It is generally recognized that there
is a relationship between inspection, repair, and maintenance
practices for CMVs and defect-related CMV accidents. CMVs are
frequently operated in excess of 100,000 miles annually. Safety
professionals, enforcement officials and personnel, and employees
in the trucking and motorcoach industries recognize that
documenting CMV inspection, repair, and maintenance is an important
activity to the furtherance of highway safety. These records are
also critically important in determining if a motor carrier's
maintenance practices were causal factors in an accident. The
purpose of the collection is to enable FMCSA and State enforcement
personnel to evaluate a motor carrier's CMV maintenance program by
the documentation of CMV inspection, repair, and maintenance. FMCSA
will also be able to check the current level of regulatory
compliance of the carrier at any point in its maintenance schedule
or program. The information collection ensures that motor carriers
have adequate records to document the inspection, repair, and
maintenance of their CMVs, and to ensure that adequate measures are
taken to keep their CMVs in safe and proper operating condition at
all times. Compliance with the inspection, repair, and maintenance
regulations helps to reduce the likelihood of accidents
attributable, in whole or in part, to the mechanical condition of
the CMV. FMCSA does not require inspection, repair and maintenance
information to be submitted to the agency. The information
collection is mandatory. Motor carriers and IEPs are required to
maintain the equipment information at their facilities and to make
the information available if requested during a compliance review
or investigation. This information collection involves only one
reporting requirement that has no confidentiality implications. All
other components of this information collection are recordkeeping
requirements. The recordkeeping requirements are minimal and there
are no prescribed forms for carriers to use to meet these
requirements. For some required records, motor carriers may either
maintain them or cause a third party to do so. The regulations also
permit the motor carrier to establish its own systematic CMV
maintenance program on either a mileage or time basis. The
information is used by the FMCSA and State officials during
compliance and enforcement activities to verify that a motor
carrier (and, for IME, an IEP) has established an inspection,
repair, and maintenance program for its equipment which meets the
standards in part 396. During these activities, FMCSA and State
officials and representatives examine the information to determine
whether the motor carrier systematically inspects, repairs, and
maintains all CMVs subject to its control. The systematic program
must include routine inspections and maintenance. The program must
also include reports of vehicle defects by drivers, thorough
inspections at least once per year by qualified individuals, and
performance of work on brakes by qualified employees. This revision
includes updated data regarding the number of motor carriers
subject to the FMCSRs, vehicle counts, inspections, and other
underlying data used to estimate the total burden hours. This
revision corrects the manner in which: (1) the burden associated
with routine inspection, repair and maintenance records is
calculated by including non-powered CMVs in addition to power
units; and (2) the burden associated with periodic inspection
records is calculated by using only the records associated with the
once-per-year inspection. This revision also corrects the
calculation of the burden associated with DVIRs by including the 30
seconds required for motor carrier certification of corrective
action for defect DVIRs that was inadvertently omitted in the
calculation of this estimate in the December 2014 No-Defect DVIR
rule.
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USC 31502 Name of Law: Requirements for qualification, hours of
service, and equipment standards
This revision includes updated
data regarding the number of motor carriers subject to the FMCSRs,
vehicle counts, inspections, and other underlying data used to
estimate the total burden hours. In addition, this revision
corrects the manner in which: (1) the burden associated with
routine inspection, repair and maintenance records is calculated by
including non-powered CMVs in addition to power units; and (2) the
burden associated with periodic inspection records is calculated by
using only the records associated with the once-per-year
inspection. This revision also corrects the calculation of the
burden associated with DVIRs by including the 30 seconds required
for motor carrier certification of corrective action for defect
DVIRs that was inadvertently omitted in the calculation of this
estimate in the December 2014 No-Defect DVIR rule. As a result of
the changes noted above, the estimated annual burden hours is
increased from 11,424,594 to 13,791,001, and the number of
responses is increased from 271,486,025 to 346,148,110.
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.
PRA-2126-0003 Supporting Statement 06.25.2018.docx
FR Notice “Regulatory Review of Existing DOT Regulations” (76 FR 8940).pdf
Section 4118 of SAFETEA-LU.doc
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.html
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