Notice2023-16809
60-Day Notice of Intent To Seek Extension of Approval of Collection: Household Goods Movers' Disclosure Requirements
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Published
August 7, 2023
Issuing agencies
Surface Transportation Board
Abstract
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) gives notice of its intent to seek approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an extension of the information collection (here, third-party disclosures), as described below.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 150 (Monday, August 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52238-52239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16809]
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
60-Day Notice of Intent To Seek Extension of Approval of
Collection: Household Goods Movers' Disclosure Requirements
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) gives notice of its intent
to seek approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an
extension of the information collection (here, third-party
disclosures), as described below.
DATES: Comments on this information collection should be submitted by
October 6, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Chris Oehrle, Surface Transportation
Board, 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20423-0001, or to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#eebebcafae9d9a8cc0898198"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="04545645447770662a636b72">[email protected]</span></a>.
When submitting comments, please refer to ``Paperwork Reduction Act
Comments, Surface Transportation Board: Household Goods Movers'
Disclosure Requirements.'' For further information regarding this
collection, contact Michael Higgins, Deputy Director, Office of Public
Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and Compliance, at (202) 245-0284 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d6bbbfb5beb7b3baf8bebfb1b1bfb8a596a5a2b4f8b1b9a0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="315c58525950545d1f59585656585f42714245531f565e47">[email protected]</span></a>. Assistance for the hearing impaired is
available through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments are requested concerning: (1) the
accuracy of the Board's burden estimates; (2) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; (3) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on the
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology when
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appropriate; and (4) whether the collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the functions of the Board, including
whether the collection has practical utility. Submitted comments will
be summarized and included in the Board's request for OMB approval.
Description of Collection
Title: Household Goods Movers' Disclosure Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 2140-0027.
STB Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without change.
Respondents: Household goods movers (HHG Movers) that desire to
offer a rate limiting their liability on interstate moves to anything
less than replacement value of the goods.
Number of Respondents: 5,273 (approximate number of active
household goods carriers in the United States according to the Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)). See 2022 Pocket Guide to
Large Truck and Bus Statistics (December 2022) section 1-7 Household
Goods Carriers and Brokers Operating in the United States, 2017-2021.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 101 hours. Household goods movers provide
prospective clients with a prescribed form estimating the charges for
the anticipated move and providing various warnings and disclosures,
including a disclosure of the availability of two levels of recovery
for loss and damage incurred during the move. The Board's request for
approval of the initial estimate form contained a cost analysis
indicating that inclusion of the loss-and-damage information was a one-
time, start-up cost, and that an estimated 15 of the thousands of HHG
Movers were large firms that print their own forms and that had already
produced modified forms to meet the new requirement. The original
request for approval also indicated that only a relatively small number
of new entrants would have to create the required notice forms each
year. Using 2022 Pocket Guide to Large Truck and Bus Statistics
(section 1-7) to determine the latest three-year increase in the number
of HHG Movers, Board staff estimates that there are approximately 202
of these new carriers that have entered the business annually over the
last three reported years. Each of these new entrants would require
approximately one hour to review the released rate decision and to cut
and paste the warnings/disclosures into a general electronic form, but
only a portion of that time (about half) would be allotted to the
Board's released rate disclosure requirement. Therefore, the Board
estimates that the annual hourly burden for this collection is 101
hours per year for the industry (202 responses annually x \1/2\ x 1
hour = 101 burden hours).
Total ``Non-Hour Burden'' Cost: HHG Movers may provide these forms
to shippers electronically.
Needs and Uses: In the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, section 4215, Public Law
109-59, 119 Stat. 1144, 1760 (2005), Congress directed the Board to
review consumer protection regulations concerning the loss or damage to
property that occurs during interstate household goods moves. In Docket
No. RR 999, the Board required household goods motor carriers and
freight forwarders wishing to offer a rate limiting their liability on
interstate moves to anything less than replacement value of the goods
to provide their customers with clear written information concerning
the two available cargo-liability options (a full replacement-value
protection option and a lower, released-rate protection option). HHG
Movers are required to provide this information on the standard written
estimate form that the FMCSA requires HHG Movers to provide to their
household goods moving customers. See 49 CFR 375.213. This information
allows for early notice to household goods moving customers regarding
the two liability options, as well as adequate time and information to
help consumers decide which option to choose. If the customer elects
anything other than full-value protection, the HHG Mover must inform
the customer of their rights and obtain a signed waiver, as provided on
the form. In doing so, this collection enables the Board to meet its
statutory duty.
Under the PRA, a Federal agency that conducts or sponsors a
collection of information must display a currently valid OMB control
number. A collection of information, which is defined in 44 U.S.C.
3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c), includes agency requirements that persons
submit reports, keep records, or provide information to the agency,
third parties, or the public. Under 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), Federal
agencies are required to provide, prior to an agency's submitting a
collection to OMB for approval, a 60-day notice and comment period
through publication in the Federal Register concerning each proposed
collection of information, including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information.
Dated: August 2, 2023.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2023-16809 Filed 8-4-23; 8:45 am]
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