Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a Currently-Approved Information Collection Request: Application for Certificate of Registration for Foreign Motor Carriers and Foreign Motor Private Carriers

Larry W. Minor
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
9 July 2021

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 129 (Friday, July 9, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36317-36318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14621]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2020-0226]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a 
Currently-Approved Information Collection Request: Application for 
Certificate of Registration for Foreign Motor Carriers and Foreign 
Motor Private Carriers

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. The purpose of this ICR 
titled, ``Application for Certificate of Registration for Foreign Motor 
Carriers and Foreign Motor Private Carriers,'' requires foreign 
(Mexico-based) for-hire and private motor carriers to file an 
application Form OP-2 if they wish to register to transport property 
only within municipalities in the United States on the U.S.-Mexico 
international borders or within the commercial zones of such 
municipalities.

DATES: Please send your comments by August 9, 2021. OMB must receive 
your comments by this date in order to act quickly on the ICR.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Dora Tambo-Gonzales, Office of 
Registration, Licensing and Insurance Division, Department of 
Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, West 
Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. 
Telephone: 202-366-2577; email: dora.tambo.gonzales@dot.gov. Office 
hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
Holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Application for Certificate of Registration for Foreign 
Motor Carriers and Foreign Motor Private Carriers.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0019.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a currently-approved information 
collection.
    Respondents: Foreign motor carriers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 31.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1.5 hours to complete or update Form 
OP-2.
    Expiration Date: October 31, 2021.
    Frequency of Response: Occasionally.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 47 hours [31 responses x 1\1/2\ 
hours to complete Form OP-2 = 47 hours].
    Background: Title 49 U.S.C. 13902(c) contains basic licensing 
procedures for registering foreign (Mexico-based) motor carriers to 
operate across the U.S.-Mexico international border into the United 
States. 49 CFR part 368 contains the regulations that require foreign 
(Mexico-based) motor carriers to apply to the FMCSA for a Certificate 
of Registration to provide interstate transportation in municipalities 
in the United States on the U.S.-Mexico international border or within 
the commercial zones of such municipalities as defined in 49 U.S.C. 
13902(c)(4)(A). The FMCSA carries out this registration program under 
authority delegated by the Secretary of Transportation.
    Foreign (Mexico-based) motor carriers use Form OP-2 to apply for 
Certificate of Registration authority with the FMCSA. The form requests 
information on the foreign motor carrier's name, address, U.S. DOT 
Number, form of business (e.g., corporation, sole proprietorship, 
partnership), locations where the applicant plans to operate, types of 
registration requested (e.g., for-hire motor carrier, household goods 
carrier, motor private carrier), insurance, safety certifications, 
household goods arbitration certifications, and compliance

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certifications. FMCSA published a 60-day notice in the Federal Register 
on February 12, 2021, (86 FR 9423), announcing the Agency's intent to 
submit the Application for Certificate of Registration for Foreign 
Motor Carriers and Foreign Motor Private Carriers to OMB for approval, 
and requesting comments from the public. No comments were received.
    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.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2021-14621 Filed 7-8-21; 8:45 am]
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