Notice2025-00123
Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Electronic Logging Device (ELD) Vendor Registration
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Published
January 8, 2025
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 an ICR titled, "Electronic Logging Device (ELD) Vendor Registration." This ICR is necessary for ELD vendors to register their ELDs with the Agency.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1593-1594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00123]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2024-0233]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved
Information Collection: Electronic Logging Device (ELD) Vendor
Registration
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 an ICR titled, ``Electronic Logging Device (ELD) Vendor
Registration.'' This ICR is necessary for ELD vendors to register their
ELDs with the Agency.
DATES: We must receive your comments on or before March 10, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Docket Number FMCSA-
2024-0233 using any of the following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
<bullet> Mail: Dockets Operations; U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Ground Floor,
Washington, DC 20590-0001.
<bullet> Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Ground Floor,
Washington, DC 20590-0001 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. To be sure someone is there to help
you, please call (202) 366-9317 or (202) 366-9826 before visiting
Dockets Operations.
<bullet> Fax: (202) 493-2251.
To avoid duplication, please use only one of these four methods.
See the ``Public Participation and Request for Comments'' portion of
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for instructions on submitting
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jose R. Cestero, Vehicle and Roadside
Operations Division, DOT, FMCSA, West Building, 6th Floor, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001; (202)366-5541;
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4822273b2d662b2d3b3c2d3a27082c273c662f273e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ee84819d8bc08d8b9d9a8b9c81ae8a819ac0898198">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Instructions
All submissions must include the Agency name and docket number. For
detailed instructions on submitting comments, see the Public
Participation heading below. Note that all comments received will be
posted without change to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, including any
personal information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading
below.
Public Participation and Request for Comments
If you submit a comment, please include the docket number for this
notice (FMCSA-2024-0233), indicate the specific section of this
document to which your comment applies, and provide a reason for each
suggestion or recommendation. You may submit your comments and material
online or by fax, mail, or hand delivery, but please use only one of
these means. FMCSA recommends that you include your name and a mailing
address, an email address, or a phone number in the body of your
document so FMCSA can contact you if there are questions regarding your
submission.
To submit your comment online, go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FMCSA-2024-0233/document">https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FMCSA-2024-0233/document</a>, click on this notice, click
``Comment,'' and type your comment into the text box on the following
screen.
If you submit your comments by mail or hand delivery, submit them
in an unbound format, no larger than 8\1/2\ by 11 inches, suitable for
copying and electronic filing.
Comments received after the comment closing date will be included
in the docket and will be considered to the extent practicable.
Privacy Act
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments from the
public to better inform its regulatory process. DOT posts these
comments, including any personal information the commenter provides, to
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> as described in the system of records notice DOT/
ALL 14 (Federal Docket Management System (FDMS)), which can be reviewed
at <a href="https://www.transportation.gov/individuals/privacy/privacy-act-system-records-notices">https://www.transportation.gov/individuals/privacy/privacy-act-system-records-notices</a>. The comments are posted without edits and are
searchable by the name of the submitter.
Background
On December 16, 2015, FMCSA published a final rule titled
``Electronic Logging Devices and Hours of Service
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Supporting Documents,'' (80 FR 78292) that established minimum
performance and design standards for hours-of-service (HOS) ELDs;
requirements for the mandatory use of these devices by drivers
currently required to prepare HOS records of duty status (RODS);
requirements concerning HOS supporting documents; and measures to
address concerns about harassment resulting from the mandatory use of
ELDs.
To ensure consistency among ELD vendors and devices, detailed
functional specifications were published as part of the December 2015
final rule. Each ELD vendor developing an ELD technology must register
online at a secure FMCSA website where the ELD provider can securely
certify that its ELD is compliant with the functional specifications.
Each ELD vendor must certify that each ELD model and version has been
sufficiently tested to meet the functional requirements in the rule
under the conditions in which the ELD would be used.
ELD vendors must self-certify and register their devices with FMCSA
online via Form MCSA-5893, ``Electronic Logging Device (ELD) Vendor
Registration and Certification.'' FMCSA expects all respondents to
submit their information electronically. Once completed, FMCSA issues a
unique identification number that the ELD vendor will embed in their
device(s). FMCSA maintains a list on its website of the current ELD
vendors and devices that have been certified (by the vendors) to meet
the functional specifications. The information is necessary for fleets
and drivers to easily find a compliant ELD for their use in meeting the
FMCSA regulation requiring the use of ELDs.
Title: Electronic Logging Device (ELD) Vendor Registration.
OMB Control Number: 2126-0062.
Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved collection.
Respondents: ELD vendors.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 94.
Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes.
Expiration Date: July 31, 2025.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 71 hours [94 respondents x 1 device
per respondent x 3 updates per device x 15 minutes per response].
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. The Agency will summarize or include your
comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this information
collection.
Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87.
Thomas P. Keane,
Associate Administrator for Research, Technology and Registration.
[FR Doc. 2025-00123 Filed 1-7-25; 8:45 am]
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