80 FR 60738 - 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 194 (October 7, 2015)

Page Range		60738-60739
FR Document		2015-25524

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 194 (Wednesday, October 7, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 194 (Wednesday, October 7, 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 December 7, 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

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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 [email protected]. 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.
    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 29, 2015.
G. Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of Research and Information 
Technology.
[FR Doc. 2015-25524 Filed 10-6-15; 8:45 am]
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volume of exemptions, and the need to Michael K. Wilkes Dated: September 28, 2015.
rely on scientific support as a basis for Larry W. Minor,
granting the exemptions. FMCSA Mr. Wilkes, 50, holds an operator’s Associate Administrator for Policy.
acknowledges the stakeholder’s license in Massachusetts.
[FR Doc. 2015–25496 Filed 10–6–15; 8:45 am]
concerns and may consider the initial Basis For Exemption BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P
steps to revising the physical
qualification standards through a formal Under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315,
rulemaking process. FMCSA may grant an exemption from DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
D. Exemptions Granted the hearing standard in 49 CFR
391.41(b)(11) if the exemption is likely Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Following individualized assessments to achieve an equivalent or greater level Administration
of the exemption applications, FMCSA of safety than would be achieved [Docket No. FMCSA–2015–0255]
grants exemptions from 49 CFR without the exemption. With the
391.41(b)(11) to 12 individuals. Under exemption, applicants can drive in Agency Information Collection
current FMCSA regulations, all of the 12 interstate commerce. Thus, the Agency’s Activities; Extension of a Currently-
drivers receiving exemptions from 49 analysis focuses on whether an equal or Approved Information Collection
CFR 391.41(b)(11) would have been greater level of safety is likely to be Request: Transportation of Household
considered physically qualified to drive achieved by permitting each of these Goods; Consumer Protection
a CMV in interstate commerce except drivers to drive in interstate commerce
that they do not meet the hearing as opposed to restricting him or her to AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety
requirement. FMCSA has determined driving in intrastate commerce. The Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
that the following 12 applicants should driver must comply with the terms and ACTION: Notice and request for
be granted an exemption: conditions of the exemption. This information.
Thomas M. Carr includes reporting any crashes or
accidents as defined in 49 CFR 390.5 SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Mr. Carr, 50, holds a Class B and reporting all citations and Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
commercial driver’s license (CDL) in convictions for disqualifying offenses FMCSA announces its plan to submit
Pennsylvania. under 49 CFR part 383 and 49 CFR 391. the Information Collection Request (ICR)
described below to the Office of
Randy Ray Griffin Conclusion Management and Budget (OMB) for its
Mr. Griffin, 50, holds an operator’s review and approval. The FMCSA
The Agency is granting exemptions requests approval to extend an ICR
license in California.
from the hearing standard, 49 CFR titled, ‘‘Transportation of Household
William Hall 391.41(b)(11), to 12 individuals based Goods; Consumer Protection.’’ The
on an evaluation of each driver’s safety information collected will be used to
Mr. Hall, 35, holds an operator’s
experience. Safety analysis of help regulate motor carriers transporting
license in Alabama.
information relating to these 12 household goods (HHG) for individual
Robert Chance Hayden applicants meets the burden of showing shippers. FMCSA invites public
that granting the exemptions would comment on the ICR.
Mr. Hayden, 29, holds an operator’s
achieve a level of safety that is DATES: We must receive your comments
license in Florida.
equivalent to or greater than the level on or before December 7, 2015.
Robert J. Knapp that would be achieved without the
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
exemption. In accordance with 49
Mr. Knapp, 47, holds an operator’s identified by Federal Docket
U.S.C. 31315, each exemption will be
license in Wisconsin. Management System (FDMS) Docket
valid for 2 years from the effective date
Keith P. Miller Number FMCSA–2015–0255 using any
with annual recertification required
of the following methods:
unless revoked earlier by FMCSA. The
Mr. Miller, 37, holds an operator’s • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
license in Pennsylvania. exemption will be revoked if the
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
following occurs: (1) The person fails to
Ramoncito Sanchez instructions for submitting comments.
comply with the terms and conditions
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
of the exemption; (2) the exemption has
Mr. Sanchez, 34, holds an operator’s • Mail: Docket Operations; U.S.
license in Texas. resulted in a lower level of safety than
Department of Transportation, 1200
was maintained prior to being granted;
New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building,
Bradly D. Sexton or (3) continuation of the exemption Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 20590–
Mr. Sexton, 36, holds an operator’s would not be consistent with the goals 0001.
license in Oklahoma. and objectives of 49 U.S.C. 31136 and • Hand Delivery or Courier: West
31315. Building, Ground Floor, Room W12–
Sandy L. Sloat FMCSA exempts the following 12 140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Ms. Sloat, 34, holds an operator’s drivers for a period of 2 years from the Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5
license in Texas. physical qualification standard p.m. e.t., Monday through Friday,
asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

concerning hearing: Thomas M. Carr except Federal holidays.
Robert A. Toler
(PA); Randy Ray Griffin (CA); William Instructions: All submissions must
Mr. Toler, 31, holds an operator’s Hall (AL); Robert Chance Hayden (FL); include the Agency name and docket
license in Missouri. Robert J. Knapp (WI); Keith P. Miller number. For detailed instructions on
(PA); Ramoncito Sanchez (TX); Bradly submitting comments and additional
Jeffry B. Webber
D. Sexton (OK); Sandy L. Sloat (TX); information on the exemption process,
Mr. Webber, 53, holds an operator’s Robert A. Toler (MS); Jeffry B. Webber see the Public Participation heading
license in Oklahoma. (OK); and Michael K. Wilkes (MA). below. Note that all comments received

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Dates		We must receive your comments on or before December 7, 2015.
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 [email protected] Office hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
FR Citation		80 FR 60738

80 FR 60738 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of a Currently-Approved Information Collection Request: Transportation of Household Goods; Consumer Protection

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 194 (October 7, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration