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Issued on: June 15, 2018.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
personal information the commenter
provides, to https://www.regulations.gov,
as described in the system of records
notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can
be reviewed at https://www.dot.gov/
privacy.
[FR Doc. 2018–13316 Filed 6–20–18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2013–0124; FMCSA–
2013–0125]
Qualification of Drivers; Exemption
Applications; Hearing
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of final disposition.
AGENCY:
FMCSA announces its
decision to renew exemptions for 3
individuals from the hearing
requirement in the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) for
interstate commercial motor vehicle
(CMV) drivers. The exemptions enable
these hard of hearing and deaf
individuals to continue to operate CMVs
in interstate commerce.
DATES: The exemptions were applicable
on March 27, 2018. The exemptions
expire on March 27, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Christine A. Hydock, Chief, Medical
Programs Division, 202–366–4001,
fmcsamedical@dot.gov, FMCSA,
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W64–224,
Washington, DC 20590–0001. Office
hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., E.T.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
holidays. If you have questions
regarding viewing or submitting
material to the docket, contact Docket
Services, telephone (202) 366–9826.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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I. Electronic Access
You may see all the comments online
through the Federal Document
Management System (FDMS) at: https://
www.regulations.gov.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments, go to https://
www.regulations.gov and/or Room
W12–140 on the ground level of the
West Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE, Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and
5 p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
Privacy Act: In accordance with 5
U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments
from the public to better inform its
rulemaking process. DOT posts these
comments, without edit, including any
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II. Background
On April 27, 2018, FMCSA published
a notice announcing its decision to
renew exemptions for 3 individuals
from the hearing standard in 49 CFR
391.41(b)(11) to operate a CMV in
interstate commerce and requested
comments from the public (83 FR
18623). The public comment period
ended on May 29, 2018, and no
comments were received.
As stated in the previous notice,
FMCSA has evaluated the eligibility of
these applicants and determined that
renewing these exemptions would
achieve a level of safety equivalent to or
greater than the level that would be
achieved by complying with the current
regulation 49 CFR 391.41(b)(11).
The physical qualification standard
for drivers regarding hearing found in
49 CFR 391.41(b)(11) states that a
person is physically qualified to driver
a CMV if that person first perceives a
forced whispered voice in the better ear
at not less than 5 feet with or without
the use of a hearing aid or, if tested by
use of an audiometric device, does not
have an average hearing loss in the
better ear greater than 40 decibels at 500
Hz, 1,000 Hz, and 2,000 Hz with or
without a hearing aid when the
audiometric device is calibrated to
American National Standard (formerly
ASA Standard) Z24.5—1951.
49 CFR 391.41(b)(11) was adopted in
1970, with a revision in 1971 to allow
drivers to be qualified under this
standard while wearing a hearing aid,
35 FR 6458, 6463 (April 22, 1970) and
36 FR 12857 (July 3, 1971).
III. Discussion of Comments
FMCSA received no comments in this
preceding.
Conclusion
Based upon its evaluation of the 3
renewal exemption applications,
FMCSA announces its’ decision to
exempt the following drivers from the
hearing requirement in 49 CFR
391.41(b)(11):
As of March 27, 2018, and in
accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31136(e) and
31315, the following 3 individuals have
satisfied the renewal conditions for
obtaining an exemption from the
hearing requirement in the FMCSRs for
interstate CMV drivers (FR 83 18623).
Marquarius Boyd, (MS); Keith Craig
Drown, (ID); and James Gooch, (KS).
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The drivers were included in docket
number FMCSA–2013–0124 and
FMCSA 2013–0125.
Their exemptions are applicable as of
March 27, 2018, and will expire on
March 27, 2020.
In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 31315,
each exemption will be valid for two
years from the effective date unless
revoked earlier by FMCSA. The
exemption will be revoked if the
following occurs: (1) The person fails to
comply with the terms and conditions
of the exemption; (2) the exemption has
resulted in a lower level of safety than
was maintained prior to being granted;
or (3) continuation of the exemption
would not be consistent with the goals
and objectives of 49 U.S.C. 31136 and
31315.
Issued on: June 15, 2018.
Larry W. Minor,
Associate Administrator for Policy.
