This ICR is a revision of mandatory reporting and record keeping. During the first two years, 2020 and 2021, of the three-year period covered by this ICR, employers are prohibited from allowing an entry-level driver to operate a CMV without ensuring that the driver has received entry-level driver training specified under 49 CFR 380.503. Under IC-1, âTraining Certification for Entry-Level Drivers under Subpart E,â these entry-level interstate CDL drivers receive a certificate when they successfully complete this mandatory training, and must present a copy of it to their employer in order to be qualified to drive a CMV in interstate commerce. The employer keeps a copy of the training certificate in the driver qualification file. During a compliance review, the certificate must be made available to authorized representatives of FMCSA, and serves as proof that the CDL driver completed the required training.
During 2022, the third year, under IC-2, âTraining Provider Registration,â information will be collected by FMCSA from each training provider for each training location by means of the online TPR, an electronic, online, web-based information system with specific data fields required to be submitted by training providers for each training location and each curricula in order to register on the TPR. This information will be collected when a training provider is first registering in the TPR, on a biennial basis thereafter, or otherwise when key information changes (training provider name, address, training provider status, etc.). This information will be used by FMCSA to ensure that training providers meet the new training provider eligibility requirements established by the December 2016 final rule, and can therefore be listed on the TPR. From the âTraining Provider Registrationâ information submitted by training providers, certain basic identifying information and descriptive attributes regarding the training offered (types of CDL, endorsement training, etc.) by each training provider and at each training location will be displayed and made available to the public on the TPR. This information will be used by entry-level drivers to identify training providers from which they can obtain the training that they require for the Class A or Class B CDL and/or endorsement that they seek to acquire.
Also during 2022, the third year, under IC-3, âDriver Training Certificationâ information will be collected by FMCSA from training providers by means of the new TPR. The electronic, online, web-based system, with specific data fields are required to be submitted by training providers for each driver-trainee that completes training. After an individual driver-trainee completes training administered by a training provider listed on the TPR, that training provider must submit the training certification information regarding the driver-trainee to the TPR.
This âDriver Training Certificationâ information will be used by SDLAs to verify that the required driver training has been completed by the driver-trainee prior to the SDLA administering CDL skills tests to applicants for the Class A and B CDL, and/or the P or S endorsements, or knowledge test for the H endorsement. The information collected from training providers will also be used by the Agency to improve its understanding of the number of training providers and the types of training they provide, and the number of entry-level drivers and the types of training, CDLs, and endorsements that they obtain. Retrospective review of the data and of the safety performance of drivers that complete ELDT will allow FMCSA to better assess the impact of ELDT on motor carrier safety, and to monitor the effectiveness of individual training providers and identify those that may not be conducting training in compliance with the regulations and that may therefore be candidates for an on-site review by FMCSA.
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
The program change portion of the total change in burden, (-7,294 hours and -43,764 responses) is the result of deliberate Agency action, due to the December 8, 2016, ELDT final rule (81 FR 88732), and the February 4, 2020, interim final rule (IFR) titled âExtension of Compliance Date for Entry-Level Driver Trainingâ (85 FR 6088). The adjustment portion of the total change in burden is the result of new improved data, the use of enhanced estimation methodologies, and the correction of arithmetic and other errors made previously when calculating the burden for the currently approved information collection.
The program change due to Agency discretion, (8,320 hours and 45,604 responses) reflects the elimination under IC-1 of the burden associated with the existing ELDT requirements under Subpart E of part 380, during the last year, 2022, of the three-year period covered by this ICR. At the same time, new minimum training standards for entry-level drivers (in a new Subpart F and five new Appendices to part 380), and new requirements for training providers (in a new Subpart G) are established as of 2022 that result in new sources and types of burden.
The net result of 1,026 burden hours (8,320 â 7,294 = 1,026 hours; 45,604 - 43,764 = 1,840 responses) is a modest increase in burden as a result of program change due to Agency discretion. The change due to adjustment in Agency estimate reflects the use of improved and more up-to-date estimates of the number of entry-level drivers in the calculation of the burden associated with the existing ELDT requirements under Subpart E of part 380 for the years 2020 and 2021. These estimates are lower than those used previously, therefore resulting in a modest decrease in burden as a result of change due to adjustment in Agency estimate. Overall, the program change due to Agency discretion, and the change due to adjustment in Agency estimate, largely offset each other, resulting in very little change in the total burden.
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Joshua Jones 202 366-7332
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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-2126-0028.SS.Entry-Level Driver Training.30day.04.07.20.docx
30-day FR for 2126-0028.pdf
IC1 - Training Certification for Entry-Level Commerical Motor Vehicle Operators