Financial Responsibility for
Motor Carriers of Passengers and Motor Carriers of Property
Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection
No
Regular
04/09/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
177,994
0
4,146
0
0
0
This ICR is a request for the revision
of a mandatory collection. DOT promulgates regulations that
establish minimum levels of financial responsibility for motor
carriers of property to cover public liability, property damage,
and environmental restoration, and minimum levels of financial
responsibility for for-hire motor carriers of passengers to cover
public liability and property damage. It is mandated that motor
carriers maintain proof of the required financial responsibility at
their principal places of business, available upon request of an
FMCSA safety investigator during investigations or audits.
Insurance endorsements and surety bonds are considered public
information and must be produced by a motor carrier of property or
a motor carrier of passengers for review upon reasonable request by
a member of the public. Motor carriers domiciled in Canada, Mexico,
and non-North America (NNA) domiciled carriers who transport
property or conduct passenger transportation operations within the
United States must obtain an insurance endorsement or surety bond.
All vehicles operated in the United States by these motor carriers
must have a legible copy of the insurance endorsement or surety
bond in the vehicle available to Federal or State enforcement
officials during roadside inspections. FMCSA and the public use the
information collected to verify that a motor carrier of property or
passengers has obtained, and has in effect, the required minimum
levels of financial responsibility. This ICR revision has a program
adjustment of a decrease of responses, burden hours and costs due
to a methodology change as forms are completed on a one-time basis
instead of once per year. The information collections (ICs) are as
follows: IC1.1 - Property carriers to complete MCS-90 (insurance)
IC1.2 - Property carriers to complete MCS-82 (surety) IC2.1 -
Passenger carriers to complete MCS-90B (insurance) IC2.2 -
Passenger carriers to complete MCS-82B (surety) IC1.3a - U.S.
Property carriers to store MCS-90 (insurance) IC1.3b - U.S.
Property carriers to store MCS-82 (surety) IC2.3a - U.S. Passenger
carriers to store MCS-90B (insurance) IC2.3b - U.S. Passenger
carriers to store MCS-82B (surety) IC1.3c - Mexico, NNA and Canada
property carriers to store MCS-90 (insurance) IC1.3d - Mexico, NNA
and Canada property carriers to store MCS-82 (surety) IC2.3c -
Mexico, NNA and Canada passenger carriers to store MCS-90B
(insurance) IC2.3d - Mexico, NNA and Canada passenger carriers to
store MCS-82B (surety)
US Code:
49
USC 31138 Name of Law: Bus Regulatory Reform Act of 1982
US Code: 49
USC 31139 Name of Law: Motor Carrier Act of 1980
The previous ICR submittal had
245,704 responses and 5,738 burden hours. This ICR revision has a
program adjustment of a decrease of 67,713 responses and 1,592
burden hours. The reason for the decrease is due to a methodology
change as forms are completed on a one-time basis if the insurance
policy or surety bond contract, as identified by the policy number,
is still valid upon the renewal of insurance or surety bond. If new
insurance policies or surety bonds are issued, then new forms are
submitted by the insurers or surety institutions and stored by the
respective motor carrier. The ICs of the ICR were re-arranged due
to agency estimation, therefore a decrease of 245,704 responses and
a decrease of 5,738 burden hours are shown in the "adjustment in
agency estimate" column. Previously the ICR was arranged by
documents preparation and storage for each form and then other
recordkeeping activities such as documents placed in vehicles.
Those ICs were removed and re-entered as property carriers and
passenger carriers completion and storage of their perspective
forms, as well as U.S., Mexican and Non-North American (NNA) and
Canadian carriers maintain copies of all the forms MCS-90, MCS-90B,
MCS-82, and/or MCS-82B. With the previous request submittal the
annual hourly cost burden of $237,291 was inadvertently reported in
the table above. With this request the hourly cost burden decrease
to $226,712 is reported in section 12 of the supporting
statement.
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.
Form MCS-90B IC-1a - Insurance Endorsements: Passenger Carrier - Document Preparation by Insurance Underwriters
30-day FR for 2126-0008 (86FR15019).pdf
PRA.2126.0008 SS Financial Responsibility 30day 2.19.2021.docx
49 CFR 387.doc
IC-1a - Insurance Endorsements: Passenger Carrier - Document Preparation by Insurance Underwriters