Commercial Motor Vehicle Marking Requirements

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
PRA-2126-0054 Supporting Statement.docx Supporting Statement A	2022-10-20
30-day FR for 2126-0054.pdf Supplementary Document	2022-10-20
60-day FR for 2126-0054.pdf Supplementary Document	2022-10-01
Attachment D (49 USC 31133).pdf Supplementary Document	2019-08-16
Attachment B (83 FR 47764).pdf Supplementary Document	2019-06-25
Attachment A (83 FR 62505).pdf Supplementary Document	2019-06-25

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
256235	IC-2: Intrastate Hazardous Materials Transporting Motor Carriers	New
232575	IC-4: Intermodal Equipment Providers (IEPs)	Modified
232574	IC-3: Passenger-Carrying Commercial Motor Vehicles	Modified
208048	IC-1: Freight-Carrying Commercial Motor Carriers	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 2126-0054	ICR Reference No: 202210-2126-001
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 201908-2126-002
Agency/Subagency: DOT/FMCSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Commercial Motor Vehicle Marking Requirements
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 10/20/2022

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	10/31/2022
Responses	16,621,103	2,708,527
Time Burden (Hours)	7,196,938	1,173,695
Cost Burden (Dollars)	130,495,717	41,148,582

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Abstract: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) vehicle marking regulations in 49 CFR part 390 require freight-carrying motor carriers, intrastate hazardous materials transporting motor carriers, passenger-carrying motor carriers, and intermodal equipment providers (IEPs) engaging in interstate transportation to display certain information on their vehicles or equipment. The USDOT number is used to identify all motor carriers in FMCSA's registration and information systems. It is also used by States as the key identifier in the Performance and Registration Information Systems Management system, a cooperative Federal/State program that makes motor carrier safety a requirement for obtaining and maintaining commercial motor vehicle registration and privileges. The marking requirements are mandatory and apply to freight-carrying commercial motor carriers (i.e., trucking companies), passenger-carrying commercial motor carriers, and intermodal equipment providers (IEPs) engaging in interstate transportation. The Agency provides performance-based requirements for the marking but does not require a specific method of marking as long as the method complies with FMCSA’s regulations. These requirements ensure that FMCSA, NTSB and the States are able to identify motor carriers and correctly assign responsibility for regulatory violations during inspections, investigations, compliance reviews, and crash studies. These requirements will also provide the public with beneficial information that could also assist in identifying carriers for the purposes of commerce, complaints or emergency notification. The appropriate marking of vehicles, owned, leased or rented, assists FMCSA in identifying motor carriers and monitoring the safety performance and crash involvement, thereby helping the Agency identify unsafe, high risk motor carriers. This ICR also greatly assists FMCSA and its State partners in meeting the standard burden of proof for enforcement actions against non-compliant carriers, as well as assists State partners during accident investigations in determining the responsible motor carrier involved in a CMV crash. The regulations include a marking requirement, which depending on the need and method could be permanent or temporary. Only enough information is collected to maintain tracking of intermodal equipment. There are 4 ICs as follows:IC1: Freight-carrying Commercial Motor Carriers; IC2: Intrastate Hazardous Materials Transporting Motor Carriers; IC3: Passenger-carrying Commercial Motor Carriers; and IC4: Intermodal Equipment Providers (IEPs).

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 49 USC 31133 Name of Law: General Powers of the Secretary of Transportation
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 45146	07/27/2022
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 63851	10/20/2022
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 4

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
IC-1: Freight-Carrying Commercial Motor Carriers
IC-2: Intrastate Hazardous Materials Transporting Motor Carriers
IC-3: Passenger-Carrying Commercial Motor Vehicles
IC-4: Intermodal Equipment Providers (IEPs)

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	16,621,103	2,708,527	0	0	13,912,576	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	7,196,938	1,173,695	0	0	6,023,243	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	130,495,717	41,148,582	0	0	89,347,135	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: There is an adjustment increase 13,912,576 responses, resulting in an increase of 6,023,243 annual burden hours, and $89,347,135 annual burden costs. These changes are due to the availability of improved MCMIS data and the addition of intrastate entities. For clarification purposes, the HM intrastate carriers are presented separately as IC-2 instead of previously being combined with IC-1. This improved data is responsible for substantial increases in respondents. The adjustments changes are also due to updated information regarding industry population for all four carrier/entity types, as well as some small methodological enhancements and corrections to the burden estimates for IEPs.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 10/20/2022

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