Notice2025-20127
Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Transportation of Hazardous Materials; Highway Routing
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Published
November 18, 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, "Transportation of Hazardous Materials, Highway Routing." The information reported by States and Indian Tribes is necessary to identify designated and restricted routes and restrictions or limitations affecting how motor carriers may transport certain hazardous materials on highways, including dates that such routes were established and information on subsequent changes or new hazardous materials routing designations.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51808-51809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20127]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2025-0325]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved
Information Collection: Transportation of Hazardous Materials; Highway
Routing
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, ``Transportation of Hazardous Materials,
Highway Routing.'' The information reported by States and Indian Tribes
is necessary to identify designated and restricted routes and
restrictions or limitations affecting how motor carriers may transport
certain hazardous materials on highways, including dates that such
routes were established and information on subsequent changes or new
hazardous materials routing designations.
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DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before January
20, 2026.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Docket Number FMCSA-
2025-0325 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: Dockets Operations, 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: Ms. Melissa Williams, Office of
Safety, Hazardous Materials Division, DOT, FMCSA, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001; (202) 366-4163;
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f49991989d878795da839d98989d959987b4909b80da939b82"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9cf1f9f0f5efeffdb2ebf5f0f0f5fdf1efdcf8f3e8b2fbf3ea">[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-2025-0325), 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-2025-0325/document">https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FMCSA-2025-0325/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.
FMCSA will consider all comments and material received during the
comment period.
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
The data for the Transportation of Hazardous Materials; Highway
Routing ICR is collected under authority of 49 U.S.C. 5112 and 5125.
Specifically, 49 U.S.C. 5112(c) requires that the Secretary of
Transportation, in coordination with the States, ``shall update and
publish periodically a list of currently effective hazardous material
highway route designations.'' This authority is delegated to FMCSA in
49 CFR 1.87(d)(2).
In Sec. 397.73, FMCSA requires that each State and Indian Tribe,
through its routing agency, provide information identifying new, or
changes to existing, hazardous materials routing designations within
its jurisdiction within 60 days of their establishment (or 60 days of
the change). That information is collected and consolidated by FMCSA
and published annually, in whole or as updates, in the Federal Register
and on the Agency's website at <a href="https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/hazardous-materials/national-hazardous-materials-route-registry">https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/hazardous-materials/national-hazardous-materials-route-registry</a>.
Title: Transportation of Hazardous Materials, Highway Routing.
OMB Control Number: 2126-0014.
Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved ICR.
Respondents: The reporting burden is shared by 50 States, the
District of Columbia, Indian Tribes with designated routes, and U.S.
Territories including Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin
Islands.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 57 [36 States + the District of
Columbia, with designated hazardous materials highway routes + 19
States/U.S. Territories without designated hazardous materials highway
routes + 1 Indian Tribe with a designated route = 57].
Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes.
Expiration Date: April 30, 2026.
Frequency of Response: Once every 2 years, or as things change.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 7.125 hours [57 annual respondents x
1 response per 2 years x 15 minutes per response/60 minutes per
response = 7.125 hours.
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 ICR.
Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87.
Jonathan Mueller,
Acting Associate Administrator Office of Research and Registration.
[FR Doc. 2025-20127 Filed 11-17-25; 8:45 am]
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