Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection Request: Hazardous Materials Safety Permits

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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. This ICR requires companies holding safety permits to develop communications plans that allow for the periodic tracking of the shipments. A record of communications that includes the time of the call and location of the shipment may be kept by either the driver (e.g., recorded in the logbook) or the company. These records must be kept, either physically or electronically, for at least 6 months at the company's principal place of business or readily available to the employees at the company's principal place of business. No comments were received in response to the 60-day Federal Register notice.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 210 (Monday, November 2, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69033-69034]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-22277]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2026-0991]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved 
Information Collection Request: Hazardous Materials Safety Permits

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. This ICR requires companies holding safety permits to 
develop communications plans that allow for the periodic tracking of 
the shipments. A record of communications that includes the time of the 
call and location of the shipment may be kept by either the driver 
(e.g., recorded in the logbook) or the company. These records must be 
kept, either physically or electronically, for at least 6 months at the 
company's principal place of business or readily available to the 
employees at the company's principal place of business. No comments 
were received in response to the 60-day Federal Register notice.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before December 
2, 2026.

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.

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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#a2cfc7cecbd1d1c38cd5cbcececbc3cfd1e2c6cdd68cc5cdd4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="670a020b0e14140649100e0b0b0e060a142703081349000811">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Hazardous Materials Safety Permits.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0030.
    Type of Request: Renewal.
    Respondents: Motor carriers subject to the Hazardous Materials 
Safety Permit requirements in 49 CFR part 385, subpart E.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,142.
    Estimated Time per Response: 5 minutes. The communication between 
motor carriers and their drivers must take place at least two times per 
day. It is estimated that it will take 5 minutes to maintain a daily 
communication record for each driver.
    Expiration Date: November 30, 2026.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 799,400 hours [9,592,800 trips x 5 
minutes per record / 60 minutes per hour = 799,400].

Background

    The Secretary of Transportation is responsible for implementing 
regulations to issue safety permits for transporting certain hazardous 
materials (HM) in accordance with 49 U.S.C. 5101 et seq. The HM safety 
permit regulations (49 CFR part 385, subpart E) require initial or 
first time HM safety permit carriers to file using the Unified 
Registration System, Form MCSA-1. Update and renewal applications must 
be filed with FMCSA using the ``Combined Motor Carrier Identification 
Report and HM Permit Application'' (Form MCS-150B). The HM safety 
permit regulations also require carriers to have a security program. As 
part of the HM safety regulations, carriers are required to develop and 
maintain a route plan so that law enforcement officials can verify the 
correct location of the HM shipment. FMCSA requires companies holding 
permits to develop a communications plan that allows for the periodic 
tracking of the shipment that includes the time of the call and 
location of the shipment. The records may be kept by either the driver 
(e.g., recorded in the logbook) or the company. These records must be 
kept, either physically or electronically, for at least 6 months at the 
company's principal place of business or readily available to employees 
at the company's principal place of business.
    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.
Jonathan Mueller,
Acting Associate Administrator, Office of Research and Registration.
[FR Doc. 2026-22277 Filed 10-30-26; 8:45 am]
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