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BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2018–0118]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Revision of an Approved
Information Collection: Inspection,
Repair and Maintenance
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), 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. The information
collection concerns records of
inspection, repair, and maintenance of
commercial motor vehicles (CMVs). The
FMCSA requests approval to revise and
renew an ICR entitled, ‘‘Inspection,
Repair and Maintenance.’’ FMCSA
collects this information to ensure that
motor carriers have adequate
documentation of their inspection,
repair, and maintenance programs
necessary to reduce the likelihood of
CMV crashes.
DATES: Please send your comments by
July 23, 2018. OMB must receive your
comments by this date in order to act
quickly on the ICR.
ADDRESSES: All comments should
reference Federal Docket Management
SUMMARY:
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System (FDMS) Docket Number
FMCSA–2018–0118. 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/Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, and sent via
electronic mail to oira_submission@
omb.eop.gov, or faxed to (202) 395–
6974, 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Mike Huntley, Vehicle and Roadside
Operations Division, Department of
Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, West Building
6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone:
202–366–9209; email michael.huntley@
dot.gov. Office hours are from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal Holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Inspection, Repair and
Maintenance.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0003.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved information
collection.
Respondents: Motor carriers and
commercial motor vehicle drivers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
543,061 motor carriers and 5,739,712
drivers.
Estimated Time per Response: Varies
according to the requirements for
specific records.
Expiration Date: July 31, 2018.
Frequency of Response: Varies
according to requirements for specific
records.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
13,791,001 hours [7,558,390 hours for
inspection, repair, and maintenance +
5,536,622 hours for driver vehicle
inspection reports + 194,586 hours for
disposition of roadside inspection
reports + 469,414 hours for periodic
inspections + 16,904 hours for records
of inspector qualifications + 15,085
hours for records of brake inspector
qualifications].
Background: The Secretary of
Transportation (Secretary) is authorized
under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 31502
to prescribe requirements for, among
other things, safety of operations of
equipment of motor carriers that operate
CMVs in interstate commerce. Under 49
U.S.C. 31136, the Secretary also has
authority to prescribe regulations to
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ensure that CMVs are maintained,
equipped, loaded and operated safely.
And under 49 U.S.C. 31142 the
Secretary must establish standards for
annual or more frequent inspections of
CMVs. The Secretary’s authority to
establish improved standards or
methods to ensure brakes and brake
systems of CMVs are inspected by
appropriate employees and maintained
properly is provided under 49 U.S.C.
31137(g).
Motor carriers must maintain, or
require maintenance of, records
documenting the inspection, repair and
maintenance activities performed on
their owned and leased vehicles. There
are no prescribed forms. Electronic
recordkeeping is allowed (see 49 CFR
390.31(d)). Documents requiring a
signature must be capable of replication
(i.e., photocopy, facsimile, etc.) in such
form that will provide an opportunity
for signature verification upon demand.
Also, if electronic recordkeeping is
used, all of the relevant data on the
original documents must be included in
the electronic transmission for the
records to be valid.
The motor carrier industry has never
questioned the need to keep CMV
maintenance records. In fact, most
motor carriers would keep some records
without any regulatory requirements to
do so. Records of inspection, repair, and
maintenance; roadside inspection
reports; driver vehicle inspection
reports; the documentation of periodic
inspections; the evidence of the
qualifications of individuals performing
periodic inspections; and the evidence
of brake inspectors’ qualifications
contain the minimum amount of
information necessary to document that
a motor carrier has established a system
of inspection, repair, and maintenance
for its equipment which meets the
standards in 49 CFR part 396.
FMCSA and its representatives use
these records to verify motor carriers’
compliance with the inspection, repair,
and maintenance standards in part 396.
This ICR supports the Department of
Transportation’s strategic goal of safety.
The ICR also ensures that motor carriers
have adequate records to document the
inspection, repair, and maintenance of
their CMVs, and to ensure that adequate
measures are taken to keep their CMVs
in safe and proper operating condition
at all times. Compliance with the
inspection, repair, and maintenance
regulations helps to reduce the
likelihood of accidents attributable, in
whole or in part, to the mechanical
condition of the CMV.
