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exemption will be valid for two years
unless revoked earlier by FMCSA.
Issued on: January 30, 2019.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2019–01259 Filed 2–5–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2018–0333]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Revision of a CurrentlyApproved Information Collection:
Motor Carrier Identification Report
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), Department
of Transportation (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, ‘‘Motor Carrier
Identification Report,’’ which is used to
identify FMCSA regulated entities, help
prioritize the agency’s activities, aid in
assessing the safety outcomes of those
activities, and for statistical purposes.
This ICR is being revised due to a final
rule dated January 17, 2017, titled,
‘‘Unified Registration System;
Suspension of Effectiveness,’’ effective
January 14, 2017, which suspended its
regulations requiring existing interstate
motor carriers, freight forwarders,
brokers, intermodal equipment
providers (IEPs), hazardous materials
safety permit (HMSP) applicants, and
cargo tank facilities under FMCSA
jurisdiction to submit required
registration and biennial update
information to the Agency via a new
electronic on-line Unified Registration
System (URS). During this suspension,
entities needing to file will follow the
same procedures and forms used to
submit information to FMCSA as they
did prior to January 14, 2017, including
use of Form MCS–150 or MCS–150B.
The Form MCS–150 or MCS–150B will
also be used by the small number of
Mexico-domiciled motor carriers that
seek authority to operate beyond the
United States municipalities on the
United States-Mexico border and their
commercial zones.

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This ICR is necessary to ensure
regulated entities are registered with the
DOT.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before April 8, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) Docket
Number FMCSA–2018–0333 using any
of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Operations; U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building,
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building,
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001 between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m. e.t., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the Agency name and docket
number. For detailed instructions on
submitting comments, see the Public
Participation heading below. Note that
all comments received will be posted
without change to http://
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 http://
www.regulations.gov, and follow the
online instructions for accessing the
dockets, or go to the street address listed
above.
Privacy Act: In accordance with 5
U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments
from the public to better inform its
rulemaking process. DOT posts these
comments, without edit, including any
personal information the commenter
provides, to www.regulations.gov, as
described in the system of records
notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can
be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy.
Public Participation: The Federal
eRulemaking Portal is available 24
hours each day, 365 days each year. You
can obtain electronic submission and
retrieval help and guidelines under the
‘‘help’’ section of the Federal
eRulemaking Portal website. If you want
us to notify you that we received 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.

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Mr.
Jeffrey Secrist, Office of Registration and
Safety Information, Department of
Transportation, FMCSA, West Building
6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone:
202–385–2367; email Jeffrey.secrist@
dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background: Title 49, United States
Code Section 504(b)(2) provides the
Secretary of Transportation (Secretary)
with authority to require carriers,
lessors, associations, or classes of these
entities to file annual, periodic, and
special reports containing answers to
questions asked by the Secretary. The
Secretary may also prescribe the form of
records required to be prepared or
compiled and the time period during
which records must be preserved (See
§ 504(b)(1) and (d)). FMCSA will use
this data to administer its safety
programs using a database of entities
that are subject to its regulations. This
database necessitates that these entities
notify FMCSA of their existence. For
example, under 49 CFR 390.19(a),
FMCSA requires all motor carriers
beginning operations to file a Form
MCS–150 titled, ‘‘Motor Carrier
Identification Report,’’ or MCS–150B
titled, ‘‘Combined Motor Carrier
Identification Report and HM Permit
Applications.’’ This report is filed by all
motor carriers conducting operations in
interstate, intrastate transporting
hazardous materials or international
commerce before beginning operations.
It asks the respondent to provide the
name of the business entity that owns
and controls the motor carrier operation;
address and telephone of principal
place of business; assigned
identification number(s), type of
operation, types of cargo usually
transported; number of vehicles owned,
term leased and trip leased; driver
information; and certification statement
signed by an individual authorized to
sign documents on behalf of the
business entity.
Section 350 of the Department of
Transportation and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2002, Public Law
107–87, 115 Stat. 833, 864–866
(December 18, 2001) (49 U.S.C. 13902
note), directed the Agency to issue an
interim final rule (IFR) to ensure that
new entrant motor carriers are
knowledgeable about the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs)
and standards. On August 28, 2002, the
Agency published an IFR titled,
‘‘Registration Enforcement’’ (67 FR
31978).
Existing applicants will use the MCS–
150 or MCS–150B to update their

