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Douglas St., Stop 1580, Omaha, NE
68179.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at
WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.
Decided: June 7, 2016.
By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Kenyatta Clay,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2016–13754 Filed 6–9–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2016–0161]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Extension of a CurrentlyApproved Information Collection:
Unified Registration System, FMCSA
Registration/Updates
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 and invites public
comment. The FMCSA requests
approval to extend an ICR titled,
‘‘Unified Registration System, FMCSA
Registration/Updates.’’ This ICR is due
to the Agency’s development of a Final
Rule titled, ‘‘Unified Registration
System’’ (78 FR 52608 dated August 23,
2013) requiring those entities that are
subject to the FMCSA’s licensing,
registration and certification regulations
to use a new electronic on-line
application Form MCSA–1 titled,
‘‘FMCSA Registration/Update(s)’’ to
make data more readily accessible for all
regulated entities. On October 21, 2015,
FMCSA published a final rule delaying
the final effective date of the URS final
rule until September 30, 2016, with full
compliance not due until December 31,
2016.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before August 9, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) Docket
Number FMCSA–2016–0161 using any
of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.

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• 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, 20590–
0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: West
Building, Ground Floor, Room W12–
140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC, 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,
see the Public Participation heading
below. Note that all comments received
will be posted without change to http://
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 http://
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 complete 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/pdfE8794.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.
Jeffrey Secrist, Office of Registration and
Safety Information, Department of
Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590–
0001. Telephone Number: (202) 385–
2367; Email Address: jeff.secrist@

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dot.gov. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m., E.T., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: Section 103 of the ICC
Termination Act of 1995 (ICCTA)
enacted 49 U.S.C. 13908, which
required the Secretary of Transportation
(Secretary) to propose regulations to
replace four current identification and
registration systems with a single,
online, Federal system—the Unified
Registration System (URS). The Unified
Carrier Registration Act of 2005, subtitle
C of title IV of the Safe, Accountable,
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity
Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA–LU)
[Pub. L. 109–59, 119 Stat. 1714, August
10, 2005] modified the requirements for
a unified registration system by
amending § 13908. In particular,
SAFETEA–LU repealed the Single State
Registration System (SSRS), one of the
four systems identified in § 13908, and
replaced it with the Unified Carrier
Registration Agreement. It also modified
the requirement that fees collected
under the new system cover the costs of
operating and upgrading the registration
by placing limitations on certain fees
that the Agency could charge. Section
4304 of SAFETEA–LU reiterated the
congressional requirement for a single,
Federal online system to replace the
four individual systems identified under
49 U.S.C. 13908. This consolidation
simplifies current Federal registration
processes and makes data on interstate
motor carriers, property brokers, freight
forwarders, and other regulated entities
more accessible. The URS applies to
virtually every motor carrier, property
broker, freight forwarder, cargo tank
facility, and intermodal equipment
provider that is required to register with
the United States Department of
Transportation (USDOT).
This information collection supports
the DOT Strategic Goal of Safety. It will
streamline the existing registration
process and ensure that FMCSA can
more efficiently track motor carriers,
freight forwarders, brokers, and other
entities regulated by the Agency.
The information on the on-line Form
MCSA–1 will be used by FMCSA to
identify its regulated entities, to help
prioritize the Agency’s activities, to aid
in assessing the safety outcomes of those
activities and for statistical purposes.
The FMCSA will collect the information
electronically through on-line forms.
The information is currently being
collected through a series of forms,
which may be filed on-line or on paper.
Every interstate motor carrier operating
commercial motor vehicles is required
to register with FMCSA to obtain a

