Attachment H, 30-day Federal Register Notice

Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 31 / Friday, February 14, 2014 / Notices
see the Public Participation heading
below. Note that all comments received
will be posted without change to
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
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 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
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your comments, please include a selfaddressed, 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.
Thomas Yager, Chief, Driver and Carrier
Operations Division, Department of
Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, West Building
6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone:
202–366–4325; email tom.yager@
dot.gov.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background
Title 49 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, Section 390.15(b), requires
motor carriers to make certain specified
records and information pertaining to
CMV accidents available to an
authorized representative or special
agent of the FMCSA upon request or as
part of an inquiry. Interstate motor
carriers are required to maintain an
‘‘accident register’’ consisting of
information concerning all ‘‘accidents’’
involving their CMVs (49 CFR 390.15(b)
(see ‘‘Definition: Accident’’ below).
Motor carriers must report accidents

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that occur in interstate and intrastate
commerce. The following information
must be recorded for each accident:
Date, location, driver name, number of
injuries, number of fatalities, and
whether certain dangerous hazardous
materials were released. In addition, the
motor carrier must maintain copies of
all accident reports required by insurers
or governmental entities. Motor carriers
must maintain this information for three
years after the date of the accident.
Section 390.15 does not require motor
carriers to submit any information or
records to FMCSA or any other party.
This ICR supports the DOT strategic
goal of safety. By requiring motor
carriers to gather and record information
concerning CMV accidents, FMCSA is
strengthening its ability to assess the
safety performance of motor carriers.
This information is a valuable resource
in Agency initiatives to prevent, and
reduce the severity of, CMV crashes.
Title: Accident Recordkeeping
Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0009.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved information
collection.
Respondents: Motor Carriers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
520,000 motor carriers.
Estimated Number of Responses:
89,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 18
minutes.
Expiration Date: May 31, 2014.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
26,700 hours [89,000 motor carriers
recording an accident × 18 minutes per
response/60 minutes in an hour =
26,700].
Definition: ‘‘Accident’’ is an
occurrence involving a CMV operating
on a public road which results in: (1) A
fatality, (2) bodily injury to a person
who, as a result of the injury, receives
medical treatment away from the scene
of the accident, or (3) one or more motor
vehicles being towed from the scene (49
CFR 390.5).
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 FMCSA’s performance;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
burden; (3) ways for the 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.

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Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87
on: February 6, 2014.
Kelly Leone,
Associate Administrator for Office of
Research and Information Technology and
Chief Information Officer.
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BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA 2013–0348]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection: Practices of
Household Goods Brokers
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

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. FMCSA requests approval to
revise an ICR titled ‘‘Practices of
Household Brokers’’ to no longer
include one-time costs previously
incurred by brokers to come into
compliance with 49 CFR part 371, and
to update other wage related costs that
have changed since the last approval.
This ICR is necessary to support the
requirements of subpart B of 49 CFR
part 371 and FMCSA’s responsibility to
ensure consumer protection in the
transportation of household goods
(HHG). On November 13, 2013, FMCSA
published a Federal Register notice
allowing for a 60-day comment period
on this ICR. The agency received no
comments in response to that notice.
DATES: Please send your comments to
this notice by March 17, 2014. OMB
must receive your comments by this
date to act quickly on the ICR.
ADDRESSES: All comments should
reference Federal Docket Management
System (FDMS) Docket Number
FMCSA–2013–0348. Interested persons
are invited to submit written comments
on the proposed information collection
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget. Comments
should be addressed to the attention of
the Desk Officer, Department of
Transportation/Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, and sent via
electronic mail to oira_submission@
SUMMARY:

