81 FR 9580 - 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 81, Issue 37 (February 25, 2016)

Page Range		9580-9581
FR Document		2016-04041

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. On September 21, 2015, FMCSA published a Federal Register notice allowing for a 60-day comment period on this ICR. The agency received no comments in response to that notice.

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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 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 its

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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. On September 21, 2015, FMCSA 
published a Federal Register notice allowing for a 60-day comment 
period on this ICR. The agency received no comments in response to that 
notice.

DATES: Please send your comments to this notice by March 28, 2016. OMB 
must receive your comments by this date to act quickly on the ICR.

ADDRESSES: All comments should reference Federal Docket Management 
System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2015-0255. 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], 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. Kenneth Rodgers, Chief, Commercial 
Enforcement and Investigations 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: 
    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: 7,500 respondents [4,900 household 
goods movers + 2,600 consumers = 7,500].
    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 an online 
household goods consumer complaint.
    Expiration Date: April 30, 2016.
    Frequency of Response: Other (Once).
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 5,224,800 hours [Informational 
documents provided to prospective shippers at 29,300 hours + Written 
Cost estimates for prospective shippers at 4,377,450 hours + Service 
orders, bills of lading at 763,100 hours + In-transit service 
notifications at 21,500 hours + Complaint and inquiry records including 
establishing records system at 33,050 hours + Household Goods--Consumer 
Complaint at 400 hours = 5,224,800].
    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.'' Under Sec.  14104(a)(1), 
paperwork required of household goods carrier must be minimized to the 
maximum extent feasible consistent with the protection of individual 
shippers. 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 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.
    Public Comments Invited: FMCSA requests that you comment on any 
aspect of this information collection, including: (1) Whether the 
proposed collection is necessary for FMCSA to perform its 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. The agency will 
summarize or include your comments in the request for OMB's clearance 
of this information collection.

    Issued under the authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.87 on: February 
17, 2016.
G. Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator, Office of Research and Information Technology.
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ADDRESSES: Send comments identified Federally labeled and registered Docket: Background documents or
by docket number FAA–2015–0346 products in the National Airspace comments received may be read at
using any of the following methods: System (NAS). http://www.regulations.gov at any time.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to [FR Doc. 2016–03964 Filed 2–24–16; 8:45 am] Follow the online instructions for
http://www.regulations.gov and follow BILLING CODE 4910–13–P accessing the docket or go to the Docket
the online instructions for sending your Operations in Room W12–140 of the
comments electronically. West Building Ground Floor at 1200
• Mail: Send comments to Docket DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington,
Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey Federal Aviation Administration through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Avenue SE., Room W12–140, West [Summary Notice No. 2016–17] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC Brent Hart (202) 267–4034, Office of
20590–0001. Petition for Exemption; Summary of Rulemaking, Federal Aviation
• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take Petition Received; Gulfstream Administration, 800 Independence
comments to Docket Operations in Aerospace Corporation Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591.
Room W12–140 of the West Building This notice is published pursuant to
AGENCY: Federal Aviation
Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 14 CFR 11.85.
Administration (FAA), DOT.
Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9
ACTION: Notice. Issued in Washington, DC, on February 18,
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
2016.
