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they are not a federally registered 

lobbyist. 

Issued in Hawthorne, CA, on October 26, 

2017. 

Keith Lusk 

Program Manager, Special Programs Staff, 

Western-Pacific Region. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23672 Filed 10–30–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2017–0267] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Renewal of an Approved 

Information Collection: Motor Carrier 

Records Change Form 

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 its 

review and approval and invites public 

comment. The purpose of this ICR titled 

‘‘Motor Carrier Records Change Form,’’ 

is to more efficiently collect information 

the Office of Registration and Safety 

Information (MC–RS) requires to 

process name and address changes and 

reinstatements of operating authority. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before January 2, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) Docket 

Number FMCSA–2017–0267 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: West 

Building, Ground Floor, Room W12– 

140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC, 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: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). You may 

review DOT’s complete Privacy Act 

Statement for the Federal Docket 

Management System published in the 

Federal Register on January 17, 2008. 

(73 FR 3316), or you may visit http://

edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdfE8- 

794.pdf. 

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 Web site. If you 

want us to notify you that we received 

your comments, please include a selfaddressed, 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: Jeff 

Secrist, Division Chief, East-South 

Division, FMCSA Office of Registration 

and Safety Information, FMCSA, West 

Building 6th Floor, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. 

Telephone: (202) 385–2367; email 

jeff.secrist@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: FMCSA registers for-hire 

motor carriers under 49 U.S.C. 13902, 

surface freight forwarders under 49 

U.S.C. 13903, and property brokers 

under 49 U.S.C. 13904. Each registration 

is effective from the date specified 

under 49 U.S.C. 13905(c). 49 CFR part 

365.413 states for-hire motor carriers, 

brokers and freight forwarders are 

required to notify MC–RS when they 

change the name or form of business. 

Currently, the name change request can 

be filed online through the Licensing 

and Insurance (L&I) Web site, or 

companies can fax or mail a letter 

requesting either name or address 

changes. Carriers can also request 

reinstatement of a revoked operating 

authority either via fax or online via the 

L&I Web site. About 39% of name 

change, address change, and 

reinstatement requests are received by 

mail; 38% are filed online; and 23% are 

filed by faxing a request letter to MC– 

RS. The information collected is then 

entered in the L&I database by FMCSA 

staff. This enables FMCSA to maintain 

up-to-date records so that the agency 

can recognize the entity in question in 

case of enforcement actions or other 

procedures required to ensure that the 

carrier is fit, willing and able to provide 

for-hire transportation services, and so 

that entities whose authority has been 

revoked can resume operation if they 

are not otherwise blocked from doing 

so. This multi-purpose form simplifies 

the process of gathering the information 

needed to process the entities’ requests 

in a timely manner, with the least 

amount of effort for all parties involved. 

This multi-purpose form is filed by 

registrants on a voluntary, as-needed 

basis. This multi-purpose form is on the 

FMCSA Web site so entities could 

access and print/fax/email the form to 

MC–RS. 

The form prompts users to report the 

following data points (whichever are 

relevant to their records change 

request): 

1. What are the legal/doing business 

as (dba) names of the entity/ 

representative? 

2. What is the contact information of 

entity/representatives (phone number, 

address, fax number, email address)? 

3. What are the requested changes to 

name or address of entity? 

4. What is the docket MC/MX/FX 

number of the entity? 

5. What is the US DOT number of the 

entity? 

6. Is there any change in ownership, 

management or control of the entity? 

7. What kind of changes is the entity 

making to the company? 

8. Which authority does the entity/ 

representative wish to reinstate, motor 

carrier or broker? 

9. Does the entity/representative 

authorize the fee for the name change or 

reinstatement? 

10. Does the entity/representative 

authorize the reinstatement of operating 

authority or name/address change? 

11. What is the credit card 

information (name, number, expiration 

date, address, date) for the card used to 

pay the fee? 

Title: Motor Carrier Records Change 

Form. 

OMB Control Number: 2126–0060. 

Type of Request: Renewal collection. 

Respondents: For-hire motor carriers, 

brokers and freight forwarders. 


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50482 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 209 / Tuesday, October 31, 2017 / Notices 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

44,900. 

Estimated Time per Response: 15 

minutes per response. 

