Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Commercial Motor Vehicle Marking Requirements Publication: Federal Register Signing Official: Thomas P. Keane Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Date: 20 October 2022

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 202 (Thursday, October 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63851-63852]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22784]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0154]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved 
Information Collection: Commercial Motor Vehicle Marking Requirements

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Department 
of Transportation (DOT).

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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. This ICR will enable FMCSA to document the burden 
associated with the marking regulations, ``Marking of Self-Propelled 
CMVs and Intermodal Equipment.'' These regulations require marking of 
vehicles and intermodal equipment by motor carriers, freight 
forwarders, and intermodal equipment providers (IEPs) engaging in 
interstate transportation and motor carriers that transport hazardous 
materials (HM) in intrastate transportation.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before November 
21, 2022.

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 information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stacy Ropp, Compliance Division, DOT, 
FMCSA, West Building, 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, 
DC 20590-0001; 609-661-2062; Stacy.Ropp@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Commercial Motor Vehicle Marking Requirements.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0054.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved ICR.
    Respondents: Freight-carrying commercial motor carriers, passenger-
carrying commercial motor carriers, and intermodal equipment providers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 895,485 total respondents (861,643 
freight-carrying motor carriers; 17,167 intrastate hazardous materials 
transporting motor carriers; 15,114 passenger-carrying motor carriers; 
and 1,561 IEPs).
    Estimated Time per Response: 26 minutes [12 minutes to affix USDOT 
Number + 14 minutes for affixing a carrier's name].
    Expiration Date: October 31, 2022.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 7,196,938 total hours (4,907,276 
hours spent by freight-carrying motor carriers; 239,666 hours spent by 
intrastate hazardous materials transporting motor carriers; 47,645 
hours spent by passenger-carrying motor carriers; and 2,002,351 hours 
spent by IEPs). All of these entities spent these hours marking their 
commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) with a USDOT number and motor carrier 
information.
    Background:
    The Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) is authorized to 
require marking of vehicles and intermodal equipment by motor carriers, 
freight forwarders and IEPs engaging in interstate transportation based 
on the authority of 49 U.S.C. 31133(a)(8) and 31133(a)(10). The 
Secretary has delegated authority pertaining to the marking of CMVs 
pursuant to FMCSA at 49 CFR 1.87(f). The Agency's regulation governing 
the marking of CMVs is codified at 49 CFR 390.21.
    Vehicle marking requirements are intended to ensure that FMCSA, the 
National Transportation Safety Board, and State safety officials are 
able to identify motor carriers and correctly assign responsibility for 
regulatory violations during inspections, investigations, compliance 
reviews, and crash studies. These marking requirements will also 
provide the public with beneficial information that could assist in 
identifying carriers for the purposes of commerce, complaints or 
emergency notification. The marking requirements apply to motor 
carriers, freight forwarders, and IEPs engaging in interstate 
transportation and motor carriers that transport HM in intrastate 
transportation. The Agency does not require a specific method of 
marking as long as the marking complies with FMCSA's regulations. The 
increase of 6,023,243 estimated annual burden hours (7,196,938 proposed 
estimated annual burden hours -1,173,695 approved estimated annual 
burden hours) is due to adjustments in respondent and response 
estimates and updated information regarding industry population for all 
four carrier/entity types.
    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.

    Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87.
Thomas P. Keane,
Associate Administrator, Office of Research and Registration.
[FR Doc. 2022-22784 Filed 10-19-22; 8:45 am]
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