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

G. Kelly Regal
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
16 June 2016

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 116 (Thursday, June 16, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39317-39318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14241]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0160]


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

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 review 
and approval and invites public comment. The FMCSA requests approval to 
extend an ICR entitled, ``Designation of Agents, Motor Carriers, 
Brokers and Freight Forwarders,'' which is used to provide registered 
motor carriers, property brokers, and freight forwarders a means of 
meeting process agent requirements.

DATES: We must receive your comments on or before August 15, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Federal Docket 
Management System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2016-0160 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 Management Facility; U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, Ground 
Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 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, 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

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eRulemaking Portal Web site. If you 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: Ms. Tura Gatling, Office of 
Registration and Safety Information, Department of Transportation, 
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 
SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Telephone Number: (202) 385-2412; Email 
Address: tura.gatling@dot.gov. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 
p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    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 has delegated authority pertaining to 
these registration requirements to the FMCSA pursuant to 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, agents on whom 
process issued by a court may be served in actions brought against the 
registered transportation entity (49 U.S.C. 13304, 49 CFR 366.4). 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 
366.4). Regulations governing the designation of process agents are 
found at 49 CFR part 366. This designation is filed with the FMCSA on 
Form BOC-3, ``Designation of Agents for Service of Process.''
    Title: Designation of Agents, Motor Carriers, Brokers and Freight 
Forwarders.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0015.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Motor carriers, freight forwarders and brokers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 110,371 respondents in the first 
year [35,000 currently approved applicants plus 75,371 new entrants].
    Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes.
    Expiration Date: November 30, 2016.
    Frequency of Response: Form BOC-3 must be filed by all motor 
carriers, freight forwarders and brokers when the transportation entity 
first registers with the FMCSA. All brokers shall make a designation 
for each State in which it has an office or in which contracts are 
written. Subsequent filings are made only if the motor carrier, broker 
or freight forwarder changes process agents.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 18,395 hours [110,371 respondents 
times 10 minutes per response].
    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. The agency will summarize or include your 
comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this information 
collection.

    Issued on: June 10, 2016.
G. Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of Research and Information 
Technology.
[FR Doc. 2016-14241 Filed 6-15-16; 8:45 am]
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