Financial Responsibility—Motor Carriers, Freight Forwarders, and Brokers

FMCSA MC Broker Financial Responsibility.pdf

On December 30, 2016 (81 FR 96565) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced in a Notice and Request for Comments 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. The FMCSA requests approval to extend an ICR titled, “Financial Responsibility—Motor Carriers, Freight Forwarders, and Brokers,” which is used to provide registered motor carriers, property brokers, and freight forwarders a means of meeting financial responsibility filing requirements. This ICR sets forth the financial responsibility documentation requirements for motor carriers, freight forwarders, and brokers that arise as a result of the Agency's jurisdictional statutes at 49 U.S.C. 13501 and 13531. The Agency is revising this ICR due to the implementation of a Final Rule entitled “Unified Registration System” (78 FR 52608, August 23, 2013) that extended the financial responsibility filing requirement to exempt for-hire motor carriers and private interstate motor carriers of hazardous materials. Comments must be received by the agency on or before February 28, 2017.