Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Commercial Motor Vehicle Marking Requirements

Kelly Regal
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
24 April 2018

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 24, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17885-17886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08527]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2018-0091]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved 
Information Collection: Commercial Motor Vehicle Marking Requirements

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 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

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Management and Budget (OMB) for its review and approval, and invites 
public comment. This ICR will enable FMCSA to document the burden 
associated with the marking regulations codified in 49 CFR 390.21, 
``Marking of Self-Propelled CMVs and Intermodal Equipment.'' These 
regulations require marking of vehicles and intermodal equipment by 
motor carriers, freight forwarders and intermodal equipment providers 
(IEPs) engaging in interstate transportation.

DATES: We must receive your comments on or before June 25, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Federal Docket 
Management System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2018-0091 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, 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 website. 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: Crystal Frederick, Compliance 
Division, Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, West Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 202-366-2904; email: 
Crystal.Frederick@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Background: The Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) is 
authorized to require marking of vehicles and intermodal equipment by 
motor carriers, freight forwarders and intermodal equipment providers 
(IEPs) engaging in interstate transportation based on the authority of 
49 U.S.C. 31133(a)(8) and 31133(a)(10). The Secretary has delegated 
authority pertaining to the marking of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) 
pursuant to 49 CFR 1.87(f). The Agency's regulation governing the 
marking of CMVs is codified at 49 CFR 390.21.
    Vehicle marking requirements are intended to ensure that FMCSA, the 
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and State safety officials 
are able to identify motor carriers and correctly assign responsibility 
for regulatory violations during inspections, investigations, 
compliance reviews, and crash studies. These marking requirements will 
also provide the public with beneficial information that could assist 
in identifying carriers for the purposes of commerce, complaints or 
emergency notification. The marking requirements apply to motor 
carriers, freight forwarders and intermodal equipment providers (IEPs) 
engaging in interstate transportation. The Agency does not require a 
specific method of marking as long as the marking complies with FMCSA's 
regulations. The program change decrease of 76,751 estimated annual 
burden hours (774,249 proposed estimated annual burden hours--851,000 
approved estimated annual burden hours) is due to adjustments in 
respondent and response estimates, as well as the removal of initial 
marking burden from the adoption of the ``Lease and Interchange of 
Vehicles; Motor Carriers of Passengers'' final rule.
    Title: Marking of Self-Propelled CMVs and Intermodal Equipment
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0054.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Freight carrying commercial motor carriers, Passenger 
carrying commercial motor carriers, freight forwarders and intermodal 
equipment providers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 218,389 motor carriers and 
Intermodal equipment providers (IEPs).
    Estimated Time per Response: 26 minutes [12 minutes to affix DOT 
Number + 14 minutes for affixing a carrier's name = 26].
    Expiration Date: August 31, 2018.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 774,249 hours spent by motor 
carriers and IEPs marking CMVs with a DOT number and carrier 
information.
    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: April 18, 2018.
Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of Research and Information 
Technology.
[FR Doc. 2018-08527 Filed 4-23-18; 8:45 am]
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