Notice2025-23325
Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Training Certification for Drivers of Longer Combination Vehicles
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December 19, 2025
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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 and invites public comment. FMCSA requests approval to renew an ICR titled, "Training Certification for Drivers of Longer Combination Vehicles," OMB Control No. 2126-0026. This ICR relates to Agency requirements for drivers to be certified to operate longer combination vehicles (LCVs), and associated recordkeeping requirements that motor carriers must satisfy before permitting their drivers to operate LCVs. Motor carriers, upon inquiry by authorized Federal, State, or local officials, must produce an LCV Driver-Training Certificate for each of their LCV drivers.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 242 (Friday, December 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59640-59642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23325]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2025-0919]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved
Information Collection: Training Certification for Drivers of Longer
Combination Vehicles
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 and invites public comment. FMCSA requests approval to
renew an ICR titled, ``Training Certification for Drivers of Longer
Combination Vehicles,'' OMB Control No. 2126-0026. This ICR relates to
Agency requirements for drivers to be certified to operate longer
combination vehicles (LCVs), and associated recordkeeping requirements
that motor carriers must satisfy before permitting their drivers to
operate LCVs. Motor carriers, upon inquiry by authorized Federal,
State, or local officials, must produce an LCV Driver-Training
Certificate for each of their LCV drivers.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before February
17, 2026.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Docket Number FMCSA-
2025-0919 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: Bernadette Walker, FMCSA, Driver and
Carrier Operations Division, DOT, FMCSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590; (202) 385-2415; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#36545344585752534242531841575a5d53447652594218515940"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5f3d3a2d313e3b3a2b2b3a71283e33343a2d1f3b302b71383029">[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-2025-0919), 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-2025-0919/document">https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FMCSA-2025-0919/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
An LCV is any combination of a truck-tractor and two or more semi-
trailers or trailers that operates on the National System of Interstate
and Defense Highways (according to 23 CFR part 470.107) and has a gross
vehicle weight greater than 80,000 pounds. To enhance the safety of LCV
operations on our Nation's highways, section 4007(b) of the Motor
Carrier Act of 1991 directed the Secretary of Transportation to
establish Federal minimum training requirements for drivers of LCVs
(Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, Public Law
102-240, 105 Stat. 1914, 2152). The Secretary of Transportation
delegated responsibility for establishing these requirements to FMCSA
(49 CFR part 1.87), and on March 30, 2004, after appropriate notice and
solicitation of public comment, FMCSA established the current training
requirements for operators of LCVs (69 FR 16722). The regulations bar
motor carriers from permitting their drivers to operate an LCV if they
have not been properly trained in accordance with the requirements of
Sec. 380.113. Drivers receive an LCV Driver-Training Certificate upon
successful completion of these training requirements. Motor carriers
employing an LCV driver must verify the driver's qualifications to
operate an LCV and must maintain a copy of the LCV Driver-Training
Certificate and present it to authorized Federal, State, or local
officials upon request.
Renewal of This Information Collection (IC)
The current burden estimate associated with this IC, approved by
OMB on July 3, 2023, is 4,360 hours. The expiration date of the current
ICR is July 31, 2026. Through this ICR renewal, the Agency requests an
increase in the burden hours from 4,360 hours to 4,959 hours. The
increase is the result of the increase in estimated driver population
as well as the increase in expected industry growth rate for drivers
from 2024 to 2034.
Title: Training Certification for Drivers of LCVs.
OMB Control Number: 2126-0026.
Type of Request: Renewal of an information collection.
Respondents: LCV training providers, drivers, and motor carriers
employing LCV drivers.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 59,333, consisting of 178 LCV
training providers, 178 newly certified LCV drivers seeking employment,
29,400 currently certified LCV drivers seeking employment, and 29,577
motor carriers employing LCV drivers.
Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes for preparation of LCV
Driver-Training Certificates for drivers who successfully complete the
LCV training, and 10 minutes for activities associated with the LCV
Driver-Training Certificate during the hiring process.
Expiration Date: July 31, 2026.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 4,959.
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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. 2025-23325 Filed 12-18-25; 8:45 am]
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