81_FR_71377 81 FR 71178 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection Request: Unified Registration System, FMCSA Registration/Updates.

81 FR 71178 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection Request: Unified Registration System, FMCSA Registration/Updates.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 199 (October 14, 2016)

Page Range71178-71179
FR Document2016-24934

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. The information collection request (ICR) titled, ``Unified Registration System'' (78 FR 52608 dated August 23, 2013) required those entities that are subject to the FMCSA's licensing, registration and certification regulations to use a new application Form MCSA-1 titled, ``FMCSA Registration/Update(s).''

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 199 (Friday, October 14, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 199 (Friday, October 14, 2016)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0161]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of a 
Currently Approved Information Collection Request: Unified Registration 
System, FMCSA Registration/Updates.

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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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. The information collection request (ICR) titled, 
``Unified Registration System'' (78 FR 52608 dated August 23, 2013) 
required those entities that are subject to the FMCSA's licensing, 
registration and certification regulations to use a new application 
Form MCSA-1 titled, ``FMCSA Registration/Update(s).''

DATES: Please send your comments on or before November 14, 2016. OMB 
must receive your comments by this date in order to act quickly on the 
ICR.

ADDRESSES: All comments should reference Federal Docket Management 
System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2016-0161. Interested persons are 
invited to submit written comments on the proposed information 
collection to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office 
of Management and Budget. Comments should be addressed to the attention 
of the Desk Officer, Department of Transportation/Federal Motor Carrier 
Safety Administration, and sent via electronic mail to 
[email protected], or faxed to (202) 395-6974, or mailed to 
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management 
and Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jeffrey Secrist, Office of 
Registration and Safety Information, Department of Transportation, 
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 
SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Telephone Number: (202) 385-2367; Email 
Address: [email protected]. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 
p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Unified Registration System, FMCSA Registration/Updates.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0051.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently-approved information 
collection.
    Respondents: Motor carriers (including private and exempt for-hire 
carriers effective January 14, 2017), freight forwarders, brokers, 
cargo tank (CT) facilities, and intermodal equipment providers (IEPs) 
that are required to initially register for and then maintain their 
safety and operating authority registrations with USDOT.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 78,400 respondents for initial 
registration filings; 507,500 respondents for completing the biennial 
update; 13,000 respondents for filing name/address change requests; 
1,100 respondents for transfer of operating authority registration 
notifications; and 2,030 respondents for reinstatements of operating 
authority registration.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1.34 hours for initial registration 
filings; and 10 minutes each for the biennial update, name/address 
change request, notification of transfer of operating authority 
registration, and reinstatement of revoked or inactive registration.
    Expiration Date: November 30, 2016
    Frequency of Response: This information collection covers the 
initial application to register with FMCSA as a motor carrier, freight 
forwarder, broker, intermodal equipment provider, and cargo tank 
facility; as well as subsequent applications to complete a biennial 
update or any other update of the information recorded on the 
registration system, submit a name/address change request, seek a 
reinstatement of revoked or inactive registration, and notify the 
Agency of a transfer of operating authority registration.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 105,000 burden hours for the initial 
applications of registration; 84,600 burden hours for completing 
biennial updates; 2,200 burden hours for filing name/address change 
requests; 180 burden hours for operating authority registration 
transfer notifications; and 340 burden hours for reinstatements of 
revoked or inactive registration; for a total estimated annual burden 
of 192,320 hours.
    Background: Section 103 of the ICC Termination Act of 1995 (ICCTA) 
enacted 49 U.S.C. 13908, which required the Secretary of Transportation 
(Secretary) to propose regulations to replace four current 
identification and registration systems with a single, online, Federal 
system--the Unified Registration System (URS). The Unified Carrier 
Registration Act of 2005, subtitle C of title IV of the Safe, 
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy 
for Users (SAFETEA-LU) [Pub. L. 109-59, 119 Stat. 1714, August 10, 
2005] modified the requirements for a unified registration system by 
amending Sec.  13908. In particular, SAFETEA-LU repealed the Single 
State Registration System (SSRS), one of the four systems identified in 
Sec.  13908, and replaced it with the Unified Carrier Registration 
Agreement. It also modified the requirement that fees collected under 
the new system cover the costs of operating and upgrading the 
registration by placing limitations on certain fees that the Agency 
could charge. Section 4304 of SAFETEA-LU reiterated the congressional 
requirement for a single, Federal online system to replace the four 
individual systems identified under 49 U.S.C. 13908. This consolidation 
simplifies current Federal registration processes and makes data on 
interstate motor carriers, property brokers, freight forwarders, and 
other regulated entities more accessible.
    This information collection supports the DOT Strategic Goal of 
Safety. It will streamline the existing registration process and ensure 
that FMCSA can more efficiently track motor carriers, freight 
forwarders, brokers, and other entities regulated by the Agency.
    The information on the on-line Form MCSA-1 will be used by FMCSA to 
identify its regulated entities, to help prioritize the Agency's 
activities, to aid in assessing the safety outcomes of those activities 
and for statistical purposes. The FMCSA will collect the information 
electronically through on-line forms. The information is currently 
being collected through a series of forms, which may be filed on-line 
or on paper. Every interstate motor carrier operating commercial motor 
vehicles is required to register with FMCSA to obtain a USDOT Number. 
Most for-hire carriers are also required to file a separate application 
for operating authority under 49 U.S.C. 13901. Mexico- and Non-North 
America-domiciled motor carriers file a separate registration form. The 
information collection will replace these three collections and create 
a single on-line form. This rule will streamline the collection and 
eliminate the need for motor carriers to file the same information on 
multiple forms.
    On June 10, 2016, FMCSA published a notice in the Federal Register 
requesting public comments on ``Unified Registration System, FMCSA 
Registration/Updates'' Information Collection Request, OMB Control 
Number 2126-0051 (81 FR 37661). No comments were received.

