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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Highway Administration
[Docket No. FHWA–2014–0004]

Agency Information Collection
Activities: Notice of Request for
Extension of Currently Approved
Information Collection
Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of request for extension
of currently approved information
collection.
AGENCY:

The FHWA invites public
comments about our intention to request
the Office of Management and Budget’s
(OMB) approval for renewal of an
existing information collection that is
summarized below under
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We are
required to publish this notice in the
Federal Register by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Please submit comments by
April 15, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by DOT Docket ID Number
2014–0004 by any of the following
methods:
Web site: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received go to the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation,
West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S.
Department of Transportation, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Dougherty 202–366–9234,
Department of Transportation, Federal
Highway Administration, Office of
Highway Policy Information, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC
20590, Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Certification of Enforcement of
the Heavy Vehicle Use Tax.
OMB Control #: 2125–0541.
Background: Title 23 United States
Code, Section 141(c), provides that a
State’s apportionment of funds under 23
U.S.C. 104(b)(1) shall be reduced in an
amount up to 8 percent of the amount

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to be apportioned during any fiscal year
beginning after September 30, 1984, if
vehicles subject to the Federal heavy
vehicle use tax are lawfully registered in
the State without having presented
proof of payment of the tax. The annual
certification by the State Governor or
designated official regarding the
collection of the heavy vehicle use tax
serves as the FHWA’s primary means of
determining State compliance. The
FHWA has determined that an annual
certification of compliance by each State
is the least obtrusive means of
administering the provisions of the
legislative mandate. In addition, States
are required to retain for 1 year a
Schedule 1, IRS Form 2290, Heavy
Vehicle Use Tax Return (or other
suitable alternative provided by
regulation). The FHWA conducts
compliance reviews at least once every
3 years to determine if the annual
certification is adequate to ensure
effective administration of 23 U.S.C.
141(c).
The estimated annual reporting
burden is 102 hours; the estimated
recordkeeping burden is 510 hours for a
total of 612 hours. The 50 States and the
District of Columbia share this burden.
Preparing and processing the annual
certification is estimated to require 2
hours per State. Recordkeeping is
estimated to require an average of 10
hours per State.
Respondents: 50 State Transportation
Departments, and the District of
Columbia for a total of 51 respondents.
Frequency: Annually.
Estimated Average Annual Burden
per Response: The average burden to
submit the certification and to retain
required records is 12 hours per
respondent.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: Total estimated average annual
burden is 612 hours.
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including: (1)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the U.S.
DOT’s performance, including whether
the information will have practical
utility; (2) the accuracy of the U.S.
DOT’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collection; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, usefulness,
and clarity of the collected information;
and (4) ways that the burden could be
minimized, including the use of
electronic technology, without reducing
the quality of the collected information.
The agency will summarize and/or
include your comments in the request
for OMB’s clearance of this information
collection.

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Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
and 49 CFR 1.48.
Issued On: February 11, 2014.
Michael Howell,
Information Collection Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2013–0478]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Revision of a CurrentlyApproved Information Collection:
Accident Recordkeeping Requirements
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice; 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
approval and invites public comment.
FMCSA requests approval to revise the
ICR entitled ‘‘Accident Recordkeeping
Requirements.’’ This ICR relates to
Agency requirements that motor carriers
maintain a record of certain accidents
involving commercial motor vehicles
(CMVs). Motor carriers are not required
to report this data to FMCSA, but must
produce it upon inquiry by authorized
Federal, State or local officials.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before April 15, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Federal Docket
Management System Number FMCSA–
2013–0478 by any of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility,
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: West
Building, Ground Floor, Room W12–
140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
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 and additional
information on the exemption process,
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see the Public Participation heading
below. Note that all comments received
will be posted without change to
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
www.regulations.gov, and follow the
online instructions for accessing the
dockets, or go to the street address listed
above.
Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search
the electronic form of all comments
received into any of our dockets by the
name of the individual submitting the
comment (or signing the comment, if
submitted on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT’s Privacy Act Statement for
the Federal Docket Management System
published in the Federal Register on
January 17, 2008 (73 FR 3316), or you
may visit http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/
2008/pdfE8-794.pdf.
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 Web site. 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: Mr.
Thomas Yager, Chief, Driver and Carrier
Operations Division, Department of
Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, West Building
6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone:
202–366–4325; email tom.yager@
dot.gov.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background
Title 49 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, Section 390.15(b), requires
motor carriers to make certain specified
records and information pertaining to
CMV accidents available to an
authorized representative or special
agent of the FMCSA upon request or as
part of an inquiry. Interstate motor
carriers are required to maintain an
‘‘accident register’’ consisting of
information concerning all ‘‘accidents’’
involving their CMVs (49 CFR 390.15(b)
(see ‘‘Definition: Accident’’ below).
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that occur in interstate and intrastate
commerce. The following information
must be recorded for each accident:
Date, location, driver name, number of
injuries, number of fatalities, and
whether certain dangerous hazardous
materials were released. In addition, the
motor carrier must maintain copies of
all accident reports required by insurers
or governmental entities. Motor carriers
must maintain this information for three
years after the date of the accident.
Section 390.15 does not require motor
carriers to submit any information or
records to FMCSA or any other party.
This ICR supports the DOT strategic
goal of safety. By requiring motor
carriers to gather and record information
concerning CMV accidents, FMCSA is
strengthening its ability to assess the
safety performance of motor carriers.
This information is a valuable resource
in Agency initiatives to prevent, and
reduce the severity of, CMV crashes.
Title: Accident Recordkeeping
Requirements.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0009.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved information
collection.
Respondents: Motor Carriers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
520,000 motor carriers.
Estimated Number of Responses:
89,000.
Estimated Time per Response: 18
minutes.
Expiration Date: May 31, 2014.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
26,700 hours [89,000 motor carriers
recording an accident × 18 minutes per
response/60 minutes in an hour =
26,700].
Definition: ‘‘Accident’’ is an
occurrence involving a CMV operating
on a public road which results in: (1) A
fatality, (2) bodily injury to a person
who, as a result of the injury, receives
medical treatment away from the scene
of the accident, or (3) one or more motor
vehicles being towed from the scene (49
CFR 390.5).
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’s performance;
(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. The
Agency will summarize or include your
comments in the request for OMB’s
clearance of this information collection.

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Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87
on: February 6, 2014.
Kelly Leone,
Associate Administrator for Office of
Research and Information Technology and
Chief Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA 2013–0348]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection: Practices of
Household Goods Brokers
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
revise an ICR titled ‘‘Practices of
Household Brokers’’ to no longer
include one-time costs previously
incurred by brokers to come into
compliance with 49 CFR part 371, and
to update other wage related costs that
have changed since the last approval.
This ICR is necessary to support the
requirements of subpart B of 49 CFR
part 371 and FMCSA’s responsibility to
ensure consumer protection in the
transportation of household goods
(HHG). On November 13, 2013, FMCSA
published a Federal Register notice
allowing for a 60-day comment period
on this ICR. The agency received no
comments in response to that notice.
DATES: Please send your comments to
this notice by March 17, 2014. 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–2013–0348. 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@
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