Expiration Date: July 31, 2018. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

11,225 hours [44,900 annual responses 

× 0.25 hours = 11,225]. 

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 information 

collection. 

Issued under the authority delegated in 49 

CFR 1.87 on: October 24, 2017. 

G. Kelly Regal, 

Associate Administrator, Office of Research 

and Information Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23693 Filed 10–30–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–EX–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2017–0277] 

Hours of Service of Drivers: 

Application for Exemption; Hub Group 

Trucking Inc. 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of application for 

exemption; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: FMCSA announces that the 

Hub Group Trucking Inc. (HGT) has 

requested an exemption from the 

electronic logging device (ELD) 

requirements to permit an alternative 

grandfather period for any commercial 

motor vehicles added to HGT’s fleet 

after the December 18, 2017, compliance 

date. HGT reports that all of its 2,700 

trucks are equipped with automatic onboard recording devices (AOBRDs) and 

it expects to add at least 160 trucks to 

its fleet in 2018. If the exemption is 

granted it would allow HGT to equip the 

additional trucks with AOBRDs instead 

of the required ELDs until the 

company’s full transition to ELDs can be 

accomplished. HGT is confident that its 

AOBRD-compliant approach between 

December 18, 2017, and its full 

transition to ELDs by the end of 2018, 

would achieve a level of safety that is 

at least equivalent to the level of safety 

that would be obtained by strict 

compliance with a mixed AOBRD–ELD 

fleet. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 30, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) Number 

FMCSA–2017–0277 by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

www.regulations.gov. See the Public 

Participation and Request for Comments 

section below for further information. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building, Ground Floor, Room W12– 

140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• 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 

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, go to www.regulations.gov at 

any time or visit Room W12–140 on the 

ground level of the West Building, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., ET, 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. The online FDMS is available 

24 hours each day, 365 days each year. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information concerning this notice, 

contact Mr. Tom Yager, Chief, FMCSA 

Driver and Carrier Operations Division; 

Office of Carrier, Driver and Vehicle 

Safety Standards; Telephone: 614–942– 

6477. Email: MCPSD@dot.gov. If you 

have questions on viewing or submitting 

material to the docket, contact Docket 

Services, telephone (202) 366–9826. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Participation and Request for 

Comments 

FMCSA encourages you to participate 

by submitting comments and related 

materials. 

Submitting Comments 

If you submit a comment, please 

include the docket number for this 

notice (FMCSA–2017–0277), indicate 

the specific section of this document to 

which the comment applies, and 

provide a reason for suggestions or 

recommendations. You may submit 

your comments and material online or 

by fax, mail, or hand delivery, but 

please use only one of these means. 

FMCSA recommends that you include 

your name and a mailing address, an 

email address, or a phone number in the 

body of your document so the Agency 

can contact you if it has questions 

regarding your submission. 

To submit your comments online, go 

to www.regulations.gov and put the 

docket number, ‘‘FMCSA–2017–0277’’ 

in the ‘‘Keyword’’ box, and click 

‘‘Search.’’ When the new screen 

appears, click on ‘‘Comment Now!’’ 

button and type your comment into the 

text box in the following screen. Choose 

whether you are submitting your 

comment as an individual or on behalf 

of a third party and then submit. If you 

submit your comments by mail or hand 

delivery, submit them in an unbound 

format, no larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, 

suitable for copying and electronic 

filing. If you submit comments by mail 

and would like to know that they 

reached the facility, please enclose a 

stamped, self-addressed postcard or 

envelope. FMCSA will consider all 

comments and material received during 

the comment period and may grant or 

not grant this application based on your 

comments. 

II. Legal Basis 

FMCSA has authority under 49 U.S.C. 

31136(e) and 31315 to grant exemptions 

from certain parts of the Federal Motor 

Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). 

FMCSA must publish a notice of each 

exemption request in the Federal 

Register (49 CFR 381.315(a)). The 

Agency must provide the public an 

opportunity to inspect the information 

relevant to the application, including 

any safety analyses that have been 

conducted. The Agency must also 

provide an opportunity for public 

comment on the request. 

The Agency reviews safety analyses 

and public comments submitted, and 

determines whether granting the 

exemption would likely achieve a level 

of safety equivalent to, or greater than, 


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