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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration
Qualification of Drivers; Exemption
Applications; Diabetes
Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of denials.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The FMCSA announces its
denial of 8 applications from
individuals who requested an
exemption from the Federal diabetes
standard applicable to interstate truck
drivers and the reasons for the denials.
The FMCSA has statutory authority to
exempt individuals from the diabetes
standard if the exemptions granted will
not compromise safety. The agency has
concluded that granting these
exemptions would not provide a level of
safety that will equal or exceed the level
of safety maintained without the
exemptions for these commercial motor
vehicle (CMV) drivers.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Maggie Gunnels, Office of Bus and
Truck Standards and Operations, (MC–
PSD), (202) 366–4001, Department of
Transportation, FMCSA, 400 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590–
0001. Office hours are from 7:45 a.m. to
4:15 p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Four applicants, Brian J. Carew, Dale
R. Gansz, Thomas J. Martin, and Uve
Witsch, lacked sufficient recent driving
experience under normal highway
operating conditions over the previous
three years that would serve as an
adequate predictor of future safe
performance.
Two applicants, James F. Gaab and
Armand O. Rondeau, do not have 3
years of experience driving a CMV on
public highways with insulin-treated
diabetes mellitus.
One applicant from Canada, Norman
Peltzer, applied for an exemption. The
medical reciprocity agreement between
the United States (U.S.) and Canada
prohibits U.S. and Canadian CMV
drivers who are insulin-using diabetics
from trans-border operations. In
addition, an exemption from the
diabetes standard is valid for operations
only within the U.S. It does not exempt
the driver from the physical
qualification standards of any bordering
jurisdiction.
One applicant, Joseph R. Suits, did
not hold a license that allowed for
operation of a vehicle with a gross
combination weight rating over 26,001
lbs. for all or part of the 3-year period.
Issued on: December 28, 2004.
Pamela M. Pelcovits,
Director, Policy, Plans, and Program
Development.
[FR Doc. 05–296 Filed 1–6–05; 8:45 am]
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Background
Under 49 U.S.C. 31315 and 31136(e),
FMCSA may grant an exemption from
the Federal diabetes standard for
commercial drivers with insulin-treated
diabetes mellitus for a renewable 2-year
period if it finds such an exemption
would likely achieve a level of safety
that is equivalent to, or greater than, the
level that would be achieved absent
such an exemption (49 CFR 381.305(a)).
Accordingly, FMCSA evaluated 8
individual exemption requests on their
merits and made a determination that
these applicants do not satisfy the
criteria established to demonstrate that
granting an exemption is likely to
achieve an equal or greater level of
safety than exists without the
exemption. Each applicant has, prior to
this notice, received a letter of final
disposition on his/her individual
exemption request. Those decision
letters fully outline the basis for the
denial and constitute final agency
action. The list published today
summarizes the agency’s recent denials
as required under 49 U.S.C. 31315(b)(4)
by periodically publishing names and
reasons for denials.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Qualification of Drivers; Exemption Applications; Diabetes
AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of denials.
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SUMMARY: The FMCSA announces its denial of 8 applications from
individuals who requested an exemption from the Federal diabetes
standard applicable to interstate truck drivers and the reasons for the
denials. The FMCSA has statutory authority to exempt individuals from
the diabetes standard if the exemptions granted will not compromise
safety. The agency has concluded that granting these exemptions would
not provide a level of safety that will equal or exceed the level of
safety maintained without the exemptions for these commercial motor
vehicle (CMV) drivers.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Maggie Gunnels, Office of Bus and
Truck Standards and Operations, (MC-PSD), (202) 366-4001, Department of
Transportation, FMCSA, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-
0001. Office hours are from 7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., e.t., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Under 49 U.S.C. 31315 and 31136(e), FMCSA may grant an exemption
from the Federal diabetes standard for commercial drivers with insulin-
treated diabetes mellitus for a renewable 2-year period if it finds
such an exemption would likely achieve a level of safety that is
equivalent to, or greater than, the level that would be achieved absent
such an exemption (49 CFR 381.305(a)).
Accordingly, FMCSA evaluated 8 individual exemption requests on
their merits and made a determination that these applicants do not
satisfy the criteria established to demonstrate that granting an
exemption is likely to achieve an equal or greater level of safety than
exists without the exemption. Each applicant has, prior to this notice,
received a letter of final disposition on his/her individual exemption
request. Those decision letters fully outline the basis for the denial
and constitute final agency action. The list published today summarizes
the agency's recent denials as required under 49 U.S.C. 31315(b)(4) by
periodically publishing names and reasons for denials.
Four applicants, Brian J. Carew, Dale R. Gansz, Thomas J. Martin,
and Uve Witsch, lacked sufficient recent driving experience under
normal highway operating conditions over the previous three years that
would serve as an adequate predictor of future safe performance.
Two applicants, James F. Gaab and Armand O. Rondeau, do not have 3
years of experience driving a CMV on public highways with insulin-
treated diabetes mellitus.
One applicant from Canada, Norman Peltzer, applied for an
exemption. The medical reciprocity agreement between the United States
(U.S.) and Canada prohibits U.S. and Canadian CMV drivers who are
insulin-using diabetics from trans-border operations. In addition, an
exemption from the diabetes standard is valid for operations only
within the U.S. It does not exempt the driver from the physical
qualification standards of any bordering jurisdiction.
One applicant, Joseph R. Suits, did not hold a license that allowed
for operation of a vehicle with a gross combination weight rating over
26,001 lbs. for all or part of the 3-year period.
Issued on: December 28, 2004.
Pamela M. Pelcovits,
Director, Policy, Plans, and Program Development.
[FR Doc. 05-296 Filed 1-6-05; 8:45 am]
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