Justification for Nonmaterial/Nonsubstantive Change for OMB Control Number 2126-0016 ICR

Justification for Nonmaterial/Nonsubstantive Change for

OMB Control Number 2126-0016 ICR

Licensing Applications for Motor Carrier Operating Authority

This Justification for a Nonmaterial/Nonsubstantive Change is to request the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) approval for nonsubstantive changes to “Licensing Applications for Motor Carrier Operating Authority” information collection (IC), OMB control number 2126-0016. This IC currently combines all of the information collection requirements for all application forms in the OP-1 series that are used by the for-hire motor property carriers and brokers to apply for registration authority of general freight and household goods (OP-1); passenger carriers (OP-1(P)); freight forwarders (OP-1(FF)); Mexico-domiciled motor property carriers, including Mexico-domiciled motor carriers of household goods and passengers, registering to operate beyond municipalities and commercial zones along the U.S.-Mexico international border to points within the U.S. (OP-1(MX)); and non-North American-domiciled motor property and passenger carriers (OP-1(NNA)).

This change is due to the recently enacted, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21); P.L. 112-141,126 Stat. 405, Section 32918, July 6, 2012 (See Attachment 1), in which Congress mandated that FMCSA increase current surety bond levels applicable to brokers of interstate transportation to $75,000 and extended this requirement to freight forwarders of interstate transportation. Congress directed FMCSA to make these non-discretionary changes effective on October 1, 2013. To effectuate these statutory requirements, FMCSA has made a nonsubstantive change to the text and instructions for section III “Insurance Information” of the form OP-1 to include “Brokers require one of the following in the amount of $75,000 and section III “Insurance Information” of the form OP-1(FF) to include Freight Forwarders require one of the following in the amount of $75,000.

We estimate no change in annual burden hours for the information requested.