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
14 October 2016

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 199 (Friday, October 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 71166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24963]


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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. The information collection request (ICR) titled, 
``Designation of Agents, Motor Carriers, Brokers and Freight 
Forwarders,'' 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 November 14, 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-2016-0160. 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, 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:
    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].
    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.''
    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.

    Issued under the authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.87 on: October 
7, 2016.
G. Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of Research and Information 
Technology.
[FR Doc. 2016-24963 Filed 10-13-16; 8:45 am]
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