Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently-Approved Information Collection Request: Motor Carrier Identification Report

G. Kelly Regal
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
August 21, 2015

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 162 (Friday, August 21, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50914-50915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20683]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2015-0268]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a 
Currently-Approved Information Collection Request: Motor Carrier 
Identification Report

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 review 
and approval and invites public comment. The FMCSA requests approval to 
revise an ICR entitled, ``Motor Carrier Identification Report,'' which 
is used to identify FMCSA regulated entities, help prioritize the 
agency's activities, aid in assessing the safety outcomes of those 
activities, and for statistical purposes. This ICR is being revised due 
to a Final Rule titled, ``Unified Registration System,'' (78 FR 52608) 
dated August 23, 2013 which will require regulated entities to file for 
registration via a new online Form MCSA-1 and eliminate the Forms MCS-
150B and MCS-150C contained in the ICR. The Form MCS-150 will be 
retained for use by the small number of Mexico-domiciled motor carriers 
that seek authority to operate beyond the United States municipalities 
on the United States-Mexico border and their commercial zones because 
they are not included within the scope of the Unified Registration 
Final Rule.

DATES: We must receive your comments on or before October 20, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Federal Docket 
Management System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2015-0268 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 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.gpo.gov/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

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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. Jeff Secrist, Office of 
Registration and Safety Information, Department of Transportation, 
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, West Building 6th Floor, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Telephone: 202-
385-2367; email jeff.secrist@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Background: Title 49, United States Code Section 504(b)(2) provides 
the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) with authority to require 
carriers, lessors, associations, or classes of these entities to file 
annual, periodic, and special reports containing answers to questions 
asked by the Secretary. The Secretary may also prescribe the form of 
records required to be prepared or compiled and the time period during 
which records must be preserved (See section 504(b) (1) and (d)). The 
FMCSA will use this data to administer its safety programs by 
establishing a database of entities that are subject to its 
regulations. This database necessitates that these entities notify the 
FMCSA of their existence. For example, under 49 CFR 390.19(a), FMCSA 
requires all motor carriers beginning operations to file a Form MCS-150 
entitled, Motor Carrier Identification Report. This report is filed by 
all motor carriers conducting operations in interstate or international 
commerce before beginning operations. It asks the respondent to provide 
the name of the business entity that owns and controls the motor 
carrier operation, address and telephone of principal place of 
business, assigned identification number(s), type of operation, types 
of cargo usually transported, number of vehicles owned, term leased and 
trip leased, driver information, and certification statement signed by 
an individual authorized to sign documents on behalf of the business 
entity.
    The Department of Transportation and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2002, Public Law 107-87, 115 Stat. 
833, dated December 18, 2001 (see Attachment B), directed the agency to 
issue an interim final rule (IFR) to ensure that new entrant motor 
carriers are knowledgeable about the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Regulations (FMCSRs) and standards. On May 13, 2002, the agency 
published an IFR entitled, ``New Entrant Safety Assurance Process'' (67 
FR 31978).
    On August, 23, 2013, the agency published a Final Rule titled, 
``Unified Registration System,'' (URS) which requires interstate motor 
carriers, freight forwarders, brokers, intermodal equipment providers, 
hazardous materials safety permit applicants, and cargo tank facilities 
to file for registration via a new online Form MCSA-1. The Form MCSA-1 
will replace the existing Forms MCS-150B and MCS-150C in this ICR. 
However, the Form MCS-150 will be retained for the small number of 
Mexico-domiciled carriers that seek authority to operate beyond the 
United States municipalities on the United States-Mexico border and 
their commercial zones because they are not included within the scope 
of the URS Final Rule. This revised ICR captures the burden on the 
Mexico-domiciled carriers that will continue to use Form MCS-150 after 
implementation of the URS Final Rule effective October, 23 2015.
    Title: Motor Carrier Identification Report.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0013.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently-approved information 
collection.
    Respondents: Mexico domiciled motor carriers and commercial motor 
vehicle drivers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 15,291.
    Estimated Time per Response: 20 minutes for new filings and 7.5 
minutes for biennial updates and changes to complete the Form MCS-150.
    Expiration Date: December 31, 2015.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and biennially.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 386 hours [(396 new filings x 20 
minutes / 60 minutes) + (2,030 biennial updates and changes x 7.5 
minutes / 60 minutes)].
    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: August 14, 2015.
G. Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of Research and Information 
Technology.
[FR Doc. 2015-20683 Filed 8-20-15; 8:45 am]
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