Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Designation of Agents, Motor Carriers, Brokers and Freight Forwarders, 36653-36654 [2019-15956]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
Rescinding the Notice of Intent for an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS):
Centre County, Pennsylvania
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice rescinds the
Notice of Intent for preparing an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for a proposed highway in Centre
County, Pennsylvania. The project study
area includes U.S. Route 322 (U.S. 322),
Pennsylvania State Route 144 (PA 144),
Pennsylvania State Route 45 (PA 45) in
College Township, Harris Township,
Spring Township, Benner Township,
Potter Township, and Centre Hall
Borough, Centre County, Pennsylvania.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Camille Otto, Environmental Manager,
FHWA, Pennsylvania Division, 228
Walnut Street, Room 508, Harrisburg,
PA 17101–1720, Telephone: (717) 221–
2238 (email: Camille.Otto@dot.gov), or
Thomas Zurat, P.E., Assistant District
Executive—Design, District 2–0,
Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation, 70 PennDOT Drive,
Clearfield, PA 16830, Telephone: 814–
765–0426 (email: tzurat@pa.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
FHWA in cooperation with the
Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation (PennDOT) and the
Centre Region Metropolitan Planning
Organization initiated an EIS with a
Notice of Intent published in the
Federal Register on June 9, 1999, at 64
FR 31034, to identify and evaluate
alternatives to address transportation
problems within the southern central
Centre County area. The proposed
project would involve improvements to
transportation conditions on the U.S.
322, PA 144, PA 45 and the local road
systems, between Potters Mills, Pleasant
Gap, and Boalsburg in south central
Centre County.
Improvements for this corridor were
considered necessary to provide for the
existing and projected traffic demands.
A needs study was undertaken and a
range of transportation alternatives,
including but not limited to No-Build,
Transportation Systems Management
(TSM) strategies, upgrading existing
facilities, and New Alignment
alternatives were developed consistent
with land use strategies to address the
identified transportation needs. The
development of alternatives was based
on traffic demands, engineering
requirements, environmental and
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socioeconomic constraints, and public
input. Public involvement and interagency coordination were maintained
throughout the development of the EIS.
Due to fiscal constraints within the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania at the
time, the project was halted on March
23, 2004, and the Notice of Intent is now
rescinded.
Issued on: July 22, 2019.
Alicia Nolan,
Division Administrator, Federal Highway
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2019–0152]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Renewal of an Approved
Information Collection: Designation of
Agents, Motor Carriers, Brokers and
Freight Forwarders
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 its
review and approval and invites public
comment. FMCSA requests approval to
renew an ICR entitled ‘‘Designation of
Agents, Motor Carriers, Brokers and
Freight Forwarders,’’ which is used to
provide registered motor carriers,
property brokers, and freight forwarders
a means of meeting process agent
requirements.
SUMMARY:
We must receive your comments
on or before September 27, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) Docket
Number FMCSA–2019–0152 using any
of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Operations; U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building,
Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S.
Department of Transportation, 1200
New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building,
DATES:
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Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
Washington, DC, 20590–0001 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, see the Public
Participation heading below. Note that
all comments received will be posted
without change to https://
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 https://
www.regulations.gov, and follow the
online instructions for accessing the
dockets, or go to the street address listed
above.
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
personal information the commenter
provides, to www.regulations.gov, as
described in the system of records
notice (DOT/ALL–14 FDMS), which can
be reviewed at www.dot.gov/privacy.
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 website. If you want
us to notify you that we received your
comments, please include a selfaddressed, 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:
Lorenzo Allen, Office of Registration
and Safety Information, Department of
Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, West Building
6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone:
202–385–2465; email: Lorenzo.allen@
dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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
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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, agents 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.’’ The program decrease in
annual burden hours from 18,395 to
6,508 is due to a revised estimate of the
number of respondents and responses.
Title: Designation of Agents, Motor
Carriers, Brokers and Freight
Forwarders.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0015.
Type of Request: Renewal of a
currently-approved information
collection.
Respondents: Motor carriers, freight
forwarders and brokers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
39,047.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
minutes.
Expiration Date: January 31, 2020.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Form BOC–3 must be filed by all motor
carriers, freight forwarders and brokers
when the transportation entity first
registers with the FMCSA. All brokers
must make a designation for each State
in which it has an office or in which
contracts are written. Subsequent filings
are made only if the motor carrier,
broker or freight forwarder changes
process agents.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
6,508 hours [39,047 respondents × 10
minutes per response].
