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Respondents: Motor Carriers of 

Property and Passengers, Drivers of 

CMVs. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

4.24 million CMV drivers; 602,542 

Motor Carriers. 

Estimated Time per Response: CMV 

drivers using technology: 2 minutes. 

Motor Carriers: 2 minutes. 

Expiration Date: July 31, 2022. 

Frequency of Response: Drivers: 240 

days per year; Motor carriers 240 days 

per year. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

50.37 million hours. 

Background: 

CMV drivers are limited in how long 

they may remain in an on-duty or 

driving status over specified periods of 

time. The regulations outlining those 

limits are found at 49 CFR part 395 and 

are known as the ‘‘HOS regulations.’’ 

The HOS regulations require a motor 

carrier to install, and requires each of its 

drivers subject to the RODS rule to use, 

an ELD to report the driver’s RODS. 

These RODS are used to enforce 

compliance with the HOS regulations. 

As a condition of receiving certain 

federal grants, States agree to adopt and 

enforce the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Regulations, including the HOS 

regulations, as State law. As a result, 

State enforcement inspectors use the 

RODS and supporting documents to 

determine whether CMV drivers are 

complying with the HOS regulations. In 

addition, FMCSA uses the RODS during 

on-site and offsite investigations of 

motor carriers and Federal and State 

courts rely upon the RODS as evidence 

of driver and motor carrier violations of 

the HOS regulations. This information 

collection supports DOT’s Strategic Goal 

of Safety because the information helps 

the agency ensure the safe operation of 

CMVs in interstate commerce. 

Renewal of This Information Collection 

(IC) 

The current IC burden estimate of the 

HOS rules, approved by OMB on July 

31, 2019, is 41.04 million hours. The 

expiration date of the current ICR is July 

31, 2022. Through this ICR renewal, 

FMCSA requests a revision of the 

paperwork burden of 2126–0001. The 

Agency requests an increase in the 

burden hours from 41.04 million hours 

to 50.37 million hours. The increase is 

the result of the increase in estimated 

driver population as well as the increase 

in expected industry growth rate for 

drivers from 2020 to 2030. Two types of 

information are collected under this IC: 

(1) drivers’ RODS commonly referred to 

as a logbook, and (2) supporting 

documents, such as gasoline and toll 

receipts, that motor carriers use to verify 

accuracy of RODS and document 

expense deductions for income tax 

filing purposes. The use of ELDs 

reduces the driver’s time to input duty 

status from 6.5 minutes to 2 minutes. 

This IC includes only the estimate of 2 

minutes for drivers and motor carriers. 

On March 18, 2022, FMCSA 

published a 60-day notice in the Federal 

Register requesting public comments on 

the proposed revision of this 

information collection (87 FR 15488). 

The Agency received comments filed 

jointly by the Truck Safety Coalition 

(TSC), Citizens for Reliable and Safe 

Highways, and Parents Against Tired 

Truckers and their volunteers in support 

of this IC. The TSC wrote, ‘‘Our 

organizations strongly support FMCSA’s 

continuation of the collection Record of 

Duty Status (RODS) records from 

Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) as 

well as the supporting documentation, 

to have the information needed to 

inform safety-oriented rulemaking and 

life-saving enforcement activities related 

to HOS.’’ 

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 the 

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. 

Thomas P. Keane, 

Associate Administrator, Office of Research 

and Registration. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2022–0081] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Renewal of an Approved 

Information Collection: Safe Driver 

Apprenticeship Pilot Program 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), Department 

of Transportation (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 its 

review and approval and invites public 

comment. FMCSA requests approval to 

renew the ICR titled ‘‘Safe Driver 

Apprenticeship Pilot Program.’’ This 

ICR was previously approved under 

emergency procedures on January 24, 

2022 and expires on July 31, 2022. The 

ICR is necessary for FMCSA to conduct 

a pilot program to determine the safety 

impacts of allowing 18- to 20-year-old 

commercial driver’s license (CDL) 

holders to operate commercial motor 

vehicles (CMVs) in interstate commerce. 

The ICR will cover data collected on 

drivers and carriers participating in the 

pilot program. 

