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OMB Control No: 2126-0054	ICR Reference No: 202210-2126-001
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201908-2126-002
Agency/Subagency: DOT/FMCSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Commercial Motor Vehicle Marking Requirements
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: 07/21/2023
	Date Received in OIRA: 10/20/2022
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2026	36 Months From Approved	07/31/2023
Responses	16,621,103	0	2,708,527
Time Burden (Hours)	7,196,938	0	1,173,695
Cost Burden (Dollars)	130,495,717	0	41,148,582

Abstract: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) vehicle marking regulations in 49 CFR part 390 require freight-carrying motor carriers, intrastate hazardous materials transporting motor carriers, passenger-carrying motor carriers, and intermodal equipment providers (IEPs) engaging in interstate transportation to display certain information on their vehicles or equipment. The USDOT number is used to identify all motor carriers in FMCSA's registration and information systems. It is also used by States as the key identifier in the Performance and Registration Information Systems Management system, a cooperative Federal/State program that makes motor carrier safety a requirement for obtaining and maintaining commercial motor vehicle registration and privileges. The marking requirements are mandatory and apply to freight-carrying commercial motor carriers (i.e., trucking companies), passenger-carrying commercial motor carriers, and intermodal equipment providers (IEPs) engaging in interstate transportation. The Agency provides performance-based requirements for the marking but does not require a specific method of marking as long as the method complies with FMCSA’s regulations. These requirements ensure that FMCSA, NTSB and the States are able to identify motor carriers and correctly assign responsibility for regulatory violations during inspections, investigations, compliance reviews, and crash studies. These requirements will also provide the public with beneficial information that could also assist in identifying carriers for the purposes of commerce, complaints or emergency notification. The appropriate marking of vehicles, owned, leased or rented, assists FMCSA in identifying motor carriers and monitoring the safety performance and crash involvement, thereby helping the Agency identify unsafe, high risk motor carriers. This ICR also greatly assists FMCSA and its State partners in meeting the standard burden of proof for enforcement actions against non-compliant carriers, as well as assists State partners during accident investigations in determining the responsible motor carrier involved in a CMV crash. The regulations include a marking requirement, which depending on the need and method could be permanent or temporary. Only enough information is collected to maintain tracking of intermodal equipment. There are 4 ICs as follows:IC1: Freight-carrying Commercial Motor Carriers; IC2: Intrastate Hazardous Materials Transporting Motor Carriers; IC3: Passenger-carrying Commercial Motor Carriers; and IC4: Intermodal Equipment Providers (IEPs).

Authorizing Statute(s): 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:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 45146	07/27/2022
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 63851	10/20/2022
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	16,621,103	2,708,527	13,912,576
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	7,196,938	1,173,695	6,023,243
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	130,495,717	41,148,582	89,347,135

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: There is an adjustment increase 13,912,576 responses, resulting in an increase of 6,023,243 annual burden hours, and $89,347,135 annual burden costs. These changes are due to the availability of improved MCMIS data and the addition of intrastate entities. For clarification purposes, the HM intrastate carriers are presented separately as IC-2 instead of previously being combined with IC-1. This improved data is responsible for substantial increases in respondents. The adjustments changes are also due to updated information regarding industry population for all four carrier/entity types, as well as some small methodological enhancements and corrections to the burden estimates for IEPs.

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: Crystal Frederick 202 366-2904 crystal.frederick@dot.gov

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