Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of a Currently-Approved Information Collection: Request for Revocation of Authority Granted

Kelly Regal
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
18 December 2019

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 18, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69450-69451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27257]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2019-0269]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of a Currently-
Approved Information Collection: Request for Revocation of Authority 
Granted

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 
review and approval and invites public comment. FMCSA requests approval 
to renew an ICR titled ``Request for Revocation of Authority Granted.''

DATES: We must receive your comments on or before February 18, 2020.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Federal Docket 
Management System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2019-0269 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

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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 
and 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: 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, 
and hence the registrant's operating authority. Form OCE-46 allows 
these registrants to apply voluntarily for revocation of their 
operating authority or parts thereof. If the registrant fails to 
maintain evidence of the required level of insurance coverage on file 
with FMCSA, its operating authority will be revoked involuntarily. 
Although the effect of both types of revocation is the same, some 
registrants prefer to request voluntary revocation. For various 
business reasons, a registrant may request revocation of some part, but 
not all, of its operating authority.
    This information collection, which supports the DOT Strategic Goal 
of Safety, is being revised to reflect modified estimates of burden 
hours and costs. For respondents, the program adjustment has resulted 
in increased total burden hours and an increase in respondent costs. 
The burden hour increase is due to an estimated increase in the number 
of annual filings of Form OCE-46 from 3,501 to 5,901 per year, 
resulting in an increase of 2,400 responses and 600 burden hours.
    The previous iteration of this ICR did not include estimated labor 
costs for respondents; it only reported the estimated annual burden 
hours. This version adds estimated labor costs according to best 
practices. The estimated annual labor cost for industry resulting from 
submitting Form OCE-46 is $49,527.
    The total annual respondent cost has decreased by $20,190. This 
decrease is due to the fact that respondents may now file the form 
online, at no charge. While the online submission option exists, FMCSA 
still estimates that approximately 1,567 respondents will continue to 
file the form by mail, which incurs notarization and postage fees.
    For the Federal Government, the program costs have increased by 
$11,176. While this ICR revised the Federal labor wage load factor 
downward to be consistent with the methodology used in other FMCSA 
ICRs, the overall cost to the Federal Government increased due to the 
increase in the number of forms received by FMCSA.
    Title: Request for Revocation of Authority Granted.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0018.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Respondents: For-hire motor carriers, freight forwarders, and 
property brokers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 5,901.
    Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes (0.25 hours).
    Expiration Date: September 30, 2020.
    Frequency of Response: Other (as needed).
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 1,475 hours.
    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: December 11, 2019.
Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of Research and Information 
Technology.
[FR Doc. 2019-27257 Filed 12-17-19; 8:45 am]
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