Federal Register #FMCSA-2025-0787

Federal Agencies Seek Information on Defense Brokering, Truck Parking, and Icebreaker Shipbuilding

This summary covers three federal initiatives involving information collection and industry engagement:

• Department of State (Directorate of Defense Trade Controls):

  • Requires defense trade brokers to submit the Annual Brokering Report, detailing brokering activities such as quantity, type, value, purchaser, and license number.
  • Approximately 1,142 reports are collected annually.
  • No OEMs or specific vendors are named.

• Department of Transportation (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration - FMCSA):

  • Plans a one-time survey of about 1,000 commercial truck drivers to quantify the benefits of creating new truck parking spaces.
  • The study aims to estimate monetary and operational benefits, addressing issues like unauthorized parking and hours-of-service violations.
  • No OEMs or vendors are specified; this is a research-focused information collection.

• Maritime Administration (MARAD):

  • Requests information from U.S. shipyards regarding their capacity to build polar icebreakers.
  • Supports the trilateral Icebreaker Collaboration Effort (ICE) Pact with Canada and Finland, focusing on icebreaker production and workforce development.
  • No specific OEMs or shipyards are named; the notice seeks industry input.

• Notable requirements:

  • All initiatives are information collections or requests for information, not direct procurements of products or services.
  • The ICE Pact emphasizes international collaboration and workforce development in the shipbuilding sector.

• No product line items or specific part numbers are requested in these notices.

Description

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) plans to submit an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to conduct a research study titled "Quantifying the Benefits of Creating New Truck Parking Spaces." The study aims to collect approximately 1,000 survey responses from commercial truck drivers regarding their experiences finding truck parking spaces. The goal is to estimate the monetary benefits of creating new truck parking spaces, addressing issues such as unauthorized parking, early stops, route deviations, and hours-of-service violations. The study will help inform state and local policymakers on the cost-effectiveness and benefits of increasing truck parking capacity.

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