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after all relevant statutes of limitations
(at both State and Federal levels)
pertaining to legal discoverability
processes have expired.
FMCSA has determined that this
collection of information is necessary
for study completion. Currently, there is
no comprehensive, existing data set that
can be used for this project. Not
collecting this data would result in an
incomplete understanding of HOSrelated factors that impact crash risk
and the effect of alternative schedules as
they relate to various aspects of HOS
provisions on crash risk in CMV
operations. Further, the absence of this
information collection would prevent
FMCSA from meeting its goal—derived
from the 2015 report 1 by the National
Academies of Sciences, Engineering,
and Medicine—of developing a
comprehensive, structured database of
crash data and driver schedules to
benefit future research.
Title: Crash Risks by Commercial
Motor Vehicle (CMV) Driver Schedules.
OMB Control Number: 2126–XXXX.
Type of Request: New ICR.
Respondents: Motor carriers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
60.
Estimated Time per Response: 15
minutes (0.25 hours).
Expiration Date: N/A. This is a new
ICR.
Frequency of Response: One time
(IC1, IC2); quarterly (IC3).
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 45
hours.
The total annual burden is calculated
as the sum of IC1, IC2, and IC3:
IC1: 15 responses per year × 0.25
hours per response = 3.75 total annual
burden hours.
IC2: 15 responses per year × 0.25
hours per response = 3.75 total annual
burden hours.
IC3: 150 responses per year × 0.25
hours per response = 37.5 total annual
burden hours.
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
1 The report, ‘‘Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver
Fatigue, Long-Term Health, and Highway Safety,’’
is available at https://nap.nationalacademies.org/
catalog/21921/commercial-motor-vehicle-driverfatigue-long-term-health-and-highway-safety.

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the request for OMB’s clearance of this
ICR.
Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87.
Nicole Michel,
Acting Associate Administrator Office of
Research and Registration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2025–0091]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Renewal of a New
Information Collection Request: Lease
and Interchange of Vehicles
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
review and approval. This ICR will
enable FMCSA to document the burden
associated with the for-hire truck
leasing regulations and passenger carrier
regulations. These regulations require
certain for-hire property carriers and
certain for-hire and private passenger
carriers to have a formal lease when
leasing equipment from other motor
carriers. One public comment was
received in response to the 60-day
notice.

SUMMARY:

Comments on this notice must be
received on or before December 17,
2025.

DATES:

Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stacy Ropp, Compliance Division, DOT,
FMCSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590–0001; (609) 661–
2062; [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Lease and Interchange of
Vehicles.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0056.
ADDRESSES:

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Type of Request: Renewal of currently
approved ICR.
Respondents: Motor carriers
authorized by the Secretary to transport
property and passengers that use leased
equipment.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
31,677 [28,758 property carriers (lessees
and lessors) + 2,013 interstate
authorized for-hire passenger carriers
(lessees and lessors) + 236 interstate
exempt for-hire passenger carriers
(lessees and lessors) + 671 interstate
private motor carriers of passengers
(lessees and lessors)].
Estimated Time per Response: Varies
from 5 to 30 minutes.
Expiration Date: December 31, 2025.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
186,102 hours [28,758 hours for master
lease (creation of master leases by
lessees and lessors that are property
carriers) + 48,446 hours for standard
statement (creation of a statement or
copy of the lease to be carried in each
leased truck tractor) + 93,395 hours for
one-time lease negotiations by lessees
and lessors that are passenger carriers +
15,504 hours for lease documentation by
lessees and lessors that are passenger
carriers + zero or de minimis hours for
lease copying by passenger carriers].
Background
Under 49 United States Code (U.S.C.)
14102(a), The Secretary of
Transportation (Secretary) ‘‘may require
a motor carrier providing for-hire
transportation that uses motor vehicles
not owned by it to transport property
under an arrangement with another
party to
(1) make the arrangement in writing
signed by the parties specifying its
duration and the compensation to be
paid by the motor carrier;
(2) carry a copy of the arrangement in
each motor vehicle to which it applies
during the period the arrangement is in
effect;
(3) inspect the motor vehicles and
obtain liability and cargo insurance on
them; and
(4) have control of and be responsible
for operating those motor vehicles in
compliance with requirements
prescribed by the Secretary on safety of
operations and equipment, and with
other applicable law as if the motor
vehicles were owned by the motor
carrier.’’
The Secretary has delegated authority
pertaining to leased motor vehicles to
FMCSA pursuant to 49 CFR 1.87(a)(6).
The Agency’s regulations governing
leased motor vehicles are at 49 CFR part
376.

