket
Number FMCSA–2015–0436 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,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building,
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001 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://

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www.regulations.gov, and follow the
online instructions for accessing the
dockets, or go to the street address listed
above.
Privacy Act: In accordance with 5
U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments
from the public to better inform its
rulemaking process. DOT posts these
comments, without edit, including any
personal information the commenter
provides, to www.regulations.gov, as
described in the system of records
notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can
be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy.
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 selfaddressed, 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: Mr.
Jeff Secrist, Office of Registration and
Safety Information, Chief, East and
South Division, Department of
Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, West Building
6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone:
202–385–2367; email: jeff.secrist@
dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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
environmental restoration, and (2) forhire 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 carriers 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

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minimum levels of financial
responsibility, by use of the information
enclosed within these documents.
Title: Financial Responsibility for
Motor Carrier of Passengers and Motor
Carriers of Property.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0008.
Type of Request: Extension 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:
8,004.
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 the Motor Carrier Public
Liability Surety Bond; and one minute
to place either document on board the
vehicle [49 CFR 387.7(f)(property);
387.31(f)(passengers)]. These
endorsements and surety bonds are
maintained at the motor carrier’s
principal place of business [49 CFR
387.7(d); 49 CFR 387.31(d)].
Expiration Date: June 30, 2016.
Frequency of Response: Upon
creation, change or replacement of an
insurance policy or surety bond.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
4,777 hours [4,065 annual burden hours
for ICs 1–4 + 712 annual burden hours
for IC–5 document replacement =
4,777].
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 performance of
FMCSA’s functions; (2) the accuracy of
the estimated burden; (3) ways for the
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: February 17, 2016.
G. Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of
Research and Information Technology.
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