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, “Training
Certification for Entry-Level Drivers under Subpart E,” 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, “Training Provider Registration,” 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 “Training Provider Registration” 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, “Driver Training Certification” 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 “Driver Training Certification” 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 “Extension of Compliance Date for
Entry-Level Driver Training” (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 – 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.
$1,000,000
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
Joshua Jones 202
366-7332
No
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