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    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.

    Issued under the authority delegated in 49 CFR. 1.87 on: October 
11, 2016.
G. Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of Research and Information 
Technology.
[FR Doc. 2016-24934 Filed 10-13-16; 8:45 am]
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71178 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 199 / Friday, October 14, 2016 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Title: Unified Registration System, C of title IV of the Safe, Accountable, FMCSA Registration/Updates. Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Federal Motor Carrier Safety OMB Control Number: 2126–0051. Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU) Administration Type of Request: Extension of a [Pub. L. 109–59, 119 Stat. 1714, August currently-approved information 10, 2005] modified the requirements for [Docket No. FMCSA–2016–0161] collection. a unified registration system by Agency Information Collection Respondents: Motor carriers amending § 13908. In particular, Activities; Extension of a Currently (including private and exempt for-hire SAFETEA–LU repealed the Single State Approved Information Collection carriers effective January 14, 2017), Registration System (SSRS), one of the Request: Unified Registration System, freight forwarders, brokers, cargo tank four systems identified in § 13908, and (CT) facilities, and intermodal replaced it with the Unified Carrier FMCSA Registration/Updates. equipment providers (IEPs) that are Registration Agreement. It also modified AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety required to initially register for and then the requirement that fees collected Administration (FMCSA), DOT. maintain their safety and operating under the new system cover the costs of ACTION: Notice and request for authority registrations with USDOT. operating and upgrading the registration comments. Estimated Number of Respondents: by placing limitations on certain fees 78,400 respondents for initial that the Agency could charge. Section SUMMARY: In accordance with the registration filings; 507,500 respondents 4304 of SAFETEA–LU reiterated the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for completing the biennial update; congressional requirement for a single, FMCSA announces its plan to submit 13,000 respondents for filing name/ Federal online system to replace the the Information Collection Request (ICR) address change requests; 1,100 four individual systems identified under described below to the Office of respondents for transfer of operating 49 U.S.C. 13908. This consolidation Management and Budget (OMB) for authority registration notifications; and simplifies current Federal registration review and approval. The information 2,030 respondents for reinstatements of processes and makes data on interstate collection request (ICR) titled, ‘‘Unified operating authority registration. motor carriers, property brokers, freight Registration System’’ (78 FR 52608 Estimated Time per Response: 1.34 forwarders, and other regulated entities dated August 23, 2013) required those hours for initial registration filings; and more accessible. entities that are subject to the FMCSA’s 10 minutes each for the biennial update, This information collection supports licensing, registration and certification name/address change request, the DOT Strategic Goal of Safety. It will regulations to use a new application notification of transfer of operating streamline the existing registration Form MCSA–1 titled, ‘‘FMCSA authority registration, and reinstatement process and ensure that FMCSA can Registration/Update(s).’’ of revoked or inactive registration. Expiration Date: November 30, 2016 more efficiently track motor carriers, DATES: Please send your comments on freight forwarders, brokers, and other or before November 14, 2016. OMB Frequency of Response: This information collection covers the initial entities regulated by the Agency. must receive your comments by this The information on the on-line Form date in order to act quickly on the ICR. application to register with FMCSA as a motor carrier, freight forwarder, broker, MCSA–1 will be used by FMCSA to ADDRESSES: All comments should identify its regulated entities, to help intermodal equipment provider, and reference Federal Docket Management prioritize the Agency’s activities, to aid cargo tank facility; as well as subsequent System (FDMS) Docket Number in assessing the safety outcomes of those applications to complete a biennial FMCSA–2016–0161. Interested persons activities and for statistical purposes. update or any other update of the are invited to submit written comments The FMCSA will collect the information information recorded on the registration on the proposed information collection electronically through on-line forms. system, submit a name/address change to the Office of Information and The information is currently being request, seek a reinstatement of revoked Regulatory Affairs, Office of collected through a series of forms, or inactive registration, and notify the Management and Budget. Comments which may be filed on-line or on paper. Agency of a transfer of operating should be addressed to the attention of Every interstate motor carrier operating authority registration. the Desk Officer, Department