Agency Information Collection Activities; Emergency Revision of a Currently-Approved Information Collection: Licensing Applications for Motor Carrier Operating Authority

G. Kelly Regal
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
December 30, 2015

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81670-81671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32865]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA 2015-0461]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Emergency Revision of a 
Currently-Approved Information Collection: Licensing Applications for 
Motor Carrier Operating Authority

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 
review and approval. The FMCSA seeks emergency approval to revise an 
ICR titled, ``Licensing Applications for Motor Carrier Operating 
Authority,'' that is used by for-hire motor carriers of regulated 
commodities, motor passenger carriers, freight forwarders, property 
brokers, and certain Mexico-domiciled motor carriers to register their 
operations with the FMCSA.

DATES: Please send your comments to this notice by January 29, 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-2015-0461. 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, 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. 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. Office hours are from 9:00 a.m. 
to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Licensing Applications for Motor Carrier Operating 
Authority.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0016.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently-approved information 
collection.
    Respondents: Motor carriers, motor passenger carriers, freight 
forwarders, brokers, and certain Mexico-domiciled motor carriers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 12,413.
    Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours to complete Form OP-1 (MX); 
and 2 hours to complete Forms OP-1, OP-1(FF), OP-1(P) and OP-1(NNA).
    Expiration Date: October 31, 2018.
    Frequency of Response: Other (as needed).
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 24,853 hours [74,464 hours for Year 
1 + 48 hours for Year 2 + 48 hours for Year 3 = 74,560 hours/3 year 
approval for ICR = 24,853 estimated average number of annual burden 
hours].
    Background: The FMCSA is authorized to register certain for-hire 
Mexico-domiciled long-haul motor carriers of regulated commodities 
under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13902 and the North American Free 
Trade Agreement (NAFTA) motor carrier access provision. The Form OP-
1(MX) is used by FMCSA to register those Mexico-domiciled motor 
carriers. It requests information on the applicant's identity, 
location, familiarity with safety requirements, and type of proposed 
operations.
    FMCSA published a Final Rule titled, ``Unified Registration 
System,'' (78 FR 52608), dated August 23, 2013, that would incorporate 
all registration form requirements included in this ICR, except the 
Form OP-1(MX), into the Form MCSA-1 in the OMB Control Number 2126-
0051, ``FMCSA Registration/Updates,'' ICR effective October 23, 2015. 
The Form OP-1(MX) was excluded from the Form MCSA-1 because its 
information collection requirements are beyond the scope of the Unified 
Registration System Final Rule. On October 5, 2015, FMCSA obtained OMB 
approval to eliminate all of the registration forms except the Form OP-
1(MX) from this ICR.
    This emergency ICR revision request is due to a Final Rule titled 
``Unified Registration System,'' (80 FR 63695) dated October 21, 2015, 
which changed the effective and compliance dates of the 2013 Final Rule 
from October 23, 2015, to September 30, 2016. This change in the 
effective and compliance dates from the 2013 Final Rule is required to 
allow FMCSA additional time to complete the information technology (IT) 
systems work required to fully implement that rule. As a result, FMCSA 
seeks emergency approval to continue using the Licensing Applications 
for Motor Carrier Operating Authority Forms (OP-1(NNA), OP-1(FF), OP-1, 
and OP-1(P)) through September 30, 2016, as these forms will be needed 
to support registration requirements.
    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

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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: December 
22, 2015.
G. Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator, Office of Research and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2015-32865 Filed 12-29-15; 8:45 am]
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