DATES: Please send your comments by 

August 10, 2022. OMB must receive 

your comments by this date in order to 

act quickly on the ICR. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nicole Michel, Office of Analysis, 

Research, and Technology, Research 

Division, DOT, FMCSA, West Building, 

6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 202–366– 

4354; Nicole.michel@dot.gov. Office 

hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal 

Holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: Current regulations on 

driver qualifications (49 CFR part 

391.11(b)(1)) state that a driver must be 

21 years of age or older to operate a 

CMV in interstate commerce. Currently, 

drivers under the age of 21 may operate 

CMVs only in intrastate commerce 

subject to State laws and regulations. 

Section 23022 of the Infrastructure 

Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), requires 

the Secretary of Transportation to 

conduct a commercial driver 

Apprenticeship Pilot Program. An 

apprentice is defined as a person under 

the age of 21 who holds a CDL. Under 

this program, these apprentices will 

complete two probationary periods, 

during which they may operate in 

interstate commerce only under the 

supervision of an experienced driver in 

the passenger seat. An experienced 


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driver is defined in section 23022 as a 

driver who is not younger than 26 years 

old, who has held a CDL and been 

employed for at least the past 2 years, 

who has at least 5 years of interstate 

CMV experience, and meets the other 

safety criteria defined in the IIJA. 

The first probationary period must 

include at least 120 hours of on duty 

time, of which at least 80 hours are 

driving time in a CMV. To complete this 

probationary period, the employer must 

determine competency in: 

1. Interstate, city traffic, rural 2-lane, 

and evening driving; 

2. Safety awareness; 

3. Speed and space management; 

4. Lane control; 

5. Mirror scanning; 

6. Right and left turns; and 

7. Logging and complying with rules 

relating to hours of service. 

The second probationary period must 

include at least 280 hours of on-duty 

time, including not less than 160 hours 

driving time in a CMV. To complete this 

probationary period, the employer must 

determine competency in: 

1. Backing and maneuvering in close 

quarters; 

2. Pre-trip inspections; 

3. Fueling procedures; 

4. Weighing loads, weight 

distribution, and sliding tandems; 

5. Coupling and uncoupling 

procedures; and 

6. Trip planning, truck routes, map 

reading, navigation, and permits. 

After completion of the second 

probationary period the apprentice may 

begin operating CMVs in interstate 

commerce unaccompanied by an 

experienced driver. 

In addition to data regarding 

successful completion of the 

probationary periods, the IIJA requires 

collection of data relating to any 

incident in which a participating 

apprentice is involved as well as other 

data relating to the safety of apprentices. 

Additional data will include crash data 

(incident reports, police reports, 

insurance reports), inspection data, 

citation data, safety event data (as 

recorded by all safety systems installed 

on vehicles, to include advanced driver 

assistance systems, automatic 

emergency braking systems, onboard 

monitoring systems, and required 

forward-facing and in-cab video 

systems) as well as exposure data 

(record of duty status logs, on-duty time, 

driving time, and time spent away from 

home terminal). Additionally, carriers 

will be asked to report any additional or 

remedial training being given to 

participating drivers. This data will be 

submitted monthly by participating 

motor carriers. The data collected will 

be used to report on the following items, 

as required by section 23022: 

1. The findings and conclusions on 

the ability of technologies or training 

provided to apprentices as part of the 

pilot program to successfully improve 

safety; 

2. An analysis of the safety record of 

participating apprentices as compared 

to other CMV drivers; 

3. The number of drivers that 

discontinued participation in the 

apprenticeship program before 

completion; 

4. A comparison of the safety records 

of participating drivers before, during, 

and after each probationary period; and 

5. A comparison of each participating 

driver’s average on-duty time, driving 

time, and time spent away from home 

terminal before, during, and after each 

probationary period. 

FMCSA will monitor the monthly 

data being reported by the motor 

carriers and will identify drivers or 

carriers that may pose a risk to public 

safety. While removing unsafe drivers or 

carriers may bias the dataset, it is a 

necessary feature for FMCSA to comply 

with § 381.505, which requires 

development of a monitoring plan to 

ensure adequate safeguards to protect 

the health and safety of pilot program 

participants and the general public. 

Knowing that a driver or carrier was 

removed from the pilot program for 

safety reasons will help FMCSA 

minimize bias in the final data analysis. 

FMCSA and the Department of 

Labor’s Employment and Training 

Agency (DOL/ETA) will be partnering in 

the implementation of the Safe Driver 

Apprenticeship Pilot (SDAP) Program. 

