Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of a Currently-Approved Information Collection: Licensing Applications for Motor Carrier Operating Authority

G. Kelly Regal
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
12 August 2016

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 156 (Friday, August 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53539-53540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-18988]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0194]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of a Currently-
Approved Information Collection: Licensing Applications for Motor 
Carrier Operating Authority

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), 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. The FMCSA requests approval to 
renew an ICR titled, ``Licensing Applications for Motor Carrier 
Operating Authority,'' that is used by for-hire motor carriers of 
regulated commodities, motor passenger carriers, freight forwarders, 
property brokers, and certain Mexico-domiciled motor carriers to 
register their operations with the FMCSA.

DATES: We must receive your comments on or before October 11, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Federal Docket 
Management System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2016-0194 using any of the 
following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, Ground 
Floor, Room W12-140, 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building, Ground Floor, 
Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 
a.m. and 5 p.m. E.T., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    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 http://www.regulations.gov, including 
any personal information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading 
below.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov, and follow the 
online instructions for accessing the dockets, or go to the street 
address listed above.
    Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all 
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review DOT's 
complete Privacy Act Statement for the Federal Docket Management System 
published in the Federal Register on January 17, 2008 (73 FR 3316), or 
you may visit http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdfE8-794.pdf.
    Public Participation: The Federal eRulemaking Portal is available 
24 hours each day, 365 days each year. You can obtain electronic 
submission and retrieval help and guidelines under the ``help'' section 
of the Federal eRulemaking Portal Web site. If you want us to notify 
you that we received your comments, please include a self-addressed, 
stamped envelope or postcard, or print the acknowledgement page that 
appears after submitting comments online. Comments received after the 
comment closing date will be included in the docket and will be 
considered to the extent practicable.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jeff Secrist, Office of 
Registration and Safety Information, Department of Transportation, 
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 
SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Telephone Number: (202) 385-2367; Email 
Address: jeff.secrist@dot.gov. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 
p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Background: The FMCSA registers certain for-hire Mexico-domiciled 
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carriers under 49 U.S.C. 13902(c). These motor carriers may conduct 
transportation services in the United States only if they are 
registered with the FMCSA. Each registration is effective from the date 
specified and remains in effect for such period as the Secretary of 
Transportation (Secretary) determines by regulations. The ICC 
Termination Act of 1995 (ICCTA), Public Law 104-88, 109 Stat. 803 
(December 29, 1995), transferred this registration authority from the 
former Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to the Secretary who 
subsequently delegated the registration function to the Federal Highway 
Administration (FHWA) (FMCSA's predecessor agency), then to the FMCSA 
at the time that agency was created.
    On March 19, 2002, the FMCSA published an interim final rule (IFR) 
at 67 FR 12702 which proposed to amend 49 CFR part 365 and revise Form 
OP-1(MX). Under the amended regulations, Mexico-domiciled long-haul 
motor carriers seeking to operate within the United States beyond the 
commercial border zones, including carriers that previously filed 
pending Form OP-1(MX) applications, would be required to submit the 
revised Form OP-1(MX). Under the revised Form OP-1(MX), the FMCSA would 
collect more detailed information on an applicant motor carrier's size, 
operations and history than could be collected previously by using the 
existing form.
    The Final Rule titled, ``Unified Registration System,'' (78 FR 
52608) dated August 23, 2013, implemented statutory provisions for an 
on-line registration system in the ICCTA and the Safe, Accountable, 
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, 2005 
(SAFETEA-LU). The URS would streamline the registration process and 
serve as a clearinghouse and repository of information on, and 
identification of, motor carriers, brokers, freight forwarders, 
intermodal equipment providers (IEPs), hazardous materials safety 
permit (HMSP) applicants, and cargo tank facilities required to 
register with FMCSA. This ICR previously covered registration 
requirements for non-exempt for-hire carriers, freight forwarders, and 
property brokers. Under the URS, all forms, except the OP-1(MX), in 
this ICR were folded into the Form MCSA-1 in the OMB Control Number 
2126-0051 titled, ``FMCSA Registration/Updates,'' ICR on October 23, 
2015. The Form OP-1(MX) would be retained for the small number of 
Mexico-domiciled carriers that seek authority to operate beyond the 
United States municipalities on the United States-Mexico border and 
their commercial zones because they are not included within the scope 
of the URS rule.
    The Final Rule titled, ``Unified Registration System,'' (80 FR 
63695) dated October 21, 2015, changed the effective and compliance 
dates of the 2013 URS Final Rule from October 23, 2015, to September 
30, 2016, in order to allow FMCSA additional time to complete the 
information technology (IT) systems work required to fully implement 
that rule. An additional delay was published on July 28, 2016 (81 FR 
49553), stating the URS Final Rule will come into effect on January 14, 
2017. This ICR revision will restore the Forms OP-1, OP-1(P), OP-1(FF), 
and OP-1(NNA) under control number 2126-0016, until January 14, 2017, 
because these forms are still needed to support registration processes 
for entities subject to FMCSA's regulations. After January 14, 2017, 
all forms in this ICR, except the OP-1 (MX), will be folded into the 
online Form MCSA-1 under the OMB Control Number 2126-0051 titled, 
``FMCSA Registration/Updates,'' ICR.
    Title: Licensing Applications for Motor Carrier Operating 
Authority.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0016.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Motor carriers, motor passenger carriers, freight 
forwarders, brokers, and certain Mexico-domiciled motor carriers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents and Responses: 36 respondents [(12 
respondents and responses for Year 1) + (12 respondents and responses 
for Year 2) + (12 respondents and responses for Year 3)].
    Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours.
    Expiration Date: October 31, 2016
    Frequency of Response: Other (as needed).
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 48 hours [48 hours for Year 1 + 48 
hours for Year 2 + 48 hours for Year 3 = 133 hours/3 year approval for 
ICR = 48 estimated average number of annual burden 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 information 
collection.

    Issued on: August 1, 2016.
 G. Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of Research and Information 
Technology.
[FR Doc. 2016-18988 Filed 8-11-16; 8:45 am]
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