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OMB Control No: 2126-0001	ICR Reference No: 201003-2126-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200804-2126-001
Agency/Subagency: DOT/FMCSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Hours of Service (HOS) of Drivers Regulations
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 08/20/2010
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 06/03/2010
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	08/31/2011	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2011
Responses	3,944,815,000	0	3,979,000,000
Time Burden (Hours)	181,270,000	0	184,380,000
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	87,216,000

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 49 USC 31136 Name of Law: United States Government regulations
   US Code: 49 USC 31502 Name of Law: Requirements for qualification, hours of service, safety, and equipment standards
   US Code: 49 USC 522 Name of Law: Reporting and recirds keeping violations
   US Code: 49 USC 521 Name of Law: Civil penalties
   US Code: 49 USC 526 Name of Law: General criminal penalty when specific penalty not provided

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	3,944,815,000	3,979,000,000	-34,185,000
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	181,270,000	184,380,000	-3,110,000
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	87,216,000	-87,216,000

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: This program change decrease of an estimated 3,110,000 annual burden hours [184,380,000 currently approved annual burden hours - 181,270,000 total annual burden hours requested = 3,110,000]is due to an EOBR final rule that would require an estimated average of 5,700 motor carriers per year with severe HOS noncompliance issues to install and use EOBRs to record and manage HOS regulations. These motor carriers employ approximately 129,000 CMV drivers. The rule is estimated to increase the cost to respondents by $53,504,040 [$140,720,040 total estimated cost to respondents - $87,216,000 currently approved costs to respondents = $53,504,040].