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balloons) within the United States and
for flights across international borders.
Paragraphs 91.153 and 91.169, address
flight plan information requirements.
Paragraph 91.173 states requirements for
when an instrument flight rules (IFR)
flight plan must be filed. International
Standards Rules of the Air, Annex 2 to
the Convention on International Civil
Aviation paragraph 3.3 states
requirements for filing international
flight plans. In addition, a Washington,
District of Columbia (DC) Special Flight
Rules Area (SFRA) was implemented
requiring pilots operating within a
certain radius of Washington, DC to
follow special security flight rules. The
SFRA also includes three (3) general
aviation airports in Maryland (College
Park, Clinton/Washington Executive/
Hyde Field, and Friendly/Potomac
Airfield) where pilots are required to
file a flight plan regardless of whether
they are flying under visual flight rules
(VFR) or IFR. This collection of
information supports the Department of
Homeland Security and the Department
of Defense in addition to the normal
flight plan purposes.
Almost 100 percent of flight plans are
filed electronically. However, as a
courtesy to the aviation public, flight
plans may be submitted in paper form.
Flight plans may be filed in the
following ways:
• Air carrier and air taxi operations,
and certain corporate aviation
departments, have been granted
authority to electronically file flight
plans directly with the FAA. The
majority of air carrier and air taxi flights
are processed in this manner.
• Air carrier and air taxi operators
may submit pre-stored flight plan
information on scheduled flights to Air
Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC)
to be entered electronically at the
appropriate times.
• Pilots may call 1–800–WX–BRIEF
(992–7433) and file flight plans with a
flight service station specialist who
enters the information directly into a
computer system that automatically
transmits the information to the
appropriate air traffic facility. Pilots
calling certain flight service stations
have the option of using a voice
recorder to store the information that
will later be entered by a specialist.
• Private and corporate pilots who fly
the same aircraft and routes at regular
times may prestore flight plans with
flight service stations. The flight plans
will then be entered automatically into
the air traffic system at the appropriate
time.
• Pilots who visit a flight service
station in person may choose to a file
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data will then be entered into a
computer and filed electronically. The
pilot will often keep the paper copy for
his/her record.
Respondents: Air carrier and air taxi
operations, and certain corporate
aviation departments, General Aviation
Pilots.
Frequency: On occasion.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 2.5 minutes per flight plan.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
287,447.
Issued in Washington, DC, on September
19, 2023.
Aldwin E. Humphrey,
Air Traffic Control Specialist, Office of Flight
Service Safety and Operations, AJR–B.
[FR Doc. 2023–20696 Filed 9–22–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Revision of an Approved
Information Collection: Inspection,
Repair and Maintenance
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 information collection
concerns records of inspection, repair,
and maintenance of commercial motor
vehicles (CMVs). FMCSA requests
approval to revise an ICR titled,
‘‘Inspection, Repair and Maintenance.’’
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before November 24, 2023.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Docket Number FMCSA–
2023–0159 using any of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail: Dockets Operations; U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building,
Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590–
0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: Dockets
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Instructions

[Docket No. FMCSA–2023–0159]

SUMMARY:

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, West Building, Ground
Floor, Washington, DC 20590–0001
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
To be sure someone is there to help you,
please call (202) 366–9317 or (202) 366–
9826 before visiting Dockets Operations.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
To avoid duplication, please use only
one of these four methods. See the
‘‘Public Participation and Request for
Comments’’ portion of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for
instructions on submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Jose R. Cestero, Vehicle and Roadside
Operations Division, DOT, FMCSA,
West Building, 6th Floor, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC
20590; 202–366–5541; jose.cestero@
dot.gov.

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.
Public Participation and Request for
Comments
If you submit a comment, please
include the docket number for this
notice (FMCSA–2023–0159), indicate
the specific section of this document to
which your comment applies, and
provide a reason for each suggestion or
recommendation. You may submit your
comments and material online or by fax,
mail, or hand delivery, but please use
only one of these means. FMCSA
recommends that you include your
name and a mailing address, an email
address, or a phone number in the body
of your document so FMCSA can
contact you if there are questions
regarding your submission. 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.
To submit your comment online, go to
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/
FMCSA-2023-0159/document, click on
this notice, click ‘‘Comment,’’ and type
your comment into the text box on the
following screen.
If you submit your comments by mail
or hand delivery, submit them in an

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unbound format, no larger than 81⁄2 by
11 inches, suitable for copying and
electronic filing.
Comments received after the comment
closing date will be included in the
docket and will be considered to the
extent practicable.

