[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 119 (Thursday, June 22, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 40719-40724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13204]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

49 CFR Part 367

[Docket No. FMCSA-2023-0008]
RIN 2126-AC62


Fees for the Unified Carrier Registration Plan and Agreement

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

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: FMCSA amends the regulations for the annual registration fees 
States collect from motor carriers, motor private carriers of property, 
brokers, freight forwarders, and leasing companies for the Unified 
Carrier Registration (UCR) Plan and Agreement for the 2024 registration 
year and subsequent registration years. The fees for the 2024 
registration year are approximately 9 percent less than the fees for 
the 2023 registration year, with varying reductions between $4 and 
$3,453 per entity, depending on the applicable fee bracket.

DATES: Effective July 24, 2023.
    Petitions for Reconsideration of this final rule must be submitted 
to the FMCSA Administrator no later than July 24, 2023.

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. Availability of Rulemaking Documents

    To view any documents mentioned as being available in the docket, 
go to https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FMCSA-2023-0008/document and 
choose the document to review. To view comments, click this final rule, 
then click ``Browse Comments.'' If you do not have access to the 
internet, you may view the docket online by visiting Docket Operations 
at U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 
Washington, DC 20590-0001, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.,

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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 Docket Operations.

II. Executive Summary

A. Purpose and Summary of the Regulatory Action

    Under 49 U.S.C. 14504a, the UCR Plan and the 41 States 
participating in the UCR Agreement collect fees from motor carriers, 
motor private carriers of property, brokers, freight forwarders, and 
leasing companies. The UCR Plan and Agreement are administered by a 15-
member board of directors (UCR Plan Board): 14 appointed from the 
participating States and the industry, plus the Deputy Administrator of 
FMCSA. Revenues collected are allocated to the participating States and 
the UCR Plan.
    In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 14504a(d)(7) and (f)(1)(E)(ii), the 
UCR Plan Board provides fee adjustment recommendations to the Secretary 
when revenue collections result in a shortfall or surplus from the 
amount authorized by statute. If there are excess funds after payments 
to the States and for administrative costs, they are retained in the 
UCR Plan's depository, and fees in subsequent fee years must be reduced 
as required by 49 U.S.C. 14504a(h)(4). These two distinct provisions 
each contribute to the fee adjustment in this final rule, which reduces 
by approximately 9 percent the annual registration fees established 
pursuant to the UCR Agreement for the 2024 registration year and 
subsequent years.

B. Costs and Benefits

    The changes in this final rule reduce the fees paid by motor 
carriers, motor private carriers of property, brokers, freight 
forwarders, and leasing companies to the UCR Plan and the participating 
States. While each motor carrier or other covered entity might realize 
a reduced burden, fees are considered by the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) Circular A-4, Regulatory Analysis, as transfer payments, 
not costs. Transfer payments are payments from one group to another 
that do not affect total resources available to society. Therefore, 
transfers are not considered in the monetization of societal costs and 
benefits of rulemakings.

III. Abbreviations

APA Administrative Procedure Act
CBI Confidential Business Information
CE Categorical Exclusion
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CMV Commercial Motor Vehicle
DOT Department of Transportation
E.O. Executive Order
FMCSA Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
FR Federal Register
NAICS North American Industry Classification System
NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
OMB Office of Management and Budget
PIA Privacy Impact Assessment
PTA Privacy Threshold Assessment
RFA Regulatory Flexibility Act
SBA Small Business Administration
SBREFA Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996
Secretary Secretary of Transportation
UCR Unified Carrier Registration
UMRA Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
U.S.C. United States Code

