[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 246 (Wednesday, December 26, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73061-73062]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-6145]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2007-0057]


Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision of an Approved 
Information Collection: Designation of Agents, Motor Carriers, Brokers 
and Freight Forwarders

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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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 and invites public comment. The FMCSA requests approval to 
revise an ICR entitled, ``Designation of Agents, Motor Carriers, 
Brokers and Freight Forwarders,'' which is used to provide registered 
motor carriers, property brokers, and freight forwarders a means of 
meeting process agent requirements.

DATES: We must receive your comments on or before February 25, 2008.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by Federal Docket 
Management System (FDMS) Number FMCSA-2007-0057.
    <bullet> Web Site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the

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instructions for submitting comments on the Federal electronic docket 
site.
    <bullet> Mail: Docket Management Facility; U.S. Department of 
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Room W12-140, Washington, 
DC 20590-0001.
    <bullet> Hand Delivery: Ground Floor, Room W12-140, DOT Building, 
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., 
e.t., Monday through Friday, except Federal Holidays.
    <bullet> Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
    Each submission must include the Agency name and the docket number 
for this Notice. Note that DOT posts all comments received without 
change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal 
information included in a comment. 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 at any time or Room 
W12-140 on the ground level, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 
DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays. If you want acknowledgement that we received your comments, 
please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope or post card or print 
the acknowledgement page that appears after submitting on-line.
    Privacy Act: Anyone may search the electronic form of all comments 
received into any of our dockets by the name of the individual 
submitting the comment (or of the person signing the comment, if 
submitted on behalf of an association, business, labor union, etc.). 
You may review the DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal 
Register on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477-78). This information is also 
available at http://docketsinfo.dot.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Loretta G. Bitner, Commercial 
Enforcement (MC-ECC), Department of Transportation, Federal Motor 
Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, 
DC 20590. Telephone: 202-385-2400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.
    Registered motor carriers (including private carriers) and freight 
forwarders must designate: (1) An agent on whom service of notices in 
proceedings before the Secretary may be made (49 U.S.C. 13303); and (2) 
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). Every broker shall make a designation for each State 
in which its offices are located or in which contracts are written. 
Regulations governing the designation of process agents are found at 49 
CFR part 366. This designation is filed with the FMCSA on Form BOC-3, 
``Designation of Agent for Service of Process.''
    Title: Designation of Agents, Motor Carriers, Brokers and Freight 
Forwarders.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0015.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Respondents: Motor carriers, freight forwarders and brokers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 89,000.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes.
    Expiration Date: April 30, 2008.
    Frequency of Response: Form BOC-3 must be filed by all for-hire 
motor carriers and freight forwarders when the transportation entity 
first registers with the FMCSA. All brokers shall file Form BOC-3 as 
necessary and 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 process 
agents.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 14,833 hours [89,000 Form BOC-3 
filings per year x 10 minutes/60 minutes to complete form = 14,833 
hours].
    Public Comments Invited: We invite you to comment on any aspect of 
this information collection, including, but not limited to: (1) Whether 
the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance 
of the functions of the FMCSA, including whether the information is 
practical and useful; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) 
ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the collected 
information; and (4) ways to minimize the collection burden 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 information collection.

    Issued on: December 12, 2007.
Terry Shelton,
Associate Administrator and Chief Information Officer, Office of 
Research and Information Technology.
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