Notice2022-09641
Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Acknowledgement of Use of COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Relief
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Published
May 5, 2022
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Transportation DepartmentFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 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. This notice invites comment on the information collection titled "Acknowledgement of Use of COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Relief," which is currently approved on an emergency basis and allows FMCSA to collect information from motor carriers engaged in providing direct assistance in response to certain emergency declarations issued by the Agency to provide regulatory relief for such carriers in continued support of the Nation's coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) recovery efforts. OMB approved this collection on an emergency basis and subsequently extended that emergency approval. The extension of the emergency approval expires on August 31, 2022.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 87 (Thursday, May 5, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26799-26800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09641]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0085]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved
Information Collection: Acknowledgement of Use of COVID-19 Emergency
Declaration Relief
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 (PRA) 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. This notice invites
comment on the information collection titled ``Acknowledgement of Use
of COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Relief,'' which is currently approved
on an emergency basis and allows FMCSA to collect information from
motor carriers engaged in providing direct assistance in response to
certain emergency declarations issued by the Agency to provide
regulatory relief for such carriers in continued support of the
Nation's coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) recovery efforts. OMB
approved this collection on an emergency basis and subsequently
extended that emergency approval. The extension of the emergency
approval expires on August 31, 2022.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before July 5,
2022.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2022-0085 using any of the
following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
<bullet> Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
<bullet> Mail: Dockets Operations; U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
<bullet> 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, see
the Public Participation heading below. Note that all comments received
will be posted without change to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, 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 <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, and follow the
online instructions for accessing the docket, 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 <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>, as described in the
system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at
<a href="http://www.dot.gov/privacy">www.dot.gov/privacy</a>.
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: William Bannister, Office of Analysis,
Research and Technology, DOT, FMCSA, West Building 6th Floor, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001; 202-385-2388;
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a9fec0c5c5c0c8c487ebc8c7c7c0daddccdbe9cdc6dd87cec6df"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3e69575252575f53107c5f5050574d4a5b4c7e5a514a10595148">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: FMCSA issued Emergency Declaration No. 2020-002 in
response to the March 13, 2020, declaration of a national emergency
under 42 U.S.C. 519(b) related to the danger COVID-19 presents to
public health and welfare. FMCSA modified Emergency Declaration 2020-
002 to expand and remove categories of supplies, equipment, and persons
covered by the Emergency Declaration to respond to changing needs for
emergency relief. The modified Emergency Declaration was subsequently
extended on June 15, 2020, August 15, 2020, December 1, 2020, August
31, 2021, and November 29, 2021, in accordance with 49 CFR 390.25,
because the Presidentially declared emergency remained in place and
because a continued exemption was needed to support direct emergency
assistance for some supply chains.
In accordance with the expanded, modified Emergency Declaration No.
2020-002, motor carriers and drivers providing direct assistance in
support of relief efforts related to the COVID-19 public health
emergency are granted emergency relief from certain portions of 49 CFR
parts 390 through 399 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations,
except as restricted in the Emergency Declaration. Direct assistance
means transportation and other relief services provided by a motor
carrier or its driver(s) incident to the immediate restoration of
essential services (such as medical care) or essential supplies related
to COVID-19 during the emergency. The notice extending the declaration
provides a list of relief services and essential supplies.
Prior to September 1, 2021, neither the Emergency Declaration nor
the regulations covering Emergency Declarations (found in Sec. Sec.
390.23 and 390.25) required that motor carriers or drivers operating
under the Emergency Declaration report their operation to FMCSA. FMCSA
determined that the unprecedented period when the expanded, modified
Emergency
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Declaration No. 2020-002 was in place required that FMCSA seek
information on the number of motor carriers and drivers relying upon
the emergency declaration in order to evaluate the need for additional
extensions.
The extension issued on August 31, 2021, included a requirement for
motor carriers to report, on a monthly basis, their reliance on the
emergency declaration during operations. FMCSA established a website
where motor carriers and drivers filled out fields for their USDOT
number, the number of commercial motor vehicle trips that relied upon
the emergency declaration in the preceding month (using a drop down
menu), the commodities being transported (using a drop down menu), and
a follow up for those listing more than one commodity to indicate which
was transported the most (using a drop down menu). The November 29,
2021, extension continued the reporting requirement. OMB approved the
reporting requirement on an emergency basis on August 30, 2021, and
subsequently extended that emergency approval on February 14, 2022.
That approval expires on August 31, 2022. FMCSA refined the burden
estimates to reflect the average number of monthly submissions received
from September 2021 to February 2022. The carrier is reporting for the
previous month, therefore October 2021 submitted reports consist of
data for the month of September, and March 2022 submitted reports
consist of data for the month of February.
This resulted in a decrease in the number of reports estimated to
be submitted each month, as the emergency ICR request used the total
number of motor vehicles as a stand-in, and acknowledged that number
was likely to be an overestimate.
Title: Acknowledgement of use of COVID-19 Emergency Declaration
Relief.
OMB Control Number: 2126-0074.
Type of Request: Renewal of an approved emergency collection.
Respondents: Motor carriers and drivers that operate under the
terms of the extended COVID-19 Emergency Declaration No. 2020-002.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 477 per month.
Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes per response.
Expiration Date: The emergency approval expires on August 31, 2022.
Frequency of Response: Monthly.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 1,431 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 ICR.
Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87.
Thomas P. Keane,
Associate Administrator, Office of Research and Registration.
[FR Doc. 2022-09641 Filed 5-4-22; 8:45 am]
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