Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
12/18/2023
table that charts list comparision
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
12/31/2023
512,200,507
290,365,605
19,103,153
11,389,254
1,940,058
435,523,452
It is generally recognized that there is a relationship between inspection, repair, and maintenance practices for CMVs and defect-related CMV accidents. CMVs are frequently operated in excess of 100,000 miles annually. Safety professionals, enforcement officials and personnel, and employees in the trucking and motorcoach industries recognize that documenting CMV inspection, repair, and maintenance is an important activity to the furtherance of highway safety. These records are also critically important in determining if a motor carrier's maintenance practices were causal factors in an accident.
The purpose of the collection is to enable FMCSA and State enforcement personnel to evaluate a motor carrier's CMV maintenance program by the documentation of CMV inspection, repair, and maintenance. FMCSA will also be able to check the current level of regulatory compliance of the carrier at any point in its maintenance schedule or program. The information collection ensures that motor carriers have adequate records to document the inspection, repair, and maintenance of their CMVs, and to ensure that adequate measures are taken to keep their CMVs in safe and proper operating condition at all times. Compliance with the inspection, repair, and maintenance regulations helps to reduce the likelihood of accidents attributable, in whole or in part, to the mechanical condition of the CMV.
FMCSA does not require inspection, repair and maintenance information to be submitted to the agency. The information collection is mandatory. Motor carriers and IEPs are required to maintain the equipment information at their facilities and to make the information available if requested during a compliance review or investigation. This information collection involves only one reporting requirement that has no confidentiality implications. All other components of this information collection are recordkeeping requirements. The recordkeeping requirements are minimal and there are no prescribed forms for carriers to use to meet these requirements. For some required records, motor carriers may either maintain them or cause a third party to do so. The regulations also permit the motor carrier to establish its own systematic CMV maintenance program on either a mileage or time basis.
The information is used by the FMCSA and State officials during compliance and enforcement activities to verify that a motor carrier (and, for IME, an IEP) has established an inspection, repair, and maintenance program for its equipment which meets the standards in part 396. During these activities, FMCSA and State officials and representatives examine the information to determine whether the motor carrier systematically inspects, repairs, and maintains all CMVs subject to its control. The systematic program must include routine inspections and maintenance. The program must also include reports of vehicle defects by drivers, thorough inspections at least once per year by qualified individuals, and performance of work on brakes by qualified employees.
US Code:
49 USC 31502
Name of Law: Requirements for qualification, hours of service, and equipment standards
This renewal includes updated data regarding the number of motor carriers subject to the FMCSRs, vehicle counts, inspections, and other underlying data used to estimate the total burden hours. As explained in section 12, the estimated annual burden hours have increased from 11,389,254 to 19,103,153 and the number of responses has increased from 290,365,605 to 512,200,507.
The annual cost to respondents is cost burden related to the mailing of inspection reports by drivers and motor carriers, IC-5 and IC-6. The cost is calculated as $1,940,058 which is an increase of $182,986 from the previous estimate of $1,757,072. Wage related burden hour cost was inadvertently reported in the previous ICR submittal instead of the annual cost to respondents shown in IC-5 and IC-6. The $435,523,452 shown in the table above should have been $1,757,072 and the change in estimate should be $182,986.
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No
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Joshua Jones 202 366-7332
Reginfo record details
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.
30-Day FR for 2126-0003 (88 FR 86725).pdf
PRA-2126-0003 Supporting Statement 12.07.23.docx
Section 4118 of SAFETEA-LU.doc
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century.html
IC-9: Evidence of Brake Inspector Qualifications