Annual Report of Class I and
Class II Motor Carriers of Property (OMB 2139-0004)
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
05/19/2022
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
05/31/2022
44
44
387
387
0
0
The purpose of this request is to
renew the currently OMB approved ICR and update the annual burden
hour estimate. Form M is required to collect financial, operating,
equipment, and employment data from individual motor carriers of
property and household goods. All for-hire (common and contract)
motor carriers of property with gross annual operating revenue of
$3 million or more must file the annual report Form M. Form MP-1 is
required to collect financial, operating, equipment, and employment
data from individual motor carriers of passengers. All Class I
for-hire motor carriers of passengers with gross annual operating
revenues of $5 million or more are required to file the annual
report Form MP-1. FMCSA has created electronic forms that may be
prepared, signed electronically, and submitted to FMCSA via
https://ask.fmcsa.dot.gov/app/ask/. However, forms can still be
mailed to FMCSA. The data collected is available to users in its
original form. The data are not used by the U.S. Department of
Transportation, and, based on a comment to a proposed rule
finalized on December 17, 2013 (78 FR 76241), the data are no
longer used by trucking associations. The agency is also
considering how it might remove some of this reporting requirement,
consistent with statue, through a separate rulemaking, but the
agency needs to renew the Collection of Information now while that
process plays out. Insurance companies, consultants, law firms,
academia, trade publications and others may use the data to assess
industry growth and its impact on the economy, to identify industry
changes that may affect national transportation, and to monitor
company financial stability. In the past, the Bureau of Economic
Analysis (BEA) used the data to inform the national annual
input-output and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimates, to prepare
estimates of industry output, and to provide details on inputs to
supplement the information on motor carriers of passengers
collected by the U.S. Census Bureau. FMCSA is not aware of anyone
currently using this information. FMCSA does not use the
information collected through either Form M or Form MP-1, nor does
it enforce the filing requirements found in part 369. The Agency
was not provided the necessary resources to administer the data
collection and the financial reports are of little if any value in
fulfilling the Agency’s safety mission. FMCSA estimates that the
annual burden hour for this information collection has decreased by
approximately 78 hours due to decreased Form M and Form MP-1
submissions received by the Agency between 2018 and 2020.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.