80_FR_57213 80 FR 57031 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of a Currently-Approved Information Collection Request: Transportation of Household Goods; Consumer Protection

80 FR 57031 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of a Currently-Approved Information Collection Request: Transportation of Household Goods; Consumer Protection

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 182 (September 21, 2015)

Page Range57031-57032
FR Document2015-23589

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 extend an ICR titled, ``Transportation of Household Goods; Consumer Protection.'' The information collected will be used to help regulate motor carriers transporting household goods (HHG) for individual shippers. FMCSA invites public comment on the ICR.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 182 (Monday, September 21, 2015) 
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2015-0255]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of a 
Currently-Approved Information Collection Request: Transportation of 
Household Goods; Consumer Protection

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 extend an ICR 
titled, ``Transportation of Household Goods; Consumer Protection.'' The 
information collected will be used to help regulate motor carriers 
transporting household goods (HHG) for individual shippers. FMCSA 
invites public comment on the ICR.

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

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Federal Docket 
Management System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2015-0255 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 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. Kenneth Rodgers, Chief, Commercial 
Enforcement Division, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, West 
Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. 
Telephone: 202-366-0073; email Kenneth.rodgers@dot.gov. Office hours 
are from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
Holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 (MCSIA) (Pub. L. 
106-159, 113 Stat. 1748, Dec. 9, 1999) authorized the Secretary of 
Transportation (Secretary) to regulate household goods carriers engaged 
in interstate operations for individual shippers. In earlier 
legislation, Congress abolished the former Interstate Commerce 
Commission and transferred the Commission's jurisdiction over household 
goods transportation to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) 
(ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-88, 109 Stat. 803, Dec. 29 
1995). Prior to FMCSA's establishment, the Secretary delegated this 
household goods jurisdiction to the Federal Highway Administration, 
FMCSA's predecessor organization within DOT.