The Agency does not intend to revise
the substantive contents of this
information collection, the frequency of
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information collection, or how it uses
the information. Because the previous
four updates to this information
collection were developed in
conjunction with rulemaking actions,
only those sections of the information
collection affected by the specific
rulemaking changes were amended
during the previous four updates and a
comprehensive update of the
information collection has not been
done since 2006. This renewal includes
updated data regarding the number of
motor carriers subject to the Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Regulations,
vehicle counts, inspections, and other
underlying data used to estimate the
total burden hours. In addition, this
revision corrects the manner in which:
(1) The burden associated with routine
inspection, repair and maintenance
records is calculated, by including nonpowered CMVs in addition to power
units; and (2) the burden associated
with periodic inspection records is
calculated, by using only the records
associated with the once-per-year
inspection conducted in accordance
with 49 CFR Chapter III, Subchapter B,
Appendix G. Finally, this revision
corrects the calculation of the burden
associated with Driver-Vehicle
Inspection Reports (DVIRs) by including
the 30 seconds required for motor
carrier certification of corrective action
for defect DVIRs that was inadvertently
omitted in the calculation of this
estimate in the December 2014 NoDefect DVIR rule.
If the recordkeeping were required to
be completed less frequently, it would
greatly hinder the ability of FMCSA and
State officials and representatives to
ascertain that CMVs are satisfactorily
maintained. The timely documentation
of CMV inspection, repair, and
maintenance enables FMCSA and State
officials to evaluate the present state of
a motor carrier’s CMV maintenance
program and to check the current level
of regulatory compliance at any point in
a carrier’s maintenance schedule or
program.
The FMCSA has identified periodic
inspection standards of 22 States, the
District of Columbia, the Alabama
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Board, 10
Canadian Provinces, and one Canadian
Territory that are comparable to, or as
effective as, the Federal periodic
inspection requirements. The FMCSA
does not require Federal periodic
inspections and the related
recordkeeping for motor carriers that
comply with these equivalent periodic
inspection programs. The FMCSA is not
aware of any other duplicative
standards or recordkeeping
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requirements that apply to motor
carriers.
The FMCSA does not employ this
collection of information for statistical
use.
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 FMCSA to perform its
functions; (2) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (3) ways for the
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 delegated in 49
CFR 1.87 on: June 15, 2018.
G. Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of
Research and Information Technology.
[FR Doc. 2018–13319 Filed 6–20–18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD–2018–0096]
Requested Administrative Waiver of
the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel
MAGICAL DAYS; Invitation for Public
Comments
Maritime Administration, DOT.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Secretary of
Transportation, as represented by the
Maritime Administration (MARAD), is
authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.build requirement of the coastwise laws
under certain circumstances. A request
for such a waiver has been received by
MARAD. The vessel, and a brief
description of the proposed service, is
listed below.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
July 23, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to
docket number MARAD–2018–0096.
Written comments may be submitted by
hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk,
U.S. Department of Transportation,
Docket Operations, M–30, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590. You may also
send comments electronically via the
internet at https://www.regulations.gov.
All comments will become part of this
docket and will be available for
inspection and copying at the above
address between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
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federal holidays. An electronic version
of this document and all documents
entered into this docket is available at
https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bianca Carr, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Room W23–453,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202–
366–9309, Email Bianca.carr@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As
described by the applicant the intended
service of the vessel MAGICAL DAYS
is:
—Intended Commercial Use of Vessel:
‘‘Private yacht available for charters of
no more than 8 passengers’’
—Geographic Region: ‘‘Maine, New
Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York
(excluding New York Harbor), New
Jersey, Delaware, Washington, DC,
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Puerto Rico’’
The complete application is given in
DOT docket MARAD–2018–0096 at
https://www.regulations.gov. Interested
parties may comment on the effect this
action may have on U.S. vessel builders
or businesses in the U.S. that use U.S.flag vessels. If MARAD determines, in
accordance with 46 U.S.C. 12121 and
MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part
388, that the issuance of the waiver will
have an unduly adverse effect on a U.S.vessel builder or a business that uses
U.S.-flag vessels in that business, a
waiver will not be granted. Comments
should refer to the docket number of
this notice and the vessel name in order
for MARAD to properly consider the
comments. Comments should also state
the commenter’s interest in the waiver
application, and address the waiver
criteria given in section 388.4 of
MARAD’s regulations at 46 CFR part
388.
