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NOTICES
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
60-Day Notice of Intent To Seek Extension of Approval: Household Goods Movers' Disclosure Requirements
Monday, February 24, 2020
AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board.
*10506 ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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 April 24, 2020.
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 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 that desire to offer a rate limiting their liability on interstate moves to anything less
than replacement value of the goods.
Number of Respondents: 4,500 (approximate number of active household goods carriers in the United States according to the
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. See 2019 Pocket Guide to Large Truck and Bus Statistics (January 2020) section
1-7 Household Goods Carriers and Brokers Operating in the United States, 2014-2018)).
Frequency: On occasion.

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Total Burden Hours: None. The change to the estimate form was a one-time, start-up cost, which was considered in the cost
analysis of the Board's initial approval for this collection. The Board's initial request for approval estimated that 15 of the
approximately 4,500 household goods movers were large firms that print their own forms and would have to produce modified
forms to meet the new requirement. Further, any new large mover entrants would have to create forms based on other agency
regulations—with or without the released rate disclosure—and, therefore, there is no hourly burden for this collection.
Total “Non-hour Burden” Cost: Movers may provide these forms to shippers electronically. Further, as with the burden hours
above, the one-time, start-up costs that were previously considered will no longer apply to *10507 existing movers, and new
entrants will not incur any significant cost to add released rate information to the forms already required under other agency
regulations. Therefore, there is no discernable, non-hourly cost burden for this collection.
Needs and Uses: In the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users, § 4215, Public
Law 109-59, 119 Stat. 1144, 1760 (2005), Congress directed the Board to review consumer protection regulations concerning
the loss or damage 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). Movers are
required to provide this information on the standard written estimate form that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
requires 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 mover must
inform the customer of his or her 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: February 19, 2020.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.

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