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OMB Control No: 2126-0003	ICR Reference No: 202311-2126-001
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202008-2126-002
Agency/Subagency: DOT/FMCSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Inspection, Repair and Maintenance
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 03/18/2024
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 12/18/2023
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2027	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2024
Responses	512,200,507	0	290,365,605
Time Burden (Hours)	19,103,153	0	11,389,254
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,940,058	0	435,523,452

Abstract: It is generally recognized that there is a relationship between inspection, repair, and maintenance practices for CMVs and defect-related CMV accidents. CMVs are frequently operated in excess of 100,000 miles annually. Safety professionals, enforcement officials and personnel, and employees in the trucking and motorcoach industries recognize that documenting CMV inspection, repair, and maintenance is an important activity to the furtherance of highway safety. These records are also critically important in determining if a motor carrier's maintenance practices were causal factors in an accident. The purpose of the collection is to enable FMCSA and State enforcement personnel to evaluate a motor carrier's CMV maintenance program by the documentation of CMV inspection, repair, and maintenance. FMCSA will also be able to check the current level of regulatory compliance of the carrier at any point in its maintenance schedule or program. The information collection ensures that motor carriers have adequate records to document the inspection, repair, and maintenance of their CMVs, and to ensure that adequate measures are taken to keep their CMVs in safe and proper operating condition at all times. Compliance with the inspection, repair, and maintenance regulations helps to reduce the likelihood of accidents attributable, in whole or in part, to the mechanical condition of the CMV. FMCSA does not require inspection, repair and maintenance information to be submitted to the agency. The information collection is mandatory. Motor carriers and IEPs are required to maintain the equipment information at their facilities and to make the information available if requested during a compliance review or investigation. This information collection involves only one reporting requirement that has no confidentiality implications. All other components of this information collection are recordkeeping requirements. The recordkeeping requirements are minimal and there are no prescribed forms for carriers to use to meet these requirements. For some required records, motor carriers may either maintain them or cause a third party to do so. The regulations also permit the motor carrier to establish its own systematic CMV maintenance program on either a mileage or time basis. The information is used by the FMCSA and State officials during compliance and enforcement activities to verify that a motor carrier (and, for IME, an IEP) has established an inspection, repair, and maintenance program for its equipment which meets the standards in part 396. During these activities, FMCSA and State officials and representatives examine the information to determine whether the motor carrier systematically inspects, repairs, and maintains all CMVs subject to its control. The systematic program must include routine inspections and maintenance. The program must also include reports of vehicle defects by drivers, thorough inspections at least once per year by qualified individuals, and performance of work on brakes by qualified employees.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 49 USC 31502 Name of Law: Requirements for qualification, hours of service, and equipment standards

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 65764	09/25/2023
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 86725	12/14/2023
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	512,200,507	290,365,605	221,834,902
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	19,103,153	11,389,254	7,713,899
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,940,058	435,523,452	-433,583,394

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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This renewal includes updated data regarding the number of motor carriers subject to the FMCSRs, vehicle counts, inspections, and other underlying data used to estimate the total burden hours. As explained in section 12, the estimated annual burden hours have increased from 11,389,254 to 19,103,153 and the number of responses has increased from 290,365,605 to 512,200,507. The annual cost to respondents is cost burden related to the mailing of inspection reports by drivers and motor carriers, IC-5 and IC-6. The cost is calculated as $1,940,058 which is an increase of $182,986 from the previous estimate of $1,757,072. Wage related burden hour cost was inadvertently reported in the previous ICR submittal instead of the annual cost to respondents shown in IC-5 and IC-6. The $435,523,452 shown in the table above should have been $1,757,072 and the change in estimate should be $182,986.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Joshua Jones 202 366-7332

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