80_FR_51076 80 FR 50914 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently-Approved Information Collection Request: Motor Carrier Identification Report

80 FR 50914 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently-Approved Information Collection Request: Motor Carrier Identification Report

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 162 (August 21, 2015)

Page Range50914-50915
FR Document2015-20683

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 review and approval and invites public comment. The FMCSA requests approval to revise an ICR entitled, ``Motor Carrier Identification Report,'' which is used to identify FMCSA regulated entities, help prioritize the agency's activities, aid in assessing the safety outcomes of those activities, and for statistical purposes. This ICR is being revised due to a Final Rule titled, ``Unified Registration System,'' (78 FR 52608) dated August 23, 2013 which will require regulated entities to file for registration via a new online Form MCSA-1 and eliminate the Forms MCS- 150B and MCS-150C contained in the ICR. The Form MCS-150 will be retained for use by the small number of Mexico-domiciled motor carriers that seek authority to operate beyond the United States municipalities on the United States-Mexico border and their commercial zones because they are not included within the scope of the Unified Registration Final Rule.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 162 (Friday, August 21, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 162 (Friday, August 21, 2015)]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20683]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2015-0268]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a 
Currently-Approved Information Collection Request: Motor Carrier 
Identification Report

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 review 
and approval and invites public comment. The FMCSA requests approval to 
revise an ICR entitled, ``Motor Carrier Identification Report,'' which 
is used to identify FMCSA regulated entities, help prioritize the 
agency's activities, aid in assessing the safety outcomes of those 
activities, and for statistical purposes. This ICR is being revised due 
to a Final Rule titled, ``Unified Registration System,'' (78 FR 52608) 
dated August 23, 2013 which will require regulated entities to file for 
registration via a new online Form MCSA-1 and eliminate the Forms MCS-
150B and MCS-150C contained in the ICR. The Form MCS-150 will be 
retained for use by the small number of Mexico-domiciled motor carriers 
that seek authority to operate beyond the United States municipalities 
on the United States-Mexico border and their commercial zones because 
they are not included within the scope of the Unified Registration 
Final Rule.

DATES: We must receive your comments on or before October 20, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Federal Docket 
Management System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2015-0268 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 Operations; 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.thefederalregister.org/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

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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: Mr. Jeff Secrist, Office of 
Registration and Safety Information, Department of Transportation, 
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, West Building 6th Floor, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Telephone: 202-
385-2367; email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Background: Title 49, United States Code Section 504(b)(2) provides 
the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) with authority to require 
carriers, lessors, associations, or classes of these entities to file 
annual, periodic, and special reports containing answers to questions 
asked by the Secretary. The Secretary may also prescribe the form of 
records required to be prepared or compiled and the time period during 
which records must be preserved (See section 504(b) (1) and (d)). The 
FMCSA will use this data to administer its safety programs by 
establishing a database of entities that are subject to its 
regulations. This database necessitates that these entities notify the 
FMCSA of their existence. For example, under 49 CFR 390.19(a), FMCSA 
requires all motor carriers beginning operations to file a Form MCS-150 
entitled, Motor Carrier Identification Report. This report is filed by 
all motor carriers conducting operations in interstate or international 
commerce before beginning operations. It asks the respondent to provide 
the name of the business entity that owns and controls the motor 
carrier operation, address and telephone of principal place of 
business, assigned identification number(s), type of operation, types 
of cargo usually transported, number of vehicles owned, term leased and 
trip leased, driver information, and certification statement signed by 
an individual authorized to sign documents on behalf of the business 
entity.
    The Department of Transportation and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2002, Public Law 107-87, 115 Stat. 
833, dated December 18, 2001 (see Attachment B), directed the agency to 
issue an interim final rule (IFR) to ensure that new entrant motor 
carriers are knowledgeable about the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Regulations (FMCSRs) and standards. On May 13, 2002, the agency 
published an IFR entitled, ``New Entrant Safety Assurance Process'' (67 
FR 31978).
    On August, 23, 2013, the agency published a Final Rule titled, 
``Unified Registration System,'' (URS) which requires interstate motor 
carriers, freight forwarders, brokers, intermodal equipment providers, 
hazardous materials safety permit applicants, and cargo tank facilities 
to file for registration via a new online Form MCSA-1. The Form MCSA-1 
will replace the existing Forms MCS-150B and MCS-150C in this ICR. 
However, the Form MCS-150 will be retained for the small number of 
Mexico-domiciled carriers that seek authority to operate beyond the 
United States municipalities on the United States-Mexico border and 
their commercial zones because they are not included within the scope 
of the URS Final Rule. This revised ICR captures the burden on the 
Mexico-domiciled carriers that will continue to use Form MCS-150 after 
implementation of the URS Final Rule effective October, 23 2015.
    Title: Motor Carrier Identification Report.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0013.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently-approved information 
collection.
    Respondents: Mexico domiciled motor carriers and commercial motor 
vehicle drivers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 15,291.
    Estimated Time per Response: 20 minutes for new filings and 7.5 
minutes for biennial updates and changes to complete the Form MCS-150.
    Expiration Date: December 31, 2015.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and biennially.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 386 hours [(396 new filings x 20 
minutes / 60 minutes) + (2,030 biennial updates and changes x 7.5 
minutes / 60 minutes)].
    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 information collected. The Agency will summarize or 
include your comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this ICR.

    Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87 on: August 14, 2015.
G. Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of Research and Information 
Technology.
[FR Doc. 2015-20683 Filed 8-20-15; 8:45 am]
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50914 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 162 / Friday, August 21, 2015 / Notices safety that is equivalent to, or greater maintain its safety record. However, seek authority to operate beyond the than, the level that would be achieved should safety deteriorate, FMCSA will, United States municipalities on the absent such exemption. Motor carriers consistent with the statutory United States-Mexico border and their utilizing the exemption will be required requirements of 49 U.S.C. 31315, take commercial zones because they are not to report any accidents, as defined in 49 all steps necessary to protect the public included within the scope of the CFR 390.5, to FMCSA. The exemption is interest. Authorization of the exemption Unified Registration Final Rule. eligible for renewal at the end of the is discretionary, and FMCSA will DATES: We must receive your comments two-year period. immediately revoke the exemption of on or before October 20, 2015. any motor carrier or driver for failure to ADDRESSES: You may submit comments Terms and Conditions of the Exemption comply with the terms and conditions identified by Federal Docket Extent of the Exemption of the exemption. Management System (FDMS) Docket This exemption is limited to drivers Preemption Number FMCSA–2015–0268 using any transporting HM loads requiring During the period the exemption is in of the following methods: placarding under 49 CFR part 172, effect, no State may enforce any law or • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// subpart F, or select agents and toxins regulation that conflicts with or is www.regulations.gov. Follow the online identified in § 172.800(b)(13) that do not inconsistent with this exemption with instructions for submitting comments. require placarding, and who have filed respect to a person or entity operating • Fax: 1–202–493–2251. security plans requiring constant under the exemption [49 U.S.C. • Mail: Docket Operations; U.S. attendance of HM in accordance with 31315(d)]. Department of Transportation, 1200 §§ 172.800–804. This exemption is New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, Issued on: August 6, 2015. Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 20590– limited to motor carriers that have a ‘‘satisfactory’’ safety rating or are T.F. Scott Darling, III, 0001. ‘‘unrated’’; motor carriers with Chief Counsel. • Hand Delivery or Courier: West ‘‘conditional’’ or ‘‘unsatisfactory’’ safety [FR Doc. 2015–20686 Filed 8–20–15; 8:45 am] Building, Ground Floor, Room W12– ratings are prohibited from utilizing this BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., exemption. Drivers must have a copy of Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 the exemption document in their p.m. e.t., Monday through Friday, possession while operating under the DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION except Federal holidays. terms of the exemption and must Instructions: All submissions must Federal Motor Carrier Safety include the Agency name and docket present it to law enforcement officials Administration upon request. number. For detailed instructions on [Docket No. FMCSA–2015–0268] submitting comments and additional Accident Reporting information on the exemption process, Motor carriers must notify FMCSA by Agency Information Collection see the Public Participation heading email addressed to MCPSD@DOT.GOV Activities; Revision of a Currently- below. Note that all comments received with 5 business days of any accident (as Approved Information Collection will be posted without change to defined in 49 CFR 390.5) that occurs Request: Motor Carrier Identification http://www.regulations.gov, including while its driver is operating under the Report any personal information provided. terms of this exemption. The AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Please see the Privacy Act heading notification must include: Administration (FMCSA), DOT. below. a. Identifier of the Exemption: ‘‘HM’’ ACTION: Notice and request for Docket: For access to the docket to b. Name of operating carrier and information. read background documents or USDOT number, comments received, go to http:// c. Date of the accident, SUMMARY: In accordance with the www.regulations.gov, and follow the d. City or town, and State, in which Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, online instructions for accessing the the accident occurred, or closest to the FMCSA announces its plan to submit dockets, or go to the street address listed accident scene, the Information Collection Request (ICR) above. e. Driver’s name and license number, described below to the Office of Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search f. Name of co-driver, if