All motor carriers who are approved for 

the program by FMCSA will also be 

required to become Registered 

Apprenticeships (RAs) under 29 CFR 

part 29 before they can submit 

information on their experienced 

drivers and apprentices. The 

information collection burden for the 

DOL/ETA RA Program can be found in 

approved ICR 1205–0223. 

The statutory mandate for this pilot 

program is contained in section 23022 

of the IIJA. FMCSA’s regulatory 

authority for initiation of a pilot 

program is found in 49 CFR 381.400. 

The SDAP program supports the DOT 

strategic goal of economic strength 

while maintaining DOT and FMCSA’s 

commitment to safety. 

Publication History: On January 7, 

2022, FMCSA published a notice in the 

Federal Register seeking public 

comment on the emergency approval of 

this ICR (87 FR 1001). A total of 144 

comments were received on that notice; 

you may find a discussion of these 

comments in the 60-day notice that 

published in the Federal Register (87 

FR 23010). 

On April 18, 2022, FMCSA published 

a 60-day notice in the Federal Register, 

announcing its intention to request that 

OMB renew the emergency information 

collection approval for a full 3-years. 

FMCSA received 16 comments in the 

docket for that notice. Of these, nine 

were comments on the ICR, and seven 

were misfiled comments on a separate 

notice issued by FMCSA. Of the nine 

comments on the ICR, four were 

submitted by individuals. The 

remaining three comments were filed by 

Samsara Inc., the American Trucking 

Associations (ATA), the Shippers 

Coalition, the American Property 

Casualty Insurance Association 

(APCIA), and jointly by the Truck Safety 

Coalition (TSC), Citizens for Reliable 

and Safe Highways (CRASH), and 

Parents Against Tired Truckers (PATT). 

Comment Discussion: The comments 

received from the Shippers Coalition, 

ATA, Samsara, Inc., and two of the 

individuals supported the SDAP 

Program generally, and the information 

collection discussed in the 60-day 

notice. One of the individual 

commenters caveated his support by 

noting that both apprentice and 

experienced drivers must be thoroughly 

vetted for safety. The other individual 

questioned why the number of 

apprentice participants is being capped 

at 3,000. ATA commended FMCSA on 

clarifying the burden estimate and 

recommended that FMCSA re-consider 

other suggestions posed in their prior 

comment. 

Response: FMCSA appreciates the 

support and will be ensuring a thorough 

vetting of participating motor carriers, 

experienced drivers, and apprentices. 

As to the number of participants, the 

IIJA limits the total number of 

apprentices in the program at any one 

time to 3000 (see IIJA § 23022(b)(4)). 

Regarding ATA’s suggestion on 

minimizing burden for the monthly data 

collection, FMCSA is committed to 

working with participating carriers to 

ensure data is collected in a meaningful 

and least-burdensome method. 

The comments submitted by the 

remaining two individuals focused on 

elements of or questions on the 

underlying SDAP Program and were not 

specific to the ICR. One of these 

individuals questioned who will insure 

the ‘‘high risk young drivers.’’ The other 

noted that he does not think the SDAP 

Program will help alleviate a truck 

driver shortage, stating that trucking 

companies will just mistreat young 

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over the age of 21, resulting in more 

drivers leaving the profession. 

Response: FMCSA is not in a position 

to answer the question about who will 

insure the apprentice drivers, but notes 

that any motor carrier wishing to 

participate in the SDAP Program will 

need to provide proof that their 

apprentice drivers are covered by a 

valid insurance policy, or that the motor 

carrier is a participant in FMCSA’s selfinsurance program. As to the comment 

regarding mistreatment of apprentice 

drivers, FMCSA notes that the 

requirements for RA programs under 

DOL regulations provide protection 

from the type of mistreatment the 

commenter discussed. This is one 

reason why FMCSA partnered with the 

DOL and is requiring that motor carriers 

participating in the SDAP Program also 

become Registered Apprenticeship 

participants. 

APCIA’s comment raised questions 

regarding the data FMCSA will collect 

and the data that FMCSA will use as 

comparison data. APCIA stated that 

FMCSA ‘‘must show that participating 

drivers are no more likely than the 

current population of interstate 

commercial truck drivers [to] have 

highway accidents.’’ APCIA also noted 

that the information collected should 

capture any additional training that 

individual motor carriers may add, on 

top of those required by the SDAP 

Program, and requested that the final 

public data set include detailed 

statistical information on the program’s 

safety results, to aid insurers in making 

decisions in the future. 

