Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Designation of Agents, Motor Carriers, Brokers and Freight Forwarders Publication: Federal Register Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Thomas P. Keane Date: 27 December 2022 Subjects: American Government , Trucking

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79418-79419]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28042]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0107]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved 
Information Collection: Designation of Agents, Motor Carriers, Brokers 
and Freight Forwarders

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Department 
of Transportation (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 
review and approval and invites public comment. FMCSA requests approval 
to renew an ICR titled ``Designation of Agents, Motor Carriers, Brokers 
and Freight Forwarders,'' OMB control number 2126-0015. This is 
necessary to provide motor carriers, property brokers, and freight 
forwarders a means of meeting process agent requirements. No comments 
were received from the 60-day Federal Register publication.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before January 
26, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lorenzo Allen, Office of Registration, 
DOT, FMCSA, 6th Floor, West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 
Washington, DC 20590-0001; 202-385-2465; lorenzo.allen@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Designation of Agents, Motor 
Carriers, Brokers and Freight Forwarders.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0015.
    Type of Request: Renewal.
    Respondents: Motor carriers, freight forwarders and brokers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 20,649.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes, or 0.167 hours.
    Expiration Date: January 31, 2023.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 3,448 hours (20,649 respondents x 
0.167 hours per response).

Background

    The Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) is authorized to 
register motor carriers under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13902; 
freight forwarders under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13903; and 
property brokers under provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13904. These persons may 
conduct transportation services only if they are registered pursuant to 
49 U.S.C. 13901. The Secretary delegated authority pertaining to these 
registration requirements to FMCSA in 49 CFR 1.73(a)(5).
    Registered motor carriers, brokers, and freight forwarders must 
designate an agent on whom service of notices in proceedings before the 
Secretary may be made (49 U.S.C. 13303). Registered motor carriers must 
also designate an agent for every State in which they operate and 
traverse in the United States during such operations, on whom process 
issued by a court may be served in actions brought against the 
registered motor carrier (49 U.S.C. 13304, 49 CFR 366.4T). Every broker 
shall make a designation for each State in which its offices are 
located or in which contracts are written (49 U.S.C. 13304, 49 CFR 
366.4T). Regulations governing the designation of process agents are 
found at 49 CFR part 366. This designation is filed with FMCSA on Form 
BOC-3, ``Designation of Agents for Service of Process.''

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    For this renewal, the program's annual burden hours decreased from 
6,508 to 3,448. This is due to an updated estimate of the number of 
respondents and responses.
    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 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 of 49 CFR 1.87.
Thomas P. Keane,
Associate Administrator, Office of Research and Registration.
[FR Doc. 2022-28042 Filed 12-23-22; 8:45 am]
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