Friday, except Federal holidays. SUMMARY: This notice contains a
• Fax: Fax comments to Docket James M. Crotty,
summary of a petition seeking relief Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking.
Operations at 202–493–2251. from specified requirements of Title 14
Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. of the Code of Federal Regulations. The Petition for Exemption
553(c), DOT solicits comments from the purpose of this notice is to improve the
public to better inform its rulemaking Docket No.: FAA–2015–4420
public’s awareness of, and participation Petitioner: Gulfstream Aerospace
process. DOT posts these comments, in, the FAA’s exemption process.
without edit, including any personal Corporation
Neither publication of this notice nor Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: 61.57(a)
information the commenter provides, to the inclusion or omission of information
http://www.regulations.gov, as and (b)
in the summary is intended to affect the Description of Relief Sought: The
described in the system of records legal status of the petition or its final
notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can petitioner is seeking an exemption from
disposition. § 61.57(a) and (b) to allow pilots/
be reviewed at http://www.dot.gov/
privacy. DATES: Comments on this petition must operators operating Gulfstream model
Docket: Background documents or identify the petition docket number and G–IV, GIV–X, GV, GV–SP and GVI
comments received may be read at must be received on or before March 16, (G650 and G650ER) to use any of the
http://www.regulations.gov at any time. 2016. listed aircraft or a Level B, C, or D
Follow the online instructions for ADDRESSES: Send comments identified simulator that represents one of the
accessing the docket or go to the Docket by docket number FAA–2015–4420 types of Gulfstream airplanes to meet
Operations in Room W12–140 of the using any of the following methods: the recent takeoff and landing
West Building Ground Floor at 1200 • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to experience requirements of § 61.57,
New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, http://www.regulations.gov and follow without Gulfstream holding a 14 CFR
DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday the online instructions for sending your part 142 certificate.
through Friday, except Federal holidays. comments electronically. [FR Doc. 2016–03978 Filed 2–24–16; 8:45 am]
• Mail: Send comments to Docket
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan BILLING CODE 4910–13–P
Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of
Ngo, (202) 267–4264. 800 Independence Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591. Avenue SE., Room W12–140, West
This notice is published pursuant to DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC
14 CFR 11.85.
20590–0001. Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Issued in Washington, DC, on February 19, • Hand Delivery or Courier: Take Administration
2016. comments to Docket Operations in
Dale A. Bouffiou, [Docket No. FMCSA 2015–0255]
Room W12–140 of the West Building
Acting Director, Office of Rulemaking. Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey Agency Information Collection
Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 Activities; Extension of a Currently-
Petition for Exemption
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Approved Information Collection
Docket No.: FAA–2015–0346 Friday, except Federal holidays. Request: Transportation of Household
Petitioner: Leading Edge Associates, • Fax: Fax comments to Docket Goods; Consumer Protection
Inc. Operations at 202–493–2251.
Section(s) of 14 CFR Affected: 61.113 Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety
(a); 61.23(a)(c); 61.104(e)(4)(5); 553(c), DOT solicits comments from the Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
61.315(a); 91.7(a); 91.119(c); 91.121; public to better inform its rulemaking ACTION: Notice and request for
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91.407(a)(1); 91.409(a)(1)(2); process. DOT posts these comments, comments.
91.417(a)(b); 91.151(a)(1); 91.405(a). without edit, including any personal
Description of Relief Sought: The information the commenter provides, to SUMMARY: In accordance with the
petitioner is requesting relief in order to http://www.regulations.gov, as Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
operate a PrecisionVision 30 Unmanned described in the system of records FMCSA announces its plan to submit
Aircraft System (UAS) for mosquito notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can the Information Collection Request (ICR)
adulticiding and larvaciding in the be reviewed at http://www.dot.gov/ described below to the Office of
vector markets using EPA approved, privacy. Management and Budget (OMB) for its

