[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42475-42476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17746]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2010-0193]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of a 
Currently-Approved Information Collection Request: Transportation of 
Household Goods; Consumer Protection

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 
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. The FMCSA requests approval to revise and 
extend an information collection request (ICR) entitled, 
``Transportation of Household Goods; Consumer Protection.'' The 
information collected will be used to help regulate motor carriers 
transporting household goods for individual shippers.

DATES: Please send your comments by August 20, 2010. OMB must receive 
your comments by this date in order to act quickly on the ICR.

ADDRESSES: All comments should reference Federal Docket Management 
System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2010-0193. Interested persons are 
invited to submit written comments on the proposed information 
collection to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office 
of Management and Budget. Comments should be addressed to the attention 
of the Desk Officer, Department of Transportation/Office of the 
Secretary, and sent via electronic mail to http://www.regulations.gov 
or faxed to (202) 395-7245, or mailed to the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Docket Library, 
Room 10102, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. James R. Dubose, Commercial 
Enforcement Division, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, West 
Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20590. 
Telephone: 215-656-7251; e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Transportation of Household Goods; 
Consumer Protection.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0025.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently-approved information 
collection.
    Respondents: 6,000 household goods movers.
    Estimated Time per Response: Varies from 5 minutes to display 
assigned U.S. DOT number in created advertisement to 12.5 minutes to 
distribute consumer publication.
    Expiration Date: October 31, 2010.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 5,556,000 hours [Informational 
documents provided to prospective shippers 75,400 hours + Written Cost 
estimates for prospective shippers 4,620,000 hours + Service orders, 
bills of lading 805,300 hours + In-transit service notifications 22,600 
hours + complaint and inquiry records, including establishing records 
system 32,700 hours = 5,556,000].
    Background: The Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 
(Public Law 106-159, 113 Stat. 1749, December 9, 1999) (MCSIA) 
authorized the Secretary of Transportation to regulate household goods 
carriers engaged in interstate operations for individual shippers. In 
earlier legislation, Congress abolished the Interstate Commerce 
Commission and transferred the Commission's jurisdiction over household 
goods transportation to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) 
(ICC Termination Act of 1995, Public Law 104-88). Prior to FMCSA's 
establishment, the Secretary delegated this household goods 
jurisdiction to the Federal Highway Administration, FMCSA's predecessor 
organization within DOT.
    Sections 4202 through 4216 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, 
Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Pub. L. 109-
59, 119 Stat. 1144, Aug. 10, 2005) (SAFETEA-LU) amended various 
provisions of existing law regarding household goods transportation. It 
specifically addressed: Definitions (section 4202); payment of rates 
(section 4203); registration requirements for household goods motor 
carriers (section 4204); carrier operations (section 4205); enforcement 
of regulations (section 4206); liability of carriers under receipts and 
bills of lading (section 4207); arbitration requirements (section 
4208); civil penalties for brokers and unauthorized transportation 
(section 4209); penalties for holding goods hostage (section 4210); 
consumer handbook (section 4211); release of broker information 
(section 4212); working group for Federal-State relations (section 
4213); consumer complaint information (section 4214); review of 
liability of carriers (section 4215); and application of State laws 
(section 4216). The FMCSA regulations that set forth Federal 
requirements for movers that provide interstate transportation of 
household goods are found in 49 CFR part 375, ``Transportation of 
Household Goods; Consumer Protection Regulation.'' On May 10, 2010, 
FMCSA published a Federal Register notice (75 FR 25912) allowing for a 
60-day comment period on the revision of this ICR. No comments were 
received in response to the notice.

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 information 
collection.

    Issued on: July 13, 2010.
Kelly Leone,
Office Director, Office of Information Technology.
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