of Estimated Total Annual Burden: commercial motor vehicles is required Transportation/Federal Motor Carrier 105,000 burden hours for the initial to register with FMCSA to obtain a Safety Administration, and sent via applications of registration; 84,600 USDOT Number. Most for-hire carriers electronic mail to oira_submission@ burden hours for completing biennial are also required to file a separate omb.eop.gov, or faxed to (202) 395– updates; 2,200 burden hours for filing application for operating authority 6974, or mailed to the Office of name/address change requests; 180 under 49 U.S.C. 13901. Mexico- and Information and Regulatory Affairs, burden hours for operating authority Non-North America-domiciled motor Office of Management and Budget, registration transfer notifications; and carriers file a separate registration form. Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th 340 burden hours for reinstatements of The information collection will replace Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. revoked or inactive registration; for a these three collections and create a FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. total estimated annual burden of single on-line form. This rule will Jeffrey Secrist, Office of Registration and 192,320 hours. streamline the collection and eliminate Safety Information, Department of Background: Section 103 of the ICC the need for motor carriers to file the Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Termination Act of 1995 (ICCTA) same information on multiple forms. Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey enacted 49 U.S.C. 13908, which On June 10, 2016, FMCSA published rmajette on DSK2TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– required the Secretary of Transportation a notice in the Federal Register 0001. Telephone Number: (202) 385– (Secretary) to propose regulations to requesting public comments on 2367; Email Address: jeff.secrist@ replace four current identification and ‘‘Unified Registration System, FMCSA dot.gov. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. registration systems with a single, Registration/Updates’’ Information to 5:00 p.m., E.T., Monday through online, Federal system—the Unified Collection Request, OMB Control Friday, except Federal holidays. Registration System (URS). The Unified Number 2126–0051 (81 FR 37661). No SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Carrier Registration Act of 2005, subtitle comments were received. VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:29 Oct 13, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00140 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\14OCN1.SGM 14OCN1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 199 / Friday, October 14, 2016 / Notices 71179 Public Comments Invited: You are • Hand Delivery: West Building Agency to renew exemptions at the end asked to comment on any aspect of this Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 of the two-year period. information collection, including: (1) New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, The 11 individuals listed in this Whether the proposed collection is DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday notice have requested an exemption necessary for the performance of through Friday, except Federal from the epilepsy prohibition in 49 CFR FMCSA’s functions; (2) the accuracy of Holidays. 391.41(b)(8). Accordingly, the Agency the estimated burden; (3) ways for the • Fax: 1–202–493–2251. will evaluate the qualifications of each FMCSA to enhance the quality, Instructions: Each submission must applicant to determine whether granting usefulness, and clarity of the collected include the Agency name and the the exemption will achieve the required information; and (4) ways that the docket number(s) for this notice. Note level of safety mandated by statute. burden could be minimized without that all comments received will be The physical qualification standard reducing the quality of the collected posted without change to http:// for drivers regarding epilepsy found in information. www.regulations.gov, including any 49 CFR 391.41(b)(8) states that a person Issued under the authority delegated in 49 personal information provided. Please is physically qualified to drive a CMV CFR. 1.87 on: October 11, 2016. see the Privacy Act heading below for if that person: G. Kelly Regal, further information. Has no established medical history or Docket: For access to the docket to clinical diagnosis of epilepsy or any other Associate Administrator for Office of Research and Information Technology. read background documents or condition which is likely to cause the loss of comments, go to http:// consciousness or any loss of ability to control [FR Doc. 2016–24934 Filed 10–13–16; 8:45 am] www.regulations.gov at any time or a CMV. BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P Room W12–140 on the ground level of In addition to the regulations, FMCSA the West Building, 1200 New Jersey has published advisory criteria 1 to Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 assist Medical Examiners in DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION a.m. and 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through determining whether drivers with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Friday, except Federal holidays. The certain medical