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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2012–0018]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Revision of a CurrentlyApproved Information Collection
Request: 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
review and approval. The FMCSA
requests approval to revise an ICR
entitled, ‘‘Designation of Agents, Motor
Carriers, Brokers and Freight
Forwarders (OMB Control Number
2126–0015),’’ which is used to provide
registered motor carriers, property
brokers, and freight forwarders a means
of meeting the Agency’s process agent
requirements.
On November 29, 2011, FMCSA
published a Federal Register notice
allowing for a 60-day comment period
on the ICR. The Agency did not receive
any comments on the notice.
DATES: Please send your comments by
April 13, 2012. OMB must receive your
comments by this date in order to act
quickly on the ICR.
ADDRESSES: All comments should
reference Federal Docket Management
System (FDMS) Docket Number
FMCSA–2012–0018. 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.

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SUMMARY:

Ms.
Tura Gatling, Customer Support Team
Leader, Commercial Enforcement
Division, Department of Transportation,

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Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590–
0001. Telephone Number: (202) 385–
2412; Email Address:
tura.gatling@dot.gov. Office hours are
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Designation of Agents, Motor
Carriers, Brokers and Freight
Forwarders.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0015.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently-approved information
collection.
Respondents: Motor carriers, freight
forwarders and brokers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
35,000.
Estimated Time per Response:
10 minutes.
Expiration Date: May 31, 2012.
Frequency of Response: Form BOC–3
must be filed by all for-hire motor
carriers, freight forwarders and brokers
when the transportation entity first
registers with the FMCSA. All brokers
shall 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 their
process agent designations.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
5,833 hours [35,000 Form BOC–3 filings
per year × 10 minutes/60 minutes to
complete form = 5,833 hours].
Background: The Secretary of
Transportation (Secretary) is authorized
to register for-hire motor carriers of
regulated commodities 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 has delegated authority
pertaining to these registration
requirements to the FMCSA pursuant to
49 CFR 1.73(a)(5).
Registered motor carriers (including
private 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
transportation entity (49 U.S.C. 13304,
49 CFR 366.4). Every broker shall make
a designation for each State in which its

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offices are located or in which contracts
are written (49 U.S.C. 13304, 49 CFR
366.4). Regulations governing the
designation of process agents are found
at 49 CFR part 366. While part 366 is
silent regarding its applicability to
freight forwarders, as noted above, they
are also required by statute to designate
process agents (see 49 U.S.C. 13303).
These designations are filed with the
FMCSA on Form BOC–3, ‘‘Designation
of Agents for Service of Process.’’
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 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 on: March 5, 2012.
Kelly Leone,
Associate Administrator for Research and
Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2011–0379]

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption
Applications; Vision
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of applications for
exemptions; request for comments.
AGENCY:

FMCSA announces receipt of
applications from seventeen individuals
for exemption from the vision
requirement in the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Regulations. If granted,
the exemptions would enable these
individuals to qualify as drivers of
commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in
interstate commerce without meeting
the Federal vision requirement.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before April 13, 2012.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
bearing the Federal Docket Management
System (FDMS) Docket No. FMCSA–
2011–0379 using any of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
non-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility;
U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200
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