Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
12/18/2023
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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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.
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