Response: While the APCIA has 

provided statistics on crash rates of 

younger drivers, one of the key 

components of this pilot program is to 

identify how a structured training and 

probationary period can enhance the 

safety of younger CMV operators, which 

can only be determined through 

conducting the pilot program. FMCSA 

agrees that it is important to collect 

information on any remedial or 

additional training that occurs and has 

included this information in the 

monthly data collection plan. FMCSA 

will publish all detailed statistics 

collected during the study provided no 

personally identifiable information is 

included. 

Finally, TSC, CRASH, and PATT 

noted their opposition to the SDAP 

Program, and urged that FMCSA 

immediately terminate it. In the 

alternative, the commenters requested 

that FMCSA add several requirements to 

the SDAP Program, including: extending 

requirements for the technology that is 

required to be installed in a CMV past 

the probationary periods to the entirety 

of the apprenticeship; requiring both 

front- and rear-facing cameras; and 

requiring all participating motor carriers 

to agree to a compliance review or DOT 

audit within 18 months of acceptance 

into the SDAP Program. Additionally, 

Samsara, Inc. also recommended 

requiring both forward facing and in-cab 

camera views. 

Response: FMCSA agrees with and 

accepts the requirement for both 

forward facing- and rear- (in-cab) facing 

cameras throughout the participation 

period of apprentices to be able to 

collect adequate safety data. Requiring 

additional technology, such as speed 

limiters or active braking mitigation 

devices past the probationary period 

could be prohibitive to smaller carriers 

wishing to participate, and therefore 

FMCSA has decided not to extend the 

technology requirements past what is in 

the IIJA. FMCSA will note that the 

adoption of these technologies is 

steadily increasing, and it is therefore 

likely that a large percentage of 

apprentices, if not all, will continue to 

utilize these technologies throughout 

their tenure in the program despite the 

lack of requirement. FMCSA will collect 

data on a monthly basis regarding which 

technologies are actively employed on 

the vehicles which apprentices are 

driving. FMCSA requiring a compliance 

review or DOT audit of up to 1,000 

carriers participating in the program 

would detract resources from carriers 

who have been flagged for a compliance 

review or DOT audit due to safetyrelated reasons. This requirement is not 

feasible for FMCSA to implement at this 

time. 

Title: Safe Driver Apprenticeship Pilot 

Program. 

OMB Control Number: 2126–0075. 

Type of Request: Renewal of an 

information collection previously 

approved under emergency authority. 

Respondents: Motor carriers; drivers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

14,830 total (1,600 motor carriers and 

13,230 CMV drivers); 5,410 annually 

(1,000 carriers and 4,410 CMV drivers). 

Estimated Time per Response: 

Application (motor carrier, apprentice 

driver, and experienced driver): 20 

Minutes; safety benchmark 

certifications: 15 Minutes; monthly 

driving and safety data: 60 Minutes; 

miscellaneous data submission: 90 

Minutes. 

Expiration Date: July 31, 2022. 

Frequency of Response: Application 

(motor carrier, apprentice driver, and 

experienced driver): Once; safety 

benchmark certifications: Twice for 

each apprentice driver; monthly driving 

and safety data: Monthly; miscellaneous 

data submissions: Monthly. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

169,344 hours total, or 56,448 hours 

annually (motor carriers: 164,934 hours 

total, or 54,978 hours annually, which 

includes a one-time application, two 

safety benchmark certifications for each 

participating apprentice, and monthly 

driving and safety data on all 

participating apprentices as well as 

miscellaneous data submissions; 

drivers: 13,797 hours total, or 4,599 

hours annually which includes a onetime application for experienced and 

apprentice drivers). 

Definitions: N/A. 

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 

ICR. 

Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87. 

Thomas P. Keane, 

Associate Administrator, Office of Research 

and Registration. 

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BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Railroad Administration 

[Docket No. FRA–2022–0002–N–11] 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Railroad 

Administration (FRA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its 

implementing regulations, this notice 

announces that FRA is forwarding the 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

abstracted below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and comment. The ICR describes 

the information collection and its 

expected burden. On April 1, 2022, FRA 

published a notice providing a 60-day 

period for public comment on the ICR. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or August 10, 

2022. 


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