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Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Training Certification for Drivers of Longer Combination Vehicles Publication: Federal Register Signing Official: Thomas P. Keane Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Date: 11 October 2022 
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61428-61429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-21977]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0170]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved
Information Collection: Training Certification for Drivers of Longer
Combination Vehicles
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 renew an ICR titled, ``Training Certification for Drivers of Longer
Combination Vehicles'' OMB Control No. 2126-0026. This ICR relates to
Agency requirements for drivers to be certified to operate longer
combination vehicles (LCVs), and associated recordkeeping requirements
that motor carriers must satisfy before permitting their drivers to
operate LCVs. Motor carriers, upon inquiry by authorized Federal,
State, or local officials, must produce an LCV Driver-Training
Certificate for each of their LCV drivers.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before December
12, 2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Federal Docket
Management System Docket Number FMCSA-2022-0170 using any of the
following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
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Mail: Dockets Operations; U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, 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. ET,
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 https://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 https://www.regulations.gov, and follow the
online instructions for accessing the dockets, or go to the street
address listed above. To be sure someone is there to help you, please
call (202) 366-9317 or (202) 366-9826 before visiting Dockets
Operations.
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
https://www.dot.gov/privacy, the comments are searchable by the name of
the submitter.
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 ``FAQ'' 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: Ms. Pearlie Robinson, FMCSA Driver and
Carrier Operations Division, DOT, FMCSA, West Building, 6th Floor, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590; (202) 366-4225 or by email
at pearlie.robinson@dot.gov. If you have questions on viewing or
submitting material to the docket, contact Docket Services, telephone
(202) 366-9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
An LCV is any combination of a truck-tractor and two or more semi-
trailers or trailers that operates on the National System of Interstate
and Defense Highways (according to 23 CFR part 470.107) and has a gross
vehicle weight greater than 80,000 pounds. To enhance the safety of LCV
operations on our Nation's highways, section 4007(b) of the Motor
Carrier Act of 1991 directed the Secretary of Transportation to
establish Federal minimum training requirements for drivers of LCVs
(Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, Public Law
102-240, 105 Stat. 1914, 2152). The Secretary of Transportation
delegated responsibility for establishing these requirements to FMCSA
(49 CFR part 1.87), and on March 30, 2004, after appropriate notice and
solicitation of public comment, FMCSA established the current training
requirements for operators of LCVs (69 FR 16722). The regulations bar
motor carriers from permitting their drivers to operate an LCV if they
have not been properly trained in accordance with the requirements of
Sec. 380.113. Drivers receive an LCV Driver-Training Certificate upon
successful completion of these training requirements. Motor carriers
employing an LCV driver must verify the driver's qualifications to
operate an LCV and must maintain a copy of the LCV Driver-Training
Certificate and present it to authorized Federal, State, or local
officials upon request.
Renewal of This Information Collection (IC)
The current burden estimate associated with this IC, approved by
OMB on June 26, 2020, is 4,200 hours. The expiration date of the
current ICR is June 30, 2023. Through this ICR renewal, the Agency
requests an increase in the burden hours from 4,200 hours to 4,360
hours. The increase is the result of the increase in estimated driver
population as well as the increase in expected industry growth rate for
drivers from 2020 to 2030.
Title: Training Certification for Drivers of LCVs.
OMB Control Number: 2126-0026.
Type of Request: Renewal of an information collection.
Respondents: LCV training providers, drivers, and motor carriers
employing LCV drivers.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 52,082, consisting of 240 LCV
training providers, plus 240 newly-certified LCV drivers seeking
employment, plus 25,681 currently certified LCV drivers seeking
employment plus 25,921 motor carriers employing LCV drivers.
Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes for preparation of LCV
Driver-Training Certificates for drivers who successfully complete the
LCV training, and 10 minutes for activities associated with the LCV
Driver-Training Certificate during the hiring process.
Expiration Date: June 30, 2023.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 4,360 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 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 information collected. The agency will summarize or
include your comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this ICR.
Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87.
Thomas P. Keane,
Associate Administrator, Office of Research and Registration.
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