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review and approval. The FMCSA an online household goods consumer of regulations (section 4206); liability of
requests approval to extend an ICR complaint. carriers under receipts and bills of
titled, ‘‘Transportation of Household Expiration Date: April 30, 2016. lading (section 4207); arbitration
Goods; Consumer Protection.’’ The Frequency of Response: Other (Once). requirements (section 4208); civil
information collected will be used to Estimated Total Annual Burden: penalties for brokers and unauthorized
help regulate motor carriers transporting 5,224,800 hours [Informational transportation (section 4209); penalties
household goods (HHG) for individual documents provided to prospective for holding goods hostage (section
shippers. FMCSA invites public shippers at 29,300 hours + Written Cost 4210); consumer handbook (section
comment on the ICR. On September 21, estimates for prospective shippers at 4211); release of broker information
2015, FMCSA published a Federal 4,377,450 hours + Service orders, bills (section 4212); working group for
Register notice allowing for a 60-day of lading at 763,100 hours + In-transit Federal-State relations (section 4213);
comment period on this ICR. The service notifications at 21,500 hours + consumer complaint information
agency received no comments in Complaint and inquiry records (section 4214); review of liability of
response to that notice. including establishing records system at carriers (section 4215); and application
33,050 hours + Household Goods— of State laws (section 4216). The
DATES: Please send your comments to
Consumer Complaint at 400 hours = FMCSA regulations that set forth
this notice by March 28, 2016. OMB 5,224,800].
must receive your comments by this Federal requirements for movers that
Background: The Motor Carrier Safety provide interstate transportation of
date to act quickly on the ICR. Improvement Act of 1999 (MCSIA) (Pub.
household goods are found in 49 CFR
ADDRESSES: All comments should L. 106–159, 113 Stat. 1748, Dec. 9, 1999)
part 375, ‘‘Transportation of Household
reference Federal Docket Management authorized the Secretary of
Goods; Consumer Protection
System (FDMS) Docket Number Transportation (Secretary) to regulate
Regulation.’’
FMCSA–2015–0255. Interested persons household goods carriers engaged in
are invited to submit written comments interstate operations for individual On July 16, 2012, FMCSA published
on the proposed information collection shippers. In earlier legislation, Congress a Direct Final Rule titled,
to the Office of Information and abolished the former Interstate ‘‘Transportation of Household Goods in
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Commerce Commission and transferred Interstate Commerce; Consumer
Management and Budget. Comments the Commission’s jurisdiction over Protection Regulations: Household
should be addressed to the attention of household goods transportation to the Goods Motor Carrier Record Retention
the Desk Officer, Department of U.S. Department of Transportation Requirements,’’ (77 FR 41699). The rule
Transportation/Federal Motor Carrier (DOT) (ICC Termination Act of 1995, amended the regulations governing the
Safety Administration, and sent via Pub. L. 104–88, 109 Stat. 803, Dec. 29 period during which HHG motor
electronic mail to oira_submission@ 1995). Prior to FMCSA’s establishment, carriers must retain documentation of
omb.eop.gov, faxed to (202) 395–6974, the Secretary delegated this household an individual shipper’s waiver of
or mailed to the Office of Information goods jurisdiction to the Federal receipt of printed copies of consumer
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Highway Administration, FMCSA’s protection materials. This change
Management and Budget, Docket predecessor organization within DOT. harmonized the retention period with
Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street The FMCSA has authority to regulate other document retention requirements
NW., Washington, DC 20503. the overall commercial operations of the applicable to HHG motor carriers.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
household goods industry under 49 FMCSA also amended the regulations to
Kenneth Rodgers, Chief, Commercial U.S.C. 14104, ‘‘Household goods carrier clarify that a HHG motor carrier is not
Enforcement and Investigations operations.’’ Under § 14104(a)(1), required to retain waiver documentation
Division, Federal Motor Carrier Safety paperwork required of household goods from any individual shippers for whom
Administration, West Building 6th carrier must be minimized to the the carrier does not actually provide
Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., maximum extent feasible consistent services.
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: with the protection of individual Public Comments Invited: FMCSA
202–366–0073; email Kenneth.rodgers@ shippers. This ICR includes the requests that you comment on any
dot.gov. Office hours are from 9:00 a.m. information collection requirements aspect of this information collection,
to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, contained in title 49 CFR part 375, including: (1) Whether the proposed
except Federal Holidays. ‘‘Transportation of Household Goods in collection is necessary for FMCSA to
Interstate Commerce; Consumer perform its functions, (2) the accuracy of
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Protection Regulations.’’ The
Title: Transportation of Household the estimated burden, (3) ways for the
information collected encompasses that FMCSA to enhance the quality,
Goods; Consumer Protection. which is generated, maintained,
OMB Control Number: 2126–0025. usefulness, and clarity of the collected
retained, disclosed, and provided to, or information, and (4) ways that the
Type of Request: Extension of a for, the agency under 49 CFR part 375.
currently-approved information burden could be minimized without
Sections 4202 through 4216 of the reducing the quality of the collected
collection. Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient information. The agency will summarize
Respondents: Household goods Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for or include your comments in the request
movers and consumers. Users (Pub. L. 109–59, 119 Stat. 1144, for OMB’s clearance of this information
Estimated Number of Respondents: Aug. 10, 2005) (SAFETEA–LU) collection.
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7,500 respondents [4,900 household amended various provisions of existing
goods movers + 2,600 consumers = law regarding household goods Issued under the authority delegated in 49
7,500]. transportation. It specifically addressed: CFR 1.87 on: February 17, 2016.
Estimated Time per Response: Varies definitions (section 4202); payment of G. Kelly Regal,
from 5 minutes to display assigned U.S. rates (section 4203); registration Associate Administrator, Office of Research
DOT number in created advertisement requirements for household goods motor and Information Technology.
to 12.5 minutes to distribute consumer carriers (section 4204); carrier [FR Doc. 2016–04041 Filed 2–24–16; 8:45 am]
publication, and 10 minutes to complete operations (section 4205); enforcement BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P

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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice and request for comments.
Dates		Please send your comments to this notice by March 28, 2016. OMB must receive your comments by this date to act quickly on the ICR.
Contact		Mr. Kenneth Rodgers, Chief, Commercial Enforcement and Investigations 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		81 FR 9580

81 FR 9580 - 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 81, Issue 37 (February 25, 2016)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration