Notice2023-02583
Notice of Request for Clearance of a New Information Collection: Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA 22)
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Published
February 7, 2023
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Transportation DepartmentTransportation Statistics Bureau
Abstract
In accordance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, BTS announces the intension to request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for its review and renewal of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA) 2022 Pilot Data Collection. Section 16 of OSRA 2022 mandates that the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) collect chassis and container street dwell time, as well as chassis out of service data monthly from each port, marine terminal operator, and chassis owner or provider with a fleet of over 50 chassis that supply chassis for a fee. The information collected from this data collection will be used to provide, at the least, national level street dwell and out of service statistics. The monthly statistics will be published by BTS on the BTS OSRA web page at: www.bts.gov/osra.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8039-8041]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02583]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
[Docket No. DOT-OST-2023-0021]
Notice of Request for Clearance of a New Information Collection:
Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA 22)
AGENCY: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A)
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, BTS announces the intension to
request the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for its review and
renewal of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA) 2022 Pilot Data
Collection. Section 16 of OSRA 2022 mandates that the Bureau of
Transportation Statistics (BTS) collect chassis and container street
dwell time, as well as chassis out of service data monthly from each
port, marine terminal operator, and chassis owner or
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provider with a fleet of over 50 chassis that supply chassis for a fee.
The information collected from this data collection will be used to
provide, at the least, national level street dwell and out of service
statistics. The monthly statistics will be published by BTS on the BTS
OSRA web page at: <a href="http://www.bts.gov/osra">www.bts.gov/osra</a>.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 10, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number
DOT-OST-2022-0095 to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT),
Dockets Management System (DMS). You may submit your comments by mail
or in person to the Docket Clerk, Docket No., U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, West Building, Room W12-140,
Washington, DC 20590. Comments should identify the docket number as
indicated above. Paper comments should be submitted in duplicate. The
DMS is open for examination and copying, at the above address, from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays. If you
wish to receive confirmation of receipt of your written comments,
please include a self-addressed, stamped postcard with the following
statement: ``Comments on Docket DOT-OST-2022-0095.'' The Docket Clerk
will date stamp the postcard prior to returning it to you via the U.S.
mail. Please note that due to delays in the delivery of U.S. mail to
Federal offices in Washington, DC, we recommend that persons consider
an alternative method (the internet, fax, or professional delivery
service) to submit comments to the docket and ensure their timely
receipt at U.S. DOT. You may fax your comments to the DMS at (202) 493-
2251. Comments can also be viewed and/or submitted via the Federal
Rulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Please note that anyone is able to electronically search all
comments received into our docket management system by the name of the
individual submitting the comment (or signing the comment if submitted
on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 70; pages 19475-19570)
or you may review the Privacy Act Statement at <a href="http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/">http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: April Gadsby, (470) 718-5798,
Mathematical Statistician, BTS, OST-R, Department of Transportation,
1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA 22).
Background: In response to supply chain challenges, Congress passed
the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA 22). Section 16 of the OSRA
22 mandates BTS to produce statistics on ``the total street dwell time
from all causes of marine containers and chassis and the average out of
service percentage of chassis.'' OSRA 22 grants BTS authority to
collect data from ``each port, marine terminal operator, and chassis
owner or provider with a fleet of over 50 chassis that supply chassis
for a fee'' as deemed necessary to produce these statistics.
Per the law, BTS must produce the first monthly report no later
than February 10, 2023 (240 days from the request). For this, OMB
issued an emergency clearance OMB 2138-0050 expiring February 10, 2023.
This clearance will serve to continue the national data collection
until the sunset of the program as detailed by congress by December
2026.
This new data collection will require that BTS establish a sample
frame and research available data sources and data items from in scope
ports, terminals, and intermodal equipment providers, ocean carriers
and non-vessel operating common carriers. The results from the initial
data collection that will be published by February 10, 2023, under the
emergency clearance will provide the foundation upon which the national
program can be built.
The data collection will be administered to ``each port, marine
terminal operator, and chassis owner or provider with a fleet of over
50 chassis that supply chassis for a fee'' (OSRA 22) as deemed
necessary to produce these statistics.
The data collection will include approximately 190-265 data
providers representing the approximate set of 90 chassis owners, motor
carriers, and/or intermodal equipment providers (IEPs), as well as all
ports, including inland ports and their approximately 75-150 intermodal
terminal facilities, inland dry ports, intermodal terminal facilities
operators (e.g., ICTF = Intermodal Container Transfer Facility). The
data collection will request respondents to provide information such as
the estimated inventory of intermodal chassis and/or marine containers
under their control measured by TEU in the U.S., how dwell time, out of
service rates, and/or unavailable chassis are defined, tracked, and at
what frequency they can be reported for the equipment under their
control. The data collection will yield statistics on the total
intermodal marine container and chassis street dwell time and the
chassis out of service rate to satisfy the OSRA 22 mandate.
Respondents: The target population for the data collection will be
approximately 190-265 respondents representing the approximate set of
90 chassis owners, motor carriers, and/or intermodal equipment
providers (IEPs), as well as all ports, including inland ports and
their approximately 75-150 intermodal terminal facilities, inland dry
ports, and ICTFs.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: The burden per respondent is
estimated to be an average of 2 hours. This average is based on the
resulting test data sets received from data respondents.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: The total monthly burden (once the
program is fully developed and all participants have been asked to
submit data) is estimated to be 808 hours (that is 2 hours per data
provider for 404 data providers equals 808 hours).
Frequency: Monthly until the data collection sunset, December 2026.
Public Comments Invited: Interested parties are invited to send
comments regarding any aspect of this information collection,
including, but not limited to: (1) the necessity and utility of the
information collection for the proper performance of the functions of
the DOT; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, clarity and content of the collected information;
and (4) ways to minimize the collection burden without reducing the
quality of the collected information. Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB's
clearance of this information collection.
Authority: The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, Pub.
L. 105-178, section 1207(c), The Safe, Accountable, Flexible Efficient
Transportation Equity Act--A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), Pub. L.
109-59, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21),
Pub. L. 112-141, 49 CFR 1.46, and Fixing America's Surface
Transportation Act (FAST Act), Pub. L. 114-94, sec. 1112.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on the 2nd day of February 2023.
Cha-Chi Fan,
Director, Office of Data Development and Standards, Bureau of
Transportation Statistics, Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Research and Technology.
[FR Doc. 2023-02583 Filed 2-6-23; 8:45 am]
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