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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.
Background
The Secretary of Transportation
(Secretary) is authorized under the
provisions of 49 U.S.C. 31502 to
prescribe requirements for, among other
things, safety of operations of
equipment of motor carriers that operate
CMVs in interstate commerce. Under 49
U.S.C. 31136, the Secretary also has
authority to prescribe regulations to
ensure that CMVs are maintained,
equipped, loaded, and operated safely.
Under 49 U.S.C. 31142 the Secretary
must establish standards for annual or
more frequent inspections of CMVs. The
Secretary’s authority to establish
improved standards or methods to
ensure brakes and brake systems of
CMVs are inspected by appropriate
employees and maintained properly is
provided under 49 U.S.C. 31137(g).
Motor carriers must maintain, or
require maintenance of, records
documenting the inspection, repair and
maintenance activities performed on
their owned and leased vehicles. There
are no prescribed forms. Electronic
recordkeeping is allowed (see 49 CFR
390.31(d)). Documents requiring a
signature must be capable of replication
(e.g., photocopy, facsimile, etc.) in such
form that will provide an opportunity
for signature verification upon demand.
Also, if electronic recordkeeping is
used, all of the relevant data on the
original documents must be included in
the electronic transmission for the
records to be valid.
The motor carrier industry has never
questioned the need to keep CMV
maintenance records. In fact, most
motor carriers would keep some records
without any regulatory requirements to
do so. Records of inspection, repair, and
maintenance; roadside inspection
reports; driver vehicle inspection
reports; the documentation of periodic
inspections; the evidence of the
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periodic inspections; and the evidence
of brake inspectors’ qualifications
contain the minimum amount of
information necessary to document that
a motor carrier has established a system
of inspection, repair, and maintenance
for its equipment which meets the
standards in 49 CFR part 396.
FMCSA and its representatives use
these records to verify motor carriers’
compliance with the inspection, repair,
and maintenance standards in part 396.
This ICR supports DOT’s strategic goal
of safety. The ICR also 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.
This ICR submittal includes updated
data regarding the number of motor
carriers subject to the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Regulations, vehicle
counts, inspections, and other
underlying data used to estimate the
total burden hours. In addition, this
revision eliminates the requirement that
drivers of passenger-carrying CMVs
operating in interstate commerce
submit, and motor carriers retain,
Driver-Vehicle Inspection Reports
(DVIRs) when the driver has neither
found nor been made aware of any
vehicle defects or deficiencies (nodefect DVIRs).
If the recordkeeping were required to
be completed less frequently, it would
greatly hinder the ability of FMCSA and
State officials and representatives to
ascertain that CMVs are satisfactorily
maintained. The timely documentation
of CMV inspection, repair, and
maintenance enables FMCSA and State
officials to evaluate the present state of
a motor carrier’s CMV maintenance
program and to check the current level
of regulatory compliance at any point in
a carrier’s maintenance schedule or
program.
FMCSA has identified periodic
inspection standards of 22 States, the
District of Columbia, the Alabama
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board, 10
Canadian Provinces, and one Canadian
Territory that are comparable to, or as
effective as, the Federal periodic
inspection requirements. FMCSA does
not require Federal periodic inspections
and the related recordkeeping for motor
carriers that comply with these
equivalent periodic inspection
programs. FMCSA is not aware of any
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recordkeeping requirements that apply
to motor carriers.
FMCSA does not employ this
collection of information for statistical
use.
Title: Inspection, Repair and
Maintenance.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0003.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved information
collection.
Respondents: Motor carriers and CMV
drivers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
757,652 motor carriers and 5,646,722
drivers.
Estimated Time per Response: Varies
according to the requirements for
specific records.
Expiration Date: December 31, 2023.
Frequency of Response: Varies
according to requirements for specific
records.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
19,103,153 hours [14,602,802 hours for
inspection, repair, and maintenance +
3,516,342 hours for driver inspection
reports + 161,528 hours for disposition
of roadside inspection reports + 777,864
hours for periodic inspections + 23,571
hours for records of inspector
qualifications + 21,046 hours for records
of brake inspector qualifications].
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. 2023–20641 Filed 9–22–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Railroad Administration
[Docket No. FRA–2023–0002–N–15]

Proposed Agency Information
Collection Activities; Comment
Request
Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA), Department of
Transportation (DOT).

AGENCY:

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