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    The FMCSA has authority to regulate the overall commercial 
operations of the household goods industry under 49 U.S.C. 14104, 
``Household goods carrier operations.'' This ICR includes the 
information collection requirements contained in title 49 CFR part 375, 
``Transportation of Household Goods in Interstate Commerce; Consumer 
Protection Regulations.'' The information collected encompasses that 
which is generated, maintained, retained, disclosed, and provided to, 
or for, the agency under 49 CFR part 375.
    Sections 4202 through 4216 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Pub. L. 109-
59, 119 Stat. 1144, Aug. 10, 2005) (SAFETEA-LU) amended various 
provisions of existing law regarding household goods transportation. It 
specifically addressed: Definitions (section 4202); payment of rates 
(section 4203); registration requirements for household goods motor 
carriers (section 4204); carrier operations (section 4205); enforcement 
of regulations (section 4206); liability of carriers under receipts and 
bills of lading (section 4207); arbitration requirements (section 
4208); civil penalties for brokers and unauthorized transportation 
(section 4209); penalties for holding goods hostage (section 4210); 
consumer handbook (section 4211); release of broker information 
(section 4212); working group for Federal-State relations (section 
4213); consumer complaint information (section 4214); review of 
liability of carriers (section 4215); and application of State laws 
(section 4216). The FMCSA regulations that set forth Federal 
requirements for movers that provide interstate transportation of 
household goods are found in 49 CFR part 375, ``Transportation of 
Household Goods; Consumer Protection Regulation.''
    On July 16, 2012, FMCSA published a Direct Final Rule (DFR) titled, 
``Transportation of Household Goods in Interstate Commerce; Consumer 
Protection Regulations: Household Goods Motor Carrier Record Retention 
Requirements,'' (77 FR 41699). The rule amended the regulations 
governing the period during which HHG motor carriers must retain 
documentation of an individual shipper's waiver of receipt of printed 
copies of consumer protection materials. This change harmonized the 
retention period with other document retention requirements applicable 
to HHG motor carriers. FMCSA also amended the regulations to clarify 
that a HHG motor carrier is not required to retain waiver documentation 
from any individual shippers for whom the carrier does not actually 
provide services.
    Title: Transportation of Household Goods; Consumer Protection.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0025.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently-approved information 
collection.
    Respondents: Household goods movers and consumers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 8,565 respondents [6,065 household 
goods movers + 2,500 consumers = 8,565].
    Estimated Time per Response: Varies from 5 minutes to display 
assigned U.S. DOT number in created advertisement to 12.5 minutes to 
distribute consumer publication, and 10 minutes to complete Form MSCA-
2P, ``Household Goods/Commercial Complaint Form.
    Expiration Date: April 30, 2016.
    Frequency of Response: Other (Once).
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 5,524,800 hours [Informational 
documents provided to prospective shippers at 43,800 hours + Written 
Cost estimates for prospective shippers at 4,620,000 hours + Service 
orders, bills of lading at 805,300 hours + In-transit service 
notifications at 22,600 hours + Complaint and inquiry records including 
establishing records system at 32,700 hours + Household Goods - 
Consumer Complaint Form MCSA-2P at 400 hours = 5,524,800].
    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: September 11, 
2015.
G. Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of Research and Information 
Technology.
[FR Doc. 2015-23589 Filed 9-18-15; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 182 / Monday, September 21, 2015 / Notices 57031 interstate commerce. Thus, the Agency’s DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION www.regulations.gov, and follow the analysis focuses on whether an equal or online instructions for accessing the greater level of safety is likely to be Federal Motor Carrier Safety dockets, or go to the street address listed achieved by permitting each of these Administration above. drivers to drive in interstate commerce Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search [Docket No. FMCSA–2015–0255] as opposed to restricting him or her to the electronic form of all comments driving in intrastate commerce. The Agency Information Collection received into any of our dockets by the driver must comply with the terms and Activities; Extension of a Currently- name of the individual submitting the conditions of the exemption. This Approved Information Collection comment (or signing the comment, if includes reporting any crashes or Request: Transportation of Household submitted on behalf of an association, Goods; Consumer Protection business, labor union, etc.). You may accidents as defined in 49 CFR 390.5 review DOT’s complete Privacy Act and reporting all citations and AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Statement for the Federal Docket convictions for disqualifying offenses Administration (FMCSA), DOT. Management System published in the under 49 CFR part 383 and 49 CFR 391. Federal Register on January 17, 2008 ACTION: Notice and request for Conclusion information. (73 FR 3316), or you may visit http:// edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdfE8- The Agency is granting exemptions SUMMARY: In accordance with the 794.pdf. from the hearing standard, 49 CFR Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Participation: The Federal 391.41(b)(11), to 10 individuals based FMCSA announces its plan to submit eRulemaking Portal is available 24 on an evaluation of each driver’s safety the Information Collection Request (ICR) hours each day, 365 days each year. You experience. Safety analysis of described below to the Office of can obtain electronic submission and information relating to these 10 Management and Budget (OMB) for its retrieval help and guidelines under the applicants meets the burden of showing review and approval. The FMCSA ‘‘help’’ section of the Federal that granting the exemptions would requests approval to extend an ICR eRulemaking Portal Web site. If you achieve a level of safety that is titled, ‘‘Transportation of Household want us to notify you that we received equivalent to or greater than the level Goods; Consumer Protection.’’ The your comments, please include a self- that would be achieved without the information collected will be used to addressed, stamped envelope or help regulate motor carriers transporting postcard, or print the acknowledgement exemption. In accordance with 49 household goods (HHG) for individual page that appears after submitting U.S.C. 31315, each exemption will be shippers. FMCSA invites public comments online. Comments received valid for 2 years from the effective date comment on the ICR. after the comment closing date will be with annual recertification required DATES: We must receive your comments included in the docket and will be unless revoked earlier by FMCSA. The considered to the extent practicable. on or before November 20, 2015. exemption will be revoked if the ADDRESSES: You may submit comments FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. following occurs: (1) The person fails to identified by Federal Docket Kenneth Rodgers, Chief, Commercial comply with the terms and conditions Management System (FDMS) Docket Enforcement Division, Federal Motor of the exemption; (2) the exemption has Carrier Safety Administration, West resulted in a lower level of safety than Number FMCSA–2015–0255 using any of the following methods: Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey was maintained prior to being granted; • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. or (3) continuation of the exemption Telephone: 202–366–0073; email www.regulations.gov. Follow the online would not be consistent with the goals instructions for submitting comments. Kenneth.rodgers@dot.gov. Office hours and objectives of 49 U.S.C. 31136 and • Fax: 1–202–493–2251. are from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday 31315. • Mail: Docket Operations; U.S. through Friday, except Federal FMCSA exempts the following 10 Department of Transportation, 1200 Holidays. drivers for a period of 2 years from the New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: physical qualification standard Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 20590– concerning hearing: Thomas J. Bertling 0001. Background (OR); Molly R. Bergstrom (IA); John • Hand Delivery or Courier: West The Motor Carrier Safety Luegene Huey, Jr. (TX); Jesus L. Javier Building, Ground Floor, Room W12– Improvement Act of 1999 (MCSIA) (Pub. (NJ); Paul Robert Langlois (OH); Samuel 140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., L. 106–159, 113 Stat. 1748, Dec. 9, 1999) E. Lovley (PA); Scott M. Putman (PA); Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 authorized the Secretary of Laird Lamont Smith (UT); Kirk A. p.m. e.t., Monday through Friday, Transportation (Secretary) to regulate Soneson (OH); and Christopher King except Federal holidays. household goods carriers engaged in Warner (NY). Instructions: All submissions must interstate operations for individual include the Agency name and docket shippers. In earlier legislation, Congress Issued on: September 8, 2015. number. For detailed instructions on abolished the former Interstate Larry W. Minor, submitting comments and additional Commerce Commission and transferred Associate Administrator for Policy. information on the exemption process, the Commission’s jurisdiction over [FR Doc. 2015–23591 Filed 9–18–15; 8:45 am] see the Public Participation heading household goods transportation to the below. 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57032 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 182 / Monday, September 21, 2015 / Notices The FMCSA has authority to regulate the carrier does not actually provide DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION the overall commercial operations of the services. household goods industry under 49 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Title: Transportation of Household U.S.C. 14104, ‘‘Household goods carrier Administration Goods; Consumer Protection. operations.’’ This ICR includes the [Docket No. FMCSA–2014–0103] information collection requirements OMB Control Number: 2126–0025. contained in title 49 CFR part 375, Type of Request: Extension of a Qualification of Drivers; Application for ‘‘Transportation of Household Goods in currently-approved information Exemptions; Hearing Interstate Commerce; Consumer collection. Protection Regulations.’’ The AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Respondents: Household goods Administration (FMCSA), DOT. information collected encompasses that which is generated, maintained, movers and consumers. ACTION: Notice of final disposition. retained, disclosed, and provided to, or Estimated Number of Respondents: for, the agency under 49 CFR part 375. 