any, and Management and Budget (OMB) for the electronic form of all comments license number review and approval and invites public received into any of our dockets by the g. Vehicle number and state license comment. The FMCSA requests name of the individual submitting the number, approval to revise an ICR entitled, comment (or signing the comment, if h. Number of individuals suffering ‘‘Motor Carrier Identification Report,’’ submitted on behalf of an association, physical injury, which is used to identify FMCSA business, labor union, etc.). You may i. Number of fatalities, regulated entities, help prioritize the review DOT’s complete Privacy Act j. The police-reported cause of the agency’s activities, aid in assessing the Statement for the Federal Docket accident, safety outcomes of those activities, and Management System published in the k. Whether the driver was cited for for statistical purposes. This ICR is Federal Register on January 17, 2008 violation of any traffic laws, motor being revised due to a Final Rule titled, (73 FR 3316), or you may visit http:// carrier safety regulations, and ‘‘Unified Registration System,’’ (78 FR edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdfE8- l. The total driving time and total on- 52608) dated August 23, 2013 which 794.pdf. rmajette on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES duty time prior to the accident. will require regulated entities to file for Public Participation: The Federal registration via a new online Form eRulemaking Portal is available 24 Safety Oversight of Carriers Operating MCSA–1 and eliminate the Forms MCS– hours each day, 365 days each year. You Under the Exemption 150B and MCS–150C contained in the can obtain electronic submission and FMCSA expects each motor carrier ICR. The Form MCS–150 will be retrieval help and guidelines under the operating under the terms and retained for use by the small number of ‘‘help’’ section of the Federal conditions of this exemption to Mexico-domiciled motor carriers that eRulemaking Portal Web site. If you VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:07 Aug 20, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00096 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\21AUN1.SGM 21AUN1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 162 / Friday, August 21, 2015 / Notices 50915 want us to notify you that we received On May 13, 2002, the agency published Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87 your comments, please include a self- an IFR entitled, ‘‘New Entrant Safety on: August 14, 2015. addressed, stamped envelope or Assurance Process’’ (67 FR 31978). G. Kelly Regal, postcard, or print the acknowledgement On August, 23, 2013, the agency Associate Administrator for Office of page that appears after submitting published a Final Rule titled, ‘‘Unified Research and Information Technology. comments online. Comments received Registration System,’’ (URS) which [FR Doc. 2015–20683 Filed 8–20–15; 8:45 am] after the comment closing date will be requires interstate motor carriers, freight BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P included in the docket and will be forwarders, brokers, intermodal considered to the extent practicable. equipment providers, hazardous FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. materials safety permit applicants, and DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Jeff Secrist, Office of Registration and cargo tank facilities to file for Safety Information, Department of Federal Motor Carrier Safety registration via a new online Form Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Administration MCSA–1. The Form MCSA–1 will Safety Administration, West Building replace the existing Forms MCS–150B [Docket No. FMCSA–2011–0124; FMCSA– 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., and MCS–150C in this ICR. However, 2011–0140] Washington, DC 20590–0001. the Form MCS–150 will be retained for Telephone: 202–385–2367; email the small number of Mexico-domiciled Qualification of Drivers; Exemption jeff.secrist@dot.gov. carriers that seek authority to operate Applications; Vision SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: beyond the United States municipalities AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Background: Title 49, United States on the United States-Mexico border and Administration (FMCSA), DOT. Code Section 504(b)(2) provides the their commercial zones because they are ACTION: Notice of renewal of Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) not included within the scope of the exemptions; request for comments. with authority to require carriers, URS Final Rule. This revised ICR lessors, associations, or classes of these captures the burden on the Mexico- SUMMARY: FMCSA announces its entities to file annual, periodic, and domiciled carriers that will continue to decision to renew the exemptions from special reports containing answers to use Form MCS–150 after the vision requirement in the Federal