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a Fuel Use Monitoring Method and
operators using a simplified
Monitoring Method respectively.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
Based on the above, FAA expects that
the annual submission of an EMP and
ER could take approximately 33.5 to
107.5 hours for each of the 11 to 49
operators.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December
12, 2019.
Rebecca Cointin,
Director (Acting), Office of Environment and
Energy.
[FR Doc. 2019–27232 Filed 12–17–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2019–0255]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Renewal of an Approved
Information Collection: Training
Certification for Drivers of Longer
Combination Vehicles
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice; 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
approval and invites public comment.
FMCSA requests approval to renew the
ICR titled ‘‘Training Certification for
Drivers of Longer Combination Vehicles
(LCVs),’’ OMB Control No. 2126–0026.
This ICR relates to Agency requirements
for drivers to be certified to operate
LCVs, and associated recordkeeping
requirements that motor carriers must
satisfy before permitting their drivers to
operate LCVs. Motor carriers, upon
inquiry by authorized Federal, State or
local officials, must produce an LCV
Driver-Training Certificate for each of
their LCV drivers.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before February 18, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Federal Docket
Management System Number FMCSA–
2019–0255 by 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 Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200

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New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building,
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: West
Building, Ground Floor, Room W12–
140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Pearlie Robinson, Driver and Carrier
Operations Division, DOT, FMCSA,
West Building 6th Floor, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590. Telephone: 202–366–4325.
Email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
An LCV is any combination of a trucktractor and two or more semi-trailers or
trailers that operates on the National
System of Interstate and Defense
Highways (according to 23 CFR 470.107)
and has a gross vehicle weight greater
than 80,000 pounds. To enhance the

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safety of LCV operations on our Nation’s
highways, Section 4007(b) of the Motor
Carrier Act of 1991 directed the
Secretary of Transportation to establish
Federal minimum training requirements
for drivers of LCVs [Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
(ISTEA), Public Law 102–240, 105 Stat.
1914, 2152]. The Secretary of
Transportation delegated responsibility
for establishing these requirements to
FMCSA (49 CFR 1.87), and on March
30, 2004, after appropriate notice and
solicitation of public comment, FMCSA
established the current training
requirements for operators of LCVs (69
FR 16722). The regulations bar motor
carriers from permitting their drivers to
operate an LCV if they have not been
properly trained in accordance with the
requirements of 49 CFR 380.113. Drivers
receive an LCV Driver-Training
Certificate upon successful completion
of these training requirements. Motor
carriers employing an LCV driver must
verify the driver’s qualifications to
operate an LCV, and must maintain a
copy of the LCV Driver-Training
Certificate and present it to authorized
Federal, State, or local officials upon
request.
Renewal of This Information Collection
(IC)
The currently approved burden hour
estimate associated with this IC,
approved by OMB on May 19, 2017, is
5,565 hours. The Agency requests a
reduction in the burden hour estimates
from 5,565 hours to 4,244 hours. The
reduction in burden hour estimates and
costs is the result of correcting an error;
the incorrect growth rate from the
Bureau of Labor Statistics was
previously used to estimate the number
of new drivers requiring LCV driver
training certificates. As a result, FMCSA
over-estimated the number of new
drivers, annual burden hours, hours for
preparing training certificates, number
of drivers who undergo the hiring
process, number of respondents,
number of responses, and costs to
respondents.
Separately, the currently approved
version of this IC incorrectly accounted
for LCV driver training costs, estimated
to be $7,035,160 annually. Training is
not considered to be an information
collection burden. For this updated
version of the ICR, the Agency is
removing the costs associated with
training. Instead, FMCSA has calculated
the labor costs associated with the LCV
driver training recordkeeping
requirements. The annual cost burden is
estimated to be $135,734.
The expiration date of the current ICR
is May 31, 2020. Through this request,

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FMCSA requests a renewal of the
paperwork burden associated with the
ICR titled ‘‘Training Certification for

Drivers of Longer Combination Vehicles
(LCVs),’’ OMB Control No. 2126–0026.
This ICR corrects and updates all of the

Current
approved IC

Estimate

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Number of Drivers Engaged in the Operation of LCVs in the U.S .............................................
Total Annual Burden ....................................................................................................................
Number of New Drivers ...............................................................................................................
Number of Hours for Preparing Training Certificates ..................................................................
Number of Drivers Who Undergo Hiring Process .......................................................................
Number of Respondents ..............................................................................................................
Number of Responses .................................................................................................................
Labor Costs to Respondents .......................................................................................................
Annual Costs to Respondents .....................................................................................................

Title: Training Certification for
Drivers of LCVs.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0026.
Type of Request: Renewal and
correction of a currently-approved
information collection.
Respondents: LCV training providers
who train new LCV drivers; drivers who
complete LCV training each year;
current LCV drivers who submit their
LCV Driver-Training Certificate to
prospective employers; and employers
(motor carriers) receiving and
maintaining copies of the LCV DriverTraining certificates of their drivers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
50,708, consisting of 218 LCV training
providers, plus 218 newly-certified LCV
drivers, plus 25,027 currently-certified
LCV drivers, plus 25,245 motor carriers
employing LCV drivers.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
minutes for preparation of LCV DriverTraining Certificates for drivers who
successfully complete the LCV training,
and 10 minutes for activities associated
with the LCV Driver-Training Certificate
during the hiring process.
Expiration Date: May 31, 2020.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
4,244 hours. The total number of drivers
who will be subjected to these
requirements each year is 25,245,
consisting of 218 newly-certified LCV
drivers, and 25,027 currently-certified
LCV drivers obtaining new employment.
Additionally, 218 LCV training
providers will be required to prepare the
training certificates for newly-certified
drivers. The total annual information
collection burden is approximately
4,244 hours, consisting of 36 hours for
preparation of LCV Driver-Training
Certificates [218 drivers successfully
completing LCV driver training × 10
minutes ÷ 60 minutes/hour] and 4,208
hours for requirements related to the
hiring of LCV drivers [25,245 LCV
drivers obtaining new employment × 10
minutes ÷ 60 minutes/hour].

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Estimated Total Cost to Respondents:
$135,734.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed collection is
necessary for FMCSA’s performance; (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
on December 11, 2019.
Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of
Research and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2019–27256 Filed 12–17–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2019–0269]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Renewal of a CurrentlyApproved Information Collection:
Request for Revocation of Authority
Granted
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. FMCSA requests approval to

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affected areas, as shown in the table
below.

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44,095
5,565
2,360
394
31,022
59,684
59,684
$0
$7,035,160

Proposed
updated IC
38,503
4,244
218
36
25,245
50,708
50,708
$135,734
$0

Difference
(5,592)
(1,321)
(2,142)
(358)
(5,777)
(8,976)
(8,976)
$135,734
($7,035,160)

renew an ICR titled ‘‘Request for
Revocation of Authority Granted.’’
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before February 18, 2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) Docket
Number FMCSA–2019–0269 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 and additional
information on the exemption process,
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

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