60-Day Notice of Intent To Seek Extension of Approval of Collection: Household Goods Movers' Disclosure Requirements, 52238-52239 [2023-16809]
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AVERAGE ANNUAL NUMBER OF
RESPONSES FOR FY 2020–2022
Type of filing
Average number
of filings per year
under 49 U.S.C.
10901–03 and
11323–26
Applications ....................
Petitions * ........................
Notices * ..........................
7
15
88
Total Burden Hours (annually
AVERAGE ANNUAL NUMBER OF RESPONSES FOR FY 2020–2022— including all respondents): 7,300 hours
(sum of estimated hours per response ×
Continued
number of responses for each type of
filing).
Average number
of filings per year
under 49 U.S.C.
10901–03 and
11323–26
Type of filing
Interchange commitments ..........................
5
* Under section 10502, petitions for exemption and notices of exemption are permitted in
lieu of an application.
TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN HOURS
Hours per
response
Type of filing
Annual
number of
filings
Total annual
burden hours
Applications ..................................................................................................................................
Petitions * .....................................................................................................................................
Notices * .......................................................................................................................................
Interchange commitments ...........................................................................................................
575
75
25
10
7
15
88
5
4,025
1,125
2,200
50
Total annual burden hours ...................................................................................................
........................
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7,300
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* Under section 10502, petitions for exemption and notices of exemption are permitted in lieu of an application.
Total ‘‘Non-hour Burden’’ Cost: None
identified. Filings are submitted
electronically to the Board.
Needs and Uses: As mandated by
Congress, an application for prior
approval and authority must be filed
with the Board by persons seeking to
construct, acquire, or operate a line of
railroad; by railroads seeking to
abandon or discontinue operations over
a line of railroad; and, in the case of two
or more railroads, by railroads seeking
to consolidate their interests through
merger or a common-control
arrangement. See 49 U.S.C. 10901–03,
11323–26. Under 49 U.S.C. 10502,
persons may seek an exemption from
many of the application requirements of
sections 10901–03 and 11323–26 by
filing with the Board a petition for
exemption or notice of exemption in
lieu of an application. The collection by
the Board of these applications,
petitions, and notices (including
collection of disclosures of rail
‘‘interchange commitments’’ under 49
CFR 1121.3(d), 1150.33(h), 1150.43(h),
and 1180.4(g)(4)) enables the Board to
meet its statutory duty to regulate the
referenced rail transactions. If the
actions for which authority is sought
create agreements with interchange
commitments that limit the future
interchange of traffic with third parties,
then certain information must be
disclosed to the Board about those
commitments. 49 CFR 1121.3(d),
1150.33(h), 1150.43(h), 1180.4(g)(4). The
collection of this information facilitates
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the case-specific review of interchange
commitments and enables the Board’s
monitoring of their usage generally.
Under the PRA, a federal agency that
conducts or sponsors a collection of
information must display a currently
valid OMB control number. A collection
of information, which is defined in 44
U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c),
includes agency requirements that
persons submit reports, keep records, or
provide information to the agency, third
parties, or the public. Under 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A), federal agencies are
required to provide, prior to an agency’s
submitting a collection to OMB for
approval, a 60-day notice and comment
period through publication in the
Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information.
Dated: August 2, 2023.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2023–16810 Filed 8–4–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915–01–P
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
60-Day Notice of Intent To Seek
Extension of Approval of Collection:
Household Goods Movers’ Disclosure
Requirements
Surface Transportation Board.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Surface
Transportation Board (STB or Board)
gives notice of its intent to seek
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for an extension of
the information collection (here, thirdparty disclosures), as described below.
DATES: Comments on this information
collection should be submitted by
October 6, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to
Chris Oehrle, Surface Transportation
Board, 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC
20423–0001, or to PRA@stb.gov. When
submitting comments, please refer to
‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act Comments,
Surface Transportation Board:
Household Goods Movers’ Disclosure
Requirements.’’ For further information
regarding this collection, contact
Michael Higgins, Deputy Director,
Office of Public Assistance,
Governmental Affairs, and Compliance,
at (202) 245–0284 or michael.higgins@
stb.gov. Assistance for the hearing
impaired is available through the
Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments
are requested concerning: (1) the
accuracy of the Board’s burden
estimates; (2) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; (3) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology when
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appropriate; and (4) whether the
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the Board, including
whether the collection has practical
utility. Submitted comments will be
summarized and included in the
Board’s request for OMB approval.
Description of Collection
Title: Household Goods Movers’
Disclosure Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 2140–0027.
STB Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without
change.
Respondents: Household goods
movers (HHG Movers) that desire to
offer a rate limiting their liability on
interstate moves to anything less than
replacement value of the goods.
Number of Respondents: 5,273
(approximate number of active
household goods carriers in the United
States according to the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration
(FMCSA)). See 2022 Pocket Guide to
Large Truck and Bus Statistics
(December 2022) section 1–7 Household
Goods Carriers and Brokers Operating in
the United States, 2017–2021.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 101 hours.
Household goods movers provide
prospective clients with a prescribed
form estimating the charges for the
anticipated move and providing various
warnings and disclosures, including a
disclosure of the availability of two
levels of recovery for loss and damage
incurred during the move. The Board’s
request for approval of the initial
estimate form contained a cost analysis
indicating that inclusion of the loss-anddamage information was a one-time,
start-up cost, and that an estimated 15
of the thousands of HHG Movers were
large firms that print their own forms
and that had already produced modified
forms to meet the new requirement. The
original request for approval also
indicated that only a relatively small
number of new entrants would have to
create the required notice forms each
year. Using 2022 Pocket Guide to Large
Truck and Bus Statistics (section 1–7) to
determine the latest three-year increase
in the number of HHG Movers, Board
staff estimates that there are
approximately 202 of these new carriers
that have entered the business annually
over the last three reported years. Each
of these new entrants would require
approximately one hour to review the
released rate decision and to cut and
paste the warnings/disclosures into a
general electronic form, but only a
portion of that time (about half) would
be allotted to the Board’s released rate
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disclosure requirement. Therefore, the
Board estimates that the annual hourly
burden for this collection is 101 hours
per year for the industry (202 responses
annually × 1⁄2 × 1 hour = 101 burden
hours).
Total ‘‘Non-Hour Burden’’ Cost: HHG
Movers may provide these forms to
shippers electronically.
Needs and Uses: In the Safe,
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for
Users, section 4215, Public Law 109–59,
119 Stat. 1144, 1760 (2005), Congress
directed the Board to review consumer
protection regulations concerning the
loss or damage to property that occurs
during interstate household goods
moves. In Docket No. RR 999, the Board
required household goods motor carriers
and freight forwarders wishing to offer
a rate limiting their liability on
interstate moves to anything less than
replacement value of the goods to
provide their customers with clear
written information concerning the two
available cargo-liability options (a full
replacement-value protection option
and a lower, released-rate protection
option). HHG Movers are required to
provide this information on the
standard written estimate form that the
FMCSA requires HHG Movers to
provide to their household goods
moving customers. See 49 CFR 375.213.
This information allows for early notice
to household goods moving customers
regarding the two liability options, as
well as adequate time and information
to help consumers decide which option
to choose. If the customer elects
anything other than full-value
protection, the HHG Mover must inform
the customer of their rights and obtain
a signed waiver, as provided on the
form. In doing so, this collection enables
the Board to meet its statutory duty.
Under the PRA, a Federal agency that
conducts or sponsors a collection of
information must display a currently
valid OMB control number. A collection
of information, which is defined in 44
U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c),
includes agency requirements that
persons submit reports, keep records, or
provide information to the agency, third
parties, or the public. Under 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A), Federal agencies are
required to provide, prior to an agency’s
submitting a collection to OMB for
approval, a 60-day notice and comment
period through publication in the
Federal Register concerning each
proposed collection of information,
including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information.
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Dated: August 2, 2023.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2023–16809 Filed 8–4–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. FAA–2023–1169]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Requests for Comments;
Clearance of a New Approval of
Information Collection: Inflation
Reduction Act Fueling Aviation’s
Sustainable Transition Grant Program
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FAA
invites public comments about our
intention to request the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval for a new information
collection. The Federal Register Notice
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the following collection of
information was published on May 24,
2023. The collection involves soliciting
project proposals for the Inflation
Reduction Act (IRA) Fueling Aviation’s
Sustainable Transition (FAST) Grant
Program. The information to be
collected will be used to determine
projects to be awarded FAST
competitive discretionary grants.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by September 6, 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 particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chris Dorbian by email at:
christopher.dorbian@faa.gov; phone:
202–267–8156.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for FAA’s
performance; (b) the accuracy of the
estimated burden; (c) ways for FAA to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information collection; and (d)
SUMMARY:
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
60-Day Notice of Intent To Seek Extension of Approval of
Collection: Household Goods Movers' Disclosure Requirements
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Surface Transportation Board (STB or Board) gives notice of its intent
to seek approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for an
extension of the information collection (here, third-party
disclosures), as described below.