IV. Legal Basis for the Rulemaking

    This rulemaking adjusts the annual registration fees required by 
the UCR Agreement established by 49 U.S.C. 14504a. The fee adjustments 
are authorized by 49 U.S.C. 14504a because the total revenues collected 
for previous registration years exceed the maximum annual revenue 
entitlements of $107,777,060 distributed to the 41 participating States 
plus the amount established for administrative costs associated with 
the UCR Plan and Agreement. The UCR Plan Board submitted the requested 
adjustments in accordance with 49 U.S.C. 14504a(f)(1)(E)(ii), which 
provides for the UCR Plan Board to request an adjustment by the 
Secretary of Transportation (the Secretary) when the annual revenues 
exceed the maximum allowed. In addition, 49 U.S.C. 14504a(h)(4) states 
that any excess funds from previous registration years held by the UCR 
Plan in its depository, after distribution to the States and for 
payment of administrative costs, shall be retained and the fees charged 
shall be reduced by the Secretary accordingly, (49 U.S.C. 
14504a(h)(4)).
    The UCR Plan Board must also obtain DOT approval to revise the 
total revenue to be collected, in accordance with 49 U.S.C. 
14504a(d)(7). This rulemaking also approves the UCR Plan Board's 
requested increase in the portion of total revenues to be collected 
during the 2024 registration year to provide funds for the anticipated 
increased costs of administering the UCR Agreement. The increase in the 
administrative cost allowance is $250,000 (to a total of $4,250,000), 
which when added to the established State revenue allocation of 
$107,777,060, results in a total revenue to be collected of 
$112,027,060. Nonetheless, this slight increase is more than offset by 
the need to recognize excess collections from previous registration 
years, so that the result is a decrease in the fees recommended and 
approved.
    No changes in the revenue allocations to the participating States 
under 49 U.S.C. 14504a(g)(1) were recommended by the UCR Plan Board, 
nor would they be authorized by this rulemaking.
    The Secretary also has broad rulemaking authority in 49 U.S.C. 
13301(a) to carry out 49 U.S.C. 14504a, which is part of 49 U.S.C. 
subtitle IV, part B. Authority to administer these statutory provisions 
has been delegated to the FMCSA Administrator by 49 CFR 1.87(a)(2) and 
(7).

V. Discussion of Proposed Rule and Final Rule

A. Proposed Rule

    On March 16, 2023, FMCSA published in the Federal Register (Docket 
No. FMCSA-2023-0008, 88 FR 16207) an NPRM titled ``Fees for the Unified 
Carrier Registration Plan and Agreement.'' The NPRM proposed amending 
regulations for the annual registration fees States collect from motor 
carriers, motor private carriers of property, brokers, freight 
forwarders, and leasing companies for the UCR Plan and Agreement for 
the 2024 registration year and subsequent registration years. The fees 
for the 2024 registration year were proposed to be reduced below the 
fees for 2023 by approximately 9 percent overall, with varying 
reductions between $4 and $3,453 per entity, depending on the 
applicable fee bracket. The UCR Plan's recommendation states that it 
anticipates recommending an upward adjustment in the fees for the 2025 
registration year to comply with the statutory provisions, which will 
require further rulemaking action.

B. Comments

    FMCSA solicited comments concerning the NPRM for 30 days ending 
April 17, 2023. No comments were submitted.

C. Final Rule

    As FMCSA received no comments on the proposal for reducing the fees 
for the 2024 registration year, FMCSA finalizes the proposed reduction 
in this final rule without modification.

VI. Section-by-Section

    As proposed in the NPRM, FMCSA revises 49 CFR 367.30 (which was 
adopted in a 2022 final rule (87 FR 53680 (Sep. 1, 2022)) so that the 
fees in that section apply to registration year 2023 only. A new Sec.  
367.40 establishes new reduced fees applicable beginning in 
registration year 2024, based on the recommendation submitted by the 
UCR Plan Board in its November 18, 2022,

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Fee Recommendation that is in the docket. The fees in new Sec.  367.40 
would remain in effect for subsequent registration years after 2024 
unless revised by a future rulemaking.

