Drivers applying for a commercial
drivers license (CDL) must obtain training on certain topics. The
applicant must present his employer/motor carrier with a
certificate executed by a qualified trainer and indicating
successful completion of such training. These requirements appear
at 49 CFR 380.501 et seq. This submission is due to a NPRM titled,
"Minimum Training Requirements for Entry-Level Commercial Motor
Vehicle Operators," which responds to a Congressional mandate
imposed under the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century
Act. The proposed rule is based on consensus recommendations from
the Agency's Entry-Level Training Advisory Committee, a negotiated
rulemaking committee which held a series of meetings between
February and May 2015. The compliance date of this proposed rule
would be three years after the effective date of the final rule.
The final ELDT rule was published on 12/8/2016. It is effective
02/6/2017 and the compliance date is 3 years after the effective
date, 02/7/2020. The current entry-level training rules remain in
effect for the entirety of the 3-year period therefore FMCSA does
not wish to amend its current estimate of the information
collection burden of FMCSA’s driver-training regulations, which was
approved on 12/23/2015 until 12/31/2018. Therefore the burden for
the next three years will be estimated as if there had been no
change in the rules. FMCSA will provide revised burden estimates
for the final rule at the end of the 3-year period.
PL:
Pub.L. 102 - 240 4007(a)(2) Name of Law: Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
US Code: 49
USC 31301 Name of Law: Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators,
Definitions
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.