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USDOT Number. Most for-hire carriers
are also required to file a separate
application for operating authority
under 49 U.S.C. 13901. Mexico- and
Non-North America-domiciled motor
carriers file a separate registration form.
The information collection will replace
these three collections and create a
single on-line form. This rule will
streamline the collection and eliminate
the need for motor carriers to file the
same information on multiple forms.
Title: Unified Registration System,
FMCSA Registration/Updates.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0051.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Respondents: Motor carriers
(including private and exempt for-hire
carriers effective September 30, 2016),
freight forwarders, brokers, cargo tank
(CT) facilities, and intermodal
equipment providers (IEPs) that are
required to initially register for and then
maintain their safety and operating
authority registrations with USDOT.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
78,400 respondents for initial
registration filings; 507,500 respondents
for completing the biennial update;
13,000 respondents for filing name/
address change requests; 1,100
respondents for transfer of operating
authority registration notifications; and
2,030 respondents for reinstatements of
operating authority registration.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.34
hours for initial registration filings; and
10 minutes each for the biennial update,
name/address change request,
notification of transfer of operating
authority registration, and reinstatement
of revoked or inactive registration.
Expiration Date: November 30, 2016.
Frequency of Response: This
information collection covers the initial
application to register with FMCSA as a
motor carrier, freight forwarder, broker,
intermodal equipment provider, and
cargo tank facility; as well as subsequent
applications to complete a biennial
update or any other update of the
information recorded on the registration
system, submit a name/address change
request, seek a reinstatement of revoked
or inactive registration, and notify the
Agency of a transfer of operating
authority registration.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
105,000 burden hours for the initial
applications of registration; 84,600
burden hours for completing biennial
updates; 2,200 burden hours for filing
name/address change requests; 180
burden hours for operating authority
registration transfer notifications; and
340 burden hours for reinstatements of
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total estimated annual burden of
192,320 hours.
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 on: June 3, 2016.
G. Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator, Office of Research
and Information Technology.
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BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA—2016–0167

Parts and Accessories Necessary for
Safe Operation, Lamps and Reflective
Devices; Application for an Exemption
From STEMCO LP
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of application for
exemption; request for comments.
AGENCY:

FMCSA requests public
comment on an application for
exemption from STEMCO LP (STEMCO)
to allow motor carriers to operate
commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) that
are equipped with STEMCO’s
TrailerTail® aerodynamic device with
rear identification lamps and rear
clearance lamps that are mounted lower
than currently permitted by the
Agency’s regulations. The Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs)
require rear identification lamps and
rear clearance lamps to be located ‘‘as
close as practicable to the top of the
vehicle.’’ While the TrailerTail®
aerodynamic device is currently
mounted slightly below the roof of the
vehicle, STEMCO states that this offset
prevents the device from delivering the
maximum available fuel economy
benefit as opposed to mounting it flush
with the top of the vehicle which may
block the visibility of the rear
identification lamps and rear clearance
lamps. STEMCO believes that locating
the rear identification lamps and rear
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clearance lamps lower on the vehicle,
on a horizontal plane with other
required lamps (stop, turn, and tail
lamps) as is done on a flatbed trailer or
an intermodal chassis, will maintain a
level of safety that is equivalent to, or
greater than, the level of safety achieved
without the exemption. STEMCO is
requesting the temporary exemption in
advance of petitioning FMCSA to
conduct a rulemaking to amend 49 CFR
393.11.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before July 11, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
bearing the Federal Docket Management
System (FDMS) Docket ID FMCSA–
2016–0167 using any of the following
methods:
• Web site: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
on the Federal electronic docket site.
• Fax: 1–202–493–2251.
• Mail: Docket Management Facility,
U.S. Department of Transportation,
Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590–
0001.
• Hand Delivery: Ground Floor, Room
W12–140, DOT Building, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. e.t., MondayFriday, except Federal holidays.
Instructions: All submissions must
include the Agency name and docket
number for this notice. For detailed
instructions on submitting comments
and additional information on the
exemption process, see the ‘‘Public
Participation’’ heading below. Note that
all comments received will be posted
without change to http://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided. Please
see the ‘‘Privacy Act’’ heading for
further information.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read background documents or
comments received, go to http://
www.regulations.gov or to Room W12–
140, DOT Building, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., 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
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 http://
www.regulations.gov Web site is
generally available 24 hours each day,

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