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information in the Motor Carrier
Management Information System.
Applicants filing for the first time will
be required to file on-line. Form MCS–
150 or MCS–150B will be used for
Mexico-domiciled carriers that seek
authority to operate beyond the United
States municipalities on the United
States-Mexico border and their
commercial zones. The information
collected from the respondents is
readily available to the public. This
revised ICR captures the burden of
continued use of the MCS–150 or MCS–
150B for motor carriers updating their
registration information and for the
registration of Mexico-domiciled
carriers.
The hazardous material declarations,
Class 3A, Class 3B, and Div. 2.2
(Ammonia), are being removed. They
are obsolete and do not require new or
existing applicants to identify those
declarations when applying for a
USDOT number as a hazardous
materials motor carrier.
The remaining hazardous materials
entries on the forms and their respective
instructions are being redesignated
alphabetically to reflect the removal of
the Class 3A, Class 3B, and Div. 2.2
(Ammonia) entries.
In the Filing Options section of the
instructions for the forms, the Agency
name is corrected.
In the hazardous materials list in the
instructions for the forms, the entry for
Combustible Liquid is revised to correct
the 49 CFR reference.
The instructions for the forms are
being revised to clarify the definitions of
‘‘Intrastate Hazmat Carrier’’ and
‘‘Intrastate Non-Hazmat Carrier.’’
Title: Motor Carrier Identification
Report
OMB Control Number: 2126–0013.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently-approved collection.
Respondents: Motor carriers, freight
forwarders, intermodal equipment
providers, brokers, motor carriers with
hazardous materials safety permit, cargo
tank facilities and Mexican motor
carriers.
Estimated Number of Responses:
679,651 responses [674,674 responses
for 1C–1 + 3,299 responses for 1C–2 +
1,678 responses for 1C–3].
Estimated Time per Response: 20
minutes for new filings and 7.5 minutes
for biennial updates and changes to
complete the Form MCS–150.
Expiration Date: April 30, 2019.
Frequency of Response: On occasion
and biennially.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
119,878 hours [119,071 hours for IC–1 +
278 hours for IC–2 + 529 hours for IC–
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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 performance of
FMCSA’s functions; (2) the accuracy of
the estimated burden; (3) ways for
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.
Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87.
Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of
Research and Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2016–0002]

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption
Applications; Hearing
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

Notice of final disposition.

FMCSA announces its
decision to renew exemptions for 11
individuals from the hearing
requirement in the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) for
interstate commercial motor vehicle
(CMV) drivers. The exemptions enable
these hard of hearing and deaf
individuals to continue to operate CMVs
in interstate commerce.

SUMMARY:

The exemptions were applicable
on September 6, 2018. The exemptions
expire on September 6, 2020.

DATES:

Ms.
Christine A. Hydock, Chief, Medical
Programs Division, 202–366–4001,
[email protected], FMCSA,
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W64–224,
Washington, DC 20590–0001. Office
hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., ET,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. If you have questions
regarding viewing or submitting
material to the docket, contact Docket
Services, telephone (202) 366–9826.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Public Participation
A. Viewing Documents and Comments
To view comments, as well as any
documents mentioned in this notice as
being available in the docket, go to
http://www.regulations.gov. Insert the
docket number, FMCSA–2016–0002, in
the keyword box, and click ‘‘Search.’’
Next, click the ‘‘Open Docket Folder’’
button and choose the document to
review. If you do not have access to the
internet, you may view the docket
online by visiting the Docket
Management Facility in Room W12–140
on the ground floor of the DOT West
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m., ET, Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
B. Privacy Act
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c),
DOT solicits comments from the public
to better inform its rulemaking process.
DOT posts these comments, without
edit, including any personal information
the commenter provides, to
www.regulations.gov, as described in
the system of records notice (DOT/ALL–
14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at
www.dot.gov/privacy.
II. Background
On November 14, 2018 FMCSA
published a notice announcing its
decision to renew exemptions for 11
individuals from the hearing standard in
49 CFR 391.41(b)(11) to operate a CMV
in interstate commerce and requested
comments from the public (83 FR
56905). The public comment period
ended on December 14, 2018, and two
comments were received.
As stated in the previous notice,
FMCSA has evaluated the eligibility of
these applicants and determined that
renewing these exemptions would
achieve a level of safety equivalent to,
or greater than, the level that would be
achieved by complying with the current
regulation 49 CFR 391.41(b)(11).
The physical qualification standard
for drivers regarding hearing found in
49 CFR 391.41(b)(11) states that a
person is physically qualified to drive a
CMV if that person first perceives a
forced whispered voice in the better ear
at not less than 5 feet with or without
the use of a hearing aid or, if tested by
use of an audiometric device, does not
have an average hearing loss in the
better ear greater than 40 decibels at 500
Hz, 1,000 Hz, and 2,000 Hz with or
without a hearing aid when the
audiometric device is calibrated to
American National Standard (formerly
ASA Standard) Z24.5—1951.

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