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OMB Control No: 2126-0072	ICR Reference No: 202201-2126-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202012-2126-004
Agency/Subagency: DOT/FMCSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: 391.31 Road Test Requirement
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 03/28/2022
	Date Received in OIRA: 02/25/2022
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2025	36 Months From Approved
Responses	1,493,943	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	273,888	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: This is a new information collection request which estimates the burden motor carriers incur to comply with the mandatory reporting and recordkeeping tasks required for the road test associated with 49 CFR § 391.31. FMCSA has not previously accounted for the burden associated with § 391.31 road tests and the ICR also includes the incremental burden associated with § 391.31 road tests due to FMCSA’s development of the Qualifications of Drivers; Vision Standard proposed rule. Subject to some exceptions, § 391.31 requires a motor carrier to conduct a road test when the motor carrier hires a new driver. The motor carrier is required to rate the performance of the driver during the test on a road test form provided by the motor carrier. If the road test is successfully completed, the motor carrier completes a certificate of driver’s road test and provides a copy to the driver. The motor carrier retains the original signed road test form and the original, or a copy, of the signed certificate in the driver qualification file. Motor carriers may maintain the required road test form and certificate electronically or via paper copy. The information collected by the motor carrier is needed to document the motor carrier conducted the road test as required and determined the driver can operate a CMV safely. The information also assists Federal and State safety investigators in determining that motor carriers fulfilled their regulatory requirements when deciding who may drive CMVs on their behalf and in assessing the qualifications of drivers. The Qualifications of Drivers; Vision Standard proposed rule would require individuals physically qualified under the alternative vision standard in § 391.44, for the first time to complete a road test in accordance with § 391.31. Accordingly, the reporting and recordkeeping tasks required would be the same. Road Test Burden Hours and Costs under § 391.31, consists of three reporting and recordkeeping tasks motor carriers perform regarding the road test required by § 391.31 when they hire a new driver. IC-1.1: The motor carrier completes and signs the road test form while the driver performs a pre-trip inspection and the driving portion of the road test (49 CFR § 391.31(d)). IC-1.2: The motor carrier completes a certificate of driver’s road test in substantially the form prescribed in § 391.31(f) (49 CFR § 391.31(e)) and gives the driver a copy (49 CFR § 391.31(g)). IC-1.3: The motor carrier retains in the driver qualification file the original signed road test form and the original, or a copy, of the signed certificate of driver’s road test (49 CFR § 391.31(g)(1) and (2)). Road Test Burden Hours and Costs under § 391.44, consists of the incremental burden associated with the requirement in the Qualifications of Drivers; Vision Standard proposed rule that individuals physically qualified under § 391.44 for the first time would be required to complete a road test in accordance with § 391.31, subsequent to physical qualification. IC-2 consists of the same three reporting and recordkeeping tasks motor carriers perform regarding the road test in IC-1. IC-2.1: The motor carrier completes and signs the road test form while the driver performs a pre-trip inspection and the driving portion of the road test (49 CFR § 391.31(d)). IC-2.2: The motor carrier completes a certificate of driver’s road test in substantially the form prescribed in §391.31(f) (49 CFR § 391.31(e)) and gives the driver a copy (49 CFR § 391.31(g)). IC-2.3: The motor carrier retains in the driver qualification file the original signed road test form and the original, or a copy, of the signed certificate of driver’s road test (49 CFR § 391.31(g)(1) and (2)).

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 49 USC § 31502(b) Name of Law: The Motor Carrier Safety Act
   US Code: 49 USC § 31502 Name of Law: Requirements for qualifications, hours of service, safety, and equipment standards
   US Code: 49 USC § 31136 Name of Law: United States Government regulations
   US Code: 49 USC § 31133 Name of Law: General Powers of the Secretary of Transportation

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
2126-AC21	Final or interim final rulemaking	87 FR 3390	01/21/2022

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	1,493,943	1,493,943
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	273,888	273,888
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This is a new ICR that estimates the burden motor carriers incur to comply with the reporting and recordkeeping tasks required for the road test associated with 49 CFR § 391.31. FMCSA has not previously accounted for the burden associated with § 391.31 road tests; accordingly, this ICR accounts for this burden. The ICR also includes the incremental burden associated with § 391.31 road tests due to FMCSA’s Qualifications of Drivers; Vision Standard final rule.

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: Pearlie Robinson 202 366-4325 pearlie.robinson@dot.gov

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