[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 95 (Monday, May 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21384-21385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08861]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2024-0233]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved 
Information Collection: Electronic Logging Device (ELD) Vendor 
Registration

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

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FMCSA 
announces its intent to submit the Information Collection Request (ICR) 
described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review 
and approval and invites public comment. FMCSA requests approval to 
renew an ICR titled, ``Electronic Logging Device (ELD) Vendor 
Registration.'' This ICR is necessary for ELD vendors to register their 
ELDs with the Agency.

DATES: We must receive your comments on or before July 15, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent 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: Mr. David Sutula, Chief, Vehicle and 
Roadside Operations Division, Office of Carrier, Driver, and Vehicle 
Safety, FMCSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001; 
(202) 366-9209; [email protected]. If you have questions on viewing or 
submitting

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material to the docket, call Dockets Operations at (202) 366-9826.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Electronic Logging Device (ELD) Vendor Registration.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0062.
    Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: ELD vendors.
    Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 94.
    Estimated Time per Response: 15 minutes.
    Expiration Date: July 31, 2025.
    Frequency of Response: On occasion.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 71 hours [94 respondents x 1 device 
per respondent x 3 updates per device x 15 minutes per response].
    Background: The ELD regulations in 49 CFR part 395, subpart B 
establish minimum performance and design standards for hours-of-service 
(HOS) ELDs; requirements for the mandatory use of these devices by 
drivers currently required to prepare HOS records of duty status 
(RODS); requirements concerning HOS supporting documents; and measures 
to address concerns about harassment resulting from the mandatory use 
of ELDs.
    To ensure consistency among ELD vendors and devices, detailed 
functional specifications were published as part of a final rule 
published December 16, 2015 (80 FR 78292) and may currently be found in 
appendix A to subpart B of part 395, 49 CFR. Each ELD vendor developing 
an ELD technology must self-certify and register their devices online 
at a secure FMCSA website via Form MCSA-5893, ``Electronic Logging 
Device (ELD) Vendor Registration and Certification.'' The ELD provider 
must certify that its ELD is compliant with the functional 
specifications. Each ELD vendor must certify that each ELD model and 
version has been sufficiently tested to meet the functional 
requirements in appendix A under the conditions in which the ELD will 
be used.
    FMCSA expects 100 percent of respondents to submit their 
information electronically. Once completed, FMCSA issues a unique 
identification number that the ELD vendor will embed in their 
device(s). FMCSA maintains a list on its website of the current ELD 
vendors and devices that have been certified (by the vendors) to meet 
the functional specifications. The information is necessary for fleets 
and drivers to easily find a compliant ELD for meeting the requirements 
of the FMCSA regulations requiring the use of ELDs.
    On January 8, 2025, FMCSA published a notice in the Federal 
Register (90 FR 1593) with a 60-day public comment period announcing 
its intent to renew the information collection. The Agency received one 
comment in response; however, the commenter did not address any 
specific aspects of the ICR or provide any indication that the request 
would be burdensome.
    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 under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87.

Kenneth Riddle,
Acting Associate Administrator for Research, Technology and 
Registration.
[FR Doc. 2025-08861 Filed 5-16-25; 8:45 am]
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