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Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 248 / Friday, December 27, 2019 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2019–0191]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Renewal of a CurrentlyApproved Information Collection
Request: Financial Responsibility for
Motor Carriers of Passengers and
Motor Carriers of Property
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. The information collected
will be used to help ensure that motor
carriers of passengers and property
maintain appropriate levels of financial
responsibility.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before January 27, 2020.
ADDRESSES: All comments should
reference Federal Docket Management
System (FDMS) Docket Number
FMCSA–2019–0191. 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@
omb.eop.gov, or 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. In
the 60-day Federal Register notice (84
FR 52164) published on October 1,
2019, FMCSA received two comments.
One was from an anonymous
commenter which was not relevant to
the information collection. The National
School Transportation Association
submitted a letter supporting the
Agency’s proposal to renew the
information collection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Jeff Secrist, Office of Registration and
Safety Information, Chief, Registration,
Licensing and Insurance Division,
Department of Transportation, Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration,

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West Building 6th Floor, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590. Telephone: 202–385–2367;
email: [email protected]. Office hours
are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal
Holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Financial Responsibility for
Motor Carriers of Passengers and Motor
Carriers of Property.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0008.
Type of Request: Renewal of a
currently-approved information
collection.
Respondents: Insurance underwriters
for insurance and surety companies of
motor carriers of property (Forms MCS–
90 and MCS–82) and passengers (Forms
MCS–90B and MCS–82B), motor carrier
clerks employed by motor carriers
(storing/maintaining insurance and/or
surety bond documentation), and
vehicle maintenance staff employed by
Canadian and Mexican/non-NorthAmerican (NNA) domiciled motor
carriers (placing copies of
documentation in vehicles).
Estimated Number of Respondents:
202,458.
Estimated Time per Response:
FMCSA estimates it takes 2 minutes to
complete the Endorsement for Motor
Carrier Policies of Insurances for Public
Liability (Forms MCS–90 for property
carriers and MCS–90B for passenger
carriers) or the Motor Carrier Public
Liability Surety Bond (Forms MCS–82
for property carriers and MCS–82B for
passenger carriers); 1 minute to store/
maintain documents at the motor
carrier’s place of business [49 CFR
387.7(d); 49 CFR 387.31(d)]; and 1
minute to place either document on
board the vehicle, required for Canadian
and Mexican/NNA carriers operating in
the United States [49 CFR 387.7(f);
387.31(f)].
Expiration Date: January 31, 2020.
Frequency of Response: Upon
creation, change, or replacement of an
insurance policy or surety bond.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
5,739 hours [4,931 annual burden hours
for ICs 1–4 + 808 annual burden hours
for IC–5 document placement in
vehicles = 5,739].
Background: The Secretary of
Transportation is responsible for
implementing regulations which
establish minimal levels of financial
responsibility for: (1) For-hire motor
carriers of property to cover public
liability, property damage and
environmental restoration, and (2) forhire motor carriers of passengers to
cover public liability and property
damage. The Endorsement for Motor

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Carrier Policies of Insurance for Public
Liability (Forms MCS–90/90B) and the
Motor Carrier Public Liability Surety
Bond (Forms MCS–82/82B) contain the
minimum amount of information
necessary to document that a motor
carrier of property or passengers has
obtained, and has in effect, the
minimum levels of financial
responsibility as set forth in applicable
regulations (motor carriers of property—
49 CFR 387.9; and motor carriers of
passengers—49 CFR 387.33). FMCSA
and the public can verify that a motor
carrier of property or passengers has
obtained, and has in effect, the required
minimum levels of financial
responsibility, by use of the information
enclosed within these documents.
The 60-day Federal Register notice
(84 FR 52164) published on October 1,
2019, announced FMCSA’s intent to
submit the Financial Responsibility of
Motor Carriers of Passengers and Motor
Carriers of Property clearance process to
OMB for approval and requested
comments from the public for 60 days.
The FMCSA received two comments in
response to the 60-day Federal Register
notice. One was from an anonymous
commenter which was not relevant to
the information collection. The National
School Transportation Association
submitted a letter supporting the
Agency’s proposal to renew the
information collection.
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 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.
Issued under the authority delegated in 49
CFR 1.87 on December 19, 2019.
Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of
Research and Information Technology.
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