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Transparency in Fees Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators Are Charged for Towing and Recovery Services Publication: Federal Register Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Byline: Larry W. Minor Date: 1 July 2024 Subject: American Government 
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 126 (Monday, July 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54628-54629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14348]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2024-0124]
Transparency in Fees Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators Are
Charged for Towing and Recovery Services
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Department
of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: FMCSA extends the comment period for its May 31, 2024, notice
providing interested parties the opportunity to share their
perspectives on current industry practices regarding the disclosure of
towing fees to the commercial motor vehicle (CMV) owners and whether
the owner is made aware of costs and fees prior to the tow. The notice
announced a June 21, 2024, public meeting and provided July 1, 2024, as
the deadline for the submission of written comments on the subject.
FMCSA extends the comment period until August 1, 2024.
DATES: The comment period for the notice published May 31, 2024 at 89
FR 47206, is extended. Written comments concerning the disclosure of
towing fees to CMV owners should be submitted by August 1, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Docket Number FMCSA-
2024-0124 using any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FMCSA-2023-0124/document. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Dockets Operations, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Ground Floor,
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: Dockets Operations, U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building,
Ground Floor, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
Fax: (202) 493-2251.
Submissions Containing Confidential Business Information
(CBI): Brian Dahlin, Chief, Regulatory Evaluation Division, FMCSA, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
To avoid duplication, please use only one of these four methods.
See the ``Confidential Business Information'' portion of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for instructions on submitting
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry W. Minor, Associate
Administrator for Policy, FMCSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington,
DC 20590-0001; (202) 366-4012; larry.minor@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Submitting Comments
If you want to submit a comment on this subject, please include the
docket number for this notice (FMCSA-2024-0124). You may submit your
comments and material online or by fax, mail, or hand delivery, but
please use only one of these means. FMCSA recommends that you include
your name and a mailing address, an email address, or a phone number in
the body of your document so that FMCSA can contact you if there are
questions regarding your submission.
To submit your comment online, go to https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FMCSA-2024-0124/document, click on this notice, click
``Comment,'' and type your comment into the text box on the following
screen.
If you submit your comments by mail or hand delivery, submit them
in an unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for
copying and electronic filing. FMCSA will consider all comments and
material received during the comment period.
Confidential Business Information (CBI)
CBI is commercial or financial information that is both customarily
and actually treated as private by its owner. Under the Freedom of
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt from public disclosure.
If your comments responsive to this notice contain commercial or
financial information that is customarily treated as private, that you
actually treat as private, it is important that you clearly designate
the submitted comments as CBI. Please mark each page of your submission
that constitutes CBI as ``PROPIN'' to indicate it contains proprietary
information. FMCSA will treat such marked submissions as confidential
under the Freedom of Information Act, and they will not be placed in
the public docket for this meeting. Submissions containing CBI should
be sent to Brian Dahlin, Chief, Regulatory Analysis Division, Office of
Policy, FMCSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001. At
this time, you need not send a duplicate hardcopy of your electronic
CBI submissions to FMCSA headquarters. Any comments FMCSA receives not
specifically designated as CBI will be placed in the public docket for
this notice.
B. Viewing Comments and Documents
To view comments, as well as notes from this public meeting, go to
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FMCSA-2024-0124/document and choose
the document to review. To view comments, click this notice, and click
``Document Comments.'' If you do not have access to the internet, you
may view the docket online by visiting Dockets Operations on the ground
floor of the DOT West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington,
DC
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20590, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays. To be sure someone is there to help you, please call
(202) 366-9317 or (202) 366-9826 before visiting Dockets Operations.
C. Privacy Act
DOT posts comments received, 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.transportation.gov/privacy. The comments are posted without edit
and are searchable by the name of the submitter.
D. Background
FMCSA published a notice concerning transparency in fees CMV
operators are charged for towing and recovery services on May 31, 2024
(89 FR 47206). The notice discussed the Federal Trade Commission's
(FTC) November 9, 2023, notice of proposed rulemaking, ``Rule on Unfair
or Deceptive Fees'' (88 FR 77420), which would prohibit unfair or
deceptive practices relating to fees for goods or services,
specifically, misrepresenting the total costs of goods and services by
omitting mandatory fees from advertised prices and misrepresenting the
nature and purpose of fees. The notice also discussed FMCSA's February
7, 2024, written comments to the FTC rulemaking docket and announced
the Agency's June 21, 2024, public meeting concerning transparency in
the towing fees CMV owners are charged.
At the June 21 public meeting, certain parties verbally expressed
an interest in the Agency extending the deadline for the submission of
written comments. FMCSA believes it is in the public interest to allow
additional time for interested parties to submit written comments to
the docket. Accordingly, FMCSA extends the comment period until August
1, 2024.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2024-14348 Filed 6-28-24; 8:45 am]
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