[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 209 (Tuesday, October 31, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50481-50482]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23693]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2017-0267]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved 
Information Collection: Motor Carrier Records Change Form

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 its 
review and approval and invites public comment. The purpose of this ICR 
titled ``Motor Carrier Records Change Form,'' is to more efficiently 
collect information the Office of Registration and Safety Information 
(MC-RS) requires to process name and address changes and reinstatements 
of operating authority.

DATES: We must receive your comments on or before January 2, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Federal Docket 
Management System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2017-0267 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 Operations; 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 and 
additional information on the exemption process, 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: Jeff Secrist, Division Chief, East-
South Division, FMCSA Office of Registration and Safety Information, 
FMCSA, West Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 
DC 20590. Telephone: (202) 385-2367; email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Background: FMCSA registers for-hire motor carriers under 49 U.S.C. 
13902, surface freight forwarders under 49 U.S.C. 13903, and property 
brokers under 49 U.S.C. 13904. Each registration is effective from the 
date specified under 49 U.S.C. 13905(c). 49 CFR part 365.413 states 
for-hire motor carriers, brokers and freight forwarders are required to 
notify MC-RS when they change the name or form of business. Currently, 
the name change request can be filed online through the Licensing and 
Insurance (L&I) Web site, or companies can fax or mail a letter 
requesting either name or address changes. Carriers can also request 
reinstatement of a revoked operating authority either via fax or online 
via the L&I Web site. About 39% of name change, address change, and 
reinstatement requests are received by mail; 38% are filed online; and 
23% are filed by faxing a request letter to MC-RS. The information 
collected is then entered in the L&I database by FMCSA staff. This 
enables FMCSA to maintain up-to-date records so that the agency can 
recognize the entity in question in case of enforcement actions or 
other procedures required to ensure that the carrier is fit, willing 
and able to provide for-hire transportation services, and so that 
entities whose authority has been revoked can resume operation if they 
are not otherwise blocked from doing so. This multi-purpose form 
simplifies the process of gathering the information needed to process 
the entities' requests in a timely manner, with the least amount of 
effort for all parties involved. This multi-purpose form is filed by 
registrants on a voluntary, as-needed basis. This multi-purpose form is 
on the FMCSA Web site so entities could access and print/fax/email the 
form to MC-RS.
    The form prompts users to report the following data points 
(whichever are relevant to their records change request):
    1. What are the legal/doing business as (dba) names of the entity/
representative?
    2. What is the contact information of entity/representatives (phone 
number, address, fax number, email address)?
    3. What are the requested changes to name or address of entity?
    4. What is the docket MC/MX/FX number of the entity?
    5. What is the US DOT number of the entity?
    6. Is there any change in ownership, management or control of the 
entity?
    7. What kind of changes is the entity making to the company?
    8. Which authority does the entity/representative wish to 
reinstate, motor carrier or broker?
    9. Does the entity/representative authorize the fee for the name 
change or reinstatement?
    10. Does the entity/representative authorize the reinstatement of 
operating authority or name/address change?
    11. What is the credit card information (name, number, expiration 
date, address, date) for the card used to pay the fee?
    Title: Motor Carrier Records Change Form.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0060.
    Type of Request: Renewal collection.
    Respondents: For-hire motor carriers, brokers and freight 
forwarders.

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    Estimated Number of Respondents: 44,900.
    Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes per response.
    Expiration Date: July 31, 2018.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 11,225 hours [44,900 annual 
responses x 0.25 hours = 11,225].
    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 under the authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.87 on: October 
24, 2017.
G. Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator, Office of Research and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2017-23693 Filed 10-30-17; 8:45 am]
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