VII. Regulatory Analyses

A. Executive Order (E.O.) 12866 (Regulatory Planning and Review), E.O. 
13563 (Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review), E.O. 14094 
(Modernizing Regulatory Review), and DOT Regulatory Policies and 
Procedures

    FMCSA has considered the impact of this final rule under E.O. 12866 
(58 FR 51735, Oct. 4, 1993), Regulatory Planning and Review, E.O. 13563 
(76 FR 3821, Jan. 21, 2011), Improving Regulation and Regulatory 
Review, E.O. 14094 (88 FR 21879, Apr. 11, 2023), Modernizing Regulatory 
Review, and DOT's regulatory policies and procedures. The Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs within the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) determined that this final rulemaking is not a significant 
regulatory action under section 3(f) of E.O. 12866, as supplemented by 
E.O. 13563 and amended by E.O. 14094, and does not require an 
assessment of potential costs and benefits under section 6(a)(3) of 
that order. Accordingly, OMB has not reviewed it under that E.O.
    This rule will reduce the registration fees paid by motor carriers, 
motor private carriers of property, brokers, freight forwarders, and 
leasing companies to the UCR Plan and the participating States. While 
each motor carrier will realize a reduced burden, fees are considered 
by OMB Circular A-4, Regulatory Analysis, as transfer payments, not 
costs. Transfer payments are payments from one group to another that do 
not affect total resources available to society. By definition, 
transfers are not considered in the monetization of societal costs and 
benefits of rulemakings.
    This rule establishes reductions in the annual registration fees 
for the UCR Plan and Agreement. The entities affected by this rule are 
the participating States, motor carriers, motor private carriers of 
property, brokers, freight forwarders, and leasing companies. Because 
the State entitlements will remain unchanged, the participating States 
will not be impacted by this rule. The primary impact of this rule will 
be a reduction in fees paid by individual motor carriers, motor private 
carriers of property, brokers, freight forwarders, and leasing 
companies. The reduction in fees for the 2024 registration year from 
the current 2023 registration year fees (approved on September 1, 2022) 
is approximately 9 percent, ranging from $4 to $3,453 per entity, 
depending on the number of vehicles owned or operated by the affected 
entities.

B. Congressional Review Act

    This rule is not a major rule as defined under the Congressional 
Review Act (5 U.S.C. 801-808).\1\
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    \1\ A major rule means any rule that OMB finds has resulted in 
or is likely to result in (a) an annual effect on the economy of 
$100 million or more; (b) a major increase in costs or prices for 
consumers, individual industries, geographic regions, Federal, 
State, or local government agencies; or (c) significant adverse 
effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity, 
innovation, or on the ability of United States-based enterprises to 
compete with foreign-based enterprises in domestic and export 
markets (5 U.S.C. 804(2)).
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C. Regulatory Flexibility Act (Small Entities)

