[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 114 (Tuesday, June 14, 2022)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 35940-35942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12737]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

49 CFR Part 367

[Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0001]
RIN 2126-AC51


Fees for the Unified Carrier Registration Plan and Agreement

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Department 
of Transportation (DOT).

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ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM); reopening of comment 
period.

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SUMMARY: FMCSA reopens the comment period for its January 24, 2022, 
NPRM concerning the fees to be collected by the Unified Carrier 
Registration (UCR) Plan and Agreement for the 2023 year and subsequent 
registration years. FMCSA received a request for a reopening of the 
comment period from the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association 
(OOIDA). The Agency finds it is appropriate to reopen the comment 
period to provide interested parties an opportunity to review comments 
OOIDA included with its request to reopen the comment period, and 
certain information provided by the UCR Board in response to a request 
from FMCSA, after February 23, 2022, the previous deadline for public 
comments. Therefore, the Agency reopens the record for the submission 
of comments for 14 days for the limited purpose of allowing comments on 
the UCR Plan's response.

DATES: The comment period for the NPRM published January 24, 2022, at 
87 FR 3489 is reopened for 14 days. Comments must be received on or 
before June 28, 2022.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Docket Number FMCSA-
2022-0001 using any of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FMCSA-2022-0001/document. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Dockets Operations, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Ground Floor, 
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: Dockets Operations, U.S. 
Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, 
Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001, between 9 a.m. 
and 5 p.m., 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.
     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, including information collection comments for the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Kenneth Riddle, Director, Office 
of Registration and Safety Information, FMCSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue 
SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001, [email protected]. If you have 
questions on viewing or submitting material to the docket, call Dockets 
Operations at (202) 366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Participation and Request for Comments

A. Submitting Comments

    If you submit a comment, please include the docket number for the 
NPRM (FMCSA-2022-0001), indicate the specific section of the UCR Plan's 
response (FMCSA-2022-0001-0010) 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 https://www.regulations.gov/document/FMCSA-2022-0001-0002, 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. If you submit comments by mail and would 
like to know that they reached the facility, please enclose a stamped, 
self-addressed postcard or envelope.
    FMCSA will consider all comments and material received during the 
comment period.
Confidential Business Information (CBI)
    CBI is commercial or financial information that is both customarily 
and actually treated as private by its owner. Under the Freedom of 
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), CBI is exempt from public disclosure. 
If your comments responsive to the UCR Plan's response contain 
commercial or financial information that is customarily treated as 
private, that you actually treat as private, and that is relevant or 
responsive to the UCR Plan's response, it is important that you clearly 
designate the submitted comments as CBI. Please mark each page of your 
submission that constitutes CBI as ``PROPIN'' to indicate it contains 
proprietary information. FMCSA will treat such marked submissions as 
confidential under the Freedom of Information Act, and they will not be 
placed in the public docket of the NPRM. Submissions containing CBI 
should be sent to Mr. Brian Dahlin, Chief, Regulatory Evaluation 
Division, Office of Policy, FMCSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 
Washington DC 20590-0001. Any comments FMCSA receives not specifically 
designated as CBI will be placed in the public docket for this 
rulemaking.

B. Viewing Comments and Documents

    To view any documents mentioned as being available in the docket, 
go to https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FMCSA-2022-0001/document and 
choose the document to review. To view comments, click this NPRM, then 
click ``Browse Comments.'' If you do not have access to the internet, 
you may view the docket online by visiting Dockets Operations in Room 
W12-140 on the ground floor of the DOT West Building, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 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.

C. Privacy

    DOT solicits comments from the public to better inform its 
regulatory process, in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c). DOT posts these 
comments, without edit, including any personal information the 
commenter provides, to www.regulations.gov, as described in the system 
of records notice (DOT/ALL 14--Federal Docket Management System), which 
can be reviewed at https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2008-01-17/pdf/E8-785.pdf.

II. Background

    The January 24, 2022, NPRM (87 FR 3489) requested public comment on 
proposed reductions in the annual registration fees collected from 
motor carriers, motor private carriers of property, brokers, freight 
forwarders, and leasing companies for the UCR Plan and Agreement for 
the 2023 registration year and subsequent registration years.
    The comment period for the NPRM closed on February 23, 2022. After 
that date, FMCSA contacted the UCR Plan and requested additional 
information to aid Agency deliberations and decision making in response 
to a comment submitted to the NPRM. The UCR Plan provided the requested 
information, and FMCSA placed both its request and the UCR Plan's 
response in the docket. FMCSA received a request from OOIDA

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to reopen the comment period.\1\ OOIDA requested the comment period be 
reopened for ``no less than 60 days'' to allow for review and comment 
on the response submitted by the UCR Plan. The information submitted by 
the UCR Plan is clearly related to the recommendation for an adjustment 
in the fees submitted by the UCR Plan, and the comments already 
received from OOIDA and others. The Agency is limiting the reopening to 
14 days so that it can quickly finalize a rule adjusting UCR Plan and 
Agreement fees prior to the opening of the registration period on 
October 1, 2022, for the next registration year beginning on January 1, 
2023. Accordingly, FMCSA reopens the comment period until June 28, 2022 
for the limited purpose of receiving comments on the data and 
information submitted by the UCR Plan in its response dated May 9, 
2022.
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    \1\ Available in the docket for the rulemaking at https://www.regulations.gov/document/FMCSA-2022-0001-0011.

Robin Hutcheson,
Deputy Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2022-12737 Filed 6-13-22; 8:45 am]
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