[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79418-79419]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-28042]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2022-0107]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved
Information Collection: Designation of Agents, Motor Carriers, Brokers
and Freight Forwarders
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 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 an ICR titled ``Designation of Agents, Motor Carriers, Brokers
and Freight Forwarders,'' OMB control number 2126-0015. This is
necessary to provide motor carriers, property brokers, and freight
forwarders a means of meeting process agent requirements. No comments
were received from the 60-day Federal Register publication.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before January
26, 2023.
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: Lorenzo Allen, Office of Registration,
DOT, FMCSA, 6th Floor, West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590-0001; 202-385-2465; [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Designation of Agents, Motor
Carriers, Brokers and Freight Forwarders.
OMB Control Number: 2126-0015.
Type of Request: Renewal.
Respondents: Motor carriers, freight forwarders and brokers.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 20,649.
Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes, or 0.167 hours.
Expiration Date: January 31, 2023.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 3,448 hours (20,649 respondents x
0.167 hours per response).
Background
The Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) is authorized to
register motor carriers under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13902;
freight forwarders under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13903; and
property brokers under provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13904. These persons may
conduct transportation services only if they are registered pursuant to
49 U.S.C. 13901. The Secretary delegated authority pertaining to these
registration requirements to FMCSA in 49 CFR 1.73(a)(5).
Registered motor carriers, brokers, and freight forwarders must
designate an agent on whom service of notices in proceedings before the
Secretary may be made (49 U.S.C. 13303). Registered motor carriers must
also designate an agent for every State in which they operate and
traverse in the United States during such operations, on whom process
issued by a court may be served in actions brought against the
registered motor carrier (49 U.S.C. 13304, 49 CFR 366.4T). Every broker
shall make a designation for each State in which its offices are
located or in which contracts are written (49 U.S.C. 13304, 49 CFR
366.4T). Regulations governing the designation of process agents are
found at 49 CFR part 366. This designation is filed with FMCSA on Form
BOC-3, ``Designation of Agents for Service of Process.''
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For this renewal, the program's annual burden hours decreased from
6,508 to 3,448. This is due to an updated estimate of the number of
respondents and responses.
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.
Thomas P. Keane,
Associate Administrator, Office of Research and Registration.
[FR Doc. 2022-28042 Filed 12-23-22; 8:45 am]
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