Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of a Currently-Approved Information Collection Request: Transportation of Household Goods; Consumer Protection

Published date02 May 2019
Citation84 FR 18916
Record Number2019-08964
SectionNotices
CourtFederal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 85 (Thursday, May 2, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 85 (Thursday, May 2, 2019)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 18916-18918]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-08964]
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                DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
                Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
                [Docket No. FMCSA-2018-0356]
                Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension of a
                Currently-Approved Information Collection Request: Transportation of
                Household Goods; Consumer Protection
                AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
                ACTION: Notice and request for information.
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                SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
                Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (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 information collected will be used to
                help regulate motor carriers transporting household goods (HHG) for
                individual shippers. FMCSA requests approval to extend an ICR titled
                ``Transportation of Household Goods; Consumer Protection.''
                DATES: We must receive your comments on or before July 1, 2019.
                ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Federal Docket
                Management System (FDMS) Docket Number FMCSA-2018-0356 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, 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 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 Website. If you want us to notify you
                that we received your comments, please include a self-addressed,
                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, Lead Transportation
                Specialist, Commercial Enforcement and Investigations Division,
                Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety
                Administration, West Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE,
                Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: (202) 366-8045; email
                [email protected].
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background: The Motor Carrier Safety
                Improvement Act of 1999 (MCSIA) (Pub. L. 106-159, 113 Stat. 1748, Dec.
                9, 1999) authorized the Secretary of Transportation (Secretary) to
                regulate HHG carriers engaged in interstate operations for individual
                shippers. In earlier legislation, Congress abolished the former
                Interstate Commerce Commission and transferred the Commission's
                jurisdiction over HHG transportation to the U.S. Department of
                Transportation (DOT) (ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-88, 109
                Stat. 803, Dec. 29 1995). Prior to FMCSA's establishment, the Secretary
                delegated this HHG jurisdiction to the Federal Highway Administration,
                FMCSA's predecessor organization within DOT.
                 FMCSA has authority to regulate the overall commercial operations
                of the HHG industry under 49 U.S.C. 14104, ``Household goods carrier
                operations.'' This ICR includes the information collection requirements
                contained in title 49 CFR part 375, ``Transportation of Household Goods
                in Interstate Commerce; Consumer Protection Regulations.'' The
                information collected encompasses that which is generated, maintained,
                retained, disclosed, and provided to, or for, the agency under 49 CFR
                part 375.
                 Sections 4202 through 4216 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible,
                Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (Pub. L. 109-
                59, 119 Stat. 1144, Aug. 10, 2005) amended various provisions of
                existing law regarding HHG transportation. It specifically addressed:
                Definitions (section 4202); payment of rates (section 4203);
                registration requirements (section 4204); carrier operations (section
                4205); enforcement of regulations (section 4206); liability of carriers
                under receipts and bills of lading (section 4207); arbitration
                requirements (section 4208); civil penalties for brokers and
                unauthorized transportation (section 4209); penalties for holding goods
                hostage (section 4210); consumer handbook (section 4211); release of
                broker information (section 4212); working group for Federal-State
                relations (section 4213); consumer complaint information (section
                4214); review of liability of carriers (section 4215); and application
                of State laws (section 4216). These provisions triggered updates to 49
                CFR part 375 on July 5, 2007 (72 FR 36760).
                 On July 16, 2012, FMCSA published a Direct Final Rule (DFR) titled
                ``Transportation of Household Goods in Interstate Commerce; Consumer
                Protection Regulations: Household Goods Motor Carrier Record Retention
                Requirements,'' (77 FR 41699). The rule amended the regulations
                governing the period during which HHG motor carriers must retain
                documentation of an individual shipper's waiver of receipt of printed
                copies of consumer protection materials. This change harmonized the
                retention period with other document retention requirements applicable
                to HHG motor carriers. FMCSA also amended the regulations to clarify
                that a HHG motor carrier is not required to retain waiver documentation
                from any individual shippers for whom the carrier does not actually
                provide services.
                 Title: Transportation of Household Goods; Consumer Protection.
                 OMB Control Number: 2126-0025.
                 Type of Request: Extension of a currently-approved information
                collection.
                 Respondents: Household goods movers.
                 Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,212 household goods movers.
                 Estimated Time per Response: Varies.
                IC-1: Informational Documents Provided to Prospective Shippers
                 ``Ready to Move'' Pamphlet: Less than 1 minute.
                 ``Your Rights and Responsibilities'' Pamphlet: Less than 1
                minute.
                 Arbitration and Complaint Summaries: 2 hours to create
                summaries, less than 1 minute to print.
                 Internet website Hyperlinks to Federal Consumer Protection
                Information: 0.5 hours.
                 Signed Receipt for Verification of Booklets Received: less
                than 3 minutes.
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                IC-2: Written Cost Estimates for Prospective Shippers
                 Physical surveys--binding: 2 hours.
                 Physical surveys--non-binding: 2 hours.
                 No physical surveys--non-binding: 0.5 hours.
                IC-3: Orders for Service, Bills of Lading
                 Orders for Service, Goods Inventories, and Bills of
                Lading: 0.5 hours.
                 Weighing shipments: 1 minute.
                IC-4: In-Transit Service Notifications
                 Notification of delay: 5 minutes.
                 Notification of delay and record requested: 15 minutes.
                 Notification of early delivery: 5 minutes.
                IC-5: Complaint & Inquiry Records, Including Establishing Record System
                 Establish complain and inquiry record system: 0.5 hours.
                 Recording complaint and inquiry: 5 minutes for complaint,
                1 minute for inquiry.
                 Expiration Date: August 31, 2019.
                 Frequency of Response: Varies.
                 Estimated Total Annual Burden: 4,282,171 hours [IC-1 Informational
                Documents Provided to Prospective Shippers at 24,692 hours + IC-2
                Written Cost Estimates for Prospective Shippers at 3,593,866 hours +
                IC-3 Orders for Service, Bills of Lading at 621,621 hours + IC-4 In-
                Transit Service Notifications at 17,496 hours + IC-5 Complaint &
                Inquiry Records, Including Establishing Record System at 24,496 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 information collected. The Agency will summarize or include your
                comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this ICR.
                 Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87.
                G. Kelly Regal,
                Associate Administrator for Office of Research and Information
                Technology.
                [FR Doc. 2019-08964 Filed 5-1-19; 8:45 am]
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