Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of an Information Collection: Financial Responsibility, Trucking and Freight Forwarding

G. Kelly Regal
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
16 May 2018

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 16, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22740-22741]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-10439]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2018-0120]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of an 
Information Collection: Financial Responsibility, Trucking and Freight 
Forwarding

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 its 
revision and approval and invites public comment. The ICR is related to 
Form BMC-32 titled, ``Endorsement for Household Goods Motor Carrier 
Policies of Insurance for Cargo Liability Under 49 U.S.C. 13906.''

DATES: We must receive your comments on or before July 16, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Federal Docket 
Management System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2018-0120 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, 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.

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    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: Jeff Secrist, Office of Registration & 
Safety Information, Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier 
Safety Administration, West Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 
SE, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 202-385-2367; email 
jeff.secrist@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Background: The Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) is 
authorized to register for-hire motor carriers of property and 
passengers under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13902, surface freight 
forwarders under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13903, and property 
brokers under the 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. The registration remains 
valid only if these transportation entities maintain, on file with the 
FMCSA, evidence of the required levels of financial responsibility 
pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 13906. FMCSA regulations governing the financial 
responsibility requirements for these entities are found at 49 CFR part 
387. Form BMC-32 is an endorsement that must be attached to cargo 
insurance policies, but it is not filed with the FMCSA.
    The Agency is seeking approval for use of Form BMC-32 titled, 
``Endorsement for Household Goods Motor Carrier Policies of Insurance 
for Cargo Liability Under 49 U.S.C. 13906.'' Previously, Form BMC-32 
was included as part of the collection covered by OMB Control Number 
2126-0017 (``Financial Responsibility, Trucking and Freight 
Forwarding''). The last Notice of OMB Action providing approval of the 
BMC-32 form under OMB Control Number 2126-0017 was February 23, 2006, 
with an expiration date of February 28, 2009. Because 2126-0017 was 
recently renewed without including Form BMC-32, FMCSA is seeking 
approval of the form, with the intent of combining this approval with 
OMB Control Number 2126-0017.
    Title: Financial Responsibility, Trucking and Freight Forwarding.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0017.
    Type of Request: Revision of an approved ICR.
    Respondents: Household goods carriers and household goods freight 
forwarders.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,773.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes.
    Expiration Date: May 31, 2020.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 796 hours [4,773 respondents x 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 under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87 on: May 9, 2018.
G. Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of Research and Information 
Technology.
[FR Doc. 2018-10439 Filed 5-15-18; 8:45 am]
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