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
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or include your comments in the request
for OMB’s clearance of this information
collection.
Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87
on: July 23, 2019.
Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of
Research and Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2018–0356]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Approval of a Renewal
Information Collection Request:
Transportation of Household Goods,
Consumer Protection
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 of the
‘‘Transportation of Household Goods;
Consumer Protection.’’ The information
collected will be used to help regulate
motor carriers transporting household
goods (HHG) for individual shippers.
FMCSA invites public comment on the
ICR.
DATES: Please send your comments by
August 28, 2019. OMB must receive
your comments by this date to act
quickly on the ICR.
ADDRESSES: All comments should
reference Federal Docket Management
System (FDMS) Docket Number
FMCSA–2018–0356. 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.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Monique Riddick, Lead Transportation
Specialist, Office of Enforcement and
Compliance, Commercial Enforcement
and Investigations Division, Department
of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, 6th Floor, West
Building, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Telephone: 202–366–8045; Email
Address: monique.riddick@dot.gov.
Office hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal
Holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Summary of Public Comments Received
On May 2, 2019, FMCSA published a
notice in the Federal Register Docket
Number: FMCSA–2018–0356 with a 60day public comment period to announce
information collection request for the
Transportation Household Goods,
Consumer Protection.
One commenter responded, the
American Moving & Storage Association
(AMSA). Three of AMSA’s comments
pertained to Household Goods
Consumer Protection Working Group
recommendations. The Working Group’s
report is currently under consideration
in the Agency’s concurrence process,
therefore FMCSA has made no changes
to the proposed renewal.
A fourth AMSA comment concerned
weighing of shipments. AMSA
indicated that weighing a shipment is
required on non-binding estimates as
outlined in 49 CFR part 375.507 and is
used to determine the final charges for
the load. However, if transit to the
nearest weigh station is considered, this
is a significant underestimation as
scales in some parts of the country can
be up to 30–40 miles away. More study
should be required to determine the
accurate time burden of this data
collection. FMCSA does not have
additional information to revise our
estimate at this time.
Title: Transportation of Household
Goods, Consumer Protection.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0025.
Type of Request: Renewal Collection.
Respondents: Household Goods
Movers and Consumers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
4,212 household goods movers.
Estimated Time per Response: Varies
depending on task.
Expiration Date: August 31, 2019.
Frequency of Response: Once.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
4,282,171 hours [Informational
documents provided to prospective
shippers at 24,692 hours + Written Cost
estimates for prospective shippers at
3,5933,866 hours + Service orders, bills
of lading at 621,621 hours + In-transit
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2019-0152]
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), 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 entitled ``Designation of Agents, Motor Carriers,
Brokers and Freight Forwarders,'' which is used to provide registered
motor carriers, property brokers, and freight forwarders a means of
meeting process agent requirements.
DATES: We must receive your comments on or before September 27, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2019-0152 using any of the
following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Mail: Docket Operations; U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, Washington, DC, 20590-0001 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, see
the Public Participation heading below. Note that all comments received
will be posted without change to https://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 https://www.regulations.gov, and follow the
online instructions for accessing the dockets, or go to the street
address listed above.
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 personal information
the commenter provides, to www.regulations.gov, as described in the
system of records notice (DOT/ALL-14 FDMS), which can be reviewed at
www.dot.gov/privacy.
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 website. 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: Lorenzo Allen, Office of Registration
and Safety Information, Department of Transportation, Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration, West Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 202-385-2465; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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
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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, agents 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.'' The program
decrease in annual burden hours from 18,395 to 6,508 is due to a
revised estimate of the number of respondents and responses.
Title: Designation of Agents, Motor Carriers, Brokers and Freight
Forwarders.
OMB Control Number: 2126-0015.
Type of Request: Renewal of a currently-approved information
collection.
Respondents: Motor carriers, freight forwarders and brokers.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 39,047.
Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes.
Expiration Date: January 31, 2020.
Frequency of Response: On occasion. Form BOC-3 must be filed by all
motor carriers, freight forwarders and brokers when the transportation
entity first registers with the FMCSA. All brokers must make a
designation for each State in which it has an office or in which
contracts are written. Subsequent filings are made only if the motor
carrier, broker or freight forwarder changes process agents.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 6,508 hours [39,047 respondents x 10
minutes per response].
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 on: July 23, 2019.
Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator for Office of Research and Information
Technology.
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