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), as amended 
by the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 \2\ 
requires Federal agencies to consider the effects of the regulatory 
action on small business and other small entities and to minimize any 
significant economic impact. The term small entities comprises small 
businesses and not-for-profit organizations that are independently 
owned and operated and are not dominant in their fields, and 
governmental jurisdictions with populations of less than 50,000 (5 
U.S.C. 601(6)). Accordingly, DOT policy requires an analysis of the 
impact of all regulations on small entities, and mandates that agencies 
strive to lessen any adverse effects on these businesses.
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    \2\ Public Law 104-121, 110 Stat. 857, (Mar. 29, 1996).
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    This rule will directly affect the participating States, motor 
carriers, motor private carriers of property, brokers, freight 
forwarders, and leasing companies. Under the standards of the RFA, as 
amended by SBREFA, the participating States are not small entities. 
States are not considered small entities because they do not meet the 
definition of a small entity in section 601 of the RFA. Specifically, 
States are not considered small governmental jurisdictions under 
section 601(5) of the RFA, both because State government is not 
included among the various levels of government listed in section 
601(5), and because, even if this were the case, no State or the 
District of Columbia has a population of less than 50,000, which is the 
criterion by which a governmental jurisdiction is considered small 
under section 601(5) of the RFA.
    The Small Business Administration's (SBA) size standard for a small 
entity (13 CFR 121.201) differs by industry code. The entities affected 
by this rule fall into many different industry codes. In order to 
determine if this rule impacts a significant number of small entities, 
FMCSA examined the 2012 and 2017 Economic Census data for two different 
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) subsectors: Truck 
Transportation (subsector 484) and Transit and Ground Transportation 
(subsector 485).
    As shown in the table below, the SBA size standards for the 
national industries under the Truck Transportation and Transit and 
Ground Transportation subsectors range from $19.0 million to $43.0 
million in revenue per year.
    To determine the percentage of firms that have revenue at or below 
SBA's thresholds within each of the NAICS national industries, FMCSA 
examined data from the 2017 Economic Census.\3\ In instances where 2017 
data were suppressed, the Agency imputed 2017 levels using data from 
the 2012 Economic Census.\4\ Boundaries for the revenue categories used 
in the Economic Census do not exactly coincide with the SBA thresholds. 
Instead, the SBA threshold generally falls between two different 
revenue categories. However, FMCSA was able to make reasonable 
estimates as to the percentage of small entities within each NAICS 
code.
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    \3\ U.S. Census Bureau. 2017 Economic Census. Table 
EC1700SIZEEMPFIRM--Selected Sectors: Employment Size of Firms for 
the U.S.: 2017. Available at https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2017/econ/economic-census/naics-sector-48-49.html (accessed Apr. 25, 
2023).
    \4\ U.S. Census Bureau. 2012 Economic Census. Table 
EC1248SSSZ4--Transportation and Warehousing: Subject Series--Estab & 
Firm Size: Summary Statistics by Revenue Size of Firms for the U.S.: 
2012 Available at https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2012/econ/census/transportation-warehousing.html (accessed Apr. 25, 2023).
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    The percentages of small entities with annual revenue less than the 
SBA's threshold ranged from 96.3 percent to 100 percent. Specifically, 
approximately 96.3 percent of Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) 
Trucking, Long Distance (484230) firms had annual revenue less than the 
SBA's revenue threshold of $34.0 million and would be considered small 
entities. FMCSA estimates 100 percent of firms in the Mixed Mode 
Transit Systems (485111) national industry had annual revenue less than 
$29.0 million and would be considered small entities. The table below 
shows the complete estimates of the number of small entities within the 
national industries that may be affected by this rule.

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                                      Estimates of Number of Small Entities
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                                                     SBA size
       NAICS code               Description         standard in    Total number      Number of    Percent of all
                                                     millions        of firms     small entities       firms
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484110..................  General Freight                  $34.0          22,066          21,950            99.5
                           Trucking, Local.
484121..................  General Freight                   34.0          23,557          23,045            97.8
                           Trucking, Long
                           Distance, Truckload.
484122..................  General Freight                   43.0           3,138           3,050            97.2
                           Trucking, Long
                           Distance, Less Than
                           Truckload.
484210..................  Used Household and                34.0           6,097           6,041            99.1
                           Office Goods Moving.
484220..................  Specialized Freight               34.0          22,797          22,631            99.3
                           (except Used Goods)
                           Trucking, Local.
484230..................  Specialized Freight               34.0           7,310           7,042            96.3
                           (except Used Goods)
                           Trucking, Long
                           Distance.
485111..................  Mixed Mode Transit                29.0              25              25           100.0
                           Systems.
485113..................  Bus and Other Motor               32.5             318             308            96.9
                           Vehicle Transit
                           Systems.
485210..................  Interurban and Rural              32.0             309             302            97.7
                           Bus Transportation.
485320..................  Limousine Service.....            19.0           3,706           3,694            99.7
485410..................  School and Employee               30.0           2,279           2,226            97.7
                           Bus Transportation.
485510..................  Charter Bus Industry..            19.0           1,031           1,013            98.3
485991..................  Special Needs                     19.0           2,592           2,567            99.1
                           Transportation.
485999..................  All Other Transit and             19.0           1,071           1,059            98.9
                           Ground Passenger
                           Transportation.
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    Therefore, FMCSA has determined that this rule impacts a 
substantial number of small entities. However, FMCSA has determined 
that this rule will not have a significant impact on the affected 
entities. The effect of this rule is to reduce the annual registration 
fee motor carriers, motor private carriers of property, brokers, 
freight forwarders, and leasing companies are currently required to 
pay. The reduction will be approximately 9 percent, ranging from $4 to 
$3,453 per entity, depending on the number of vehicles owned and/or 
operated by the affected entities. While the RFA does not define a 
threshold for determining whether a specific regulation results in a 
significant impact, the SBA, in guidance to government agencies, 
provides some objective measures of significance that the agencies can 
consider using. One measure that could be used to illustrate a 
significant impact is labor costs; specifically, whether the cost of 
the regulation exceeds 1 percent of the average annual revenues of 
small entities in the sector. Given that entities owning between 0 and 
2 CMVs will experience an average reduction of $4, a small entity would 
need to have average annual revenue of less than $400 to experience an 
impact greater than 1 percent of average annual revenue. This is an 
average annual revenue that is smaller than would be required for a 
firm to support one employee. The reduced fee amount and impact on 
revenue increase linearly depending on the applicable fee bracket.
    Consequently, I certify that this action will not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.