8,565 respondents [6,065 household SUMMARY: FMCSA announces its Sections 4202 through 4216 of the goods movers + 2,500 consumers = decision to grant requests from 10 Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 8,565]. individuals for exemptions from the Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Agency’s physical qualifications Estimated Time per Response: Varies standard concerning hearing for Users (Pub. L. 109–59, 119 Stat. 1144, from 5 minutes to display assigned U.S. interstate drivers. The current regulation Aug. 10, 2005) (SAFETEA–LU) amended various provisions of existing DOT number in created advertisement prohibits hearing impaired individuals law regarding household goods to 12.5 minutes to distribute consumer from operating CMVs in interstate transportation. It specifically addressed: publication, and 10 minutes to complete commerce. After notice and opportunity Definitions (section 4202); payment of Form MSCA–2P, ‘‘Household Goods/ for public comment, the Agency rates (section 4203); registration Commercial Complaint Form. concluded that granting exemptions for requirements for household goods motor Expiration Date: April 30, 2016. these drivers to operate property- carriers (section 4204); carrier carrying CMVs will provide a level of Frequency of Response: Other (Once). operations (section 4205); enforcement safety that is equivalent to or greater of regulations (section 4206); liability of Estimated Total Annual Burden: than the level of safety maintained carriers under receipts and bills of 5,524,800 hours [Informational without the exemptions. The lading (section 4207); arbitration documents provided to prospective exemptions are valid for a 2-year period requirements (section 4208); civil shippers at 43,800 hours + Written Cost and may be renewed, and the penalties for brokers and unauthorized estimates for prospective shippers at exemptions preempt State laws and transportation (section 4209); penalties 4,620,000 hours + Service orders, bills regulations. for holding goods hostage (section of lading at 805,300 hours + In-transit DATES: The exemptions are effective 4210); consumer handbook (section service notifications at 22,600 hours + September 21, 2015. The exemptions 4211); release of broker information Complaint and inquiry records expire on September 21, 2017. (section 4212); working group for including establishing records system at FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Federal-State relations (section 4213); 32,700 hours + Household Goods ¥ consumer complaint information Charles A. Horan, III, Director, Office of Consumer Complaint Form MCSA–2P at Carrier, Driver and Vehicle Safety, (202) (section 4214); review of liability of 400 hours = 5,524,800]. carriers (section 4215); and application 366–4001, fmcsamedical@dot.gov, of State laws (section 4216). The Public Comments Invited: You are FMCSA, Department of Transportation, FMCSA regulations that set forth asked to comment on any aspect of this 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Room Federal requirements for movers that information collection, including: (1) W64–224, Washington, DC 20590–0001. provide interstate transportation of Whether the proposed collection is Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t., household goods are found in 49 CFR necessary for the performance of Monday through Friday, except Federal part 375, ‘‘Transportation of Household FMCSA’s functions; (2) the accuracy of holidays. Goods; Consumer Protection the estimated burden; (3) ways for the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Regulation.’’ FMCSA to enhance the quality, A. Electronic Access On July 16, 2012, FMCSA published usefulness, and clarity of the collected a Direct Final Rule (DFR) titled, information; and (4) ways that the You may see all the comments online ‘‘Transportation of Household Goods in burden could be minimized without through the Federal Document Interstate Commerce; Consumer Management System (FDMS) at: reducing the quality of the information Protection Regulations: Household www.regulations.gov. collected. The Agency will summarize Goods Motor Carrier Record Retention Docket: For access to the docket to or include your comments in the request read background documents or Requirements,’’ (77 FR 41699). The rule for OMB’s clearance of this ICR. comments, go to www.regulations.gov amended the regulations governing the period during which HHG motor Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87 and/or Room W12–140 on the ground carriers must retain documentation of on: September 11, 2015. level of the West Building, 1200 New an individual shipper’s waiver of G. Kelly Regal, Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, receipt of printed copies of consumer Associate Administrator for Office of between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., e.t., Monday protection materials. This change Research and Information Technology. through Friday, except Federal holidays. rmajette on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES harmonized the retention period with [FR Doc. 2015–23589 Filed 9–18–15; 8:45 am] Privacy Act: In accordance with 5 other document retention requirements U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P applicable to HHG motor carriers. from the public to better inform its FMCSA also amended the regulations to rulemaking process. DOT posts these clarify that a HHG motor carrier is not comments, without edit, including any required to retain waiver documentation personal information the commenter from any individual shippers for whom provides, to www.regulations.gov, as VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:14 Sep 18, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00073 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\21SEN1.SGM 21SEN1


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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 November 20, 2015.
ContactMr. Kenneth Rodgers, Chief, Commercial Enforcement Division, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, West Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 202-366-0073; email [email protected] Office hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
FR Citation80 FR 57031 
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