[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 70 (Thursday, April 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21704-21705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08481]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2013-0051]


Agency Information Collection Activities; New Information 
Collection: Commercial Motor Vehicle Marking Requirements

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, 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. This ICR will enable 
FMCSA to document the burden associated with the marking regulations 
codified in 49 CFR 390.21, ``Marking of Self-Propelled CMVs and 
Intermodal Equipment.'' These regulations require marking of vehicles 
and intermodal equipment by motor carriers, freight forwarders and 
intermodal equipment providers (IEPs) engaging in interstate 
transportation.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

DATES: We must receive your comments on or before June 10, 2013.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Federal Docket 
Management System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2013-0051 using any of the 
following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
     Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, Ground 
Floor, Room W12-140, 20590-0001.
     Hand Delivery or Courier: West Building, Ground Floor, 
Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 
a.m. and 5 p.m. e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Instructions: All submissions must include the Agency name and 
docket number. For detailed instructions on submitting comments and 
additional information on the exemption process, see the Public 
Participation heading below. Note that all comments received will be 
posted without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any 
personal information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading 
below.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov, and follow the 
online instructions for accessing the dockets, or go to the street 
address listed above.
    Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search the electronic form of all 
comments received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or signing the comment, if submitted on behalf 
of an association, business, labor union, etc.). You may review the 
Department of Transportation's (DOT) complete Privacy Act Statement for 
the Federal Docket Management System published in the Federal Register 
on January 17, 2008 (73 FR 3316).
    Public Participation: The Federal eRulemaking Portal is available 
24 hours each day, 365 days each year. You can obtain electronic 
submission and retrieval help and guidelines under the ``help'' section 
of the Federal eRulemaking Portal Web site. If you want us to notify 
you that we received your comments, please include a self-addressed, 
stamped envelope or postcard, or print the acknowledgement page that 
appears after submitting comments online. Comments received after the 
comment closing date will be included in the docket and will be 
considered to the extent practicable.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Kelly, Chief, Compliance 
Division, Office of Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, 20590-0001. Telephone: 202-366-1812; 
Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Background: The Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) is 
authorized to require marking of vehicles and intermodal equipment by 
motor carriers, freight forwarders and intermodal equipment providers 
(IEPs) engaging in interstate transportation under the 49 U.S.C. 
31133(a)(8) and 49 U.S.C. 31133(a)(10). The Secretary has delegated 
authority pertaining to the marking of commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) 
pursuant to 49 CFR 1.87(f). The Agency's regulation governing the 
marking of CMVs is at 49 CFR 390.21.
    Vehicle marking requirements are intended to ensure that FMCSA, the 
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and State safety officials 
are able to identify motor carriers and correctly assign responsibility 
for regulatory violations during inspections, investigations, 
compliance reviews, and

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crash studies. These marking requirements will also provide the public 
with beneficial information that could also assist in identifying 
carriers for the purposes of commerce, complaints or emergency 
notification. The marking requirements apply to motor carriers, freight 
forwarders and intermodal equipment providers (IEPs) engaging in 
interstate transportation. The Agency does not require a specific 
method of marking as long as the marking complies with FMCSA's 
regulations.
    Title: Marking of Self-Propelled CMVs and Intermodal Equipment.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-XXXX.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Respondents: Freight carrying commercial motor carriers, Passenger 
carrying commercial motor carriers, and intermodal equipment providers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 191,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 26 minutes [12 minutes to affix DOT 
Number + 14 minutes for affixing a carrier's name = 26].
    Expiration Date: N/A.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 655,000 [620,000 hours for 
freight carrying commercial carriers + 26,000 hours for passenger 
carrying commercial motor carriers + 9,000 hours for intermodal 
equipment providers (IEPs) = 655,000].
    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: April 2, 2013.
G. Kelly Leone,
Associate Administrator, Office of Research and Information Technology 
and Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-08481 Filed 4-10-13; 8:45 am]
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