questions asked by the Secretary. The implementation of the URS Final Rule Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for 9 Secretary may also prescribe the form of effective October, 23 2015. individuals. FMCSA has statutory records required to be prepared or Title: Motor Carrier Identification authority to exempt individuals from compiled and the time period during Report. the vision requirement if the which records must be preserved (See OMB Control Number: 2126–0013. exemptions granted will not section 504(b) (1) and (d)). The FMCSA compromise safety. The Agency has Type of Request: Revision of a will use this data to administer its safety concluded that granting these currently-approved information programs by establishing a database of exemption renewals will provide a level collection. entities that are subject to its of safety that is equivalent to or greater regulations. This database necessitates Respondents: Mexico domiciled than the level of safety maintained that these entities notify the FMCSA of motor carriers and commercial motor without the exemptions for these their existence. For example, under 49 vehicle drivers. commercial motor vehicle (CMV) CFR 390.19(a), FMCSA requires all Estimated Number of Respondents: drivers. motor carriers beginning operations to 15,291. file a Form MCS–150 entitled, Motor DATES: This decision is effective Estimated Time per Response: 20 September 7, 2015. Comments must be Carrier Identification Report. This report minutes for new filings and 7.5 minutes is filed by all motor carriers conducting received on or before September 21, for biennial updates and changes to 2015. operations in interstate or international complete the Form MCS–150. commerce before beginning operations. Expiration Date: December 31, 2015. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments It asks the respondent to provide the bearing the Federal Docket Management Frequency of Response: On occasion System (FDMS) numbers: Docket No. name of the business entity that owns and biennially. [Docket No. FMCSA–2011–0124; and controls the motor carrier operation, address and telephone of principal Estimated Total Annual Burden: 386 FMCSA–2011–0140], using any of the place of business, assigned hours [(396 new filings × 20 minutes ÷ following methods: identification number(s), type of 60 minutes) + (2,030 biennial updates • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to operation, types of cargo usually and changes × 7.5 minutes ÷ 60 http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the transported, number of vehicles owned, minutes)]. on-line instructions for submitting term leased and trip leased, driver Public Comments Invited: You are comments. information, and certification statement asked to comment on any aspect of this • Mail: Docket Management Facility; signed by an individual authorized to information collection, including: (1) U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 sign documents on behalf of the Whether the proposed collection is New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building business entity. necessary for the performance of Ground Floor, Room W12–140, The Department of Transportation FMCSA’s functions; (2) the accuracy of Washington, DC 20590–0001. and Related Agencies Appropriations the estimated burden; (3) ways for the • Hand Delivery or Courier: West Act for fiscal year 2002, Public Law FMCSA to enhance the quality, Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, rmajette on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 107–87, 115 Stat. 833, dated December usefulness, and clarity of the collected 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 18, 2001 (see Attachment B), directed information; and (4) ways that the Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 the agency to issue an interim final rule burden could be minimized without p.m., Monday through Friday, except (IFR) to ensure that new entrant motor reducing the quality of the information Federal Holidays. carriers are knowledgeable about the collected. The Agency will summarize • Fax: 1–202–493–2251. Federal Motor Carrier Safety or include your comments in the request Instructions: Each submission must Regulations (FMCSRs) and standards. for OMB’s clearance of this ICR. include the Agency name and the VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:07 Aug 20, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00097 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\21AUN1.SGM 21AUN1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice and request for information.
DatesWe must receive your comments on or before October 20, 2015.
ContactMr. Jeff Secrist, Office of Registration and Safety Information, Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, West Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Telephone: 202- 385-2367; email [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 50914 
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