conditions are qualified Administration FDMS is available 24 hours each day, to operate a CMV in interstate 365 days each year. If you want commerce. [49 CFR part 391, [Docket No. FMCSA–2016–0007] acknowledgment that we received your APPENDIX A TO PART 391—MEDICAL comments, please include a self- ADVISORY CRITERIA, section H. Qualification of Drivers; Exemption addressed, stamped envelope or Epilepsy: § 391.41(b)(8), paragraphs 3, 4, Applications; Epilepsy and Seizure postcard or print the acknowledgement and 5.] Disorders page that appears after submitting The advisory criteria state the AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety comments online. following: Administration (FMCSA), DOT. Privacy Act: In accordance with 5 If an individual has had a sudden ACTION: Notice of applications for U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments episode of a non-epileptic seizure or exemption; request for comments. from the public to better inform its loss of consciousness of unknown cause rulemaking process. DOT posts these that did not require anti-seizure SUMMARY: FMCSA announces receipt of comments, without edit, including any medication, the decision whether that applications from 11 individuals for an personal information the commenter person’s condition is likely to cause the exemption from the prohibition in the provides, to http://www.regulations.gov loss of consciousness or loss of ability Federal Motor Carrier Safety as described in the system records to control a CMV should be made on an Regulations (FMCSRs) against persons notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can individual basis by the Medical with a clinical diagnosis of epilepsy or be reviewed at http://www.dot.gov/ Examiner in consultation with the any other condition that is likely to privacy. treating physician. Prior to considering cause a loss of consciousness or any loss FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. certification, it is suggested there be a of ability to control a commercial motor Christine A. Hydock, Chief, Medical six-month waiting period from the time vehicle (CMV) to drive in interstate Programs Division, (202) 366–4001, of the episode. Following the waiting commerce. If granted, the exemptions fmcsamedical@dot.gov, FMCSA, period, it is suggested that the would enable these individuals who Department of Transportation, 1200 individual undergo a complete have had one or more seizures and are New Jersey Avenue SE., Room W64– neurological examination. If the results taking anti-seizure medication to 224, Washington, DC 20590–0001. of the examination are negative and operate CMVs in interstate commerce. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t., anti-seizure medication is not required, DATES: Comments must be received on Monday through Friday, except Federal the driver may be qualified. or before November 14, 2016. holidays. If you have questions In those individual cases where a ADDRESSES: You may submit comments regarding viewing or submitting driver had a seizure or an episode of bearing the Federal Docket Management material to the docket, contact Docket loss of consciousness that resulted from System (FDMS) Docket No. FMCSA– Services, telephone (202) 366–9826. a known medical condition (e.g., drug 2016–0007 using any of the following SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: reaction, high temperature, acute methods: infectious disease, dehydration, or acute • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to I. Background metabolic disturbance), certification http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the Under 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and 31315, should be deferred until the driver has rmajette on DSK2TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES online instructions for submitting FMCSA may grant an exemption from recovered fully from that condition, has comments. the FMCSRs for a two-year period if it • Mail: Docket Management Facility; finds ‘‘such exemption would likely 1 See http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx? U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 achieve a level of safety that is SID=e47b48a9ea42dd67d999246e23d97970&mc= true&node=pt49.5.391&rgn=div5#ap49.5.391_171.a New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building equivalent to or greater than the level and https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR–2015- Ground Floor, Room W12–140, that would be achieved absent such title49-vol5/pdf/CFR-2015-title49-vol5-part391- Washington, DC 20590–0001. exemption.’’ The statute also allows the appA.pdf. VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:29 Oct 13, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00141 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\14OCN1.SGM 14OCN1


Document Created: 2016-10-14 00:01:15
Document Modified: 2016-10-14 00:01:15
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice and request for comments.
DatesPlease send your comments on or before November 14, 2016. OMB must receive your comments by this date in order to act quickly on the ICR.
ContactMr. Jeffrey Secrist, Office of Registration and Safety Information, Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Telephone Number: (202) 385-2367; Email
FR Citation81 FR 71178 
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