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There is not a stand-alone training course on
EJ in ODOT’s Training Plan. In one District,
a project manager (non-environmental staff)
stated they had never received training on EJ.
When the team asked management in one
district about expectations for EJ,
management indicated that they had none.
The ODOT management identified EJ as an
area needing improvement in their SelfAssessment report. In the interim, FHWA
encourages ODOT to consider EJ training for
its staff and consultants, offered by the NHI
and/or the FHWA Resource Center.
Next Steps
The FHWA provided a draft of this audit
report to ODOT for a 14-day review and
comment period and considered ODOT’s
comments in developing this draft report. In
addition, FHWA will publish a notice in the
Federal Register to make the report available
to the public and for a 30-day comment
period, pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327(g). No later
than 60 days after the close of the comment
period, FHWA will respond to all comments
submitted, pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327(g)(2)(B).
Once finalized, FHWA will publish the audit
report in the Federal Register.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2017–0006]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Revision of an Approved
Information 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 applicable Federal
regulations, and to update other wage
related costs that have changed since
the last approval. This ICR is necessary
to support the requirements of
applicable Federal regulations and
FMCSA’s responsibility to ensure
consumer protection in the
transportation of household goods
(HHG).
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before May 15, 2017.

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You may submit comments
identified by Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) Docket
Number FMCSA–2017–0006 using 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 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 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: In accordance with 5
U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments
from the public. 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 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:
Monique Riddick, Commercial
Enforcement and Investigations
Division, U.S. Department of
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Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier
Safety Administration, West Building
6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590–0001.
Telephone: 202–366–8045; email
monique.riddick@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: FMCSA amended thenexisting regulations for brokers in
response to Title IV, Subtitle B of the
Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient,
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for
Users (SAFETEA–LU) (Pub. L. 109–59)
and a petition for rulemaking from the
American Moving and Storage
Association (AMSA). The final rule
titled, ‘‘Brokers of Household Goods
Transportation by Motor Vehicles,’’ (75
FR 72987, Nov. 29, 2010), amended 49
CFR part 371, by providing additional
consumer protection responsibilities for
brokers of HHG. Specifically, section
4212 of SAFETEA–LU directs the
Secretary to require HHG brokers to
provide individual shippers with the
following information whenever a
broker has contact with a shipper or
potential shipper:
1. The broker’s USDOT number.
2. The FMCSA booklet titled ‘‘Your
Rights and Responsibilities When You
Move.’’
3. A list of all authorized motor
carriers providing transportation of
HHG used by the broker and a statement
that the broker is not a motor carrier
providing transportation of HHG.
The collection of information required
in the referenced final rule assist
shippers in their business dealings with
interstate HHG brokers. The information
collected is used by prospective
shippers to make informed decisions
about contracts, services ordered,
executed, and settled. The HHG broker
is often the primary contact for
individual shippers and in the best
position to educate shippers and
prepare them for a successful move. The
information collected makes that
possible. It also combats deceptive
business practices as the information
helps enforcement personnel better
protect consumers by verifying that
shippers are receiving information to
which they are entitled by regulation.
HHG brokers are required to provide
individual shippers the ‘‘Your Rights
and Responsibilities When You Move’’
booklet and the ‘‘Ready to Move’’
brochure. They have the option of
providing paper copies or presenting the
information through a link on their
Internet Web site. The broker is required
to document with signed receipts that
the individual shipper was provided
those materials. HHG brokers are also
required to provide the list of HHG

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motor carriers for which it would
arrange transportation to move a
potential individual shipper’s HHG, and
that broker’s identification information:
1. Assigned USDOT number; and
2. Address.
With this renewal, FMCSA makes
minor revisions to the collection. First,
a program adjustment of 19,522 annual
burden hours is the result of the
removal of first-year burden-hours that
are no longer applicable. We also
provide an updated estimated number
of household goods brokers.
Title: Practices of Household Goods
Brokers.
OMB Control Number: 2126–0048.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Brokers of Household
Goods.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
543 brokers.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.25
hours per day × 240 workdays for
transactions per household goods
broker; 20 hours per year per broker for
Web site/ad modifications; 10 hours per
year per household goods broker for
creating a list of carriers; 0.5 hours per
month × 12 months per household
goods broker for confirming required
information; 0.083 hour per year × 36.8
explanations on average per household
goods broker; 4 hours per year × 5
agreements per household goods broker
for annual agreements through turnover;
and 10 hours per year per household
goods broker for disclosure and records.
Expiration Date: April 30, 2017.
Frequency of Response: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
70,000 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 under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87
on: March 9, 2017.
Kelly Regal,
Associate Administrator, Office of Research
and Information Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA–2017–0046]

New Agency Information Collection
Activities; Extension of a CurrentlyApproved Information Collection:
Annual Report of Class I Motor
Carriers of Passengers
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA).
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. The FMCSA requests OMB’s
renewal for three years of the
information collection entitled, Annual
Report of Class I Motor Carriers of
Passengers (OMB Control No. 2126–
0031), which is currently due to expire
on April 30, 2017.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before May 15, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) Docket
Number FMCSA–2016–0046 using 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 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 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
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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 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:
Vivian Oliver, Office or Registration and
Safety Information Department of
Transportation, FMCSA, West Building
6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. Telephone:
202–366–2974; email vivian.oliver@
dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: In chapter 141 of the ICC
Termination Act of 1995 (ICCTA),
Public Law 104–88, 109 Stat. 803, 893
(Dec. 29, 1995) now codified at 49
U.S.C. 14123, Congress transferred the
responsibility for collecting the
Financial and Operating Statistics
(F&OS) data to the Secretary of
Transportation (Secretary). The ICCTA
requires the Secretary to collect annual
financial reports from Class I and Class
II motor carriers of passengers.
However, the Secretary has exercised
the authority under 49 U.S.C. 14123 to
require only Class I motor carriers of
passengers to file annual reports to
ensure that they are in compliance with
the F&OS program requirements (See 78
FR 76241 (12/17/13), as codified at 49
CFR 369.4).
The Form MP–1 annual report will be
used to collect financial, operating,
equipment and employment data from
individual motor carriers of passengers.
All Class I for-hire motor carriers of
passengers with gross annual operating
revenues of $5 million or more are
required to file annual reports.
The data will be available to users in
its original form. The data are not used

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