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The regulations were adopted to
ensure that small trucking companies
would be protected when they agreed to
lease their equipment and drivers to
larger for-hire carriers. They also ensure
the government and members of the
public can determine who is responsible
for a property-carrying commercial
motor vehicle (CMV). Prior to adoption
of the regulations, some equipment was
leased without written agreements,
leading to disputes over which party to
the lease was responsible for charges
and actions and, at times, who was
legally responsible for the vehicle.
The regulations specify what must be
covered in the lease but leave open how
many responsibilities must be divided.
The parties to the lease determine
numerous details between themselves.
Part 376 applies only to certain motor
carriers in interstate commerce and only
to certain leasing situations based on
exemptions set forth in § 376.11, which
cross reference other provisions in part
376. Section 376.11 provides that an
authorized carrier (a person or persons
authorized to engage in the
transportation of property as a motor
carrier under the provisions of 49 U.S.C.
13901 and 13902) may perform
authorized transportation using
equipment it does not own only when
the following conditions are met:
(1) There shall be a written lease
granting the use of the equipment and
meeting the requirements contained in
§ 376.12;
(2) Receipts, specifically identifying
the equipment to be leased and stating
the date and time of day possession is
transferred, shall be given; and
(3) The authorized carrier acquiring
the use of equipment under this section
shall identify the equipment as being in
its service.
Passenger transportation. FMCSA can
regulate the lease and interchange of
passenger-carrying CMVs based on the
authority of the Motor Carrier Act of
1935 and the Motor Carrier Safety Act
of 1984, as amended. FMCSA’s
regulations about the lease and
interchange of passenger-carrying CMVs
in 49 CFR part 390 subpart G help
ensure that passenger carriers cannot
evade FMCSA oversight and
enforcement by entering into lease
agreements to operate under the
authority of another carrier that
exercises no control over these
operations. Motor carriers that:
(1) operate passenger-carrying CMVs,
(2) have active operating authority
registration with FMCSA to transport
passengers, and
(3) engage in the lease or interchange
of passenger-CMVs with other motor
carriers that have active operating

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authority registration with FMCSA to
transport passengers, are not subject to
the regulations in 49 CFR part 390
subpart G and the recordkeeping
requirements therein.
Such regulations and requirements
also do not apply to financial leases
(such as a closed-end lease, hire
purchase, lease purchase, purchase
agreement, installment plan,
demonstration or loaner vehicle, etc.)
between a motor carrier and a bank or
similar financial organization or a
manufacturer or dealer of passengercarrying CMVs.
Section 390.403(b) specifies the four
required items of information that any
lease or interchange record document
for passenger-carrying CMVs is required
to contain. These are:
(1) vehicle identification information;
(2) information about and signatures
of the involved motor carriers of
passengers (the lessor and the lessee);
(3) specific duration of the lease or
interchange agreement; and
(4) a clear statement about exclusive
possession and responsibilities.
Section 390.403(c) requires a copy of
the lease or interchange agreement be on
the passenger-carrying CMV during the
period of the lease or interchange
agreement. Both the lessee and lessor
must retain a copy of the lease or
interchange agreement for one year after
the expiration date.
These property carrier and passenger
carrier provisions account for the
burden in this information collection.
The program change decrease of 26,154
estimated annual burden hours (186,102
proposed estimated annual burden
hours—212,256 currently approved
estimated annual burden hours) is due
to the availability of new data. Previous
estimates were based on 2021 data.
Current property carrier and passenger
carrier-related estimates are based on
the December 27, 2024, Motor Carrier
Management Information System and
Safety Measurement System snapshots.
The data pulled for the current ICR
shows a decrease in the overall number
of affected property carriers and an
increase in the overall number of
affected passenger carriers from the data
used in the previous ICR. The decrease
in the number of affected property
carriers was greater than the increase in
the overall number of affected passenger
carriers which resulted in a decrease in
the overall burden hours associated
with this ICR.
FMCSA received one public comment
in response to the 60-day notice
published in the Federal Register on
May 28, 2025 (90 FR 22560). The
comment stated that the proposed
agency collection should be extended

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for accountability needs of reporting
applicable contract expenditures and
passenger carrier regulations. FMCSA
agrees that the IC should be renewed for
another 3 years.
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.
Nicole Michel,
Acting Associate Administrator, Office of
Research and Registration.
[FR Doc. 2025–19974 Filed 11–14–25; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2025–0556]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Renewal of an Approved
Information Collection: Unified
Registration System, FMCSA
Registration/Updates
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. FMCSA requests approval to
renew the previously approved ICR now
titled ‘‘Unified Registration System,
FMCSA Registration/Updates,’’ OMB
Control No. 2126–0051. This ICR
applies to new registrants seeking initial
registration and operating authority
registration from FMCSA. New
registrants seeking to register with
FMCSA must use online Form MCSA–
1, accessible via the Unified Registration
System (URS).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received on or before January 16, 2026.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Docket Number FMCSA–
SUMMARY:

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