Notice2022-22784
Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Commercial Motor Vehicle Marking Requirements
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Published
October 20, 2022
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 202 (Thursday, October 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63851-63852]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#53002732302a7d013c232313373c277d343c25"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9fccebfefce6b1cdf0efefdffbf0ebb1f8f0e9">[email protected]</span></a>.
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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