Notice2023-12255
Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of Currently Approved Information Collection: Hazardous Materials Safety Permits
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Published
June 8, 2023
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 review and approval and invites the public to comment. FMCSA is seeking to renew an existing ICR titled, "Hazardous Materials Safety Permits." This ICR requires companies holding safety permits to develop communication plans that allow for the periodic tracking of hazardous materials shipments. A record of the communications that includes the time of the call and location of the shipment may be kept by either the driver (e.g., recorded in the logbook) or the company. These records must be kept, either physically or electronically, for at least 6 months at the company's principal place of business or readily available to the employees at the principal place of business. This ICR has been updated only to the extent that the number of motor carriers with an active Hazardous Materials (HM) Safety Permit has increased from 987 to 1065.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 110 (Thursday, June 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37596-37597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12255]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0236]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of Currently
Approved Information Collection: Hazardous Materials Safety Permits
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 of 1995, FMCSA
announces its plan to submit the Information Collection Request (ICR)
described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review
and approval and invites the public to comment. FMCSA is seeking to
renew an existing ICR titled, ``Hazardous Materials Safety Permits.''
This ICR requires companies holding safety permits to develop
communication plans that allow for the periodic tracking of hazardous
materials shipments. A record of the communications that includes the
time of the call and location of the shipment may be kept by either the
driver (e.g., recorded in the logbook) or the company. These records
must be kept, either physically or electronically, for at least 6
months at the company's principal place of business or readily
available to the employees at the principal place of business. This ICR
has been updated only to the extent that the number of motor carriers
with an active Hazardous Materials (HM) Safety Permit has increased
from 987 to 1065.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before July 10,
2023.
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: Ms. Melissa Williams, Office of
Safety, Hazardous Materials Division, DOT, FMCSA, 6th Floor, West
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001; 202-
366-4163; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#177a727b7e64647639607e7b7b7e767a645773786339707861"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b2dfd7dedbc1c1d39cc5dbdededbd3dfc1f2d6ddc69cd5ddc4">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Hazardous Materials Safety Permits.
OMB Control Number: 2126-0030.
Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved information
collection.
Respondents: Motor Carriers subject to the Hazardous Materials
Safety Permit requirements in 49 CFR part 385, subpart E.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 1065.
Estimated Time per Response: 5 minutes. The communication between
motor carriers and their drivers must take place at least two times per
day. It is estimated that it will take 5 minutes to maintain a daily
communication record for each driver.
Expiration Date: September 30, 2023.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 750,000 hours [9 million trips x 5
minutes per record / 60 minutes per hour = 750,000, rounded to the
nearest thousand].
Background: The Secretary of Transportation is responsible for
implementing regulations to issue safety permits for transporting
certain HM in accordance with 49 U.S.C. 5101 et seq. The HM Safety
Permit regulations (49 CFR part 385, subpart E) require initial or
first time HM Safety Permit carriers to file the Unified Registration
System Form MCSA-1. Update and renewal applications must be filed with
FMCSA using the ``Combined Motor Carrier Identification Report and HM
Permit Application'' (Form MCS-150B). The HM Safety Permit regulations
also require carriers to have a security program. As part of the HM
Safety Permit regulations, carriers are required to develop and
maintain route plans so that law enforcement officials can verify the
correct location of the HM shipment. FMCSA requires companies holding
permits to develop a communications plan that allows for the periodic
tracking of the shipment. This information covers the record of
communications that includes the time of the call and location of the
shipment. The records may be kept by either the driver (e.g., recorded
in the logbook) or the company. These records must be kept, either
physically or electronically, for at least 6 months at the company's
principal place of business or be readily available to employees at the
company's principal place of business.
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. 2023-12255 Filed 6-7-23; 8:45 am]
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