D. Assistance for Small Entities

    In accordance with section 213(a) of the Small Business Regulatory 
Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-121, 110 Stat. 857), 
FMCSA wants to assist small entities in understanding this final rule 
so they can better evaluate its effects on themselves and participate 
in the rulemaking initiative. If the final rule will affect your small 
business, organization, or governmental jurisdiction and you have 
questions concerning its provisions or options for compliance, please 
consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    Small businesses may send comments on the actions of Federal 
employees who enforce or otherwise determine compliance with Federal 
regulations to the Small Business Administration's Small Business and 
Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman (Office of the National 
Ombudsman, see https://www.sba.gov/about-sba/oversight-advocacy/office-national-ombudsman) and the Regional Small Business Regulatory Fairness 
Boards. The Ombudsman evaluates these actions annually and rates each 
agency's responsiveness to small business. If you wish to comment on 
actions by employees of FMCSA, call 1-888-REG-FAIR (1-888-734-3247). 
DOT has a policy regarding the rights of small entities to regulatory 
enforcement fairness and an explicit policy against retaliation for 
exercising these rights.

E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995

    The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531-1538) 
(UMRA) requires Federal agencies to assess the effects of their 
discretionary regulatory actions. The Act addresses actions that may 
result in the expenditure by a State, local, or Tribal government, in 
the aggregate, or by the private sector of $178 million (which is the 
value equivalent of $100 million in 1995, adjusted for inflation to 
2021 levels) or more in any 1 year. Though this final rule would not 
result in such an expenditure, and the analytical requirements of UMRA 
do not apply as a result, the Agency discusses the effects of this rule 
in sections VII. A. and VII. C. of this analysis.

F. Paperwork Reduction Act

    This final rule contains no new information collection requirements 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520).

G. E.O. 13132 (Federalism)

    A rule has implications for federalism under section 1(a) of E.O. 
13132 if it has ``substantial direct effects on the States, on the 
relationship between the national government and the States, or on the 
distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of 
government.''
    FMCSA has determined that this rule will not have substantial 
direct costs on or for States, nor would it limit the policymaking 
discretion of States. Nothing in this document preempts any State law 
or regulation. Therefore, this rule does not have sufficient federalism 
implications to warrant the preparation of a Federalism Impact 
Statement.

H. Privacy

    The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005,\5\ requires the Agency 
to assess the privacy impact of a regulation that will affect the 
privacy of individuals. This

