90 FR 142 pgs. 35569-35570 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Annual Report of Class I and Class II For-Hire Motor Carriers
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 142Pages: 35569 - 35570
Pages: 35569, 35570Docket number: [Docket No. FMCSA-2025-0130]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-14211 Filed 7-25-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Transportation Department
Sub Agency: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
[Docket No. FMCSA-2025-0130]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Renewal of an Approved Information Collection: Annual Report of Class I and Class II For-Hire Motor Carriers
AGENCY:
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION:
Notice and request for comments.
SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FMCSA announces its plan to submit the Information Collection Request (ICR) described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for its review and approval and invites public comment. FMCSA requests approval to renew the previously approved ICR now titled, "Annual Report of Class I and Class II For-Hire Motor Carriers," OMB Control No. 2126-0032. This ICR applies to Class I and Class II for-hire motor carriers of property (Form M) and Class I for-hire motor carriers of passengers (Form MP-1) and collects financial, operating, equipment, and employment data from individual motor carriers of property and household goods and from individual motor carriers of passengers. This ICR is necessary to comply with FMCSA's financial and operating statistics requirements at chapter III of title 49 CFR part 369 titled, "Reports of Motor Carriers."
DATES:
Comments on this notice must be received on or before September 26, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
You may submit comments identified by Docket Number FMCSA-2025-0130 using any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Dockets Operations; U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590-0001.
• Hand Delivery or Courier: Dockets Operations, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West Building, Ground Floor, Washington, DC 20590-0001 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. To be sure someone is there to help you, please call (202) 366-9317 or (202) 366-9826 before visiting Dockets Operations.
• Fax: (202) 493-2251.
To avoid duplication, please use only one of these four methods. See the "Public Participation and Request for Comments" portion of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for instructions on submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Jeffrey Secrist, Office of Registration, Chief, Registration Division, DOT, FMCSA, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590-0001; (202) 385-2367; jeff.secrist@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Instructions
All submissions must include the Agency name and docket number. For detailed instructions on submitting comments, see the Public Participation heading below. Note that all comments received will be posted without change to https://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information provided. Please see the Privacy Act heading below.
Public Participation and Request for Comments
If you submit a comment, please include the docket number for this notice (FMCSA-2025-0130), indicate the specific section of this document to which your comment applies, and provide a reason for each suggestion or recommendation. You may submit your comments and material online or by fax, mail, or hand delivery, but please use only one of these means. FMCSA recommends that you include your name and a mailing address, an email address, or a phone number in the body of your document so FMCSA can contact you if there are questions regarding your submission.
To submit your comment online, go to https://www.regulations.gov/docket/FMCSA-2025-0130/document, click on this notice, click "Comment," and type your comment into the text box on the following screen.
If you submit your comments by mail or hand delivery, submit them in an unbound format, no larger than 8 1⁄2 by 11 inches, suitable for copying and electronic filing.
Comments received after the comment closing date will be included in the docket and will be considered to the extent practicable.
Privacy Act
In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 553(c), DOT solicits comments from the public to better inform its regulatory process. DOT posts these comments, including any personal information the commenter provides, to www.regulations.gov as described in the system of records notice DOT/ALL 14 (Federal Docket Management System (FDMS)), which can be reviewed at https://www.transportation.gov/individuals/privacy/privacy-act-system-records-notices. The comments are posted without edits and are searchable by the name of the submitter.
Background
[top] Title 49, United States Code (U.S.C.) section 14123 requires certain for-hire motor carriers of property, passengers, and household goods to file annual financial reports. The annual reporting program was implemented on December 24, 1938 (3 FR 3158), and it was subsequently transferred from the Interstate Commerce Commission to DOT's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) on January 1, 1996. The Secretary of Transportation delegated to BTS the responsibility for the program on December 17, 1996 (61 FR 68162). Responsibility for collection of the reports was transferred from BTS to FMCSA on August 17, 2004 (69 FR 51009), and the regulations were redesignated as 49 CFR part 369 on August 10, 2006 (71 FR 45740). FMCSA collects carriers' annual reports and furnishes copies of the reports when requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Annual financial reports are filed on Form M
Footnotes:
1 ?For purposes of the Financial and Operating Statistics program, carriers are classified into the following two groups: (1) Class I carriers are those having annual carrier operating revenues (including interstate and intrastate) of $10 million or more after applying the revenue deflator formula as set forth in Note A of 49 CFR 369.2; and (2) Class II carriers are those having annual carrier operating revenues (including interstate and intrastate) of at least $3 million, but less than $10 million after applying the revenue deflator formula as set forth in 49 CFR 369.2.
The data and information collected is publicly available through FOIA requests. FMCSA has created electronic forms that may be prepared, signed electronically, and submitted to FMCSA via https://ask.fmcsa.dot.gov/app/ask/.
Title: Annual Report of Class I and Class II For-Hire Motor Carriers.
OMB Control Number: 2126-0032.
Type of Request: Renewal of a currently approved ICR.
Respondents: Class I and Class II For-Hire Motor Carriers of Property and Class I For-Hire Motor Carriers of Passengers.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 12 total (4 per year).
Estimated Time per Response: 9 hours for Form M and 0.3 hours for Form MP-1.
Expiration Date: November 30, 2025.
Frequency of Response: Annually.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 36 hours [36 hours (Form M) + 0 hours (Form MP-1)].
The estimated annual respondents for Form M decreased from 34 in the previously approved ICR to 4 in the current ICR. The estimated annual burden hours for Form M decreased by 270 hours [36 proposed hours-306 currently approved hours =-270 hours]. Estimated annual respondents for Form MP-1 stayed the same. The previously approved ICR had 0 annual hours. The current ICR has 0 annual hours. This estimate is based off the number of Form M and Form MP-1 submissions received by the Agency between 2022 and 2024, which results in these estimates of annual respondents/responses for the upcoming information collection period.
Labor costs to industry have decreased by $12,491 annually [$2,007 in proposed costs -$14,498 currently approved costs =-$12,491]. This is due to the decreased estimates of annual respondents/responses. Other annual costs to respondents ( i.e., associated with mailing completed forms to FMCSA) have decreased by $30 [($4 in proposed mailing costs for Form M + $0 in proposed mailing costs for Form MP-1)-($34 in previously approved mailing costs for Form M + $0 in previously approved mailing costs for Form MP-1) = $-30]. This change is also due to the decreased estimates of annual respondents/responses.
For the Federal Government, annual costs have decreased by $68 [$11 in proposed costs-$79 in previously approved costs = $68]. This change is due to the decreased estimates of annual respondents/responses.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspect of this information collection, including: (1) whether the proposed collection is necessary for the performance of FMCSA's functions; (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden; (3) ways for FMCSA to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity of the collected information; and (4) ways that the burden could be minimized without reducing the quality of the collected information. The Agency will summarize or include your comments in the request for OMB's clearance of this ICR.
Issued under the authority of 49 CFR 1.87.
Nicole Michel,
Acting Associate Administrator, Office of Research and Registration.
[FR Doc. 2025-14211 Filed 7-25-25; 8:45 am]
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