Notice2025-06408
Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection Request: Waiver and Exemption Requirements
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Published
April 16, 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 review and approval. FMCSA requests approval to renew the ICR titled "Waiver and Exemption Requirements." The ICR estimates the burden applicants incur to comply with the reporting tasks required for requesting waivers and exemptions. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information collection was published December 6, 2024, and the comment period ended February 4, 2025. There were no comments received in response to the 60-day Federal Register notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16060-16061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06408]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2024-0216]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved
Information Collection Request: Waiver and Exemption Requirements
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. FMCSA requests approval to renew the ICR titled ``Waiver
and Exemption Requirements.'' The ICR estimates the burden applicants
incur to comply with the reporting tasks required for requesting
waivers and exemptions. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period soliciting comments on the following information collection was
published December 6, 2024, and the comment period ended February 4,
2025. There were no comments received in response to the 60-day Federal
Register notice.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before May 16,
2025.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be submitted 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: Bernadette Walker, Driver and Carrier
Operations Division, DOT, FMCSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington,
DC 20590-0001; 202-385-2415; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#236146514d4247465757460d74424f48465163474c570d444c55"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="511334233f3035342525347f06303d3a342311353e257f363e27">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Waiver and Exemption Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 2126-0076.
Type of Request: Renewal, of a currently approved ICR.
Respondents: Individuals and motor carriers.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 447 per year.
Estimated Time per Response: 5 minutes to 2 hours.
Expiration Date: May 31, 2025.
Frequency of Response: On occasion, (respondents are not required
to submit request for waivers or exemptions).
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 119 hours
Background
In 1998, the Federal Highway Administration, the predecessor agency
of FMCSA, adopted 49 CFR part 381 as an interim final rule (IFR),
establishing procedures for applying for waivers, exemptions, and pilot
programs (63 FR 67600, Dec. 8, 1998). Section 4007 of the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) amended 49
U.S.C. 31315 and 31136(e) to provide authority to the Secretary of
Transportation to grant waivers and exemptions from motor carrier
safety regulations. Section 4007 of TEA-21 requires that the terms and
conditions for all waivers and exemptions likely achieve a level of
safety equivalent to or greater than what would be achieved by
complying with the safety regulations. In 2004, FMCSA adopted its IFR
as final at 49 CFR part 381, consistent with section 4007 of TEA-21 (69
FR 51589, Aug. 20, 2004). The final rule also established procedures
that govern how FMCSA
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reviews, grants, or denies requests for waivers and applications for
exemptions. The final rule included requirements for publishing notice
of exemption applications in the Federal Register to afford the public
an opportunity for comment. There is no statutory requirement to
publish Federal Register notices concerning waiver applications.
The ICR estimates the burden an individual, motor carriers, States,
or State driver's licensing agency (SDLA) incurs to comply with the
reporting tasks required for requesting waivers, exemptions and
renewals of existing exemptions in 49 CFR part 381. The current burden
estimate associated with this information collection, approved by OMB
on May 23, 2022, is 97 hours. Through this ICR renewal, the Agency
requests an increase in the burden hours from 97 hours to 119 hours.
The increase is the result of the increase in estimated waiver and
exemption applications the Agency expects to receive in the next 3
years.
On December 6, 2024, FMCSA published a 60-day notice (89 FR 97165)
requesting comment on the renewal of this ICR. No comments were
received 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 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.
Kenneth Riddle,
Acting Associate Administrator Office of Research and Registration.
[FR Doc. 2025-06408 Filed 4-15-25; 8:45 am]
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