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rule would not require the collection of personally identifiable 
information (PII). The supporting Privacy Impact Analysis (PIA), 
available for review in the docket, gives a full and complete 
explanation of FMCSA practices for protecting PII in general and 
specifically in relation to this final rule.
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    \5\ Public Law 108-447, 118 Stat. 2809, 3268, note following 5 
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    The Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) applies only to Federal agencies 
and any non-Federal agency that receives records contained in a system 
of records from a Federal agency for use in a matching program. The E-
Government Act of 2002,\6\ requires Federal agencies to conduct a PIA 
for new or substantially changed technology that collects, maintains, 
or disseminates information in an identifiable form. No new or 
substantially changed technology will collect, maintain, or disseminate 
information as a result of this rule. Accordingly, FMCSA has not 
conducted a PIA.
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    \6\ Public Law 107-347, sec. 208, 116 Stat. 2899, 2921 (Dec. 17, 
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    In addition, the Agency submitted a Privacy Threshold Assessment 
(PTA) to evaluate the risks and effects the proposed rulemaking might 
have on collecting, storing, and sharing personally identifiable 
information. The DOT Privacy Office has determined that this rulemaking 
does not create privacy risk.

I. E.O. 13175 (Indian Tribal Governments)

    This rule does not have Tribal implications under E.O. 13175, 
Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments, because 
it does not have a substantial direct effect on one or more Indian 
Tribes, on the relationship between the Federal Government and Indian 
Tribes, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities between 
the Federal Government and Indian Tribes.

J. National Environmental Policy Act of 1969

    FMCSA analyzed this rule pursuant to the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and determined this 
action is categorically excluded from further analysis and 
documentation in an environmental assessment or environmental impact 
statement under FMCSA Order 5610.1 (69 FR 9680), Appendix 2, 6.h. The 
categorical exclusion (CE) in paragraph 6.h. covers regulations and 
actions taken pursuant to regulation implementing procedures to collect 
fees that will be charged for motor carrier registrations. The proposed 
requirements in this rule are covered by this CE.

List of Subjects in 49 CFR Part 367

    Intergovernmental relations, Motor carriers, Brokers, Freight 
Forwarders.

    Accordingly, FMCSA amends title 49 CFR, subtitle B, chapter III, 
part 367 as follows:

PART 367--STANDARDS FOR REGISTRATION WITH STATES

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1. The authority citation for part 367 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  49 U.S.C. 13301, 14504a; and 49 CFR 1.87.


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2. Revise Sec.  367.30 to read as follows:


Sec.  367.30  Fees under the Unified Carrier Registration Plan and 
Agreement for Registration Year 2023.

  Table 1 to Sec.   367.30--Fees Under the Unified Carrier Registration
              Plan and Agreement for Registration Year 2023
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                      Number of
                      commercial
                    motor vehicles
                       owned or       Fee per entity
                     operated by    for exempt or non-
                    exempt or non-     exempt motor      Fee per entity
     Bracket         exempt motor     carrier, motor     for broker or
                    carrier, motor   private carrier,   leasing company
                       private         or  freight
                     carrier, or        forwarder
                       freight
                      forwarder
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B1...............  0-2............                $41                $41
B2...............  3-5............                121  .................
B3...............  6-20...........                242  .................
B4...............  21-100.........                844  .................
B5...............  101-1,000......              4,024  .................
B6...............  1,001 and above             39,289  .................
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3. Add Sec.  367.40 to read as follows:


Sec.  367.40  Fees under the Unified Carrier Registration Plan and 
Agreement for Registration Years beginning in 2024 and each subsequent 
registration year thereafter.

 Table 1 to Sec.   367.40--Fees Under the Unified Carrier Registration Plan and Agreement for Registration Years
                       Beginning in 2024 and Each Subsequent Registration Year Thereafter
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                                                                              Fee per entity
                                               Number of commercial motor   for exempt or non-
                                             vehicles owned or operated by     exempt motor      Fee per entity
                  Bracket                      exempt or non-exempt motor     carrier, motor     for broker or
                                                 carrier, motor private      private carrier,   leasing company
                                             carrier, or freight forwarder     or  freight
                                                                                forwarder
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B1.........................................  0-2..........................                $37                $37
B2.........................................  3-5..........................                111  .................
B3.........................................  6-20.........................                221  .................
B4.........................................  21-100.......................                769  .................
B5.........................................  101-1,000....................              3,670  .................

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B6.........................................  1,001 and above..............             35,836  .................
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    Issued under authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.87.
Robin Hutcheson,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2023-13204 Filed 6-21-23; 8:45 am]
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