Notice2024-30517
Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Road Test Requirement
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Published
December 23, 2024
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 and invites public comment. FMCSA requests approval to renew the ICR titled "Road Test Requirement." This ICR estimates the information burden incurred by motor carriers associated with the road test requirements in two circumstances. The first is when the motor carrier hires a new driver. The second is when the road test is required for individuals physically qualified under the Agency's alternative vision standard for the first time. In each circumstance, motor carriers are required to rate the performance of the driver during the test on a road test form provided by the motor carrier. If the road test is successfully completed, the motor carrier completes a certificate of driver's road test and provides a copy to the driver. The motor carrier retains the original signed road test form and the original, or a copy, of the signed certificate in the driver qualification file.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 246 (Monday, December 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 104605-104606]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30517]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2024-0178]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved
Information Collection: Road Test Requirement
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 its
review and approval and invites public comment. FMCSA requests approval
to renew the ICR titled ``Road Test Requirement.'' This ICR estimates
the information burden incurred by motor carriers associated with the
road test requirements in two circumstances. The first is when the
motor carrier hires a new driver. The second is when the road test is
required for individuals physically qualified under the Agency's
alternative vision standard for the first time. In each circumstance,
motor carriers are required to rate the performance of the driver
during the test on a road test form provided by the motor carrier. If
the road test is successfully completed, the motor carrier completes a
certificate of driver's road test and provides a copy to the driver.
The motor carrier retains the original signed road test form and the
original, or a copy, of the signed certificate in the driver
qualification file.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before January
22, 2025.
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. Pearlie Robinson, Driver and
Carrier Operations Division, DOT, FMCSA, West Building, 6th Floor, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001; 202-366-4225;
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f484919586989d91da869b969d9a879b9ab4909b80da939b82"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4a3a2f2b3826232f6438252823243925240a2e253e642d253c">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Road Test Requirement.
OMB Control Number: 2126-0072.
Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: Motor carriers.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,187,668.
Estimated Time per Response: 33 minutes.
Expiration Date: March 31, 2025.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 584,408.
Background
This ICR supports the DOT strategic goal of safety. Public interest
in highway safety dictates that employers hire drivers who can safely
operate CMVs amid the various physical and mental demands of truck and
bus driving. Subject to some exceptions, 49 CFR 391.31 requires a motor
carrier to conduct a road test when the motor carrier hires a new
driver. The motor carrier is required to rate the performance of the
driver during the test on a road test form provided by the motor
carrier. If the road test is successfully completed, the motor carrier
completes a certificate of driver's road test and provides a copy to
the driver. The motor carrier retains the original signed road test
form and the original, or a copy, of the signed certificate in the
driver qualification file. Motor carriers may maintain the required
road test form and certificate electronically or via paper copy. The
information collected by the motor carrier is needed to document the
motor carrier conducted the road test as required and determined the
driver can operate a CMV safely. The information also assists Federal
and State safety investigators in determining that motor carriers
fulfilled their regulatory requirements when deciding who may drive
CMVs on their behalf and in assessing the qualifications of drivers.
The ICR estimates the information-collection (IC) burden incurred
by motor carriers associated with the Sec. 391.31 road test in two
circumstances. The first is when the road test is required by Sec.
391.31 (IC-1); the second is when the road test is required as part of
the alternative vision standard in Sec. 391.44 (IC-2). However,
individuals are excepted from the road test requirement if they have 3
years of intrastate or specific excepted interstate CMV driving
experience with the vision deficiency, hold a valid Federal vision
exemption, or are medically certified under Sec. 391.64(b). Most of
the motor carrier burden hours and cost for the information collection
relates to IC-1.
Renewal of This IC
The current burden estimate associated with this IC, approved by
OMB on March 28, 2022, is 273,888 hours. The expiration date of the
current ICR is March 31, 2025. Through this ICR renewal, the Agency
requests an increase in the burden hours from 273,888 hours to 584,408
hours. The increase is the result of an increase in the estimated
driver population as well as an increase in the expected industry
growth rate for drivers from 2022 to 2032.
On September 13, 2024, FMCSA published a Federal Register notice
allowing for a 60-day comment period on this ICR (89 FR 75011). The
comment period closed on November 12, 2024. There were no comments
submitted in response to that notice.
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
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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. 2024-30517 Filed 12-20-24; 8:45 am]
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