Privacy Act
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c),
DOT/MARAD solicits comments from
the public to better inform its
rulemaking process. DOT/MARAD posts
these comments, without edit, to
www.regulations.gov, as described in
the system of records notice, DOT/ALL–
14 FDMS, accessible through
www.dot.gov/privacy. In order to
facilitate comment tracking and
response, we encourage commenters to
provide their name, or the name of their
organization; however, submission of
names is completely optional. Whether
or not commenters identify themselves,
all timely comments will be fully
considered. If you wish to provide
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comments containing proprietary or
confidential information, please contact
the agency for alternate submission
instructions.
(Authority: 49 CFR 1.93(a), 46 U.S.C. 55103,
46 U.S.C. 12121)
*
*
*
*
*
Dated: June 18, 2018.
By Order of the Maritime Administrator.
T. Mitchell Hudson, Jr.,
Secretary, Maritime Administration.
[FR Doc. 2018–13310 Filed 6–20–18; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4910–81–P
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Maritime Administration
[Docket No. MARAD–2018–0095]
Requested Administrative Waiver of
the Coastwise Trade Laws: Vessel
MAYAN SOL; Invitation for Public
Comments
Maritime Administration, DOT.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Secretary of
Transportation, as represented by the
Maritime Administration (MARAD), is
authorized to grant waivers of the U.S.build requirement of the coastwise laws
under certain circumstances. A request
for such a waiver has been received by
MARAD. The vessel, and a brief
description of the proposed service, is
listed below.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
July 23, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to
docket number MARAD–2018–0095.
Written comments may be submitted by
hand or by mail to the Docket Clerk,
U.S. Department of Transportation,
Docket Operations, M–30, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590. You may also
send comments electronically via the
internet at https://www.regulations.gov.
All comments will become part of this
docket and will be available for
inspection and copying at the above
address between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00
p.m., Monday through Friday, except
federal holidays. An electronic version
of this document and all documents
entered into this docket is available at
https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bianca Carr, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Maritime
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Room W23–453,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone 202–
366–9309, Email Bianca.carr@dot.gov.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2018-0118]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of an Approved
Information Collection: Inspection, Repair and Maintenance
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 review
and approval. The information collection concerns records of
inspection, repair, and maintenance of commercial motor vehicles
(CMVs). The FMCSA requests approval to revise and renew an ICR
entitled, ``Inspection, Repair and Maintenance.'' FMCSA collects this
information to ensure that motor carriers have adequate documentation
of their inspection, repair, and maintenance programs necessary to
reduce the likelihood of CMV crashes.
DATES: Please send your comments by July 23, 2018. OMB must receive
your comments by this date in order to act quickly on the ICR.
ADDRESSES: All comments should reference Federal Docket Management
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System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2018-0118. 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/Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, and sent via electronic mail to
[email protected], or faxed to (202) 395-6974, 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Mike Huntley, Vehicle and Roadside
Operations Division, Department of Transportation, Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration, West Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 202-366-9209; email
[email protected]. Office hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Inspection, Repair and Maintenance.
OMB Control Number: 2126-0003.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved information
collection.
Respondents: Motor carriers and commercial motor vehicle drivers.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 543,061 motor carriers and
5,739,712 drivers.
Estimated Time per Response: Varies according to the requirements
for specific records.
Expiration Date: July 31, 2018.
Frequency of Response: Varies according to requirements for
specific records.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 13,791,001 hours [7,558,390 hours
for inspection, repair, and maintenance + 5,536,622 hours for driver
vehicle inspection reports + 194,586 hours for disposition of roadside
inspection reports + 469,414 hours for periodic inspections + 16,904
hours for records of inspector qualifications + 15,085 hours for
records of brake inspector qualifications].
Background: The Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) is
authorized under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 31502 to prescribe
requirements for, among other things, safety of operations of equipment
of motor carriers that operate CMVs in interstate commerce. Under 49
U.S.C. 31136, the Secretary also has authority to prescribe regulations
to ensure that CMVs are maintained, equipped, loaded and operated
safely. And under 49 U.S.C. 31142 the Secretary must establish
standards for annual or more frequent inspections of CMVs. The
Secretary's authority to establish improved standards or methods to
ensure brakes and brake systems of CMVs are inspected by appropriate
employees and maintained properly is provided under 49 U.S.C. 31137(g).
