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OMB Control No: 2126-0028	ICR Reference No: 202003-2126-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201701-2126-001
Agency/Subagency: DOT/FMCSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Training Certification for Entry-Level Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators
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: 06/26/2020
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 04/16/2020
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2023	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2020
Responses	399,340	0	397,500
Time Burden (Hours)	67,276	0	66,250
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: This ICR is a revision of mandatory reporting and record keeping. During the first two years, 2020 and 2021, of the three-year period covered by this ICR, employers are prohibited from allowing an entry-level driver to operate a CMV without ensuring that the driver has received entry-level driver training specified under 49 CFR 380.503. Under IC-1, “Training Certification for Entry-Level Drivers under Subpart E,” these entry-level interstate CDL drivers receive a certificate when they successfully complete this mandatory training, and must present a copy of it to their employer in order to be qualified to drive a CMV in interstate commerce. The employer keeps a copy of the training certificate in the driver qualification file. During a compliance review, the certificate must be made available to authorized representatives of FMCSA, and serves as proof that the CDL driver completed the required training. During 2022, the third year, under IC-2, “Training Provider Registration,” information will be collected by FMCSA from each training provider for each training location by means of the online TPR, an electronic, online, web-based information system with specific data fields required to be submitted by training providers for each training location and each curricula in order to register on the TPR. This information will be collected when a training provider is first registering in the TPR, on a biennial basis thereafter, or otherwise when key information changes (training provider name, address, training provider status, etc.). This information will be used by FMCSA to ensure that training providers meet the new training provider eligibility requirements established by the December 2016 final rule, and can therefore be listed on the TPR. From the “Training Provider Registration” information submitted by training providers, certain basic identifying information and descriptive attributes regarding the training offered (types of CDL, endorsement training, etc.) by each training provider and at each training location will be displayed and made available to the public on the TPR. This information will be used by entry-level drivers to identify training providers from which they can obtain the training that they require for the Class A or Class B CDL and/or endorsement that they seek to acquire. Also during 2022, the third year, under IC-3, “Driver Training Certification” information will be collected by FMCSA from training providers by means of the new TPR. The electronic, online, web-based system, with specific data fields are required to be submitted by training providers for each driver-trainee that completes training. After an individual driver-trainee completes training administered by a training provider listed on the TPR, that training provider must submit the training certification information regarding the driver-trainee to the TPR. This “Driver Training Certification” information will be used by SDLAs to verify that the required driver training has been completed by the driver-trainee prior to the SDLA administering CDL skills tests to applicants for the Class A and B CDL, and/or the P or S endorsements, or knowledge test for the H endorsement. The information collected from training providers will also be used by the Agency to improve its understanding of the number of training providers and the types of training they provide, and the number of entry-level drivers and the types of training, CDLs, and endorsements that they obtain. Retrospective review of the data and of the safety performance of drivers that complete ELDT will allow FMCSA to better assess the impact of ELDT on motor carrier safety, and to monitor the effectiveness of individual training providers and identify those that may not be conducting training in compliance with the regulations and that may therefore be candidates for an on-site review by FMCSA.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 102 - 240 4007(a)(2) Name of Law: Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991
US Code: 49 USC 31301 Name of Law: Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators, Definitions

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:
	84 FR 31982	07/03/2019
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	85 FR 19570	04/07/2020
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	399,340	397,500	45,604	-43,764
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	67,276	66,250	8,320	-7,294
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0

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

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

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

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: The program change portion of the total change in burden, (-7,294 hours and -43,764 responses) is the result of deliberate Agency action, due to the December 8, 2016, ELDT final rule (81 FR 88732), and the February 4, 2020, interim final rule (IFR) titled “Extension of Compliance Date for Entry-Level Driver Training” (85 FR 6088). The adjustment portion of the total change in burden is the result of new improved data, the use of enhanced estimation methodologies, and the correction of arithmetic and other errors made previously when calculating the burden for the currently approved information collection. The program change due to Agency discretion, (8,320 hours and 45,604 responses) reflects the elimination under IC-1 of the burden associated with the existing ELDT requirements under Subpart E of part 380, during the last year, 2022, of the three-year period covered by this ICR. At the same time, new minimum training standards for entry-level drivers (in a new Subpart F and five new Appendices to part 380), and new requirements for training providers (in a new Subpart G) are established as of 2022 that result in new sources and types of burden. The net result of 1,026 burden hours (8,320 – 7,294 = 1,026 hours; 45,604 - 43,764 = 1,840 responses) is a modest increase in burden as a result of program change due to Agency discretion. The change due to adjustment in Agency estimate reflects the use of improved and more up-to-date estimates of the number of entry-level drivers in the calculation of the burden associated with the existing ELDT requirements under Subpart E of part 380 for the years 2020 and 2021. These estimates are lower than those used previously, therefore resulting in a modest decrease in burden as a result of change due to adjustment in Agency estimate. Overall, the program change due to Agency discretion, and the change due to adjustment in Agency estimate, largely offset each other, resulting in very little change in the total burden.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,000,000

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. Yes

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. Yes

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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