Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of an Approved Information Collection Request: Commercial Driver Licensing and Test Standards

G. Kelly Regal
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
30 October 2018

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 210 (Tuesday, October 30, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54643-54644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-23707]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2018-0159]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of an Approved 
Information Collection Request: Commercial Driver Licensing and Test 
Standards

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. FMCSA requests approval to revise and renew an ICR 
titled, ``Commercial Driver Licensing and Test Standards,'' due to, in 
part, a decrease in the number of commercial driver's license records 
and the addition of one information collection item: ``Driver 
completion of knowledge and skills tests.'' This ICR is needed to 
ensure that drivers, motor carriers and the States are complying with 
notification and recordkeeping requirements for information related to 
testing, licensing, violations, convictions and disqualifications and 
that the information is accurate, complete and transmitted and recorded 
within certain time periods as required by the Commercial Motor Vehicle 
Safety Act of 1986 (CMVSA), as amended.

DATES: Please send your comments by November 29, 2018. 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-2018-0159. 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: Mr. Selden Fritschner, Senior 
Transportation Specialist, Office of Safety Programs, Commercial 
Driver's License Division (MC-ESL), Department of Transportation, 
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 6th Floor, West Building, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001. Telephone: 202-
366-0677; Email Address: selden.fritschner@dot.gov. Office hours are 
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Commercial Driver Licensing and Test Standards.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0011.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently-approved information 
collection.
    Respondents: Drivers with a commercial learner's permit (CLP) or 
commercial driver's license (CDL) and State driver licensing agencies.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 7,364,972 driver respondents and 
4,746 State respondents.
    Estimated Time per Response: Varies.
    Expiration Date: October 31, 2018.
    Frequency of Response: Varies.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 2,825,503 hours, which is the total 
of four tasks for CDL drivers (2,403,248 hours), added to a total of 
eight tasks for State driver licensing agency CDL activities (422,255 
hours).
    Information collection tasks and associated burden hours are as 
follows:

IC-1.1 Driver Notification of Convictions/Disqualifications to 
Employer: 473,577 hours

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IC-1.2 Driver Providing Previous Employment History to New Employer: 
297,758 hours
IC-1.3 Driver Completion of the CDL Application Form: 40,719 hours
IC-1.4 Driver Completion of Knowledge and Skills Tests: 1,591,194 hours
IC-2.1 State Recording of Medical Examiner's Certificate Information: 
80,344 hours
IC-2.2 State Recording of the Self Certification of Commercial Motor 
Vehicle (CMV) Operation: 3,018 hours
IC-2.3 State Verification of Medical Certification Status: 3,180 hours
IC-2.4 Annual State Certification of Compliance: 1,632 hours
IC-2.5 State Preparing for and Participating in Annual Program Review: 
10,200 hours
IC-2.6 CDLIS/PDPS/State Recordkeeping: 214,548 hours
IC-2.7 Knowledge and Skills Test Recordkeeping: 82,034 hours
IC-2.8 Knowledge and Skills Test Examiner Certification: 27,299 hours
    Background: The licensed drivers in the United States deserve 
reasonable assurance that their fellow motorists are properly qualified 
to drive the vehicles they operate. Before the Commercial Motor Vehicle 
Safety Act of 1986 (CMVSA or the Act) Public Law 99-570, Title XII, 100 
Stat. 3207, codified at 49 U.S.C. chapter 313) was signed by the 
President on October 27, 1986, 18 States and the District of Columbia 
authorized any person licensed to drive an automobile to also legally 
drive a large truck or bus. No special training or special license was 
required to drive these vehicles, even though it was widely recognized 
that operation of certain types of vehicles called for special skills, 
knowledge and training. Even in the 32 States that had a classified 
driver licensing system in place, only 12 of these States required an 
applicant to take a skills test in a representative vehicle. Equally 
serious was the problem of drivers possessing multiple driver licenses. 
By spreading their convictions among several States, CMV drivers could 
avoid punishment for their infringements, and stay behind the wheel.
    For a detailed history of regulatory developments in 49 CFR parts 
383 and 384 to implement the mandates in the CMVSA, see the supporting 
statement in the docket for this matter.''
    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 FMCSA to perform its 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: October 
24, 2018
G. Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of Research and Information 
Technology.
[FR Doc. 2018-23707 Filed 10-29-18; 8:45 am]
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