Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection Request: Financial Responsibility for Motor Carriers of Passengers and Motor Carriers of Property

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

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 119 (Tuesday, June 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40393-40394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14743]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2015-0436]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of a 
Currently Approved Information Collection Request: Financial 
Responsibility for Motor Carriers of Passengers and Motor Carriers of 
Property

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. The FMCSA and the public use the information (which is 
currently being collected) to verify that a motor carrier of property 
or passengers has obtained, and has in effect, the required minimum 
levels of financial responsibility. Statute mandates that motor 
carriers maintain proof of the required financial responsibility at 
their principal places of business, available upon request of an FMCSA 
safety investigator during compliance reviews. Insurance Endorsements 
and Surety Bonds are considered public information and must be produced 
by a motor carrier of passengers for review upon reasonable request by 
a member of the public.

DATES: Please send your comments on or before July 21, 2016. OMB must 
receive your comments by this date in order to act quickly on the ICR.

ADDRESSES: All comments should reference Federal Docket Management 
System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2015-0436. 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, Registration, 
Licensing, and Insurance Division, 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. Telephone: 202-385-2415; email: 
tura.gatling@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Financial Responsibility for Motor Carriers of Passengers 
and Motor Carriers of Property.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0008.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently-approved information 
collection.
    Respondents: Insurance and surety companies of motor carriers of 
property (Forms MCS-90 and MCS-82) and motor carriers of passengers 
(Forms MCS-90B and MCS-82B).
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 8,004 [896 insurers for IC1 + 896 
insurers for IC2 + 231 insurers for IC3 + 231 insurers for IC4 + 5,750 
carriers for IC5 (Canada: 111 passenger carriers + 2,716 property 
carriers) + (Mexico & NNA: 2 passenger carriers + 2,921 property 
carriers)].
    Estimated Time per Response: The FMCSA estimates it takes two 
minutes to complete the Endorsement for Motor Carrier Policies of 
Insurances for Public Liability or the Motor Carrier Public Liability 
Surety Bond; and one minute to place either document on board the 
vehicle [49 CFR 387.7(f)(property); 387.31(f)(passengers)]. These 
endorsements and surety bonds are maintained at the motor carrier's 
principal place of business [49 CFR 387.7(d); 49 CFR 387.31(d)].
    Expiration Date: June 30, 2016.
    Frequency of Response: Upon creation, change or replacement of an 
insurance policy or surety bond.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 4,777 hours [4,065 annual burden 
hours for ICs 1-4 + 712 annual burden hours for IC-5 document 
replacement = 4,777].
    Background: The Secretary of Transportation is responsible for 
implementing regulations which establish minimal levels of financial 
responsibility for: (1) For-hire motor carriers of property to cover 
public liability, property damage and environmental restoration, and 
(2) for-hire motor carriers of passengers to cover public liability and 
property damage. The Endorsement for Motor Carrier Policies of 
Insurance for Public Liability (Forms MCS-90/90B) and the Motor Carrier 
Public Liability Surety Bond (Forms MCS-82/82B) contain the minimum 
amount of information necessary to document that a motor

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carrier of property or passengers has obtained, and has in effect, the 
minimum levels of financial responsibility as set forth in applicable 
regulations (motor carriers of property--49 CFR 387.9; and motor 
carriers of passengers--49 CFR 387.33). FMCSA and the public can verify 
that a motor carrier of property or passengers has obtained, and has in 
effect, the required minimum levels of financial responsibility, by use 
of the information enclosed within these documents.
    On February 25, 2016, FMCSA published a notice in the Federal 
Register requesting public comments on the ``Financial Responsibility 
for Motor Carriers of Passengers and Motor Carriers of Property'' 
Information Collection Request, OMB Control Number 2126-0008 (81 FR 
9582). Two comments were received in response to this notice. FMCSA 
contacted one of the commenters and determined that the question was 
about a company-specific FMCSA registration issue unrelated to the 
notice, which has already been resolved. FMCSA believes the other 
comment can be interpreted as an advertisement for the commenter's 
company, and not a question about the notice.
    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 collected information.

    Issued under the authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.87 on: June 15, 
2016.
G. Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of Research and Information 
Technology.
[FR Doc. 2016-14743 Filed 6-20-16; 8:45 am]
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