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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 53 / Monday, March 20, 2023 / Notices

Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
30-day Review—Open for Public
Comments’’ or by using the search
function.

ADDRESSES:

Mr.
Jeff Secrist, Office of Registration, Chief,
Registration, Licensing, and Insurance
Division, DOT, FMCSA, West Building
6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590–0001; 202–385–
2367; [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title:
Unified Registration System, FMCSA
Registration/Updates.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0051.
Type of Request: Renewal of a
currently approved ICR.
Respondents: Carrier compliance
officer or equivalent from transportation
entities subject to FMCSA’s licensing,
registration, and certification
regulations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
283,857 (94,619 annualized).
Estimated Time per Response: 1.34
hours.
Expiration Date: April 30, 2023.
Frequency of Response: One-time
information collection.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
380,368 (126,789 annualized).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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Background
FMCSA registers for-hire motor
carriers of regulated commodities and of
passengers, under 49 U.S.C. 13902(a);
surface freight forwarders, under 49
U.S.C. 13903; property brokers, under
49 U.S.C. 13904; and certain Mexicodomiciled motor carriers, under 49
U.S.C. 13902(c). These motor carriers
may conduct transportation services in
the United States only if they are
registered with FMCSA. Each
registration is effective from the date
specified and remains in effect for such
period as the Secretary of
Transportation determines by
regulations.
The final rule titled ‘‘Unified
Registration System,’’ (78 FR 52608)
dated August 23, 2013, implemented
statutory provisions for an online
registration system for entities that are
subject to FMCSA’s licensing,
registration, and certification
regulations. URS streamlines the
registration process and serves as a
clearinghouse and repository of
information on motor carriers, brokers,
freight forwarders, intermodal
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materials safety permit applicants, and
cargo tank facilities required to register
with FMCSA. When developing URS,
FMCSA planned that the OP–1 series of
forms (except for OP–1(MX)) would
ultimately be folded into one
overarching form (MCSA–1), which
would be used by all motor carriers
seeking authority.
FMCSA began a phased rollout of
URS in 2015. The first phase, which
became effective on December 12, 2015,
impacts only first-time applicants
seeking an FMCSA-issued registration.
FMCSA had planned subsequent rollout
phases for existing registrants; however,
there have been substantial delays, and
subsequent phases have not been rolled
out to date.
On January 17, 2017, FMCSA issued
a final rule titled ‘‘Unified Registration
System; Suspension of Effectiveness,’’
which indefinitely suspended URS
effectiveness dates for existing
registrants only (82 FR 5292). Pursuant
to this final rule, FMCSA is still
accepting forms OP–1, OP–1(P), OP–
1(FF), and OP–1(NNA) for existing
registrants wishing to apply for
additional authorities. Separately,
FMCSA requires Form OP–1(MX) for
Mexico-domiciled carriers that wish to
operate beyond the U.S. municipalities
on the U.S.-Mexico border and their
commercial zones.
As described above, only first-time
applicants seeking an FMCSA-issued
registration must apply for authority via
URS, using Form MCSA–1. Under URS,
all forms described in the current ICR,
except OP–1(MX), are folded into Form
MCSA–1. Information collection
activities associated with the OP–1
series of forms are covered under a
different ICR, titled ‘‘Licensing
Applications for Motor Carrier
Operating Authority,’’ OMB Control No.
2126–0016.
Form MCSA–1 requests information
to identify the applicant, the nature and
scope of its proposed operations, safetyrelated details, and information
regarding the drivers and vehicles it
plans to use in U.S. operations. FMCSA
and the States use registration
information collected via Form MCSA–
1 to track motor carriers, freight
forwarders, brokers, and other entities
they regulate. Registering motor carriers
is essential to being able to identify
carriers so that their safety performance
can be tracked and evaluated. The data
make it possible to link individual
trucks to the responsible motor carrier,
thus implementing the mandate under
49 U.S.C. 31136(a)(1); that is, ensuring
that CMVs are maintained and operated
safely. In general, registration
information collected via Form MCSA–

