Document ID: FMCSA-2021-0189-0005
Agency: fmcsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Hours of Service of Drivers Regulations
Posted Date: 2022-07-11T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 131 (Monday, July 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41163-41164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14628]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

[Docket No. FMCSA-2021-0189]

Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved 
Information Collection: Hours of Service (HOS) of Drivers Regulations

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

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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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. FMCSA requests approval to renew an ICR 
titled, ``Hours of Service (HOS) of Drivers Regulations.'' The HOS 
regulations require a motor carrier to install, and requires each of 
its drivers subject to the record of duty status (RODS) rule to use, an 
electronic logging device (ELD) to report the driver's RODS. The RODS 
is critical to FMCSA's safety mission because it helps enforcement 
officials determine if commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers are 
complying with the HOS rules limiting driver on-duty and driving time 
and requiring periodic off-duty time.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before August 10, 
2022.

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 information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Pearlie Robinson, FMCSA Driver and 
Carrier Operations Division, DOT, FMCSA, West Building 6th Floor, 1200 
New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366-4225, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Hours of Service (HOS) of Drivers Regulations.
    OMB Control Number: 2126-0001.
    Type of Request: Renewal of an information collection.

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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.
[FR Doc. 2022-14628 Filed 7-8-22; 8:45 am]
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