Terms of the
previous clearance remain in effect. Terms of the previous
clearance remain in effect. OMB files this comment in accordance
with 5 CFR 1320.11(c). This OMB action is not an approval to
conduct or sponsor an information collection under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This action has no effect on any current
approvals. When and if the agency submits the ICR associated with
the final rule, the agency is reminded to follow the procedures in
5 CFR 1320 regarding collections associated with rules.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
10/31/2021
36 Months From Approved
10/31/2021
2,633,302
0
2,633,302
1,134,996
0
1,134,996
33,311,174
0
33,311,174
The USDOT number is used to identify
all motor carriers in FMCSA's registration and information systems.
It is also used by States as the key identifier in the Performance
and Registration Information Systems Management system, a
cooperative Federal/State program that makes motor carrier safety a
requirement for obtaining and maintaining commercial motor vehicle
registration and privileges. The marking requirements are mandatory
and apply to freight-carrying commercial motor carriers (i.e.,
trucking companies), passenger-carrying commercial motor carriers,
and intermodal equipment providers (IEPs) engaging in interstate
transportation. The Agency provides performance-based requirements
for the marking but does not require a specific method of marking
as long as the method complies with FMCSA’s regulations. These
requirements ensure that FMCSA, NTSB and the States are able to
identify motor carriers and correctly assign responsibility for
regulatory violations during inspections, investigations,
compliance reviews, and crash studies. These requirements will also
provide the public with beneficial information that could also
assist in identifying carriers for the purposes of commerce,
complaints or emergency notification. The appropriate marking of
vehicles, owned, leased or rented, assists FMCSA in identifying
motor carriers and monitoring the safety performance and crash
involvement, thereby helping the Agency identify unsafe, high risk
motor carriers. This ICR also greatly assists FMCSA and its State
partners in meeting the standard burden of proof for enforcement
actions against non-compliant carriers, as well as assists State
partners during accident investigations in determining the
responsible motor carrier involved in a CMV crash. The regulations
include a marking requirement, which depending on the need and
method could be permanent or temporary. Only enough information is
collected to maintain tracking of intermodal equipment. The FMCSA
NPRM and final rule titled “Lease and Interchange of Vehicles;
Motor Carriers of Passengers,” to be published, amends the existing
regulations in 49 CFR part 390 regarding the lease and interchange
of passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicles (CMVs), including
how leased and interchanged passenger-carrying vehicles must be
marked. In doing so, this NPRM and final rule affects the burden
associated with this existing currently approved ICR. FMCSA needs
to update the annual burden for CMV marking requirements due to
changes resulting from the NPRM and final rule “Lease and
Interchange of Vehicles; Motor Carriers of Passengers,” to be
published, which removes the temporary marking requirement for
leased passenger-carrying CMVs.
US Code:
49
USC 31133 Name of Law: General Powers of the Secretary of
Transportation
There is a change of 75,225
more responses, 38,699 more burden hours, and an additional
$7,873,184 due to adjustment in agency estimate. The adjustment
portion of the total change in burden is the result of factors
other than deliberate Agency action, and may include, for example,
changes resulting from the availability of new or improved data,
the use of enhanced analysis or estimation methodologies, or the
correction of arithmetic or other errors made previously when
calculating the burden for the currently approved information
collection. There is a change of $35,776 less due to change in
Agency discretion. The program change is the result of deliberate
Agency action, in this case the new NPRM and final rule “Lease and
Interchange of Vehicles; Motor Carriers of Passengers” to be
published, that is the basis for this ICR revision. There is a
small reduction in cost burden of $35,776 due to program change,
resulting from the elimination of the requirement for temporary
marking of leased passenger-carrying CMVs under the new NPRM and
final rule.
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-2126-0054 CMV Marking NPRM SS.docx
Attachment C (49 USC 31133).pdf
Intermodal Equipment Providers (IEPs)