Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of an Approved Information Collection: Request for Revocation of Authority Granted

Kelly Regal
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
22 March 2017

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14792-14793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05631]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2017-0045]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of an Approved 
Information Collection: Request for Revocation of Authority Granted

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice; 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 and invites public comment. The FMCSA requests 
approval to renew an ICR titled, ``Request for Revocation of Authority 
Granted.''

DATES: We must receive your comments on or before May 22, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Federal Docket 
Management System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2017-0045. 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, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, Ground 
Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001 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: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits 
comments from the public to better inform its rulemaking process. DOT 
posts these comments, without edit, including any personal information 
the commenter provides, to www.regulations.gov, as described in the 
system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at 
www.dot.gov/privacy.
    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 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: Tura Gatling, Office of Registration 
Information and Licensing, Department of Transportation, OA, West 
Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. 
Telephone: 202-385-2412; email tura.gatling@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Background: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) 
registers for-hire motor carriers of regulated commodities under 49 
U.S.C. 13902, surface freight forwarders under 49 U.S.C. 13903, and 
property brokers under 49 U.S.C. 13904. Each registration is effective 
from the date specified under 49 U.S.C. 13905(c).
    Subsection (d) of 49 U.S.C. 13905 also provides that on application 
of the registrant, the Secretary may amend or revoke a registration. 
Form OCE-46 allows these transportation entities to apply voluntarily 
for revocation of their registration (operating rights) or parts 
thereof. If the transportation entity fails to maintain evidence of the 
required level of insurance coverage on file with FMCSA, its 
registration (operating authority) will be revoked involuntarily. 
Although the effect of both types of revocation is the same, some 
carriers prefer to request voluntary revocation. For various business 
reasons, a carrier may request revocation of some part, but not all, of 
its operating authority.
    This information collection supports the DOT Strategic Goal of 
Safety by enabling motor carriers to voluntarily request revocation of 
operating authority, or some part of that authority, by identifying 
themselves to the FMCSA.
    A completed Form OCE-46 is filed with FMCSA by the registrant for 
the purpose of requesting that all, or a part, of its registration be 
revoked. The information contained on the form is used by the FMCSA in 
making a determination on the revocation request. The use of Form OCE-
46 has proven to be an easy and effective means by which a registrant 
can request revocation of its registration.
    Form OCE-46 is filed by registrants on a voluntary, and for the 
most part, one-time basis. It calls for a very limited amount of 
information to identify the registrant and the scope of its request. 
Thus, the information collection itself

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has not been automated, although the information collected is 
ultimately entered into an automated data base. Eighty five percent 
(85%) of the Form OCE-46 filings are submitted electronically to FMCSA. 
This ICR is being revised due to an anticipated increase in the 
estimated number of annual filings from 3,000 to 3,501 and to account 
for the cost of notarizing and mailing Form OCE-46.
    Title: Request for Revocation of Authority Granted.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0018.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: For-hire motor carriers of regulated commodities, 
surface freight forwarders, and property brokers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,501.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.25 hours.
    Expiration Date: July 31, 2017.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 875 hours [3,501 responses x 0.25 
hour = 875].
    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 under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87 on: March 16, 2017.
Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of Research and Information 
Technology.
[FR Doc. 2017-05631 Filed 3-21-17; 8:45 am]
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