DATES: Comments on this information collection should be submitted by
October 6, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Chris Oehrle, Surface Transportation
Board, 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20423-0001, or to [email protected].
When submitting comments, please refer to ``Paperwork Reduction Act
Comments, Surface Transportation Board: Household Goods Movers'
Disclosure Requirements.'' For further information regarding this
collection, contact Michael Higgins, Deputy Director, Office of Public
Assistance, Governmental Affairs, and Compliance, at (202) 245-0284 or
[email protected]. Assistance for the hearing impaired is
available through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments are requested concerning: (1) the
accuracy of the Board's burden estimates; (2) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; (3) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on the
respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology when
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appropriate; and (4) whether the collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the functions of the Board, including
whether the collection has practical utility. Submitted comments will
be summarized and included in the Board's request for OMB approval.
Description of Collection
Title: Household Goods Movers' Disclosure Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 2140-0027.
STB Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension without change.
Respondents: Household goods movers (HHG Movers) that desire to
offer a rate limiting their liability on interstate moves to anything
less than replacement value of the goods.
Number of Respondents: 5,273 (approximate number of active
household goods carriers in the United States according to the Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)). See 2022 Pocket Guide to
Large Truck and Bus Statistics (December 2022) section 1-7 Household
Goods Carriers and Brokers Operating in the United States, 2017-2021.
Frequency: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 101 hours. Household goods movers provide
prospective clients with a prescribed form estimating the charges for
the anticipated move and providing various warnings and disclosures,
including a disclosure of the availability of two levels of recovery
for loss and damage incurred during the move. The Board's request for
approval of the initial estimate form contained a cost analysis
indicating that inclusion of the loss-and-damage information was a one-
time, start-up cost, and that an estimated 15 of the thousands of HHG
Movers were large firms that print their own forms and that had already
produced modified forms to meet the new requirement. The original
request for approval also indicated that only a relatively small number
of new entrants would have to create the required notice forms each
year. Using 2022 Pocket Guide to Large Truck and Bus Statistics
(section 1-7) to determine the latest three-year increase in the number
of HHG Movers, Board staff estimates that there are approximately 202
of these new carriers that have entered the business annually over the
last three reported years. Each of these new entrants would require
approximately one hour to review the released rate decision and to cut
and paste the warnings/disclosures into a general electronic form, but
only a portion of that time (about half) would be allotted to the
Board's released rate disclosure requirement. Therefore, the Board
estimates that the annual hourly burden for this collection is 101
hours per year for the industry (202 responses annually x \1/2\ x 1
hour = 101 burden hours).
Total ``Non-Hour Burden'' Cost: HHG Movers may provide these forms
to shippers electronically.
Needs and Uses: In the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, section 4215, Public Law
109-59, 119 Stat. 1144, 1760 (2005), Congress directed the Board to
review consumer protection regulations concerning the loss or damage to
property that occurs during interstate household goods moves. In Docket
No. RR 999, the Board required household goods motor carriers and
freight forwarders wishing to offer a rate limiting their liability on
interstate moves to anything less than replacement value of the goods
to provide their customers with clear written information concerning
the two available cargo-liability options (a full replacement-value
protection option and a lower, released-rate protection option). HHG
Movers are required to provide this information on the standard written
estimate form that the FMCSA requires HHG Movers to provide to their
household goods moving customers. See 49 CFR 375.213. This information
allows for early notice to household goods moving customers regarding
the two liability options, as well as adequate time and information to
help consumers decide which option to choose. If the customer elects
anything other than full-value protection, the HHG Mover must inform
the customer of their rights and obtain a signed waiver, as provided on
the form. In doing so, this collection enables the Board to meet its
statutory duty.
Under the PRA, a Federal agency that conducts or sponsors a
collection of information must display a currently valid OMB control
number. A collection of information, which is defined in 44 U.S.C.
3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c), includes agency requirements that persons
submit reports, keep records, or provide information to the agency,
third parties, or the public. Under 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A), Federal
agencies are required to provide, prior to an agency's submitting a
collection to OMB for approval, a 60-day notice and comment period
through publication in the Federal Register concerning each proposed
collection of information, including each proposed extension of an
existing collection of information.
Dated: August 2, 2023.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2023-16809 Filed 8-4-23; 8:45 am]
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