Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently-Approved Information Collection Request: Request for Revocation of Authority Granted

G. Kelly Leone
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
April 18, 2014

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 75 (Friday, April 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21993-21994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-08879]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2013-0415]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a 
Currently-Approved Information Collection Request: Request for 
Revocation of Authority Granted

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

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ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 
FMCSA announces its plan to submit to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) its request to revise a currently-approved information 
collection request (ICR) entitled, ``Request for Revocation of 
Authority Granted,'' covered by OMB Control Number 2126-0018. This ICR 
covers a voluntary request by a motor carrier, freight forwarder, or 
property broker to amend or revoke its FMCSA registration of authority 
granted. It is being revised due to an anticipated decrease in the 
estimated annual number of filings and costs to the respondents. FMCSA 
will seek OMB's review and approval of this revised ICR and invites 
public comment on this request.

DATES: Please send your comments by May 19, 2014. OMB must receive your 
comments by this date in order to act on the ICR.

ADDRESSES: All comments should reference Federal Docket Management 
System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2013-0415. 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 oira_submission@omb.eop.gov, 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: Ms. Tura Gatling, Office of 
Registration and Safety Information, U.S. Department of Transportation, 
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, West Building 6th Floor, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 202-385-
2405/2412; email tura.gatling@dot.gov. mailto: Office hours are from 
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Request for Revocation of Authority Granted.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0018.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Respondents: Motor carriers, freight forwarders and property 
brokers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes.
    Expiration Date: May 31, 2014.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 750 hours [3,000 annual Form OCE-46 
filers x 15 minutes/60 minutes per filing = 750]

Background

    Title 49 of the United States Code (U.S.C.) authorizes the 
Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to promulgate regulations 
governing the registration of for-hire motor carriers of regulated 
commodities (49 U.S.C. 13902), surface transportation freight 
forwarders (49 U.S.C. 13903), and property brokers (49 U.S.C. 13904). 
The FMCSA carries out this registration program under authority 
delegated by the Secretary (49 CFR 1.87). Under 49 U.S.C. 13905, each 
registration is effective from the date specified and remains in effect 
for such period as the Secretary determines appropriate by regulation. 
Section 13905(d) of title 49, U.S.C., grants the Secretary the 
authority to amend or revoke a registration at the registrant's 
request. Based on a complaint, or on the Secretary's own initiative, 
the Secretary may also suspend, amend, or revoke any part of the 
registration of a motor carrier, broker, or freight forwarder for 
willful failure to comply with the regulations, an order of the 
Secretary, or a condition of its registration.
    Form OCE-46 is used by transportation entities to voluntarily apply 
for revocation of their registration authority in whole or in part. 
FMCSA uses the form to seek information concerning the registrant's 
docket number, name and address, and the reasons for the revocation 
request.
    Comments from the Public: The FMCSA received no comment in response 
to the 60-day comment request Federal Register notice published on 
December 26, 2013 for this ICR (78 FR 78469).
    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 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.

    Issued under the authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.87 on: April 9, 
2014.
G. Kelly Leone,
Associate Administrator, Office of Research and Information Technology 
and Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-08879 Filed 4-17-14; 8:45 am]
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