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1 informs prioritization of the Agency’s
activities and aids in assessing and
statistically analyzing the safety
outcomes of those activities.
The current information collection
supports the DOT Strategic Goal of
Safety. It streamlines registration
processes and ensures that FMCSA can
more efficiently track motor carriers,
freight forwarders, brokers, and other
entities regulated by the Agency.
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 performance of
FMCSA’s functions; (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.
Issued under the authority of 49 CFR
1.87.
Thomas P. Keane,
Associate Administrator, Office of Research
and Registration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2023–0079]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Renewal of an Approved
Information Collection: Request for
Revocation of Authority Granted
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), Department
of Transportation (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 FMCSA requests
approval to renew an ICR titled,
‘‘Request for Revocation of Authority
Granted.’’
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received on or before May 19, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) Docket
Number FMCSA–2023–0079 using any
of the following methods:
SUMMARY:

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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 53 / Monday, March 20, 2023 / Notices
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail: Dockets 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. EST, 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 https://
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 https://
www.regulations.gov, and follow the
online instructions for accessing the
docket, 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
decision-making 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
‘‘FAQ’’ 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: Jeff
Secrist, Office of Registration and Safety
Information, DOT, FMCSA, West
Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590–
0001; 202–385–2367; email jeff.secrist@
dot.gov.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background: FMCSA registers for-hire
motor carriers of regulated commodities
under 49 U.S.C. 13902, surface freight
forwarders under 49 U.S.C. 13903, and
property brokers under 49 U.S.C. 13904.
Each registration is effective from the
date specified under 49 U.S.C. 13905
(c). Subsection (d) of 49 U.S.C. 13905
also provides that on application of the
registrant, the Secretary may amend or
revoke a registration, and hence the
registrant’s operating authority. Form
OCE–46 allows these registrants to
apply voluntarily for revocation of their
operating authority or parts thereof. If
the registrant fails to maintain evidence
of the required level of insurance
coverage on file with FMCSA, its
operating authority will be revoked
involuntarily. Although the effect of
both types of revocation is the same,
some registrants prefer to request
voluntary revocation. For various
business reasons, a registrant may
request revocation of some part, but not
all, of its operating authority. This
information collection, which supports
the DOT Strategic Goal of Safety, is
being revised to reflect modified
estimates of burden hours and costs. For
respondents, the program adjustment
has resulted in increased total burden
hours and an increase in respondent
costs. The burden hour increase is due
to an estimated increase in the number
of annual filings of Form OCE–46 from
5,901 to 8,699 per year, resulting in an
increase of 2,798 responses and 700
burden hours. The estimated annual
labor cost for industry resulting from
submitting Form OCE–46 is $67,287, an
increase of $17,760. The total annual
respondent cost has increased by
$7,992. This increase is due to the
increase in the number of respondents
filing paper forms. While the online
submission option exists, FMCSA still
estimates that approximately 2,310
respondents will continue to file the
form by mail, which incurs notarization
and postage fees. For the Federal
Government, the program costs have
increased by $19,707 due to the increase
in the number of forms received by
FMCSA.
Title: Request for Revocation of
Authority Granted.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0018.
Type of Request: Renewal of a
currently-approved ICR.
Respondents: For-hire motor carriers,
freight forwarders, and property brokers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
8,699.
Estimated Time per Response: 15
minutes (0.25 hours).
Expiration Date: September 30, 2023.

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Frequency of Response: Other (As
needed).
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
2,175.
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 performance of
FMCSA’s functions; (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
ICR.
Issued under the authority of 49 CFR
1.87.
Thomas P. Keane,
Associate Administrator, Office of Research
and Registration.
[FR Doc. 2023–05581 Filed 3–17–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. DOT MARAD 2023–0055]

Request for Comments on the Renewal
of a Previously Approved Information
Collection: Application and Reporting
Elements for Participation in the
Tanker Security Program
Maritime Administration, DOT.
60-Day Federal Register notice.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Maritime Administration
(MARAD) invites public comments on
our intention to request the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval to renew an information
collection in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The
proposed collection OMB 2133–0554
(Application and Reporting Elements for
Participation in the Tanker Security
Program) will be used to evaluate the
eligibility of the applicant for
participation in the Tanker Security
Program (TSP). A minor change request
to include a privacy act statement for
the collection of personally identifiable
information will be added to the form
for this collection. The Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 requires that we
publish this notice in the Federal
Register to obtain comments from the
public and affected agencies.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before May 19, 2023.
SUMMARY:

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