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omb.eop.gov, faxed to (202) 395–6974,
or mailed to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, Docket
Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street
NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Brodie Mack, Commercial Enforcement
and Investigations Division, Household
Goods Team Leader, U. S. Department
of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, West Building
6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Telephone: 202–366–8045; email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Practices of Household Goods
Brokers.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0048.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Brokers of Household
Goods.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
690.
Estimated Time per Response: 15
minutes per day × 240 workdays for
household goods broker transactions; 8
hours per year × 125 new entrants for
separate accounting system; 20 hours
per year × 690 brokers of household
goods for Web site/ad modifications; 10
hours per year × 690 brokers of
household goods for creating a list of
carriers; 0.5 hours per month × 12
months × 690 brokers of household
goods for confirming required
information; 0.083 hour per year ×
20,000 explanations; 4 hours per year ×
5 agreements × 690 brokers of
household goods for annual agreements
through turnover; and 10 hours per year
× 690 brokers of household goods for
disclosure and records.
Expiration Date: February 28, 2014.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
89,607 hours.
Background: FMCSA, in response to
Title IV, Subtitle B of the Safe,
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient,
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for
Users (SAFETEA–LU) (Pub. L. 109–59)
and a petition for rulemaking from the
American Moving and Storage
Association (AMSA), amended 49 CFR
part 371, existing regulations for
brokers, with a Final Rule titled,
‘‘Brokers of Household Goods
Transportation by Motor Vehicles, (75
FR 72987), November 29, 2010,
providing additional consumer
protection responsibilities for brokers of
HHG.
Section 4212 of SAFETEA–LU directs
the Secretary to require HHG brokers to
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following information whenever a
broker has contact with a shipper or
potential shipper:
1. The broker’s USDOT number.
2. The FMCSA booklet titled ‘‘Your
Rights and Responsibilities When You
Move.’’
3. A list of all authorized motor
carriers providing transportation of
HHG used by the broker and a statement
that the broker is not a motor carrier
providing transportation of HHG.
FMCSA, as the result of a rulemaking
that took effect November 29, 2010,
amended 49 CFR part 371 by adding
subpart B, specific consumer protection
requirements for HHG brokers. The
collection of information required by
this rulemaking assists shippers in their
business dealings with interstate HHG
brokers. The information collected is
used by prospective shippers to make
informed decisions about contracts and
services ordered, executed, and settled.
The HHG broker is often the primary
contact for individual shippers and in
the best position to educate shippers
and prepare them for a successful move.
The information collected makes that
possible. To combat deceptive business
practices, this helps enforcement
personnel better protect consumers by
verifying that shippers are receiving
information they are entitled to by
regulation.
HHG brokers are required to provide
individual shippers the ‘‘Your Rights
and Responsibilities When You Move’’
booklet and the ‘‘Ready to Move’’
brochure. They have the option of
providing paper copies or presenting the
information through a link on their
Internet Web site. The broker is required
to document with signed receipts that
the individual shipper was provided
those materials. HHG brokers are also
required to provide the list of HHG
motor carriers for which it would
arrange transportation to move a
potential individual shipper’s HHG, and
that broker’s identification information:
1. Assigned USDOT number; and
2. Address.
Public Comments Invited
FMCSA requests that you comment
on any aspect of this information
collection, including: (1) Whether the
proposed collection is necessary for
FMCSA to perform its functions, (2) the
accuracy of the estimated burden, (3)
ways for the 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

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for OMB’s clearance of this information
collection.
Issued under the authority delegated in 49
CFR 1.87 on: February 6, 2014.
G. Kelly Leone,
Associate Administrator, Office of Research
and Information Technology and Chief
Information Officer.
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BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2013–0305]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Extension of a CurrentlyApproved Information Collection
Request: Transportation of Hazardous
Materials, Highway Routing
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

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. The FMCSA
requests approval to extend an existing
ICR is titled, ‘‘Transportation of
Hazardous Materials, Highway
Routing.’’ The information reported by
States and Indian tribes is necessary to
identify designated/restricted routes and
restrictions or limitations affecting how
motor carriers may transport certain
hazardous materials on their highways,
including dates that such routes were
established and information on
subsequent changes or new hazardous
materials routing designations. FMCSA
received one comment from a trucking
association in response to the 60-day
Federal Register Notice published on
October 23, 2013.
DATES: Please send your comments by
March 17, 2014. OMB must receive your
comments by this date in order to act on
the ICR.
ADDRESSES: All comments should
reference Federal Docket Management
System (FDMS) Docket Number
FMCSA–2013–0305. Interested persons
are invited to submit written comments
on the proposed information collection
to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget. Comments
should be addressed to the attention of
the Desk Officer, Department of
SUMMARY:

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