15184 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 50 / Wednesday, March 14, 2012 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2012–0018] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Revision of a CurrentlyApproved Information Collection 

Request: Designation of Agents, Motor 

Carriers, Brokers and Freight 

Forwarders 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: 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. The FMCSA 

requests approval to revise an ICR 

entitled, ‘‘Designation of Agents, Motor 

Carriers, Brokers and Freight 

Forwarders (OMB Control Number 

2126–0015),’’ which is used to provide 

registered motor carriers, property 

brokers, and freight forwarders a means 

of meeting the Agency’s process agent 

requirements. 

On November 29, 2011, FMCSA 

published a Federal Register notice 

allowing for a 60-day comment period 

on the ICR. The Agency did not receive 

any comments on the notice. 

DATES: Please send your comments by 

April 13, 2012. OMB must receive your 

comments by this date in order to act 

quickly on the ICR. 

ADDRESSES: All comments should 

reference Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) Docket Number 

FMCSA–2012–0018. Interested persons 

are invited to submit written comments 

on the proposed information collection 

to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget. Comments 

should be addressed to the attention of 

the Desk Officer, Department of 

Transportation/Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration, and sent via 

electronic mail to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov, or faxed 

to (202) 395–6974, or mailed to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, Docket Library, Room 10102, 

725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Tura Gatling, Customer Support Team 

Leader, Commercial Enforcement 

Division, Department of Transportation, 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590– 

0001. Telephone Number: (202) 385– 

2412; Email Address: 

tura.gatling@dot.gov. Office hours are 

from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Designation of Agents, Motor 

Carriers, Brokers and Freight 

Forwarders. 

OMB Control Number: 2126–0015. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently-approved information 

collection. 

Respondents: Motor carriers, freight 

forwarders and brokers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

35,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 

10 minutes. 

Expiration Date: May 31, 2012. 

Frequency of Response: Form BOC–3 

must be filed by all for-hire motor 

carriers, freight forwarders and brokers 

when the transportation entity first 

registers with the FMCSA. All brokers 

shall make a designation for each State 

in which it has an office or in which 

contracts are written. Subsequent filings 

are made only if the motor carrier, 

broker or freight forwarder changes their 

process agent designations. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

5,833 hours [35,000 Form BOC–3 filings 

per year × 10 minutes/60 minutes to 

complete form = 5,833 hours]. 

Background: The Secretary of 

Transportation (Secretary) is authorized 

to register for-hire motor carriers of 

regulated commodities under the 

provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13902; freight 

forwarders under the provisions of 

49 U.S.C. 13903; and property brokers 

under provisions of 49 U.S.C. 13904. 

These persons may conduct 

transportation services only if they are 

registered pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 13901. 

The Secretary has delegated authority 

pertaining to these registration 

requirements to the FMCSA pursuant to 

49 CFR 1.73(a)(5). 

Registered motor carriers (including 

private carriers), brokers and freight 

forwarders must designate an agent on 

whom service of notices in proceedings 

before the Secretary may be made (49 

U.S.C. 13303). Registered motor carriers 

must also designate an agent for every 

State in which they operate and traverse 

in the United States during such 

operations, agents on whom process 

issued by a court may be served in 

actions brought against the registered 

transportation entity (49 U.S.C. 13304, 

49 CFR 366.4). Every broker shall make 

a designation for each State in which its 

offices are located or in which contracts 

are written (49 U.S.C. 13304, 49 CFR 

366.4). Regulations governing the 

designation of process agents are found 

at 49 CFR part 366. While part 366 is 

silent regarding its applicability to 

freight forwarders, as noted above, they 

are also required by statute to designate 

process agents (see 49 U.S.C. 13303). 

These designations are filed with the 

FMCSA on Form BOC–3, ‘‘Designation 

of Agents for Service of Process.’’ 

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 FMCSA to perform its 

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. 

Issued on: March 5, 2012. 

Kelly Leone, 

Associate Administrator for Research and 

Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6060 Filed 3–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2011–0379] 

Qualification of Drivers; Exemption 

Applications; Vision 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of applications for 

exemptions; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces receipt of 

applications from seventeen individuals 

for exemption from the vision 

requirement in the Federal Motor 

Carrier Safety Regulations. If granted, 

the exemptions would enable these 

individuals to qualify as drivers of 

commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) in 

interstate commerce without meeting 

the Federal vision requirement. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before April 13, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

bearing the Federal Docket Management 

System (FDMS) Docket No. FMCSA– 

2011–0379 using any of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

non-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility; 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 


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