Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently-Approved Information Collection: Motor Carrier Identification Report

Kelly Regal
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
6 February 2019

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 6, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2317-2318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01277]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2018-0333]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a 
Currently-Approved Information Collection: Motor Carrier Identification 
Report

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Department 
of Transportation (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 
review and approval and invites public comment. FMCSA requests approval 
to revise an ICR titled, ``Motor Carrier Identification Report,'' which 
is used to identify FMCSA regulated entities, help prioritize the 
agency's activities, aid in assessing the safety outcomes of those 
activities, and for statistical purposes. This ICR is being revised due 
to a final rule dated January 17, 2017, titled, ``Unified Registration 
System; Suspension of Effectiveness,'' effective January 14, 2017, 
which suspended its regulations requiring existing interstate motor 
carriers, freight forwarders, brokers, intermodal equipment providers 
(IEPs), hazardous materials safety permit (HMSP) applicants, and cargo 
tank facilities under FMCSA jurisdiction to submit required 
registration and biennial update information to the Agency via a new 
electronic on-line Unified Registration System (URS). During this 
suspension, entities needing to file will follow the same procedures 
and forms used to submit information to FMCSA as they did prior to 
January 14, 2017, including use of Form MCS-150 or MCS-150B. The Form 
MCS-150 or MCS-150B will also be used by the small number of Mexico-
domiciled motor carriers that seek authority to operate beyond the 
United States municipalities on the United States-Mexico border and 
their commercial zones.
    This ICR is necessary to ensure regulated entities are registered 
with the DOT.

DATES: We must receive your comments on or before April 8, 2019.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Federal Docket 
Management System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2018-0333 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.
    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: Mr. Jeffrey Secrist, Office of 
Registration and Safety Information, Department of Transportation, 
FMCSA, West Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, 
DC 20590. Telephone: 202-385-2367; email Jeffrey.secrist@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Background: Title 49, United States Code Section 504(b)(2) provides 
the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) with authority to require 
carriers, lessors, associations, or classes of these entities to file 
annual, periodic, and special reports containing answers to questions 
asked by the Secretary. The Secretary may also prescribe the form of 
records required to be prepared or compiled and the time period during 
which records must be preserved (See Sec.  504(b)(1) and (d)). FMCSA 
will use this data to administer its safety programs using a database 
of entities that are subject to its regulations. This database 
necessitates that these entities notify FMCSA of their existence. For 
example, under 49 CFR 390.19(a), FMCSA requires all motor carriers 
beginning operations to file a Form MCS-150 titled, ``Motor Carrier 
Identification Report,'' or MCS-150B titled, ``Combined Motor Carrier 
Identification Report and HM Permit Applications.'' This report is 
filed by all motor carriers conducting operations in interstate, 
intrastate transporting hazardous materials or international commerce 
before beginning operations. It asks the respondent to provide the name 
of the business entity that owns and controls the motor carrier 
operation; address and telephone of principal place of business; 
assigned identification number(s), type of operation, types of cargo 
usually transported; number of vehicles owned, term leased and trip 
leased; driver information; and certification statement signed by an 
individual authorized to sign documents on behalf of the business 
entity.
    Section 350 of the Department of Transportation and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002, Public Law 107-87, 115 Stat. 833, 
864-866 (December 18, 2001) (49 U.S.C. 13902 note), directed the Agency 
to issue an interim final rule (IFR) to ensure that new entrant motor 
carriers are knowledgeable about the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Regulations (FMCSRs) and standards. On August 28, 2002, the Agency 
published an IFR titled, ``Registration Enforcement'' (67 FR 31978).
    Existing applicants will use the MCS-150 or MCS-150B to update 
their

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information in the Motor Carrier Management Information System. 
Applicants filing for the first time will be required to file on-line. 
Form MCS-150 or MCS-150B will be used for Mexico-domiciled carriers 
that seek authority to operate beyond the United States municipalities 
on the United States-Mexico border and their commercial zones. The 
information collected from the respondents is readily available to the 
public. This revised ICR captures the burden of continued use of the 
MCS-150 or MCS-150B for motor carriers updating their registration 
information and for the registration of Mexico-domiciled carriers.
    The hazardous material declarations, Class 3A, Class 3B, and Div. 
2.2 (Ammonia), are being removed. They are obsolete and do not require 
new or existing applicants to identify those declarations when applying 
for a USDOT number as a hazardous materials motor carrier.
    The remaining hazardous materials entries on the forms and their 
respective instructions are being redesignated alphabetically to 
reflect the removal of the Class 3A, Class 3B, and Div. 2.2 (Ammonia) 
entries.
    In the Filing Options section of the instructions for the forms, 
the Agency name is corrected.
    In the hazardous materials list in the instructions for the forms, 
the entry for Combustible Liquid is revised to correct the 49 CFR 
reference.
    The instructions for the forms are being revised to clarify the 
definitions of ``Intrastate Hazmat Carrier'' and ``Intrastate Non-
Hazmat Carrier.''
    Title: Motor Carrier Identification Report
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0013.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently-approved collection.
    Respondents: Motor carriers, freight forwarders, intermodal 
equipment providers, brokers, motor carriers with hazardous materials 
safety permit, cargo tank facilities and Mexican motor carriers.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 679,651 responses [674,674 responses 
for 1C-1 + 3,299 responses for 1C-2 + 1,678 responses for 1C-3].
    Estimated Time per Response: 20 minutes for new filings and 7.5 
minutes for biennial updates and changes to complete the Form MCS-150.
    Expiration Date: April 30, 2019.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion and biennially.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 119,878 hours [119,071 hours for IC-
1 + 278 hours for IC-2 + 529 hours for IC-3].
    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.
Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of Research and Information 
Technology.
[FR Doc. 2019-01277 Filed 2-5-19; 8:45 am]
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