Motor carriers must maintain, or require maintenance of, records
documenting the inspection, repair and maintenance activities performed
on their owned and leased vehicles. There are no prescribed forms.
Electronic recordkeeping is allowed (see 49 CFR 390.31(d)). Documents
requiring a signature must be capable of replication (i.e., photocopy,
facsimile, etc.) in such form that will provide an opportunity for
signature verification upon demand. Also, if electronic recordkeeping
is used, all of the relevant data on the original documents must be
included in the electronic transmission for the records to be valid.
The motor carrier industry has never questioned the need to keep
CMV maintenance records. In fact, most motor carriers would keep some
records without any regulatory requirements to do so. Records of
inspection, repair, and maintenance; roadside inspection reports;
driver vehicle inspection reports; the documentation of periodic
inspections; the evidence of the qualifications of individuals
performing periodic inspections; and the evidence of brake inspectors'
qualifications contain the minimum amount of information necessary to
document that a motor carrier has established a system of inspection,
repair, and maintenance for its equipment which meets the standards in
49 CFR part 396.
FMCSA and its representatives use these records to verify motor
carriers' compliance with the inspection, repair, and maintenance
standards in part 396. This ICR supports the Department of
Transportation's strategic goal of safety. The ICR also ensures that
motor carriers have adequate records to document the inspection,
repair, and maintenance of their CMVs, and to ensure that adequate
measures are taken to keep their CMVs in safe and proper operating
condition at all times. Compliance with the inspection, repair, and
maintenance regulations helps to reduce the likelihood of accidents
attributable, in whole or in part, to the mechanical condition of the
CMV.
The Agency does not intend to revise the substantive contents of
this information collection, the frequency of information collection,
or how it uses the information. Because the previous four updates to
this information collection were developed in conjunction with
rulemaking actions, only those sections of the information collection
affected by the specific rulemaking changes were amended during the
previous four updates and a comprehensive update of the information
collection has not been done since 2006. This renewal includes updated
data regarding the number of motor carriers subject to the Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, vehicle counts, inspections, and
other underlying data used to estimate the total burden hours. In
addition, this revision corrects the manner in which: (1) The burden
associated with routine inspection, repair and maintenance records is
calculated, by including non-powered CMVs in addition to power units;
and (2) the burden associated with periodic inspection records is
calculated, by using only the records associated with the once-per-year
inspection conducted in accordance with 49 CFR Chapter III, Subchapter
B, Appendix G. Finally, this revision corrects the calculation of the
burden associated with Driver-Vehicle Inspection Reports (DVIRs) by
including the 30 seconds required for motor carrier certification of
corrective action for defect DVIRs that was inadvertently omitted in
the calculation of this estimate in the December 2014 No-Defect DVIR
rule.
If the recordkeeping were required to be completed less frequently,
it would greatly hinder the ability of FMCSA and State officials and
representatives to ascertain that CMVs are satisfactorily maintained.
The timely documentation of CMV inspection, repair, and maintenance
enables FMCSA and State officials to evaluate the present state of a
motor carrier's CMV maintenance program and to check the current level
of regulatory compliance at any point in a carrier's maintenance
schedule or program.
The FMCSA has identified periodic inspection standards of 22
States, the District of Columbia, the Alabama Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Board, 10 Canadian Provinces, and one Canadian Territory that are
comparable to, or as effective as, the Federal periodic inspection
requirements. The FMCSA does not require Federal periodic inspections
and the related recordkeeping for motor carriers that comply with these
equivalent periodic inspection programs. The FMCSA is not aware of any
other duplicative standards or recordkeeping
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requirements that apply to motor carriers.
The FMCSA does not employ this collection of information for
statistical use.
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 FMCSA to perform its functions; (2) the
accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways for the 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 delegated in 49 CFR 1.87 on: June 15,
2018.
G. Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of Research and Information
Technology.
[FR Doc. 2018-13319 Filed 6-20-18; 8:45 am]
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